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What are the five components of the Canada Health Act?

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Universality, Portability, Accessibility, Public Administration and Comprehensiveness

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What is the term used for money being moved from the federal government to the provinces and territories?

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transferability

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What are primary healthcare services?

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First point of contact in healthcare

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Physicians and NPs are….

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Primary healthcare providers

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What are secondary healthcare services?

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timing/referrals made after primary care

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Specialists are…

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Secondary healthcare providers

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What are some examples of additional healthcare services?

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Optometry, dental and pharmaceuticals

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What are the three service classifications?

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Public health/prevention, community services and hospital services

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What are the five responsibilities of hospital care services?

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Bed allocation, nursing services, diagnostic services, pharmacy and use of surgical suites

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What external forces influence healthcare?

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legal/political (how money is allocated), economic forces (rising cost of living, labour shortages), sociocultural (social determinants of health), accreditation, and technology

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What are some examples of professional regulatory bodies?

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CNO, RNAO, and Patient safety institute

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What is a mission statement?

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Articulates an organizations distinct and enduring purpose. Define’s services offered, human resources and kinds of technologies

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‘This unit’s purpose is to provide high-quality nursing care for neurosurgical patients during the acute phase of their illness to facilitate their progression to the rehabilitation phase. We strive to cultivate a multidisciplinary approach to the care of neurosurgical patients and provide multiple educational opportunities for the professional development of neurosurgical nurses’ is an example of what?

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A mission statement

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What is a vision statement?

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future oriented and purposeful statements that identify the future of an organization. Stresses the need for goals.

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‘To be the number one neurosurgical unit in the province for nursing research in patient care’ is an example of what?

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A vision statement

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What is a philosophy?

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Written statement that articulates the values and beliefs held about the nature of the work required to accomplish the mission

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What is chaos theory?

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An organizational theory that explains how organizations complete their work. Lives and organizations are web-like: pulling on one small segment changes the web pattern but the whole remains.

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What are the 5 characteristics of organizational structures?

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complexity. division of labour, hiearchy, chain of command and centralization

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What is a bureaucracy?

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Administrative concept embedded in how organizations are structured

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What is the synergy model?

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The model is based on patient characteristic and nurse competencies

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What is leadership?

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Using individual traits and personal power to interact constructively to resolve problems. The process of engaging/influencing others.

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What is management?

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About ensuring that people have the resources to get the job done

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o Human resource management: allocating resources
o Financial accountability
o Critical thinking
o Clinical practice knowledge
o Performance management: performance appraisals, solving personnel issues
o Strategic planning
o Technology: being able to navigate technology/problem solving

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Key management competencies

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What is followership?

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Engaging with others who are leading or managing, by contributing to the work that needs to be done

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o Collaboration (with other staff!) o Direction (what needed to be done) o Initiative to manage problems o Appreciation and respect to those providing leadership to you o Challenging flawed thinking
Followership guidelines
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What is trait theory? (Leadership)
- The ‘Great Man Theory’: born with leadership traits – roots in Aristotle - Leaders have a certain set of physical and emotional characteristics that are crucial to inspiring others - Self-awareness of traits is useful for assessing personal strengths
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What is style theory? (Leadership)
- Consider how leaders behave - Based on 2 types of behaviours: task and relationship
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What is situational-contingency theory? (Leadership)
- Leadership successfulness depends on situational factors - Nursing leaders must assess each situation – determine unique approach
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What is transformational theory? (Leadership)
- Leaders/followers set higher goals – work together to achieve them
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What is authentic theory? (Leadership)
Leaders are aware of their own values and moral convictions and are constantly realigning their actions to match their values
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What is complexity science?
- The study of complex systems: the patterns of relationships within them, how they are sustained, how they self-organize, and how outcomes emerge - Nurses must be flexible and dynamic to keep up with changing systems of people, healthcare, public policy, and human relationships
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The 3 competency domains for leadership and management are:
o Managing the business (of working with people) o Leading within o Leading people
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What is imposter phenomenon?
- Self-doubt in one’s ability to function adequately in one’s role - Common in novice nurses and novice leaders - May prevent nurses from taking advantage of leadership opportunities – because of feelings of inadequacy
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Health informatics competencies allow nurses to:
o Address new health challenges by using technology to retrieve the best available evidence o Communicate findings o Understand information management
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What is LEADS? What does it stand for?
A caring environment framework. L-ead self E-ngage others A-chieve results D-evelop coalition S-ystem transformation
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what is strategic planning?
Envisioning the future and developing procedures and operations to actualize the future
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What are the five phases of strategic planning?
1. Assessment of internal/external environment 2. review of mission statement, philosophy, goals & objectives 3. identification of strategies 4. implementation 5. evaluation
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What are the four types of workplace violence?
o Worker-worker o Person and family o Personal relationships o Criminal intent
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Employees become empowered when they gain access to:
o Opportunity o Information o Resources o Support o Formal and informal power
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What are the sources of law?
- Legislated and common law - Supremacy of Parliament - Canada Health Act - Natural laws - Federal statutes
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How are healthcare workers regulated?
- Licensure o By colleges, associations, or professional regulatory bodies - Certification - Registration - Scope of practice
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# external forces that influence healthcare Legal & political forces influence...
How money is allocated/how much funding healthcare receives
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# external forces that influence healthcare Economic forces encompass
Rising cost of living, supply chain issues, labour resources
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# external forces that influence healthcare sociocultural forces include
the social determiants of health
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# external forces that influence healthcare Accreditation means
All hopsitals/schools must meet accreditation standards to operate
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What is organizational culture?
Norms/traditions of the organization | influences how people are able to do their job
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# characteristis of organizational structures What does complexity mean?
The number of "levels" an organization has
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# characteristics of organizational structures What does divison of labour mean?
Who the workers are, what their designation is, who is responsible for what | can alter the care provided
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# characteristics of organizational structures what does hiearchy mean?
lines of authority and responsibility | who is the superior?
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# characteristics of organizational structures what is the chain of command?
each unit has a span of control | responsibility is passed through the organization (ex. hiring staff)
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# characteristics of organizational structure what does centralization mean?
where the decisions are made
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What is a functional organizational structure?
Departments are organized based upon their function. | Nursing, human resources, finance, professional services ex.
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What is a service line organizational structure?
All people are involved in the same service | cardiology services, trauma services, surgical services ex.
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What is a matrix organizational structure?
Division into service and function | vice president of pediatric services & manager of pediatric nursing
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What is a flat organizational structure?
Shared governance | staff self schedule etc.
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What is case method nursing?
**One nurse** assumes responsibility for care of a **group** of patients for the entire shift
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What is functional method nursing?
Each nurse has one particular function they repeat over and over on different patients | Popularized during WW2, easy to miss changes in patient status
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What is the team nursing method?
Groups of nurses work together to identify, plan, implement and evaluate care | team leader must be skilled, with adequate staffing mix
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What is primary care nursing?
One nurse is created the individiual care provider for one patient for their entire hospital stay | very expensive but very effective

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