Nursing Flashcards
What is a profession?
An occupation that requires extensive education or a calling that requires special knowledge and skill preparation
Professionalism
specific quality, possessed by occupation groups, determining the behavioural norms
What are the attributes of nursing?
Knowlege
Accountability
Autonomy
Ethics and Values
Advocacy
Qualities of professionalism
Competency
Skill
Autonomy
Definition of Nursing
According to Florence Nightingale, the act of utilizing the environment of the patient to assist him in his recovery
Roles Of Nurses
Caregiver
Counsellor
Teacher/ Educator
Patient Adovacate
Administrator
Expanded Nursing Role
Nurse Practioner
Clinical Nurse Specialist
International Council Of Nurses (ICN)
Nursing includes the promotion of health, prevention of illness, and the care of ill, disabled, and dying people.
promotion of a safe environment,
Virginia Henderson definition of nursing
The nurse is to assist the individual, sick or well, in the way that he would perform unaided if he had the necessary strength, will or knowledge.
Purpose of Nursing
- Promoting health and wellness
- Preventing illness
- Restoring health
- Maintenance of health
- Care of the dying
Types of Professional Nursing Practice
Registered Nurse
Nurse Midwife
Public Health Nurse
Nurse Anaesthetist
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Nurse Educator
Nurse Practitione
Standards of Professional Practice
Knowledge
Knowledge application
Leadership
Relationships
Types of Ethical Behaviour
Accountability
Responsibility
Privacy
Confidentiality
ETHICAL PRINCIPLES
Beneficence:
The doing of good
Not to inflict harm
To prevent harm or evil
To remove harm or evil
To promote or do good
ETHICAL PRINCIPLES
Veracity:
Telling the truth
Intentional deception is wrong
Justice - Equals should be treated alike
Universality – Principles must apply to every one
Generality – Principles must apply widely and not to specific people or situation
