Nursing and the Healthcare Environment Flashcards
The collection of specific skills performing specific rendered tasks
Nursing as a Profession
The professional practice including knowledge from social and behavioral sciences, biological and physiological sciences, and nursing theories
Scope and Standards of Practice
Contains authoritative statements of duties for all registered nurses
Standards of Professional Nursing Practice
Describes a competent level of behavior in the professional nursing role
Standards of Professional Performance
Bears a complete statement of philosophical ideas
Code of Ethics
The nurse providing care and comfort for patients in all subjected health care settings
Professional Responsibilities and Roles
Initiates independent nursing interventions mediated / Legalizes profession for the type of quality and subjected nursing care
Autonomy and Accountability
Maintains and regains health alongside managing diseases and symptoms
Caregiver
Protects the human and legal rights
Advocate
Supposes teaching of knowledge, skills, and purposive way to make an informed decision
Educator
Centralizes the patient-nurse relationship
Communicator
Helps establishment of a collaborative-patient structured nursing environment
Manager
The innovations in healthcare itself
Career Development
Roles of a Professional Nurse
Care Provider
Communicator / Helper
Teacher
Counselor
Client Advocate
Leader
Change Agent
Manager
Researcher
Manages to direct hands-on patient care
Clinician
Most independently functioning nurse
Advanced Patient Registered Nurses
Has a master’s degree in nursing and expert clinician in a specialized area of practice
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Has a master’s degree in nursing and entail health education
Nurse Practitioner
Has a master’s degree in nursing and education in midwifery
Certified Nurse-Midwife
Has an advanced education from an accredited nurse anesthesia program
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
Works primarily in schools of nursing, staff development departments of health care agencies, and patient education departments
Nurse Educator
Works for management of the nursing staff in a health care agency
Nurse Administrator
Works fundamentally towards performing evidence-based practice and supposed research to improve nursing care’s further scope
Nurse Researcher
General Practicum of a Nurse
Institutional Nursing
Public Health Nursing / Community Health Nursing
Occupational Health Nursing / Industrial Nursing
Nursing Education
Military Nursing
School Health Nursing
Clinical Nursing
Nursing Practice
The active determination of best and supplemental practices in variety of areas in nursing care
Historical Influences
Mother of Nursing
Florence Nightingale
Stimulated growth of nursing in United States
Civil War to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century
Evolved body of nursing knowledge and practice
Twentieth Century
Structured professional challenges
Twenty-First Century
Father of Medicine
Hippocrates
Religion
Early Christian Age
Poverty
Middle Age
Enlightenment
Renaissance
Misogyny and Patriarchy
Reformation
The significant amount of formal education is necessary to become a professional RN
Professional Registered Nurse Education
Associate or bachelor’s degree
Prelicensure
Master’s or doctoral degree
Graduate Education
Application of research findings to clinical nursing
Doctoral Preparation
Decision-making and technological expertise
Continuing and In-Service Education
The opportunity of a nurse to practice in a variety of nursing care settings.
Nursing Practice
Regulates the scope of nursing practice for the state and protects public health, safety, and welfare
Nurse Practice Arts
Requires passing of NCLEX-RN / Requires work experience
Licensure and Certification
The six levels of care provided
Traditional Level of Health Care
The complete quality of health care found in the United States
Integrated Health Care Delivery
Complemented health outcomes for an entire population
Primary and Preventive Health Care Services
Provided specialist or agency on referral by a primary health care provider / Specialized consultative care, usually provided on referral by secondary medical personnel
Secondary and Tertiary Care
Intends provision of comprehensive secondary and tertiary healthcare
Hospitals
Provides intensive medical and nursing care
Intensive Care
Provides mental health care
Mental Health Facilities
Lacking serious health care points
Rural Hospitals
Interprofessional process developing a plan for care sustained
Discharge Planning
Provides physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, and social services
Restorative Care
Provision of medically related professional and paraprofessional services and equipment to clients
Home Care
Physical care, occupational care, speech therapy, and social services
Rehabilitation
Provides intermediate medical, nursing, or custodial care
Extended Care Facilities
Provides variety of health, personal, and social services
Continuing Care
Provides 24-hour intermediate and custodial care
Nursing Centers or Facilities
Fastest-growing industries
Assisted Living
Provides short-term relief
Respite Care
Provides holistic, patient, and family-centered care approach to those who live alone
Adult Day Care Centers
Provides holistic, patient, and family-centered care approach to life-threatened individuals
Palliative and Hospice Care
The
focus on health promotion, disease prevention, and restorative care
Community-Based Health Care
The nursing practice in a subjected community
Community-Oriented Nursing
Health care of individuals, families, and groups within their communities
Community Health
Needs of a population or a collection of individuals having one or more personal or environmental characteristics in common
Public Health Nursing
Nursing practice involved in building a variety of connections with the community
Nursing Practice in Community Health
The explanation of an event by defining ideas or concepts
Theory
The Nightingale era
Evolution of Nursing Theory
From 1900s to 1940s
Curriculum Era
From 1950s to 1970s
Research Era
From 1980s to 1990s
Theory Era
21st Century
Theory Utilization Era
Founder of Modern Nursing / Nurse and Patient’s environment
Nightingale’s Environmental Theory
Mother of Psychiatric Nursing
/ Nurse and Patient’s interpersonal relations
Peplau’s Interpersonal Theory
Used in nursing practice
Orem’s Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory
A prediction of nursing’s intended future
Leininger’s Culture Care Theory
The age of accountability
Nursing Practice Era
The supposed process of creating new knowledge
Scientific Method
Simply and precisely measure and quantify a variable / Experimental Research, Nonexperimental Research, and Surveys
Quantitative Research
Strictly categorize perceptions of illness
Qualitative Research
The thorough improvement of nursing based on Florence Nightingale’s Environmental Theory
Development of Nursing
The patient’s environment including the physical and psychosocial factors
Environmental Safety
Oxygenation needs
Oxygen
Healthy food
Nutrition
Frequent extremes
Temperature
Common Environmental Hazards
Motor Vehicle Accidents
Poison
Falls
Fire
Disasters
Injuries
Infant, Toddler, and Preschooler
Dependent
School-Age Child
Independent
Adolescent
Threats
Adult
Some risk factors
Older Adult
Individuals
Workplace Culture
Lifestyle
Impaired Mobility
Sensory, Cognitive, or Communication Impairment
Economic Resources
Lack of Safety Awareness
Health Care Agencies
Procedure-Related Accidents
Equipment-Related Accidents
Chemical Exposure
Falls
Workplace Safety
The infection practices applied by nurses to patients
Standard Precaution
Bacteria / Viruses / Fungi / Protozoa
Infectious Agent
Food / Oxygen / Water / Temperature / pH / Light
Reservoir
Skin and Mucous Membrane / Respiratory Tract / Urinary Tract / Gastrointestinal Tract / Reproductive Tract / Blood
Portal of Exit
Direct / Indirect / Droplet / Airborne / Vehicles / Vector
Modes of Transmission
Same routes intended
Portal of Entry
Degree of pathogens
Susceptible Host
Types of Isolation
Reverse Isolation
Quarantine
Transmission Based Precaution
Contact Precaution
Droplet Precaution
Airborne Precaution
Standard Precaution
Types of Waste
Infectious Waste
Pathological Waste
Chemical Waste
Cytotoxic Waste
Pharmaceutical Waste
Radioactive Waste
General Waste
Susceptibility
Age
Pathways
Sex
Conditions
Nutritional Status
General Adaptation
Stress
Risks Across
Disease Process