Nursing as a Profession Flashcards
What is nursing according to the Nursing Act, 1991?
The promotion of health and the assessment of, the provision of, care for, and the treatment of health conditions by supportive, preventative, therapeutic, palliative, and rehabilitative means in order to attain or maintain optimal function
What is an RN?
Registered nurse
4 year baccalaureate program
More complex client situations and less stable environments
What is an RPN?
Registered practical nurse
3 year college diploma
What is a NP?
Nurse practitioner
RN, plus graduate studies
What are 3 client factors in nursing?
Client complexity, predictability, risk of negative outcomes
What are nurse factors?
assessment, decision-making, planning, care coordination, implementation, evaluation, consultation, leadership, resource management, research
What are the roles of RNs?
Direct care, education, research, administration, policy
What is the ICN?
International Council of Nurses
- federation of over 130 national nursing councils
- shares health policies, advancement of nursing knowledge worldwide
What is the CNO?
College of Nurses of Ontario
- establish requirements for entry to practice
- promote practice standards
- administering quality assurance program
What are practice standards?
- expectations that contribute to public protection
- inform nurses of their accountabilities and the public of what to expect from nurses
What are professional standards?
Accountability Continuing Competence Ethics Knowledge Knowledge application Leadership Relationships Professional Relationships
Quality Assurance Program
Assure the public that nurses demonstrate their commitment to continuing competence.
Self-Assessment and Practice Assessment/Peer Assessment
What is the RNAO?
Registered Nurses Association of Ontario
- Represents nurses, NPs, and students
- advocate for healthy public policy
- “Best Practice Guidelines”
What is the CNA?
Canadian Nurses Association
- National voice of Canadian registered nurses
What is the CNSA?
Canadian Nurses Students Association
- National voice of Canadian nursing students
What is MUNSS?
McMaster Undergraduate Nursing Student Society
- promote opportunities in nursing community at McMaster
- foster ideas for the interest of students
What is a UCP/UAP?
Unregulated Care Provider/ Unlicensed Assistive Personnel
- Health care aide
- Personal support worker
What is a learning plan?
- reflect on practice and identify learning needs
- develop two learning goals
- choose college practice document
- create SMART learning goal (specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, time-limited)
What is a learning portfolio?
Evidence of the activities you did to maintain your competence as a nurse
What determines how the nursing profession is regulated in Ontario?
The Nursing Act, 1991
Regulated Health Professions Act
RHPA Controlled Acts
RNs and RPNs
- performing a procedure below the dermis or a mucous membrane
- administering a substance by injection or inhalation
- putting an instrument, hand or finger:
beyond the external ear canal, beyond the point in the nasal passages where they normally narrow, beyond the larynx, beyond the opening of the urethra, beyond the labia major, beyond the anal verge, into an artificial opening of the body
What is a profession?
An occupation whose core element is work based upon
- the mastery of a complex body of knowledge and skills
- service of others
- governed by codes of ethics
- promotion of public good
What is professionalism?
Knowledge Spirit of inquiry Accountability Autonomy Advocacy Innovation and visionary Collegiality and collaboration Ethics and values
