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Nursing as a Profession Flashcards

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What is nursing according to the Nursing Act, 1991?

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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

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What is an RN?

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Registered nurse
4 year baccalaureate program
More complex client situations and less stable environments

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What is an RPN?

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Registered practical nurse

3 year college diploma

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What is a NP?

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Nurse practitioner

RN, plus graduate studies

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What are 3 client factors in nursing?

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Client complexity, predictability, risk of negative outcomes

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What are nurse factors?

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assessment, decision-making, planning, care coordination, implementation, evaluation, consultation, leadership, resource management, research

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What are the roles of RNs?

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Direct care, education, research, administration, policy

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What is the ICN?

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International Council of Nurses

  • federation of over 130 national nursing councils
  • shares health policies, advancement of nursing knowledge worldwide
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What is the CNO?

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College of Nurses of Ontario

  • establish requirements for entry to practice
  • promote practice standards
  • administering quality assurance program
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What are practice standards?

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  • expectations that contribute to public protection

- inform nurses of their accountabilities and the public of what to expect from nurses

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What are professional standards?

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Accountability
Continuing Competence
Ethics
Knowledge
Knowledge application
Leadership
Relationships
Professional Relationships
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Quality Assurance Program

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Assure the public that nurses demonstrate their commitment to continuing competence.
Self-Assessment and Practice Assessment/Peer Assessment

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What is the RNAO?

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Registered Nurses Association of Ontario

  • Represents nurses, NPs, and students
  • advocate for healthy public policy
  • “Best Practice Guidelines”
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What is the CNA?

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Canadian Nurses Association

- National voice of Canadian registered nurses

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What is the CNSA?

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Canadian Nurses Students Association

- National voice of Canadian nursing students

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What is MUNSS?

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McMaster Undergraduate Nursing Student Society

  • promote opportunities in nursing community at McMaster
  • foster ideas for the interest of students
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What is a UCP/UAP?

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Unregulated Care Provider/ Unlicensed Assistive Personnel

  • Health care aide
  • Personal support worker
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What is a learning plan?

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  • 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)
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What is a learning portfolio?

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Evidence of the activities you did to maintain your competence as a nurse

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What determines how the nursing profession is regulated in Ontario?

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The Nursing Act, 1991

Regulated Health Professions Act

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RHPA Controlled Acts

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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

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What is a profession?

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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
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What is professionalism?

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Knowledge
Spirit of inquiry
Accountability
Autonomy
Advocacy
Innovation and visionary
Collegiality and collaboration
Ethics and values

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