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NURSING AS AN ART Flashcards

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The ______ refers to the highly valued qualities of care, communication and compassion. (three core principles guiding nursing practice)

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art of nursing

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These principles encompass all aspects of patient care, including bio psychosocial needs, cultural preferences and spiritual needs.

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Nursing as an Art

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concerned on how nurses express care to their patients

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Jean Watson Theory of Caring

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stresses humanistic aspects of nursing as they intertwine with scientific knowledge and nursing practice

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Jean Watson Theory of Caring

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According to ______, caring is central to nursing practice, and promotes health better than a simple medical cure.

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Jean Watson

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She believes that a holistic approach to health care is central to the practice of caring in nursing.

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Jean Watson

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SOCIAL AND ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF NURSES IN RELATION TO CARING:

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• The nurse must care for the self to care for others.
• Nurses must remain committed to human care ideals.
• Cultivation of a higher/deeper self and higher consciousness to caring.
• Human care can only be demonstrated through interpersonal relationship.
• Education and practice systems must be based on human values and concern for the welfare of others.

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The theory aims at helping nursing personnel to deliver care that promotes dignity, respect, and empowerment.

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Kristen Swanson’s Theory of Caring and Healing

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This model was framed to ensure consistent caring behaviors which would, in turn, improve patient satisfaction.

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Kristen Swanson’s Theory of Caring and Healing

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According to Swanson, ____ is a nurturing way of relating to a valued other towards whom one feels a personal sense of commitment and responsibility.

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Caring

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Caring is a nurturing way of relating to a valued other towards whom one feels a personal sense of commitment and responsibility, according to _____

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Kristen Swanson

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According to her, caring is growth and health-producing (nurturing) occurs in relationships (relating) to the one cared for (a valued other); individualized and intimate (personal), with a sense of commitment (passion), accountability and duty (responsibility).

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Kristen Swanson’s Theory of Caring and Healing

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KRISTEN SWANSON’S THEORY OF CARING AND HEALING— CARING PROCESSES

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  1. Knowing
  2. Being-with
  3. Doing for
  4. Enabling
  5. Maintaining Belief
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It involves a thorough assessment of all the aspects of a patient’s condition and reality, engaging the self or person-hood of the nurse as well as the patient, in a caring style of approach.

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Knowing

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When the process knowing occurs, there develops a bond of _____ and _____ between the care provider and the care recipient.

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empathy and understanding

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_____ is a technique by which the nurse shares the meanings, feelings and lived experience of the one-cared for.

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emotional presence

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the message is, “you are not alone, what happens to you matters to us and we are here for you”.

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Being-with

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the real meaning of doing for is found in the definition of nursing:
“The unique function of a nurse is to assist the individual, sick of well, in the performance of those activities contributing to health or its recovery (or to peaceful death) that s/he would perform unaided if s/he had the necessary strength, will, or knowledge and to do this in such a way as to help her/him gain independence as rapidly as possible.”

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Doing for

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____ refers to the activities in which a nurse engages with patients for what they would do for themselves if at all it were possible to them.

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doing for

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this process include comforting patients, anticipating their needs, performing procedures skillfully, protecting them from harm and ultimately preserving their human dignity.

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Doing for

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facilitating the other’s passage through life transitions and unfamiliar events.

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Enabling

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_____ fosters an environment of self-healing.

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enabling

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this process enhances the patient’s capacity to heal, actualize oneself and in particular practice self-care.

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Enabling

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The cornerstone of enabling is ______

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appropriate communication with patients and their families.

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an orientation to caring begins with a fundamental belief in persons and their capacity to get through events and transitions and face their future with meaning.

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Maintaining Belief

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is the base or foundation for the practice of nursing care.

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Maintaining Belief

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whatever health conditions the patient is facing, a nurse believes in her/his capacity and power to accept or welcome upcoming days with meaning

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Maintaining Belief

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The theory emphasizes the importance of increasing the patient’s independence so that progress after hospitalization would not be delayed.

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Virginia Henderson Needs Theory

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Her emphasis on basic human needs as the central focus of nursing practice has led to further theory development regarding the needs of the patient and how nursing can assist in meeting those needs.

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Virginia Henderson Needs Theory

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Focuses on caring as a philosophical concept and proposes that caring is the human mode of being.

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Caring, the Human Mode of Being by Roach

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All individuals are caring, and develop their caring abilities by being true to self, being real and being who they truly are.

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Caring, the Human Mode of Being by Roach

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_______ proposed that “we care, not because we are nurses, physicians, social workers, parents, etc., we care because we are human beings.

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Roach

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Roach suggested that there are 6 attributes to caring, referred to as the _____

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6Cs in caring

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SIX C’S OF CARING

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  1. Compassion
  2. Competence
  3. Confidence
  4. Commitment
  5. Conscience
  6. Comportment
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35
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Is the suffering we experience through another’s suffering and our desire to help. It allows nurses to “treat people as individuals and not as a disease”.

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Compassion

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_____ lies in the way in which nurses provide care that respects human rights of all background, age and race.

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Compassion

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______ - attempts to identify with another understand something as experienced by another.

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Empathy

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______ nurse meets standard that promote quality care based on contemporary, relevant and well founded knowledge.

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Competence

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A _______ nurse will then use this evidence based knowledge coupled with interpersonal skills such as compassion and confidence to work ethically, legally and within their own scope of practice.

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competent

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Having the knowledge, judgment, skills, energy, experience and motivation, required to respond adequately to the demands of one’s professional responsibilities.

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Competence

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Is our trust and understanding of our own competence.

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Confidence

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_______is built through experience, practice and development of knowledge.

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Confidence

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A _____ nurse has a strong belief in self, conscience and in how their work has a positive contribution to the patient and the community.

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confident

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_____ with self, client and others that allows one to build trusting relationships.

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Comfort

45
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is the ability to treat every task, every moment and every interaction with the highest level of care.

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Commitment

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As a nurse we have moral and ethical commitment to provide holistic care that is _____ and aligns with a person’s care and concerns and we have an overall commitment and responsibility to ensure the delivery of safe and quality care.

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person-centered

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The deliberate choice to act in accordance with one’s desires as well as obligations, resulting in investment of self in a task or cause.

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Commitment

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Our sense of right or wrong within our scope of practice.

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Conscience

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It obliges a nurse to do their duty for the sake of the patient. As the nurse’s primary professional responsibility is to people requiring nursing care.

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Conscience

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Morals, ethics, and an informed sense of right and wrong and awareness of personal responsibility.

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conscience

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Is our professional presentation. It’s our appearance, attitude and how we behave.

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Comportment

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Nurses must monitor and promote personal health through self care in order to care for others.

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Comportment

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Appropriate bearing, demeanor, dress and language that are in harmony with a caring presence.

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Comportment

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Presenting oneself as someone who respects others and demands respect.

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comportment

55
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focuses on each “individual’s ability to perform self-care, defined as ‘the practice of activities that individuals initiate and perform on their own behalf in maintaining life, health, and well-being.’”

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Dorothea Orem’s Self-Care Deficit
Theory

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Orem’s Self-Care Theory 4 Conditioning Factors

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  1. Self Care
  2. Self Care Agency
  3. Self Care demands
  4. Nursing Agency
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______ is the human’s ability or power to engage in self-care and is affected by basic conditioning factors.

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Self-care agency

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_____ is the performance or practice of activities that individuals initiate and perform on their own behalf to maintain life, health, and well-being.

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Self-care

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_____ is the totality of “self-care actions to be performed for some duration in order to meet known self-care requisites by using valid methods and related sets of actions and operations.”

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Therapeutic Self-care Demand

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____ is a complex property or attribute of people educated and trained as nurses that enables them to act, to know, and to help others meet their therapeutic self-care demands by exercising or developing their own self-care agency.

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Nursing Agency

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______ are age, gender, developmental state, health state, socio-cultural orientation, health care system factors, family system factors, patterns of living, environmental factors, and resource adequacy and availability.

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Basic conditioning factors

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BASIC CONDITIONING FACTORS:

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age, gender, developmental state, health state, socio-cultural orientation, health care system factors, family system factors, patterns of living, environmental factors, and resource adequacy and availability.

63
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The major purpose of care is to achieve an interpersonal relationship with the individual that will facilitate the development of the core.

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Care, Core and Cure Nursing
Theory of Lydia Hall

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Women engage in “care reasoning,” not “justice reasoning,” and thus consider their own and other’s responsibilities to be grounded in social context and interpersonal commitments.

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Gilligan’s Theory Of Feminine
Morality

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_____ argued that women’s moral judgments necessarily include feelings of compassion and empathy for others, as well as concern for commitments that arise out of relationships.

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Gilligan

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STAGES OF MORAL DEVELOPMENT

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Level 1: Self-Oriented

Level 2: Other Oriented

Level 3: Universal Oriented

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The survival of oneself is of sole concern.

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Self-oriented

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Focus is on the needs of others

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Level 2: Other Oriented

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The self-adopts the traditional conception of feminine goodness, the maternal morality of self-sacrifice, whereby the good is equated with caring for others.

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Level 2: Other Oriented

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Focus is on the universal obligation of caring.

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Level 3: Universal Oriented

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Caring for oneself and others is seen as intertwined because the self and others are recognized as interdependent. Thus, all acts of caring are seen as beneficial to both self and others.

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Level 3: Universal Oriented

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Care according to _____ “is a distinct, dominant, unifying, and central focus of nursing.”

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Leininger

73
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Her theory of culture care diversity and universality is based on the assumption that nurses must understand different cultures in order to function effectively.

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Leininger’s Culture Care Theory

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CARING PATTERNS

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  1. KNOWING THE CLIENT
  2. NURSING PRESENCE
  3. EMPOWERING THE CLIENT
  4. COMPASSION
  5. COMPETENCE
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MAINTAINING CARING PRACTICE

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  1. CARING FOR SELF
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Purpose of Communication

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• To collect assessment data
• To initiate intervention
• To evaluate outcome of intervention
• To initiate change which help in promoting health
• To take measures for preventing legal problems associated with nursing practice
• To analyze factors affecting the health team

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Personal knowledge of the client is a key in the caring relationship between nurse and client.

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Knowing the client

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Establishment of caring relationship depends on a moral commitment by the nurse and the nurse’s ability to assess and realize another person’s state of being.

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Nursing Presence

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Authentic presence involves empathy and openness to positive or negative feelings, non-possessive warmth, a relaxed posture and facial expression that are congruent with other communications.

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Nursing Presence

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The empowering relationship includes mutual respect, trust and confidence in the abilities and motives.

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Empowering the client

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The empowering relationship includes ________ in the abilities and motives.

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mutual respect, trust and confidence

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They empower the clients and families through activities that enhance well-being, understanding and self-care.

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Empowering the client

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involves participating in the client’s experience, with sensitivity to the person’s pain or discomfort, and a willingness to share in their experience.

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Compassion

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is given as part of the caring relationship, as the nurse shares the client’s joys, sorrows, pain and accomplishments.

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compassion

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Attention to ______ is a part of compassionate care particularly in the face of death and bereavement.

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spiritual needs

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_____ means taking time to nurture oneself which involves initiating and maintaining behaviors that promotes healthy living and wellbeing

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Caring for self

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Examples of Caring for self:

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Healthy lifestyle
Mind-body therapies

88
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exchanging information, thoughts, and feelings among people using speech or other means.

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communication in nursiny

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Having _____ is essential to collaborating on teams with your fellow nurses and colleagues from other disciplines. It’s also important to patient-centered care.

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good communication skills

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______ in healthcare can lead to patients misunderstanding directions and failing to follow treatment protocols. It can also lead to workflow breakdowns on the team, resulting in a medical error.

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poor communication / lack of communication

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Effective Communication Skills examples

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Active Listening
Nonverbal Communication
Verbal Communication
Presentation Skills
Trust
Patient Education
Personal Connections
Compassion
Cultural Awareness
Written Communication

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Aim to always speak with clarity, accuracy, and honesty.

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Verbal Communication

93
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Encourage patients to communicate by asking open questions like, “Can you tell me a bit more about that?”

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Verbal communication

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In communicating verbally, avoid ______ like “honey” or “sweetie” and instead use the patient’s first name or name of choice.

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condescending pet names

95
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In communicating verbally, speak in ______ and avoid technical jargon.

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clear, complete sentences

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elements of nonverbal communication-such as:

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facial expressions, eye contact, body language, gestures, posture

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_____ includes both verbal and nonverbal communication skills.

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Active listening

98
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Are essential for effective nurse-to-nurse communication.

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written communication

99
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These skills will also help you demonstrate your knowledge and expertise clearly in a variety of workplace settings, such as presenting at conferences, participating in job interviews, giving case reports to physicians

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Presentation skills

100
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This skill is especially important for nurses who work with patients and families to provide health and education counseling.

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Patient education

101
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This includes informing patients and family members of health conditions, diagnoses, treatment plans, and medication protocols.

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Patient education

102
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_____ is an effective communication strategy where providers ask patients to repeat the information back to them.

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Patient Teach-back

103
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This method improves patient understanding and encourages adherence to care instructions. Poor understanding of information can cause patients and their family members to feel anxious or become defensive.

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Patient Teach-back

104
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It’s important for healthcare professionals to inspire _____ in patients by listening actively and taking every complaint and concern seriousty.

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trust

105
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To inspire trust, nurse leaders and educators should:

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• Be willing to admit mistakes.
• Always tell the truth.
• Share information openly.

106
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According to the ______,
“studies show that compassion can assist in prompting fast recovery from acute illness, enhancing the management of chronic illness, and relieving anxiety.”

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Journal of Compassionate Healthcare

107
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You can deliver compassionate nursing care by ______ and understanding their needs and expectations.

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putting yourself in the patient’s shoes

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