Nursing Care Values as a Community Health Nurse Flashcards
Goals and beliefs that establish a behavior and provide a basis for
decision making.
VALUES
It is a nursing specialty focused on public health.
COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING
These are standards for action that are preferred by experts and professional groups and establish frameworks for
evaluating behavior.
VALUES
Are defined as beliefs or ideals that guide interactions with patients, colleagues, other professionals, and the public.
PROFESSIONAL NURSING VALUES
Is a non- negotiable code for nurses to follow in order to provide ethical care to patients, and it can be used to determine a set of nursing values for the profession.
The Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretative Statements
This provision of the Code speaks to each nurse’s responsibility to maintain
professional integrity while caring for patients
PROVISION 2
This provision of the Code clearly articulates that the nurse’s primary responsibility should always first be to the patient
PROVISION 1
This provision is aimed at protecting and advocating for patients.
PROVISION 3
This provision instructs nurses to recognize that preserving and promoting their own health is essential to preserving and promoting the health
of the patients that they care for in their practice.
PROVISIO 5
Compiled a set of values for nurses.
American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)
Values listed by AACN
- Altruism
- Autonomy
- Human dignity
- Integrity
- Social justice
The AACN (2008), defined this as “a concern for the welfare and well- being of others.” It is putting someone else’s
needs first; and at its core, is both nurturing and selfless.
ALTRUISM
It is a unique concept that can be applied to nursing in two ways. According to the AACN (2008), is
defined as “the right to self-determination”. In essence, this is the
right that patients have to make their own decisions.
AUTONOMY
It is defined as “having respect for the inherent worth and uniqueness of individuals, families, and communities and it characterizes all interactions a nurse should have with them”
HUMAN DIGNITY
In nursing, this “refers to nurses acting in accordance with an appropriate code of ethics and accepted standards of practice”.
INTEGRITY
Is the ability to take the factors of production or service-
land, labor and capital and use them to produce new goods or services.
ENTREPRENEUR
Involves initiating changes in production.
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
“The opportunistic creation and implementation of catalytic
innovations intended to offer sustained improvement in the health of
populations in the face of need; without being limited by the
resources currently in hand; involving collaboration with and
accountability to the consistency served and the outcomes created.”
PUBLIC HEALTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Success is measured by:
◹ Improved health outcome
◹ Change in social environment
◹ Sustainable programming
The Scope of Public Health Entrepreneurship
A. Life Insurance Companies
B. Large Scale Companies/Factories
C. Public Health Insurance/Social Health Insurance
D. Health Product Production Establishment
E. Public Health Consultancy Agencies
F. Fitness Centers
These companies offer attractive options for consumers who want to protect their dependents
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES
This can protect the ones you love and be the foundation of your financial plan.
LIFE INSURANCE
Benefits of Life Insurance
➔ Financial risk protection
➔ Saving (force saving)
➔ Wealth creation
➔ Tax saving
A prioritize government program based on a comprehensive social contributory scheme with government subsidies for the poor.
SOCIAL HEALTH INSURANCE (SHI)
This is defined as the “the overall intangible activities based on physical
activities based on physical activities that create value for individuals by offering them physical, psychological, social, and economic benefits”.
FITNESS SERVICES
This two acts both push reforms in the management of health care waste highlight the imperative to deal with this issue squarely.
- The Clean Air Act (CAA) OF 1999
- Ecological Solid Waste Management (ESWM) Act of 2000
