Nursing Today, Education, Professionalism, Becoming a Nurse Flashcards
What percentage of licensed RNs are men?
About 65%
Currently, which is the primary worksite for RNs?
Hospital
Which will provide the most opportunity for employment, because most future health care services will take place in this setting?
Home Health
The Educational Status of Nursing
Nursing curriculum, living conditions, and teaching methods
Goldmark Report
Quality of Nursing Education
Clinical experiences, hospital control, desirability of nursing universities, funding, and lack of prepared educators
Yale University School of Nursing
Separate university department
Independent budget
Nursing Schools Today and Tomorrow
Quality of Nursing Education:
Schools, curricula, collegiate education
A Curriculum Guide for Schools of Nursing
Outlined 3-year curriculum and influenced school structure
Accreditation
Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)
National League for Nursing Accreditation Commission (NLNAC)
American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
Standards of continuing education (CE)
Accreditation of CE programs
Transferability of CE from state to state
Development of guidelines for states’ recognition systems
In the early days of diploma and hospital-based nursing programs, what was one of their primary contributions for women in society?
Provide an avenue for formal education and jobs
The inability of nursing programs to produce enough nurses to meet society’s need is a result of which of the following?
Lack of capacity in nursing schools
Low salaries for nursing professors
Lack of student interest in the nursing profession
Virginia Henderson’s definition
“The unique function of the nurse is to assist the individual, sick or well, in the performance of those activities contributing to health or its recovery (or to a peaceful death) that he would perform unaided if he had the necessary strength, will or knowledge. And to do this in such a way as to help him gain independence as rapidly as possible.”
Cohen’s Model of Basic Student Socialization 4
Four stages to be experienced in sequence
Stage 1: Unilateral dependence
Stage 2: Negativity/independence
Stage 3: Dependence/mutuality
Stage 4: Interdependence
Benner’s Stages of Nursing Proficiency (Basic Student Socialization) 5
Five stages of nursing practice
Stage 1: Novice
Stage 2: Advanced beginner period
Stage 3: Competent practitioner
Stage 4: Proficient practitioner
Stage 5: Expert practitioner
Which nursing theorist developed the definition of nursing that focused on the interpersonal relationship between nurse and patient ?
Virginia Henderson
Lucie Kelly, RN, PhD, FAAN: (eight characteristics)
Vital to humanity
Knowledge continually expanding
Intellectual activities – Accountability
Advanced education
Autonomy
Altruism
Code of ethics
Association
Accreditation of Schools of Nursing
National League for Nursing (NLN)
American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)*
National Organization of Associate Degree Nursing (N-OADN)
To be a professional
Be respectful.
You do not have to like or agree with a person to be civil. Treat him or her as you would want to be treated.
Be ethical.
Understand that in professional settings, professional ethics are mandatory.
Be honest.
Be trustworthy; do not participate in gossip and rumor.
Be the best.
Strive to be better than just good enough.
Be consistent.
Behavior should be consistent with professional values and beliefs.
Be a communicator.
Invite ideas, opinions, and feedback from patients and colleagues.
Be accountable.
Do what you say you will do. Take responsibility for your own actions.
Be collaborative.
Collaborations benefit your patients.
Be forgiving.
Everyone makes mistakes—including yourself.
Be current.
Keep knowledge and skills up to date.
Be involved.
Be active at local, state, and national levels in professional organizations.
Be a model nurse.
What a person says and does reflects on his or her profession.
Be responsible for your own learning.
Be assertive in making your learning needs known to teachers and mentors.
Be prepared.
Do assignments for classes and prepare for labs and clinical shifts in advance, making sure that you have a good foundation for your practice.
Who published a list of criteria that are characteristic of all true professions and that has stood the test of time?
Abraham Flexner
Which one of nursing leader Dr. Lucie Kelly’s characteristics of a profession is described as an organization that encourages and supports high standards of practice?
Association
Which document provides a framework for nurses to understand the nursing profession’s relationship to the wider society?
Nursing’s Social Policy Statement: The Essence of the Profession (ANA, 2010)
Flexner Report, 1910
Intellectual with individual responsibility
Based on learned knowledge
Practical
Can be taught
Strong internal organization
Motivated by altruism
