PNC test 1 Flashcards
Definitions of nursing
week 1
- Provide nursing care for patients, family and community.
- maintaining safe and therapeutic environment for the patients
- maintaining accurate and up to date records and report
- protecting patient’s legal rights and privacy,
- maintaining collaborative relationship with other health workers
Identify common themes - 4
week 1
*Patient focus – patient centered care
*Information focus – how information is used *Quality improvement – aspects to improve care
*Staff focus – healthier working environments improve patient outcome
*Leadership – Important in shaping care
Identify issues and trends - 5
week 1
*Educational preparation and entry to practice competencies
*Registration
*Continuing education
*The role of the practical nurse *Workplace issue
*Workforce trends
Recipients of care - 4
week 1
Individuals
Groups
Organizations
Communities
Nursing practice settings
week 1
Institutional Sector
Community Sector
Community care (community clinics, health-care canters, physicians’ offices and patients’ homes)
Long-term care (nursing homes)
Hospitals (outpatient clinics, emergency rooms and other patient areas)
Nurses and the different categories - 4
week 1
Registered Nurse (RN) - 4 year degree - care for patient with more complexity
Nurse Practitioner (NP) - Master’s degree or advanced diploma - additional education and nursing experience
Registered Psychiatric Nurse - 4 year - Mental illness, physical, developmental
Registered Practical Nurse (RPN) - 2 year diploma - basic bedside care
Criteria of a profession
week 1
Knowledge achieved following a course of advanced education, training and experience
Difference between an occupation and profession
week 1
Occupation: Activity performed to gain a living
Profession: Requires a high degree of knowledge and expertise in the specific field.
College of Nurse’s of Onario’s seven professional practice standards - 7
week 2
Accountability - Responsible to meet requirements
Ethics - Understand and respect patient’s values and beliefs
Knowledge - Basic education and continues to learn
Continuing competence - Participates in CNO’s Quality Assurance
Knowledge application - Continually improves their profession of knowledge
Leadership - Provide and facilitates care/service
Relationship - Respectful, collaborative, therapeutic, professional relationship
Professional relationship - Trust and respect to result in improved client care
Fitness to practice and duty to provide care
week 2
Fitness to practice: Having the necessary physical and mental health to provide nursing services
Duty to provide care: Nurse’s obligation to provide clients with ethical nursing service
Seneca College nursing practice concepts - 5
week 2
Competency - Knowledge and skill in providing care
- Report and document client care
Connectedness - Knowledge, development, and therapeutic nurse-client
- Consult and elaborate with members of the health care team
Health & healing - Use nursing, science knowledge, and research when assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating client care
- Work with client, and client family to create a proper care plan
Critical thinking - Uncover new meaning and insights
- Able to make clinical decision supported by research
Professionalism - Able to practice in a professional manner, following college expectations, standards, and practice setting’s policies and procedures
interprofessional and intraprofessional communication for nurses
week 2
Interprofessional – communication between members of different health care teams
- face to face
Intraprofessional – communication occurring between members of the same health care team
- known as “self-talk” or “inner thoughts”
- Develop self awareness and positive self-esteem
Modes of communication - 3
week 2
Verbal - use of spoken or written words
Non Verbal - Transmitting message that doesn’t involve spoken or written words
Electronic - Text message, emailing
Communication process - 5
week 2
Sender: Delivers message - encode
Receiver: Receives message - decode
Message: Content of the communication
Response: Replying to the message
Channels: Receiving message through visual, auditory, tactile senses
Nurse-patient helping relationship - 4
week 2
Pre interaction - Before meeting
Orientation - Meeting and getting to know patient
Working - Work together to solve problems and achieve goals
Termination - Ending of the relationship
Communication techniques and barriers to communication
week 2
- Active listening
- Empathy
- Clarifying
- paraphrasing and summarizing
- Asking relevant questions
Components of the CNO Therapeutic Nurse-Client relationship - 5
week 3
Trust
Respect
Professional Intimacy
Empathy
Power
Client-centered care
week 3
Nurses consider patients needs and preferences
Ensure patients are active participants in all aspects of their health care decisions
How the nurse can protect the client
week 3
Ensuring abuse is prevented, stopped, and reported
Differentiate between types and sources of data - 5
week 3
Subjective - Information form client’s POV
Objective - Observable information
Primary - As they are first described
Secondary - Restatement of primary source
Tertiary - ex. Dictionary, guidebook, encyclopedia, handbook, manual, etc…
Open-ended questions and closed-ended questions
week 3
Open-ended questions: Free form answer
Closed-ended questions: “yes” and “no” answers
Phases of an interview - 3
week 3
Orientation - Introduction
Working - Gather information
Termination - Interview ends
Components of health history interview - 4
week 3
Nursing health history - subjective data
Family history
Documentation of findings
Physical examination - objective data
