Politics & Professional Nursing Flashcards
Concern for welfare and well-being of others commitment to service
Altruism
Right to self-determination
Autonomy
Respect for the inherent worth and uniqueness of individuals and populations
Human Dignity
Upholding moral, legal, and human rights/principles
Social Justice
The allocation of resources and how to work within an organization with people to have your needs met.
Politics
Politics relation to operations of a system of government and publically defined institutions & procedures
Formal Politics
Politics related to operations within associations
Semi-formal politics
Forming alliances, exercising power, and protecting or advancing certain ideas or goals
Informal Politics
How limited amounts of resources available are used and what entitlements are available to healthcare consumers.
- healthcare is ultimately defined by and controlled by political forces competing for available resources
Allocation
Anyone who has a rested interest in controlling healthcare resources
Stakeholders
Stakeholders that exert political pressure on health policy makers in an effort to make the healthcare system work to their economic advantage
Lobbyists
The authority/power given to someone to do something or the process of becoming stronger and more confident, especially in controlling one’s life and claiming one’s rights
Empowerment
How can nurses develop political skills?
- Build working relationships with legislators
- Be active in state NA
- Join organizations r/t your specialty
- Vote in every election
- Participate in nurse lobby day
- Work on federal/state legislative campaigns
- Develop expertise in shaping policy
Identifying, valuing, and maintaining relationships with a system of individuals who are sources for information, advice, and support.
Networking
How can nurses network?
- Participate in organization to network OUTSIDE of department
- Utilize state NA
- Use of social media
Competent experienced professionals who develop relationships with less experienced nurses to provide advice, support, information, and feedback
Mentor
How can nurses be highly visible?
- Volunteer to serve as member/chairperson of a committee
- Attend open meetings
- Share expertise and provide valuable info in meetings
Why are we considered nurse leaders?
RNs must continually work to shape/direct future of nursing through political involvement and using power politically to accomplish goals.
One or more rude, discourteous, or disrespectful action that may or may not have negative intent behind them.
Incivility
Repeated, unwanted, harmful actions intended to humiliate, offend, or cause distress in the recipient
Bullying
What may create threats to patient and/or nurse safety?
Destructive behaviors
What is the ANA’s position on workplace violence and bullying?
Charges all nurses to create a culture of respect that is free from incivility, bullying, and workplace violence.
- Workplace violence threatens nursing contact with society
- Nurses who choose to ignore or fail to report are perpetuating the violence
What are JCAHO’s 5 Categories of Workplace Violence?
- Threat to professional status (public humiliation)
- Threat to personal standing (name calling, insults)
- Isolation (withholding information)
- Overwork (impossible deadlines)
- Destabilization (failing to give credit)
What are JCAHO’s recommendations for reducing workplace violence?
- Establish a culture the does not tolerate bullying
- Make zero-tolerance policy the core value of all leaders
- Confront bullies and support their targets
- Hold staff accountable for modeling desired behaviors
- Incentive for institutions to implement strategies to prevent bullying (measurement of nurse bullying factored into HVBP)
Types of Violence:
perpetrator typically has no relationship with the victim and violence carried out in conjunction with a crime.
Criminal Intent Violence
Types of Violence:
most common in healthcare settings; environment-based assault - perpetrator is member of public with whom the nurse interacts with during the course of their regular duties.
Customer/Client Violence
Types of Violence:
perpetrator and victim work together ~ commonly perceived as bullying.
Worker-on-worker Violence
Types of Violence:
Victim targeted as a result of an existing exterior relationship with the perpetrator with the violence taking place in the workplace.
Personal Relationship violence
Group of individuals or organizations with common interest who agree to work together toward a common goal.
- Collective action to create changes
- Effective political strategy for collective action
- Focused on effort to effect change
- Network between groups
- Identifying shared interests
- Collaborate among groups for greater success in change
Coalition
When are coalitions built and how are they built?
Coalitions often built when dealing with state legislature and congress to show nursing consistency and presence.
- Organize get together with people w/ common goals
- Meet informally and attend meetings of those who share same interests
- Share ideas on how to create desired change while developing coalition
A critically important skill of making trade-offs
- AKA bargaining
- Useful for organizational and political power
Negotiaing
What are the components of negotiation?
- Asking for more than reasonable and negotiating down to what you want
- Both sides may enter asking for radically different things and settle that’s different from original position
- Bargaining process goes on until reach mutually agreeable result or one/both walk away from failed negotiation