Professional Practice-lessons 1-6 Flashcards
Laws, client advocacy, ethnicity, cultural awareness
When can you use the title LPN?
After you have registered with BCCNM and have your number
Advocacy means to ______.
Assessing the client’s point of view and prepare to articulate this point of view
Evaluating the client’s outcome after implementation of care is an example of _______.
Accountability
Moral distress
When inconsistencies exists between a nurse’s beliefs and values & how she is able to act on it
Non-maleficence
To do no harm
One of the challenges of interdisciplinary work is ensuring clear definjtions of provider’s roles. T/F
True
The 5 categories of competences.
Professional practice Legal practice Ethical practice Foundations of practice Collaborative practice
BC Legislation governing the BCCNM (4)
1) the health professions act and nurses (licensed practical) regulation
2) the criminal records review act
3) the freedom of information and protection of privacy act
4) BCCNM bylaws
ADPIE
Assessment/gather info Diagnosis of the issue Plan a solution Implement plan Evaluate
BCCNM is a regulatory organization appointed by the Federal Government. T/F
False. Appointed by the provincial government
A nurse who stays with a client during an unfamiliar procedure is providing _______ in a caring relationship.
Presence
Ethnicity
Refers to groups whose members share a social and cultural heritage
Who is the sole body in BC authorized to regulate individuals who practoce as LPNs in BC?
BCCNM
Patting a client’s arm on approaching the bed, demonstrates what ________.
A caring behaviour
What step is next after confirming that an issue is an ethical dilemma?
Performs a values clarification
Avoiding assumptions, focusing on the client and engaging in a caring relationship, all demonstrate what concept in caring
Knowing
Which one aspect of culture is a ‘invisible component of culture’?
Spiritual connection
Nurses may differ in their perceptions of caring - it is important that the nurse does what?
Seeks information regarding what is important to the client
Why is a nurse’s point of view valuable during an ethical dilemma?
Nurses have a unique relationship with clients
The 5 core aboriginal nursing competencies
Inclusivity Postcolonial understanding Respect Indigenous knowledge Communication
When touch might be considered inappropriate?
A psychiatric client who is displaying suspicion and fear
Graduating from a LPN program - you can practice as a LPN. True/False
False. You must be registered and have your number before you can practice as a nurse
What is the goal of informed consent?
To protect the client’s right to autonomy
Ethnocentrism
To hold one’s own way of life as superior to others
Watson’s transpersonal caring theory
Caring can increase healing and promote well-being
LPNs are priveleged to be in a self-regulatinv profession. True/False
True
Cultural competence is a process - know the ongoing process. (4)
1) cultural awareness
2) cultural knowledge
3) cultural skills
4) cultural encounters
Learning about the clients family is ______.
Essential
Autonomy
Your ability to make choices for yourself that should be based on full understanding, free of controling influences.
Eg. Nurse offers a client a plan to manage, the principle ‘respect for autonomy’ encourages the nurse to monitor the client’s response to pain management
Ethnicity
A common identity with members sharing social amd cultural heritage
Understand ‘knowing the client’
Being able to detect changes in the client’s condition based on shared information and bonding
Which action best descibes a caring practice, when the nurse is caring for a year old child and a woman is in the room and looks anxious.
A)nurse acknowledges the women, takes the child’s temperature and leaves the room
B)Greets the woman and explains she is going to take the child’s temperature
C)nurse greets woman, talks to her, learns she is the grandmother, makes eye contact and encourages her to come and comforts the child.
C)
Critiquing of evidence involves determining ________. (3)
Value, feasibility, utility for changing practice
How does a nurse demonstrate listening skills?
By paying attention to the tone of voice in addition to the client’s words so the meaning is clear
Beneficence
Doing or promoting good for others
Time has a different meaning between cultures. What should the nurse do when planning interventions?
Mutually negotiate time schedule with clients to accomodate cultural practices
How can the nurse best demonstrate caring to a client who has recently suffered a loss through miscarriage?
Sit in silence
Values clarification - the process of ________ through reflection.
Appraising personal values
Scope of practice
The standards, limits and conditions related to nursing activities that LPNs are educates and authorized to perform to perform in BC under the Nurses (Licensed Practical) Regulation
Not every LPN is expected and required to refrain from undertaking practices which s/he is not competent to undertake without the requisite training and experience, and/or without following the employer and facility role expectations.
True/False
False. There are no exceptions, every nurse is expected to refrain from undertaking practices they are not competent to undertake.
Under Section 16(1) of the Health Professions Act, it is the duty of a college at all times to do what 2 things?
1) To serve and protect the public, and
2) To exercise its powers and discharge its responsibilities under all enactments in the public interest
4 attributes of an effective ‘follower’
Following or doing what is expected, being aware, raising relevant concerns, initiates change
What is effective leadership in nursing?
Inspires others to work as a team, integrity and courage, ability to handle stress
The most important is the responsibility of ensuring that LPNs practice safely, competently, and ________ in the interest of public safety
Ethically
You are not eligible to practice nursing in BC without a _______ license
Current
Swanson’s 5 processes of caring
1) Knowing
2) Being with
3) Doing for
4) Enabling
5) Maintaining belief
What is vital in patient care?
Family history;
Teaching the family how to keep the patient physically comfortable -if they can participate with care of loved ones will be more receptive to the care of that family member
A process, whereby you continuously strive to work within the clients cultural context; you develop this, not possess it
Cultural competence
