Professionalism Flashcards
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Nurse Practice Act
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series of STATE statutes that define the scope of practice, standards for education programs, licensure requirements, and grounds for disciplinary actions
2
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NPA enforced and administered by…
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BON (board of nursing)
3
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BON
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serves as forum for citizen complaints about services and individual nurses
4
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ANA’s Standards of Practice
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- guidelines used to practice nursing safely
- determine what a nurse should and should not do
- determines the quality of care which an individual receives
- MINIMUM level of acceptable performance
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ANA’s Code of Ethics
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- details the expectations for the professional nurse
- ethical obligations
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Components of Professionalism
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knowledge competence teamwork integrity positive attitude compassion
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Unprofessional behaviors
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- non-adherence to NPA
- excessive lateness or absences to work/clinical
- abuses of power (incivility, bullying, sexual harassment, intimidation)
- gossiping, rolling eyes, snide comments
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Types of incivility
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- rude or disruptive behaviors which often result in physiological or psychological distress for people involved
- can put patients at risk, higher risk of mistakes due to distraction, make patients feel uncomfortable
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Legal and ethical responsibilites of nursing students
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- ensure client safety
- now policies and procedures of institution
- be knowledgable about patient condition, interventions, and treatments
- never perform care if unprepared, inform professor
- seek help before beginning a procedure for which you are unsure
- nursing students do not practice under a nurse’s license - personally responsible
