Revision Notes Flashcards
What is professional identity?
The concept which describes how we perceive ourselves within our occupational context and how we communicate this to others. Professional identity improves self-awareness
What will self-awareness improve?
The ability to:
- Communicate ethically and professionally
- Develop motivation in nursing
- Help develop reflective practice
- Increase understanding of nursing
What is social learning?
- One of the important aspects of nursing, which should be learnt by a new student
- The professional role that takes place with students observing professional nursing practices
- Students also take into account interactions between nurses, patients and the MDT
- Attitudes and behaviours are formed by observing practice, skills and techniques
- See how nurses act as a role model
- Mentors enthusiasm and interest in nursing transfers this attitude to students and prepare them in developing their practice by encouraging self-awareness and reflective practice
What are the 5 legal and ethical concepts that nurses must abide by?
CONSENT ACCOUNTABILITY CONFIDENTIALITY DUTY OF CARE CANDOUR
What is consent?
Permission given with prior information
What is accountability?
Answerable to oneself and to others for your actions and non-actions
What is confidentiality?
Information between you and relevant others that should not be shared
What is duty of care?
Acting in accordance with certain standards
What is candour?
Being open and honest when things go wrong or potential for harm or distress
What are the four ‘P’s detailed in the NMC code?
Prioritise people
Practise effectively
Preserve safety
Promote professionalism and trust
What are the five barriers to incident reporting?
- No feedback
- Form too long
- Incident trivial/not serious enough
- Too busy/forgot to report
- Unsure who to report to
What are the 3 human factors that contribute to clinical incidents/mistakes?
- Self- knowledge, skill, experience, capacity to do the job- fatigue, distractions, feelings
- Context- equipment, environment, workspace, team and support, organisation and management structure
- Task- complexity, new, overlap/multitasking
What are Belbin’s Team Roles?
Co-ordinator Plant Monitor evaluator Specialist Shaper Implementer Teamworker Resource investigator Complete finisher
What does the SOLER acronym stand for?
Sitting squarely Open posture Lean forwards to show interest Eye contact Relaxed body language
What is clinical risk?
Exposure to the possibility of loss, injury, or other adverse or unwelcome circumstance
What is a hazard?
A potential source of harm or adverse health effect on a person or persons
What is datix?
A system for incident reporting that gives feedback to the reporter about actions taken to address their concern with dashboards that allow services to view trends in incidents over time
What is an adverse event?
An unexpected medical problem that happens during treatment with a drug or other therapy. Adverse events may be mild, moderate, or severe, and may be caused by something other than the drug or therapy being given