Roles and Fields of Nursing Flashcards
what are the roles basic to Nursing Care
Caregiver Role
Clinical Decision Maker
Client Advocate
Rehabilitator Role
Comforter Role
Communicator Role
Teacher/Educator Role
Basic Role
responsible for the holistic care of patients which encompass the psychosocial, developmental, cultural, and spiritual needs of the individual
Caregiver Role
Utilizes Critical Thinking skills and the nursing process
Clinical Decision Maker
Nurse Protects the clients human and legal rights
Consider patient’s bill of rights
Client advocate
Provide Information to assist in Decision Making
Client Advocate
Basic Role
Assist client to return to optimal level of functioning
Nurse helps client to adapt physically and emotionally to changes in lifestyle, body image
Rehabilitator
- Care for client as a human being
- Care is directed to the whole person not just the body part
- demonstration of care and concern
Comforter Role
role is traditional to nursing
Comforter Role
Role is central to all other roles
communicator role
Communication to client/ family/ HC team members etc.
Communicator Role
The primary role for this Role is Health Teaching
Teacher/ Educator Role
Unplanned or Planned, informal or formal education
Teacher/ educator Role
Basic role that explains concepts and facts about health, etc
Teacher/ Educator Role
Fiel of nursing that is devoted primarily tot he rendering all basic components of comprehensive patient care & family health nursing care in hospitals
Hospital or Institutional Nursing
Provide Bedside care
Hospital Nurse
Conducts Assessment
Does Coordinating and collaborating Activities
Maintain Hospital Safety
Initiate Discharge Planning
Hospital Nurse
Presence of supervisors when need of ____ (What field is this)
Consultation, Hospital Nurse
Kept updated with new trends and medicine
Hospital Nurse
More staff deveopment programs are available
Hospital Nurse
T or F
Hospital Nurses are allowed to have 2 days off, sick leave, holidays, and vacation with pay
True
T or F
Nurses Usually feel **Burned Out and Overworked*
True
Hospital Nurisng has the possibility of ___ due to limited budget
Understaffing
PREVENTION of illness or disease
Community Health Nursing
Health Condition of the Community can easily be monitored by nurse
Community Health Nursing
MAXIMIZES effort of nurse to improvise, coordinate, and appreciate the role in nation- building
Community Health Nursing
Field of nursing where the Nurse must be outgoing not introverted
Community Health Nursing
Field of Nursing where more hazard are present and there are no fixed working hours
Limited to exposure to chronic and communicable disease
Community Health Nursing
Specialized practice of professional nursing thst advances well being, academic success, and life long achievemnts of students .
School Health Nursing
Responsibility to Love cbildren and should be able to work well with them
School Health Nursing
It is a specialty practice that provides for and delivers health and safety programs & service to workers, work populations and community groups
Occupational Health Nursing
what year was INDUSTRIAL NURSING changed into OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURISNG
1958
Field of nursing where the Nurse usually bargain individually for their salaries.
Pay is less than hospital pay
Occupational Health Nursing
Field of Nursing where the nurse practice autonomy
Occupational Health Nursing
focus to teach the knowledge and skills that will enable a nurse to practice professional nursing
Nursing Education
Positions of Nurses in Nursing Education
clinical instructors
level chairpersons
clinical supervisor
administrative officer
dean
field of nursing that provides a variety of service to patients, including companionship and bathing
Private Duty Nurse (PDN)
2 Categories for Private Duty Nurse
- General Private Duty Nurse
- Private Duty Nurse Specialist
Cateogry of PDN that provides basic nursing to any type of patient and his family
General PDN
Has the Opportunity to make real friends through close association with the family and patient
PDN
Owns time, adjust work and private life
has the chance to travel and see the world
PDN
Patient can become dependent on the nurse
no retirement, insurance, and medical benefits
less
PDN
Kinds of Military Nursing
Navy, Army and Airforce
other names for Air Force Nursing
Flight or Aero Space Nursing
Nursing field that provided high quality nurisng care to SAILORS, MARINES, and SERVICE MEMBERS (wherever duty calls)
Marine Nursing
Nursing Field whose mission is to provife responsive, innovative, and evidence based nursing care to army medical team
Army Nursing
Nurse is responsible for patients, military or otherwise, who have been EVACUATED FROM
BATTLE AREAS TO THE NEAREST INSTALLATION for treatment
Air Force Nursing
Nurse act as a receptionist
- Assist
- Must possess good assessment skills and excellent teaching & communcation skills, exhibit organizational and leadership ability
Clinic Nursing
Field of nursing that ventures into the new opportunities in the world of business
Entreprenurial Nursing
Example: Agency Nurse
Entreprenurial Nursing
Responsible for indirect processes of care in his roles
Entreprenurial Nursing
Require the Nurse to be capable of planning, organizing, financing and operating is own business
Entreprenurial Nursing
Umbrella term for nurses who have specialized education in the post graduate level
APN
Nurses in this field must have acquired the expert knowledge base complex decision-making skills clinical competencies for expanded practice
APN
FIELD OF NURISNG SPECIALIZATION
Nursing Informatics
Renal Nursing - dialysis (eg. peritoneal dialysis)
Oncology Nursing - cancer
Nurse-Midwife - nurses allowed to suture
Nurse Anesthetist
Gerontologic Nursing - giatrist (old / aged people)
Nurse Practitioner or Independent Nurse Practitioner - eg. derma clinics
APN
