WEEK 5: NURSING AND NURSING PRACTICE Flashcards
WHAT ARE THE 4 FUNDEMENTAL POWERS OF KNOWING
think F for fundementals, F for 4
personal, empiracal, ethical, and aesthetic knowing
EXPLAIN PERSONAL KNOWING
- the knowledge we have ourselves, what we ahve seen and experiences
- through knowledge of ourselves we can establish authentic, therapeutic relationships with patients
EXPLAIN EMPIRCAL KNOWING
- knowledge from research and objective facts, we use this form of knowing through evidence based practice.
often reffered to as the science of nursing
EXPLAIN ETHICAL KNOWING
- Ethics help you develop your own moral code
- for nurses, our personal ethics is based on our obligations and our deliberate personal actions are guided by ethical knowing
the code of ethics for registered nurses
EXPLAIN AESTHETIC KNOWING
- is what makes nursing an art, it combines all ways of knowing and turns it into a new understanding of a phenomenon
- is that “aha” moment when we discover something new
WHAT IS NURSING KNOWLEDGE
nursing has it’s own knowledge as a profession that is seprate to medicine. it is always constantly expanding and is evolving, so it is important for nurses to stay up to date with relavent information.
- must stay informed with new relavent information, which may not be found in textbooks but in academic journals
HOW IS EVIDENCE INFORMED DECISION MAKING DONE
1) Evidence from research, evidence informed theroies, clinical experts and leaders
2) clinical expertise
3) evidence from assessment of patient history and physical health care resoures
4) information about a patients preferances, and their values, beleifs, and experience
WHAT ARE ENTRY LEVEL COMPETENCIES FOR THE PRACTICES OF REGISTERED NURSES
the obervable ability for a registered nurse at entry level to intigrate the knowledge, skills, abilities, and judgement, required to practice nursing safely and ethically
WHAT ARE THE ENTRY LEVEL COMPETENCY GOALS
- Establish foundation for nursing practice
- when learners become clinicians
- patient/client/person is the centre of care
- client centered care reflects that the people are experts and are the centre of decisions about their health, your job is to work alongside them to achieve optimal results
WHAT ARE THE ENTRY LEVEL COMPETENCIES
- Clinicial
-proffesional - communicator
- collaborator
- coordinator
- leader
- advocate
- scholar
- educator
WHAT HAVE NURSING PRACTICE STANDARDS BEEN DEVELOPED TO
1) responsibility ad accountability
2) knowledge based practice
3) ethical practice
4) service to public
WHAT SHOULD YOU REMEMBER ABOUT NURSING STANDARDS
- Apply at all times to nuses of any role
- provides guidelines to assist nurses in decision making
- support nurses by outlining practice expectations
- inform the public and others of what they can expect from nurses
- are used for legal practice and prudent practice
WHAT ARE THE DOMAINS WITHIN THE NURSING SCOPE OF PRACTICE
- Clinical practice
- administration
- education
- research
