Week 8-10 Flashcards
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Philosophy
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- Though process or belief system
2
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Canadian Healthcare Philosophy
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- Everyone receives equal care free of charge
3
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Nursing Philosophy Components
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- Type of care provided
- Ethics/morals
- Interaction with patients
- Individual values
4
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Nursing Philosophy Purpose
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- Collective statement of shared beliefs
- Congruent with practice setting
- Meaning & direction to practice
5
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Importance of Personal Philosophy
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- Influence over decisions
- Care choices
- Personal beliefs
6
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Intersection of Professional & Personal Values
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- Individual priorities of care
- Advocacy in healthcare system (changes)
- CNO, CNA practice standards
7
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CNO Standards of Practice
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- Accountability
- Continuing competence
- Ethics
- Knowledge
- Knowledge application
- Leadership
- Relationships
8
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Philosophy Components
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- Critical thinking path
- Guide actions & decisions
- Deepens understandings
- Explore values & beliefs
- Synthesize knowledge
9
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Philosophy Use of Metaparadigm
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- Identify relation of personal values to profession
10
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Metaparadigm Components
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- Health
- Person
- Environment
- Nursing
- Social justice
11
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Safety Definition
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- Reduction & mitigation of unsafe acts
- Use of best practice
- Lead to optimal patient outcomes
12
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Types of Safety Incidents
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- Adverse event
- Harm
- Error
- Near miss
- Patient safety incident
- Critical incident
13
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Causes of Safety Incidents
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- Human error
- Busy environments
- Miss communication
- High patient count per nurse
- Attention to detail
- Systems error
14
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Blaming
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- Explanations
- Make sense of event
- Attributions
- Severity of outcome
- Personal mental biases
15
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Bias Leading to Blame
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- Self- serving biases
- Fundamental attribution error
- Learned intuition
- Hindsight bias
16
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Response to Harm
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- Shame, blame, retrain
- Interventions
- Improve individual performance
17
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Enhancing Safety
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- Patient safety culture
- Teamwork
- Communication
- Safety, risk, and quality improvement
- Optimize human & system factors
- Recognize, respond, disclose
18
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Culture of Safety
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- Commitment to applying knowledge, skills, attitudes
- Organizational culture supporting safety
- Competence, behaviors, attitudes of individuals
19
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Teamwork
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- Interprofessional teams
- Collaborative patient-centred care
- Shared objectives
- Clear roles & responsibilities
- Interdependent decision-making
20
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Communication
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- Preventing adverse events
- Responding to adverse events
- Legible handwriting
21
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Quality Improvement
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- Anticipate, recognize, manage
- Situations placing patients at risk
22
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Human & System Factors
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- Relationship between individual & environment
- Characteristics to optimize safety
- Concerns related to human performance/environmental factors
- Ongoing interaction between human & environment
23
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Recognize, Respond, Disclose Safety Incidents
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- Recognize occurrence of adverse event/close call
- Responding effectively
- Mitigate harm
- Ensure disclosure & prevent recurrence
- Honest, time effective communication
24
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Adverse Events Response
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- Document & report all events
- Including near misses
- Communicate with healthcare team & management
- Communicate with patient & family
25
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Nursing Qualities
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- Strength of mindset
- Strengths of knowledge & knowing
- Strengths of relationships
- Strengths of advocacy
26
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Mindset Strengths
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- Mindfulness
- Humility
- Open-mindedness
- Non-judgemental attitude
27
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Mindfulness
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- Being present & aware
- Decreases distractions
- Increases noticing
- Separate personal needs from client needs
28
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Humility
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- Understanding one’s strengths & limitations
- Learn from others
- Share knowledge & expertise
- Fosters collaborative partnerships
29
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Open-Mindedness
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- Open to different ideas & opinions
- Accepting of differences
- Prevents immediate judgement/drawing conclusions
30
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Non-Judgemental Attitude
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- Tolerance for another’s beliefs, values, behaviours, perspectives
- Respectful of others
- Promote trust in relationship
31
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Knowledge & Knowing Strengths
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- Curiosity
- Self-reflection
32
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Curiosity
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- Desire for experience & knowledge
- Greater discoveries & understanding of client
33
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Self-Reflection
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- Examine personal thoughts, emotions, actions
- Increases self-awareness of limitations & biases
- Make adjustments to care
- Unique care for each situation
- Recognize feelings that may interfere with nurse-client relationship
34
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Strengths of Relationships
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- Respect & trust
- Empathy
- Compassion & kindness
35
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Respect & Trust
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- Promotes autonomy
- Increases likelihood for client sharing
36
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Empathy
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- Fills gap between nurse & patient
- Gain insight of clients strengths/weakness
- Client satisfaction
- Decreased stress & anxiety
37
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Compassion & Kindness
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- Fundamental behaviour
- Recognize client as human being not disease
- Soften impact of negative effects
38
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Advocacy Strengths
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- Courage
- Self-efficacy
39
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Courage
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- Standing up for beliefs & fighting for what is right
- Empowerment & taking charge
40
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Self-Efficacy
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- Potential to attain desired goal
- Empowers achievement of goals & change the future
- Can do attitude
41
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Advocacy Types
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- Proactive
- Reactive
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Advocacy Threats
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- Macrosocial
- Microsocial
43
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Macrosocial Threats
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- Health disparity
- Hospital environment
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Microsocial Threats
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- Patient vulnerability
45
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Formal Leadership
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- Assigned leader position
46
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Informal Leadership
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- Outside scope of formal role
- Accepted by others
- Perceived to have influence
47
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Leadership
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- Engaging & influencing others
- Use of personal traits to influence
- Collective efforts to achieve outcomes
48
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Management
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- Ensuring job is completed
- Provide resources
- Activities to control human & material resources
- Achieve outcomes with organizations mission
49
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Leader Process
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- Sets a direction
- Develops a vision
- Communicates direction & vision to staff
50
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Manager Duties
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- Addresses complex issues
- Planning, budgeting
- Setting target goals
51
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Leadership Styles
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- Autocratic
- Democratic
- Laissez-faire
52
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Autocratic Leadership
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- Centralized decision-making
- Leader makes decisions & holds power of control
- Transactional
53
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Democratic Leadership
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- Participatory
- Delegation of authority
- Close personal, influential relationships
- Use of expert power & power base
54
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Lassiez-Faire Leadership
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- Passive & permissive
- Leader defers decision-making
55
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Transformational Leadership Theory
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- Relationship between leader & follower
- Inspires & empowers individual
- Commitment to organization
56
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Situational Leadership
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- Adapt leadership style to manage specific situation
- Flexibility
- Identify performance, competence of others
- Experience & willingness to take responsibilities
57
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Authentic Leadership
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- Positive, ethical style
- High levels of self-awareness
- Transparency between actions & values
- Growth & improvement focus
58
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Followership
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- Gain experience
- Move between roles
- First step to competent leadership
- Contribute to team
- Reflect on expectations in each situations
