Week 8: Professionalisum Flashcards
What is the purpose of the Nurses Association of Ontario’s Best Practice Guidelines?
To provide a framework for nurses to deliver safe and compassionate care through a collaborative approach and respectful workplace culture to enhance patient outcomes and staff satisfaction.
Who developed the Best Practice Guidelines?
Developed by the nursing community in collaboration with Health Canada, including the nurses expert panel, Joint Provincial Nursing Committee, and Canadian Advisory Nursing.
What is a healthy work environment?
A practice setting that maximizes the health and well-being of nurses, quality patient/client outcomes, organizational performance, and societal outcomes.
What is professionalism in nursing?
An essential part in achieving a healthy work environment, characterized by a commitment to the highest standards of ethical practice, excellence, and accountability.
It is the certain skills that are in the filed, beleifs that guide nurse, acknowlege that nurses suceed in supportive workplace.
What attributes are included in professionalism?
Specialty, skills, knowledge, and behavior displayed in the field, guided by beliefs and values in interactions with patients.
What is interprofessional practice?
Collaboration among multiple health disciplines with diverse knowledge and skills, sharing integrated goals and utilizing interdependent collaboration.
Collaboration pratice is embedded in Canada health car
What are key elements of a multidisciplinary team?
Shared power, care expertise, collaborative leadership, optimizing professional roles, shared group decision-making, and effective group functioning.
Can include:
client, nursing staff, dietecians, case managers, unit clerks, admin, staff etc
What is the goal of interprofessional practice?
To maximize the best outcomes for patients, families, and communities, and improve organizational performance.
What is mentoring in nursing?
A long-term learning relationship where the mentor and mentee work collaboratively, boosting the mentee’s knowledge, career, and networks.
What role does a mentor play?
A knowledgeable and trusted guide who offers support in leadership and personal growth, adapting to the mentee’s needs.
Mentor is knowing and is a role model
In what domains does mentorship occur?
Mentorship occurs in all domains of practice, including clinical, research, administration, and education.
Formal and informal
Occurs with varying levels of skills
What is the importance of confidentiality in mentoring?
To promote trust and privacy within the mentoring connection.
Who is a mentee?
An individual with little experience who is driven to grow.
