Fundamentals of Nursing LEC W2 Flashcards
Historical and Contemporary Nursing Practice Caring as Integral Part of Nursing
is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, preventions of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations”
Nursing
Historical and Contemporary Nursing Practice Caring as Integral Part of Nursing: Recipients of Nursing
- availing health services in nursing ex. availing in pharmacy.
Consumer
Historical and Contemporary Nursing Practice Caring as Integral Part of Nursing: Recipients of Nursing
- means “to suffer and deals with a patient who is sick.
- the call to people who go to the hospital
- it quotes dependence on the nurses or healthcare
Patient
Historical and Contemporary Nursing Practice Caring as Integral Part of Nursing: Recipients of Nursing
- can use in both ill and well- beings
- used if going from house to house or in the community duty
- it quotes independents, active participate on the recipient of care.
Client
Historical and Contemporary Nursing Practice Caring as Integral Part of Nursing: SCOPE OF NURSING
- nurse can do without doctor
- They are the ones who provide the hands-on care.
- One of the most critical roles that nurses have in health promotion and disease preventions is that of an educator.
- Nurses spend the most time with the patients and provide anticipatory guidance about immunizations, nutrition, dietary, medications, and safety.
Promoting health and wellness
Historical and Contemporary Nursing Practice Caring as Integral Part of Nursing: SCOPE OF NURSING
- Nurses address risk factors by educating patients and communities about ways to avoid risk, including monitoring their health through routine screenings, as well as providing tips on nutrition and exercise.
- Addressing symptoms that reduce the quality of life for patients.
Preventing illness
Historical and Contemporary Nursing Practice Caring as Integral Part of Nursing: SCOPE OF NURSING
- collaboration of the nurse and doctor
- _______________ focuses on more than merely numbing symptoms or providing temporary relief. We identify the source of the pain and recommend treatment along with lifestyle changes.
- These changes will help the patient maintain a level of health so they can thrive instead of barely masking the pain.
Restoring health
Historical and Contemporary Nursing Practice Caring as Integral Part of Nursing: SCOPE OF NURSING
- ____________, a symptomatic approach, or just giving pain medication will reduce the client’s discomfort.
- ______________ occurs throughout the continuum of care and involves the interdisciplinary team collaboratively addressing physical, intellectual, emotional, social, and spiritual needs and facilitating patient autonomy, access to information, and choice.”
Caring for the dying: palliative care
Historical and Contemporary Nursing Practice Caring as Integral Part of Nursing: ROLES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE NURSE
- does the intervention
- is to be a ____________ for patients by managing physical needs, preventing illness, and treating health conditions.
- To do this, nurses must observe and monitor the patient and record any relevant information to aid in treatment decision-making processes.
Caregiver
Historical and Contemporary Nursing Practice Caring as Integral Part of Nursing: ROLES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE NURSE
- effectively with the patient and family members as well as other members of the healthcare team.
Communicator
Historical and Contemporary Nursing Practice Caring as Integral Part of Nursing: ROLES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE NURSE
- ___________the client’s status, assess the learning needs, and assess what they already know and what they don’t know yet.
- __________ prospective nursing professionals clinical skills, patient care methods, and best collaboration practices. However, they also take on a number of additional responsibilities revolving around both the academic and research side of the profession, including: Instructing hospital research.
Teacher
Historical and Contemporary Nursing Practice Caring as Integral Part of Nursing: ROLES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE NURSE
- acts to protect the client. In this role the nurse may represent the client’s needs and wishes to other health professionals, such as relaying the client’s wishes for information to the physician. They also assist clients in exercising their rights and help them speak up for themselves.
ex. The patient’s decision is wrong; yes, follow them, but give them a warning or effect if that is what they chose.
ex. The doctor ordered a high dosage of the medication. Please confirm or clarify first because it seems that the dosage is high and the patient could be harmed. The doctor said who is better. It takes a long time in pharmacology to follow the doctor. Don’t give because it is on the doctor’s side.
Client Advocate
Historical and Contemporary Nursing Practice Caring as Integral Part of Nursing: ROLES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE NURSE
- give psychological or emotional support to the patient.
- ex. If a patient’s family member dies, leave the room or stay with the patient. If you stay with the patient, you are willing to listen to the patient. If you stay with the patient, can we touch the patient when they are crying? Yes, wrap their batch. Emotional and psychological support is not just words. Can we touch a raped victim? No, because their trauma is related to bodily contact. Any form of touching is forbidden.
Counselor
Historical and Contemporary Nursing Practice Caring as Integral Part of Nursing: ROLES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE NURSE
- adapting to the new changes of the patient, inviting the patient to change his lifestyle
ex. smoking, teaching the patient how to stop, or lifestyle modification
Change Agents
Historical and Contemporary Nursing Practice Caring as Integral Part of Nursing: ROLES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE NURSE
- if you influence the patient to achieve the goal together, you know how to influence other people.
- ex. goal is to reduce weight so make a plan with the patient if you have done, it means you have done your role as a _________.
Leader
Historical and Contemporary Nursing Practice Caring as Integral Part of Nursing: ROLES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE NURSE
- manages the nurses, organizes the tasks, assigns the patient under the other nurses, assigns the schedule, completes the equipment in the department, and makes sure the food is given to the patients equally.
- To be a manager, it should be a head nurse or charge nurse who makes sure the nurses provide for their patients.
Manager
Historical and Contemporary Nursing Practice Caring as Integral Part of Nursing: ROLES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE NURSE
under all the health organizations, a multidisciplinary team organizes all the members of the health care team.
Case Manager
Historical and Contemporary Nursing Practice Caring as Integral Part of Nursing: ROLES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE NURSE
evidence based practice, everything we know right now because of research
ex. adding alcohol to sponge baths is no longer done since alcohol causes dry skin; if the skin is dry, it is easier to break down and get injured. Nursing research can only be updated if we research the trends.
Research Consumer
Historical and Contemporary Nursing Practice Caring as Integral Part of Nursing: EXPANDED CAREER ROLES (Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN)
- focus on your specialization
- provide care independently in defined client population(gerontology, women’s health and gender-related health, neonatal, pediatrics, psychiatric)
Certified Nurse Practitioner
Historical and Contemporary Nursing Practice Caring as Integral Part of Nursing: EXPANDED CAREER ROLES (Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN)
- focus on your patient’s disease for example cancer so for all cancer patients the nurse
- works in specialized area of nursing practice defined by parameters (disease/medical specialty, setting, type of care, type of problem)
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Historical and Contemporary Nursing Practice Caring as Integral Part of Nursing: EXPANDED CAREER ROLES (Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN)
- administers anesthesia, provides pre and post-anesthesia care
- It’s good to give anesthesia and train, but it’s ugly, and you can’t administer it if there’s no anesthesiologist. You can’t appreciate it or monitor the patient.
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
Historical and Contemporary Nursing Practice Caring as Integral Part of Nursing: EXPANDED CAREER ROLES (Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN)
- provides privacy to the client to women not only during childbirth
- provide primary healthcare for women
Certified Nurse Midwife
Historical and Contemporary Nursing Practice Caring as Integral Part of Nursing: EXPANDED CAREER ROLES (Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN)
- identify research questions, design and conduct scientific studies, collect and analyze data and report their findings.
- They often rely on grants to fund their work, which requires writing grant proposals and meeting certain reporting requirements.
Nurse Researcher
Historical and Contemporary Nursing Practice Caring as Integral Part of Nursing: EXPANDED CAREER ROLES (Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN)
bossing all the nurses; he is the chief nurse; he will raise concerns, make sure all the nurses are qualified, and mobilize the nurses in the hospital; you are the one to assign.
Nurse Administrators