Nursing as a Profession Flashcards
Only ___________ of __________ Filipino nurses work in the Philippines.
65,000 of 500,000
FIELDS OF NURSING
- Institutional Nursing (Hospital Staff Nursing)
- Community Health Nursing
- Independent Nursing Practice
- Nursing in Education
- Nursing in Other Fields
Administer every type of anesthetic, work in every type of practice setting and provide care for every type of operation or procedure - from open heart surgery to pain management programs.
work in collaboration with surgeons, anesthesiologists, dentists, podiatrists and other qualified healthcare professionals.
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
Study various aspects of health, illness, and health care. By designing and implementing scientific studies, they look for ways to improve health, healthcare services, and healthcare outcomes. Part of the job description would be identifying research questions, designing and conducting scientific studies, collecting and analyzing data, and reporting their findings.
Many researchers teach in academic or clinical settings, and often write articles and research reports for nursing, medical, and other professional journals and publications
Nurse Researcher
Provide consultation and care to patients suffering from mental health and psychiatric disorders. They treat patients diagnosed with conditions like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and depression.
Trained in behavioral therapy, which allows nurses to teach patients, and their loved ones, how to deal with challenges that go along with psychiatric disorders. As a psychiatric nurse, they specialize in working with children or older people, or in a specific area such as eating disorders. Mental health nurses often work in multidisciplinary teams, liaising with psychiatrists, psychologists, occupational therapists, GPs, social workers and other health professionals.
Psychiatric Nurse
Primary care provider for expectant women who are healthy enough to sustain child birth without complications or high risk.
The nurse provides them physical and emotional support before, during and after childbirth. As a midwife, nurses can work from a health care facility or within patient’s homes or another specified location. Midwives offer genealogical examinations, prenatal care, labor and delivery assistance and neonatal care.
Certified Nurse Midwife
The nurses within this field care for young children (infant to teenager) suffering from endocrine diseases and disorders, including adrenal, thyroid and pituitary problems. Work closely with pediatricians to help develop your patients’ treatment plan and care.
Pediatric Endocrinology Nurse
One of the most common diseases in pediatric endocrinology is
juvenile diabetes
Provide care for patients who suffer from musculoskeletal ailments including arthritis, diabetes, and joint replacement issues.
Nurses also provide patient education and help prepare treatment plans. Specialized skills would include traction, neurovascular status monitoring, continuous passive motion therapy, casting, and care of patients with external fixation
Orthopedic Nurse
Advanced practice registered nurses who provide care to patients throughout the lifespan, from premature newborns to the elderly.
They perform comprehensive and focused physical examinations; diagnose and treat common acute illnesses and injuries; provide immunizations; manage high blood pressure, diabetes, depression and other chronic health problems; order and interpret diagnostic tests such as X- rays and EKGs, as well as laboratory tests; prescribe medications and therapies; perform procedures; and educate and counsel patients and their families regarding healthy lifestyles and health care options.
Nurse Practitioner
These nurses develop and establish uniform standards pertaining to patient’s quality of care, and work with staff to ensure these guidelines are met.
Advanced Practice nurses who hold a master’s or doctoral degree in a specialized area of nursing practice.
Their area of clinical expertise may be in: a population (e.g. pediatrics, geriatrics,women’s health); a setting (e.g. critical care, emergency room); a disease or medical sub-specialty (e.g. diabetes, oncology); a type of care (e.g. psychiatric, rehabilitation); or a type of health problem (e.g. pain, wounds, stress).
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Work with elderly patients, diagnosing illness, conducting
exams, and prescribing medication .
Diagnose and manage patients’ often long-term and debilitating conditions and provide regular assessments to patients’ family members.
Similar to all geriatric nurses, GNPs must approach nursing holistically and pay special attention to maintaining a comforting bedside manner for their elderly patients.
Gerontological Practitioner
Works with newborn infants born with a variety of problems ranging from prematurity, birth defects, infection, cardiac malformations, and surgical problems.
Encompasses those infants who experience problems shortly after birth, it also care for infants who experience long-term problems related to their prematurity or illness after birth. A few neonatal nurses may care for infants up to about 2 years of age.
Most care for infants from the time of birth until they are discharged from the hospital.
Neonatal Nurses
Dr. Patricia Benner’s Stages of
Nursing Expertise
Novice
Advanced Beginner
Competent
Proficient
Expert
No experience (nursing student). Performance is limited and governed by context-free rules and regulations rather than experience.
Stage I Novice
