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NURSING I - FON - Ch 1 Flashcards

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First professionally trained African-American nurse

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Mary Mahoney

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Definition of Nursing (ANA)

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  • Protect, promote, and optimize patients’ health
  • Prevent illness and injury
  • Alleviate suffering through diagnosis and treatment of human responses
  • Advocate for care of patients
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(4) External forces that have affected nursing in the 21st century

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  1. DEMOGRAPHIC changes in population
  2. HUMAN RIGHTS
  3. increasing # of MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED
  4. threat of BIOTERRORISM
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(3) Challenges in nursing today:

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  1. Health care REFORM
  2. COST of health care
  3. Nursing SHORTAGE
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(5) Primary characteristics of a PROFESSION:

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  1. extended EDUCATION
  2. body of KNOWLEDGE
  3. provides a SPECIFIC SERVICE
  4. has AUTONOMY
  5. incorporates a CODE OF ETHICS
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(6) ANA Standards of Practice (Nursing Process):

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  1. Assessment
  2. Diagnosis
  3. Outcome Identification
  4. Planning
  5. Implementation
  6. Evaluation
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(10) ANA Standards of Professional Performance:

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  1. Ethics
  2. Education
  3. Evidence-based practice
  4. Quality of practice
  5. Communication
  6. Leadership
  7. Collaboration
  8. Professional practice evaluation
  9. Resources
  10. Environmental Health
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Describe CODE OF ETHICS:

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PHILOSOPHICAL IDEALS of right and wrong

that define the PRINCIPLES used to PROVIDE CARE to patients

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2-yr program

Focus: BASIC sciences, THEORETICAL & CLINICAL courses

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Associates degree

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4-yr program

Includes: SOCIAL sciences, arts & humanities

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Baccalaureate degree

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Emphasizes RESEARCH BASED clinical practice

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Master’s degree

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Emphasizes BASIC RESEARCH and THEORY

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Doctor of Philosophy

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a PRACTICE-FOCUSED doctorate

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Doctor of Nursing Practice

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Instruction or training provided by agencies

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In-service Education

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Formal, organized education programs offered by various institutions

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Continuing Education

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NPA

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Nurse Practice Act

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What is the purpose of NPAs?

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Establish specific legal regulations for nursing practice

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Benner’s 5 levels of proficiency:

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  1. Novice
  2. Advanced Beginner
  3. Competent
  4. Proficient
  5. Expert
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Benner: Beginning nursing student

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Novice

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Benner: Some experience, can identify meaningful aspects or principles

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Advanced Beginner

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Benner: Same clinical position for 2-3 yrs,
can anticipate nursing care,
can establish long-range goals

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Competent

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Benner: Over 2-3 yrs experience in same position,

can assess entire situation, can readily xfer knowlege gained, focuses on MANAGING care

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Proficient

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Benner: DIVERSE experience, can focus on multiple dimensions, skilled to identify patient centered problems or needs of novice nurse

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Expert

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Independent nursing interventions that the nurse initiates without medical orders

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Autonomy

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Helps patient maintain & regain health, manage disease symptoms, and attain a maximal level of function and independence.

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Caregiver

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Protects patients’ human & legal rights, and provides assistance in asserting these rights

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Advocate

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Explains, demonstrates, reinforces, and evaluates the patient’s progress in LEARNING

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Educator

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Is central to the nurse-patient relationship

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Communicator

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Has personnel, policy, and budgetary responsibility for a specific nursing unit

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Manager

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Four core roles: CNM, CNP, CNS, and CRNA

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APRN

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APRN

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Advanced Practice Registered Nurse

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CNM

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Certified Nurse Midwife

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CNP

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Certified Nurse Practitioner

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CNS

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Clinical Nurse Specialist

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CRNA

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Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

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Expert clinician in a specialized area of practice

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CNS (Clinical Nurse Specialist)

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Detects and manages self-limiting acute and chronic stable mendical conditions

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Nurse Practitioner

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Involves the independent care for women in normal pregnancy, labor, and delivery and care of newborns

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CNM (Certified Nurse-Midwife)

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Provides surgical anesthesia

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CRNA (Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist)

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Works primarily in schools of nursing and staff development

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Nurse Educator

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Manages patient care and the delivery of specific nursing services within a health care agency

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Nursing Administrator

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Investigates problems to improve nursing care and to expand the scope of nursing practice

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Nurse Researcher

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(6) Competencies of the QSEN initiative:

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  1. Patient-centered care
  2. Teamwork and Collaboration
  3. Evidence-Based Practice
  4. Quality Improvement
  5. Safety
  6. Informantics
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The study of all the genes in a person and interactions of these genes with one another and with that person’s environment

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genomics

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The NURSING PROCESS is the foundation of __ __ __,

and includes all significant actions taken by nurses in providing care to patients

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clinical decision making

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The Standards of Practice describe a __ __ of __ __.

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competent level

NURSING CARE.

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The ANA Standards of PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE describe a __ __ of __ in the professional role.

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competent level

BEHAVIOR

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The Standards of Professional Performance provide objective guidelines for nurses to be ______.

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accountable for their actions, their patients, and their peers.

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The Standards of Professional Performance provide a method to assure (1) ____, (2) that the nurses ___, and that (3) ___.

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  1. PATIENTS that they are receiving high-quality care
  2. know exactly what is NECESSARY to provide nursing care
  3. MEASURES are in place to determine whether care meets standards.
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Standards of Nursing Practice:

Assessment

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Collect data (pertinent to the patient’s health and/or the situation)

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Standards of Nursing Practice:

Diagnosis

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ANALYZE (the assessment) and DETERMINE the diagnosis

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Standards of Nursing Practice:

Outcomes Identification

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Identify expected OUTCOMES

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Standards of Nursing Practice:

Planning

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DEVELOP a plan; GOAL

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Standards of Nursing Practice:

Implementation

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Carry out the plan; act

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Standards of Nursing Practice:

Evaluation

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ASSESS/EVALUATE progress (if goal was met)

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Standards of Professional Performance:

Ethics

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The registered nurse PRACTICES ETHICALLY

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Standards of Professional Performance:

Education

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Attains KNOWLEDGE and COMPETENCY

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Standards of Professional Performance:

Evidence-Based Practice & Research

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Integrates EVIDENCE & RESEARCH findings into practice

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Standards of Professional Performance:

Communication

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COMMUNICATES effectively in all areas of practice

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Standards of Professional Performance:

Leadership

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DEMONSTRATES leadership

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Standards of Professional Performance:

Collaboration

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collaborates with HEALTH CARE CONSUMER, FAMILY, & OTHERS

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Standards of Professional Performance:

Professional Practice Evaluation

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evaluates his/her OWN NURSING PRACTICE in relation to PRACTICE STANDARDS & GUIDELINES…

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Standards of Professional Performance:

Resources

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USES APPROPRIATE RESOURCES to plan an provide services that are SAFE, EFFECTIVE, & FINANCIALLY RESPOSIBLE

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Standards of Professional Performance:

Environmental Health

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PRACTICES in an environmentally SAFE AND HEALTHY MANNER

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In the United States, RN candidates must pass the ___.

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NCLEX-RN examination

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The NCLEX-RN examination is administered by the ___.

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individual STATE BOARDS of NURSING

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RN licensure exam is the same in every state. This provides __

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a standardized MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE BASE for nurses.

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(2) Professional Responsibilities:

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  1. Obtaining & maintaining SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE and SKILLS
  2. Emphasizes (4)
    a) health promotion and illness prevention
    b) disease and symptom management
    c) family support
    d) end-of-life care
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(6) Professional Roles:

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  1. Autonomy & Accountability
  2. Caregiver
  3. Advocate
  4. Educator
  5. Communicator
  6. Manager
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ACCOUNTABILITY means that your are responsible (professionally and legally) for the __ and __ of ____.

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type
quality
nursing care provided

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Most nurses provide direct patient care in an __ __ __.

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acute care setting.

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