Chp 1,4 & 7 Flashcards
Nursing & Caring
What is nursing?
Art and Science Guided by a code of ethics Based on standard Evidence-based practice Critical thinking Patient centered (includes family and community(
Who’s definition of nursing do we go by and what is it?
ANA - American Nursing Association
Nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention 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.
What are nursing standards?
a minimum set of criteria of practice to provide quality of care.
How do you act professionally as a nurse?
you administer quality patient-centered care in a safe, prudent, and knowledgeable manner. You are responsible and accountable to yourself, your patients, and your peers.
What are some health care advocacy groups?
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action.
Institute of Medicine (IOM) The Future of Nursing.
What initiative did the RWJF sponsor?
QSEN - Quality and Safety Education for Nurses
What does the QSEN address and encompass?
the challenge to prepare nurses with the competencies needed to continuously improve the quality of care in their work environments.
Encompasses the competencies of patient-centered care, teamwork and collaborations, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, safety, and informatics.
What does it mean that nursing is both an art and a science?
nursing practice requires a blend of the most current knowledge and practice standards with an insightful and compassionate approach to patient care.
What critical thinking model demonstrates a competent level of nursing care as described by the Standards of Practice?
the nursing process
What are the steps to the nursing process?
- Assessment - data pertinent to patient health
- Diagnosis - determines diagnosis or issue
- outcomes Identification - ID’s expected outcomes for an individualized plan
- Planning - develop a plan that prescribes strategies & alternatives to attain outcomes
- Implementation - coordination of care, health teaching, consultation, prescriptive authority
- Evaluation - progress
What is involved in the implementation step of the nursing process?
Coordination
Education
Consultation
Prescriptive authority and treatment (only some RN’s have this ability)
What is the nursing process the foundation of?
clinical decision making
What are the 10 standards of professional performance that the ANA use to describe a competent level of behavior in the professional nursing role
- Ethics - Is this right or wrong?
- Quality of practice - (ex. don’t poke a patient more than twice)
- Professional Practice Evaluation - evaluated by everyone
- Education - is forever ongoing.
- Communication
- Resources - websites, contacts, books, journals, AHA, ACA
- Evidence-based Practice and Research
- Leadership
- Environmental Health
- Collaboration
How often do you need to renew your RN license and what is required?
Renew every 2 years - a minimum of 30 contact hours are needed.
What is the code of ethics as it applies to nursing care?
the philosophical ideals of right and wrong that define the principles you will use to provide care to your patients. As a nurse you must incorporate your own values and ethics into your practice.
What are the 9 primary roles and functions of the Nurse?
Care provider educator advocate leader change agent manager researcher collaborator delegator
What are the four core rolls for the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse?
- Clinical nurse specialist - expert clinician in a specialized area of practice
- Nurse Practitioner - provides health care to a group of patients, usually in an outpatient, ambulatory care, or community-based setting
- Certified Nurse-Midwife - educated in midwifery and is certified by the American College of Nurse-Midwives.
- Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist - provide surgical anesthesia under the guidance and supervision of an anesthesiologist who is a physician with advanced knowledge of surgical anesthesia.
What does the practice of midwifery involve?
providing independent care for women during normal pregnancy, labor, and delivery and care for the newborn as well as some gynecological services.
