Fields and Opportunites in Nursing Flashcards
(49 cards)
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION
1. __________
2. Passed the __________
3. Completed the ________ required of the ________
4. With a __________
5. Member of a __________
(1) BSN Graduate
(2) Passed the Nurses Licensure Examination
(3) Completed the trainings required of the field of nursing
(4) With a Masters degree in Nursing
(5) Member of a professional nurse organization
TRUE OR FALSE:
A nurse has to have a good clinical eye as a personal attribute
TRUE
● Participates in all phases of patient care of the acutely ill, the convalescing and the ambulatory patient.
● In the hospital or in the outpatient department
● Plans for the nursing care needs of the patient
HOSPITAL OR INSTITUTIONAL NURSING
● Are a vital link in the health and welfare of neighborhoods.
● These registered nurses focus on improving the lives of diverse communities of infants, children, adolescents, and adults through education, prevention, and treatment.
PUBLIC OR COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING
● Schools of nursing
● Staff developments of health care agencies
● Client education departments
● Nurse educators primarily teach prospective nursing professionals clinical skills, patient care methods, and best collaboration practices.
NURSING EDUCATION
● Family practice at a local military base
● Emergency care for the wounded during war times
MILITARY NURSING
● They work to improve or support the mental and physical well-being of people with mental health or behavioral conditions.
● Educates patients, families, and communities to help them better understand that whole health includes mental health.
PSYCHIATRIC NURSING
● Provides comprehensive care
● 1 to 1 ratio
● They are an independent contractor that works in hospitals or at homes.
PRIVATE DUTY OR SPECIAL DUTY NURSING
● Provides basic nursing care to any type of patient
- assessment
- nursing techniques/procedures
- knowledge & recognition of pharmacological effects of drugs
- interpretation of doctor’s orders
GENERAL PRIVATE DUTY NURSE
● Also provides basic nursing care to any type of patient
● Demonstrates the following competencies:
- skill in handling , operating and monitoring other complicated devices
- skill in interpreting data gathered from ECG , EEG, laboratory , diagnostic results and V/S , etc.
PRIVATE DUTY NURSE SPECIALIST
● Focus: promotion, protection, & supervision of workers’ health within the context of a safe & healthy environment.
● Requires a broad base of knowledge in nursing, public health, and human relations.
INDUSTRIAL OR OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING
TRUE OR FALSE:
INDUSTRIAL OR OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING is an autonomous practice requiring dependent decisions and creative solutions to complex occupational and environmental health and safety problems
FALSE
It is an autonomous practice requiring INDEPENDENT DECISIONS
● A type of public health nursing
● Responsible for the school’s activities in the areas of health services, health education and environmental health and safety
SCHOOL NURSING
● Practice of providing care in a medical clinic environment
● They possess general skills
● Excellent teaching and communication skills exhibit organizational and leadership ability
● Possess good assessment skills
● Have good insight
CLINIC NURSING
● Self-employed
● Provides nursing services to clients/ patients and their families
● Reach out and offer their services rather than expect clients to seek their help
➔ Perform both independent and collaborative roles
INDEPENDENT NURSING PRACTICE
● Cares for critically ill patients in a helicopter or plane as they’re being transported from the scene of an accident or from one medical facility to another.
● Concerned with air evacuation/transport of critically-ill and acutely injured patients in military and civilian settings.
FLIGHT OR AERO-SPACE NURSING
TRUE OR FALSE:
FLIGHT OR AERO-SPACE NURSING also contribute to the activities of
hyperbaric support for wound care, toxic exposures, and decompression sickness in diving and flying communities.
TRUE
● Works specifically in the emergency room
● They treat patients who are facing traumatic or severe, often life-threatening medical conditions.
● Trained to assess patients quickly, prioritize care, and stabilize patients in critical condition
EMERGENCY NURSE
TRUE OR FALSE:
EMERGENCY NURSES are tasked with managing triage, ensuring the least critically affected patients receive care first.
FALSE
They are tasked with ensuring the MOST CRITICALLY AFFECTED PATIENTS receive care first
● They stand on the front lines of emergency care, serving as first responders to critically injured patients.
➔ They work closely with emergency department physicians, trauma surgeons, and transport teams to stabilize patients and save lives.
TRAUMA NURSE
TRUE OR FALSE:
Most trauma nurses work in emergency departments or emergency rooms (ERs), intensive care, or trauma units within hospitals.
TRUE
● Specialty focused on the care of unstable, chronically ill, or post-surgical patients and those at risk from life-threatening diseases and injuries.
★ They typically work in intensive care units (ICU) but provide care in other healthcare facilities related to emergency injuries or long-term illness.
CRITICAL CARE OR INTENSIVE CARE NURSE
● They work under cardiologists
● They take on many tasks to treat both acute and
chronic heart conditions
CARDIAC CARE NURSE
● These nurses provide daily care for infants, such as feeding, bathing, and changing diapers.
● They also care for infants with various medical and surgical conditions.
NEONATAL NURSE
