Midterm Flashcards
(60 cards)
is the right to self determination
Autonomy
is respect for the inherent worth and uniqueness of individuals and populations
Human Dignity
minimizing possible harms and practice in a way that benefits the clients
Beneficence
avoid causing harm
Nonmaleficence
occurs when you know the right thing to do but either personal or institutional factors make it difficult to take the right course of action
moral distress
the process the nurse must complete to identify assess and develop their own personal value system
value clarification
established the first training school for nurses wrote books about health care and nursing education
Florence Nightingale
established the red cross in the us in 1882; volunteered to care for wounds and feed union soldiers during civil war
Clara Barton
the founder of public health nursing; established a neighborhood nursing service for the sick poor of the lower east side of nyc
Lillian Wald
caregiver; communicator; teacher/educator; counselor; leader; researcher; advocate; collaborate;
Nursing Roles in all settings
the protection of human or legal rights and securing of care for all patients based n the belief that patients have the right to make informed decisions
advocate
primary mission is to advance the profession of nursing to improve health for all; by fostering high standards high standards of nursing practice
american nurses association
objective is to foster the development and improvement of all nursing services and nursing education
national league for nurses
what is the nursing process (5)?
assessing diagnosing planing implementing and evaluating
asessing diagnosisng planning implementing and evaluating are activities involved in it; used by nurses to identify the patients health care needs and strengths to establish and carry out care plans to meet those needs
nursing process
assessment diagnosis outcomes identification planning implementation coordination of care health teaching/health promotion evaluation
Standard of practice
What are the QSEN competencies? (6)
patient centered care; teamwork and collaboration; evidence based practice; quality improvement ; safety; informatics;
is a paper format in which each health care group keeps data on its own separate form
source oriented records
to bring focus of care back to patient and patient concerns
focus charting
is used to organize entries in the narratives notes ; organizes data according to subjective information , objective information , asessment and plan
SOAP format
is a short hand documentation method that makes use of well defined standards of practice ; only significant findings or “exceptions” to these standards are documented in narrative notes
charting by exception
progress notes written by nurses in a source oriented record
narrative notes
privacy rule which protects the privacy of individual identifiable health information
HIPAA
are laws established in each state to regulate the practice of nursing
nursing practice act