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| acceptance of ownership for the results or lack or results of client care |
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| ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses |
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a statement of values developed by the American Nurses Association to provide guidance to the nurse and protection for the client and family
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| An individual who oversees all aspects of nursing and health care; one who supervises the clients servcies and care rendered through commnuication, brokering of services and procurement of available resources |
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| ability to sort through issues and data and develop a reasonable and prudent plan of action that will lead to the resolution of actual or potential issue or problem |
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| a process if assinging staff to complete a task or assignment; the goal of delegation is to maintain seamless client care, improve the skills of novice nurses and spread tasks to appropriate personnel; complex taks requiring speialized knowledge should not be delegated |
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| A code on which a person bases his or her actions and decisions; the process of determining right from wrong or good from bad |
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| use of a persons interpersonal skills to guide followers to achieve personal and or organizational goals |
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| professional failure to carry out or perform duties that results in the injury of another |
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| An unintentional act or failure to act as a reasonably preduent person would act in the same or similar situation that results in injury to another; negligence can be an act of omission or commision |
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| determines the scope of professional nursing practice in a state and establishes guidelines whereby the nurse can perform skills or services |
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| utilize managerial skills to encourage motivate and create change |
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| Essential leadership skills include |
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| delegation, problem solving skills good communication skills, decision making, confrontation and conflict resolution, time management, team building and leading, negotiation, motivation, and supervision |
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| no participation from others, person in charge makes all decisions and is no other input |
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| the prson in charge asks for input from group memebers; the group makes the decisions; the leader facilitates discussion |
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| No one makes decisions, chaos can result; no goals are achieved |
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| The leader changes leadership style to meet the needs of the situation; if it is an emergent situation the leader is more autocratic |
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