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Exam 1
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Nursing
Undergraduate 1
09/26/2014

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BSN 5 Basic Concepts
Definition
1. Professional Role
2. Leadership
3. Patient-center Care
4. Communication
5. Safety
Term
Professional Role
Definition
-Core values
-professional behavior and identity
-healthcare policy and regulation
-life-long learning
-legal and ethical practice
Term
Leadership
Definition
-Individual leadership
-Manager of care
-Professional leadership
-Organizational and systems leadership
-Civic responsibility
Term
Patient-Center Care
Definition
-Provider of holistic care
-Nursing process
-Cultural competency
-Evidence-based practice
-Research
-Clinical reasoning/critical thinking
-Caring
-Spirituality
-Advocacy
Term
Communication
Definition
-Verbal, non-verbal, and written
-Emerging technologies
-therapeutic communication
-nursing team
-inter-professional collaboration and communication
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Safety
Definition
-Accountability
-creating safe care environment
-system processes
-continuous quality improvement
-emergency preparedness and disaster response
-transfer of care, discharge planning, and home care.
Term
Katherine McKauley Quote
Definition
Nothing is more productive of good to society than the careful education of women.
Term
Florence Nightingale
Definition
-Defined nursing as an art and science
-differentiated nursing from medicine
-identified personal needs of patient and role of the nurse
-established standards for hospital management
-established nursing education and nursing as a respected profession for women
-continuing education for nurses
-nutrition is important
-maintained accurate records/ beginning of nursing research.
Term
Clara Barton
Definition
Established Red Cross in the US
Term
Dorothea Dix
Definition
Crusader for the reform of the treatment of mentally ill
Term
Lillian Wald
Definition
Founder of public health nursing
Term
Isabel Hampton Robb
Definition
First president of what we now call the American Nurses Association
Term
Lavinia Lloyd Dock
Definition
Nursing leader and women's rights activist, instrumental in Constitutional amendment giving women right to vote
Term
Role of academic advisor
Definition
unconditional supporter
Term
Being a Professional
Definition
-specialized education
-licensure exam
-code of ethics
-specific body of knowledge
Term
Definition of Nursing
Definition
Patient is the central focus of all definitions.
Term
Aims of Nursing
Definition
1. Promote Health
2. Prevent Illness
3. Restore Health
4. Facilitate coping with disability or death
Term
Cognitive Skills
Definition
knowledge, critical thinking skills, nursing process
Term
Nursing Process
Definition
assessment=> diagnosis=> plan => implement=> evaluate
Term
Technical Skills
Definition
manipulate equipment skillfully, troubleshoot
Term
Interpersonal Skills
Definition
establish caring relationships, communicate with medical team
Term
Ethical/Legal Skills
Definition
conduct themselves in manner consistent with their moral and professional role responsibilities
Term
Caregiver
Definition
primary role of a nurse
Term
Communicator
Definition
with patients and team, family
Term
teacher/educator
Definition
patients and their families,
Term
counselor
Definition
listen
Term
leader
Definition
assertive, self-confident
Term
researcher
Definition
conduct research
Term
advocate
Definition
to patient=> speak for them if they cant
Term
collaborator
Definition
working with a team
Term
Credentialing
Definition
refers to ways in which professional competence is ensured and maintained
-three processes
-accreditation
-licensure
-certification
Term
Accreditation
Definition
process by which an educational program is evaluated and then recognized as having met certain predetermined standards of education
Term
CSM Accreditation?
Definition
Is accredited
Term
License
Definition
legal document that permits a person to offer the public skills and knowledge after meeting specific requirements
Term
Suspension of a License
Definition
1. practicing without a license
2. not practicing within the scope of practice
3. gross misconduct
4. alcohol or drug abuse
5. not following mandatory reporting
Term
Certification
Definition
process by which a person who has met certain criteria established by nongovernmental associated is granted recognition
-a way to demonstrate advanced proficiency
Term
Nurse Practice Act
Definition
set of state laws that define nursing, sets standards for the profession
-protects the public from unsafe and unlicensed practice
-to provide quality nursing care provided by qualified practitioners
Term
Mutual recognition model of nursing licensure
Definition
Term
Communication
Definition
process of exchanging info and generating and transmitting meaning between 2 or more individuals
Term
communication skills
Definition
the building blocks of professional
-between nurses and patients, families, physicians, and interdisciplinary team
Term
source
Definition
(encoder)
person who initiates the conversation
Term
message
Definition
actual product of the source
Term
channel
Definition
how is the message sent (spoken words, sight, touch)
Term
receiver
Definition
(decoder)
must translate and interpret the message
Term
feedback
Definition
evidence from the receiver that the message was understood
Term
verbal communication
Definition
exchange of information by spoken or written words
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