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Fundamentals of Nursing
Berman/Snyder Chapt 3
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Nursing
Professional
01/25/2012

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what are the types of nursing education
Definition
practical/vocational nursing (LPN/LVN)
registered nursing (RN)
graduate nursing (masters, doctoral, continuing ed, certification)
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explain scope of nursing practice
Definition
promotion of health and wellness
prevention of illness
restoration of health
care for the dying
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The Nurse Practice Act
Definition
it is regulated by each individual state, the purpose is to protect the public
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what are the expanded nursing roles/advanced practice
Definition
nurse practitioner, nurse midwife, nurse educator, nurse anesthetist, nurse researcher
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what are the nurses roles in research process
Definition
identify practice problems
literature review
recruit study participants
informed consent
protect client rights, monitor for adverse effects
collect data
implement interventions
evaluate & interpret findings
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define philosphy
Definition
a belief system
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define concepts
Definition
considered the building blocks of theories
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define conceptual framework
Definition
group of related ideas, statements, or concepts, often used interchangeably with conceptual model or grand theory.
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define theory
Definition
a system of ideas presumed to explain a given phenomenon
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define paradigm
Definition
a pattern of shared understanding and assumptions about reality and the world
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define metaparadigm
Definition
concepts that can be superimposed on almost any work of nursing "how nurses look at the world"
four major metaparadigms in nursing:
person- the recipient of nursing care.
environment-internal/external surroundings affecting the client.
health-degree of wellness/well-being that the client experiences.
nursing-attributes, characters, actions of the nurse providing care.
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florence nightingale
Definition
first nursing theorist; role to help patient recover from illness her concepts remain central to nursing today.
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explain the roy adaptation model
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we are an adaptive, biopsychosocial system; a continual cycle of input (stimuli) output (responses).
focus on response to 4 stimuli:
*physiological-body's basic needs
*self-concept-body image, idea of self
*role function-performance/role in society
*interdepencdence-interaction with significant others/support persons.
(adaptive responses lead to improved health; mal-adaptive responses lead to sickness)
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what is the evidence based process?
Definition
*assess the need for change
*locate the best evidence
*analyze the evidence
*design the practice change
*implement & evaluate the change
*integrate & maintain the change
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define midlevel theories
Definition
nursing research that focuses on the exploration of concepts such as pain, self-esteem, learning, and hardiness.
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define critical theory
Definition
used in academia to describe theories that help elucidate how soical structures affect a wide range of human experiences from art to social practices.
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what is the role of nursing theory?
Definition
it guides knowledge development and directs education, research, and practice (each influences the other)
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tell me about peplau's theory
Definition
a therapeutic relationship between the nurse and client (has 4 stages)
orientation, identification, exploitation, & resolution.
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what is Henderson's definition of nursing
Definition
he sees the nurse as concerned with both health & ill patients; interacts with client even when recovery is not feasible; mentions teaching & advocacy roles of the nurse.
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tell me about Rogers science of unitary human beings
Definition
focuses on person's wholeness; seeks to promote symphonic interaction between two energy fields (human/environment)
unitary man:
*an irreducible, four-dimentional energy field identified by a pattern.
*manifests characteristics different from the sum of the parts.
*interacts continuously/creatively with the environment.
*behaves as a totality.
*as a sentient being, participates creatively in change.
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tell me about Orem's general theory of nursing
Definition
self-care deficit theory. nurses helping role to guide, teach, support, or perform care.
*theory of self-care
*theory of self-care deficit
*theory of nursing system
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tell me about Neumans systems model
Definition
nursing model based on individual's response to stress.
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tell me about Leininger's cultural care
Definition
care is the essence of nursing and the dominant & unifying feature of nursing. human caring varies among cultures in its expressions, processes, and patters; it is culturally derived.
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tell me about Watson's human caring theory
Definition
believes the practice of caring is central to nursing: it is the unifying focus for practice.
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tell me about Parse's human becoming theory
Definition
the client, not the nurse, is the authority figure & decision maker. Nurse roles involve helping clients and families in choosing the possibilities for changing the health process.
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define paradigm
Definition
a pattern of shared understandings and assumptions about reality & the world. (our notions of reality that are taken for granted & largely unconscious)
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Florence Nightingale linked health to what 5 factors?
Definition
* pure water
* fresh air
* efficient drainage
* cleanliness
* direct sunlight
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