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Largest employment setting |
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Majority/Primary Demographic Profile |
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Female; age 46; white; hospital setting |
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Top 3 areas educating nurses outside US |
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1. Philippines, 50.2%
2. Canada, 20.2%
3. U.K., 8.4% |
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-Provided care for soldiers during war
-Wrote "notes on nursing"
-Founded 1st training hosp for nurses (St. Thomas Hosp, London)
-"Lady w/ the lamp" |
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-Superintendant of women nurses of army
-Created 2mo training program at 2 NY hosp's |
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-1st 3 American training schools for nurses; modeled after F.N.
1. Bellevue Training for Nurses, NYC
2. Connecticut, New Haven
3. Boston, Mass Gen Hosp |
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-Chicago World's Fair- turning point
-Nurses met and discussed lack of uniformity in curricula/edu
-Nt'l League of Nursing Edu (now NLN)
-American Nurses Assoc (ANA)
-1st assoc of nursing in history |
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-Founded Henry Street Settlement
-NY's east side
-Established 1st formalized public health Nursing Practice
-Cared for babies, treated minor ill's, prevented disease transmission, provided health edu to neighborhood
-Visiting nurses & clincs |
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-Frontier Nursing Service
-1st known as Kentucky Committee for mothers and babies
-1st organiz. midwifery progr
-Horseback travel
-Delivered babies, provided pre/postnatal care & edu for mothers/families |
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Major Categories of Healthcare Services |
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1. Health promotion & maintenance
-Early detection, promote lifestyles (ex: health edu)
2. Illness prevention
-Reduce risk-factors, address health probs (ex: ear plugs in factory)
3. Diagnosis & treatment
-Heavy emphasis by US, modern techn
4. Rehab & long-term care
-Disease managm, restore functioning/indepen. |
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Classification of Health Care Systems |
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1. Federal: Nt'l Instit of Health (NIH; CDC)
2. State: St Dept of Health; St Boards/Nursing
3. Voluntary (private): Am Heart Assoc, March of Dimes, Am Red Cross |
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-Registered to vote, kept informed of HC issues, know local/state/federal officials |
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-Contacts public officials via letters/calls, registers people to vote, works on campaigns |
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-Runs for office, seeks appointment to regular agency, uses nursing expertise as front-line policymaker to enhance HC |
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-Provider of care
-Researcher
-Educator
-Collaborator
-Counselor
-Patient Advocate
-Manager
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Types of Nursing Delivery Systems |
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1. Functional Nursing
-Tasks (skills); medication (1); bathing (1); vitals (1)
2. Team Nursing
-R.N.; L.P.N.; N.A.: sharing of tasks
3. Primary Nursing: (1 RN:several pat's) |
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-Focused on assisting individuals/ families/ communities, in attaining/maintaining/recovering health/functioning |
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Model of Professional Socialization:
Brenner's Stages of Nursing Proficiency
(5 stages) |
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1. Novice- stud's entering nursing sch
2. Adv. Beginners- learners have become competent; can use theory/principles; not proficient
3. Competent Practitioner (2-3y)- begun to feel competent; organized & efficient most of time
4. Proficient Practitioners (3-5y)- begin to view pat's holistically; can recogn subtle changes; can focus on long-term goals
5. Expert Practitioners (extensive pract)- learners grasp pat. needs right away/autom; "sense" of what needs to be done based on experience |
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Levels of Healthcare Services |
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1. Primary- treat health prob's; prevention (ex: going to Dr; ER)
2. Secondary- prevent complications from disease (ex: someone in hosp.)
3. Tertiary- long-term care; rehab; terminally ill (ex: hospice, recovery after stroke) |
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-Complex role of assoc
-Communicate, educ, serve
-Why join?
-Network, contin. educ, remain informed
-Unions (collective bargaining unit)
-Work collectively, control over practice, negotiate issues
-Benefits
-Skills, networking, projects |
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