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Advanced Practice Nurse
(APN)
p. 11 |
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| Clinician, educator, case manager, consultant, and researcher within his or her area of practice to plan or improve the quality of nursing care for the client and family. |
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American Nurses Association
(ANA)
p. 2 |
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| Represents a standard of practice and code of ethics for the general and economic welfare of nurses. |
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Assists the client in physical well-being as well as spiritual, emotional and social well-being.
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Certified nurse-midwife
(CNM)
p. 11 |
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| Providing independent care for women during normal pregnancy, labor and delivery, as well as care for the newborn. |
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Certified registered nurse anesthetist
(CRNA)
p. 11
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| Provides surgical anesthesia under the guedansce and sepuervision of an anesthesiologist, who is a physician with advanced knowledge of surgical anesthesia. |
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| Protect your clients human and legal rights and provide assistance in asserting those rights if the need arises. |
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Clinical nurse specialist
(CNS)
p. 11
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Is an (APN) Advanced Practice Nurse who is an expert clinician in a specialized area of nursing practice.
(i.e. geriatrics, rehab, diabetes, critical care.) |
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| Philosophical ideals of right and wrong that define the principles you will use to provide care to your clients. |
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Continuing education
p. 8 |
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| Updates your knowledge about the latest research and practice developments, helps you to specialize in a particular area of practice, and teaches you new skills and techniques. |
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In-service education
p. 8 |
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| Held in the institution and is designed to increase the knowledge skills, and competencies of nurses and other health care professionals employed by the intitution. |
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International Council of Nurses
(ICN)
p. 12 |
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(ANA) is part of the International Council of Nurses promoting national associations of nurses, improving standards of nursing practice, seeking a higher status for nurses, and providing and international power base for nurses.
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National League for Nursing
(NLN)
p. 12 |
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Definition
| Advances excellence in nursing education to prepare nurses to meet the needs of a diverse population in a changing healthcare environment. |
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Nurse administrator
p. 12 |
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Manages client care and the delivery of specific nursing services within a health care agency.
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| Works primarily in schools of nursing, staff development departments of health care agencies, and client education deparments. |
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| Provides health care to a group of clients, usually in an outpatient, ambulatory care, or community based setting. |
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| Investigates problems to improve nursing care and to further define and expand the scope of nursing practice. |
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| The protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations. |
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Professional organization
p. 12 |
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| Deals with issues of concern to those practicing in the profession. |
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Registered nurse
(RN)
p. 7 |
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| Philosophical ideals of right and wrong that define the principles you will use to provide care to your clients. |
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| State of complete physical, mental and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. |
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| Elements that are necessary for human survival and health (e.g., food, water, safety and love) |
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| Health promotion, wellness and illness prevention. |
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Health promotion- exercise and nutrition
Wellness- education in physical awareness, stress management and self-responsibility.
Illness prevention- immunization |
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Active strategies of health promotion
p. 75 |
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Health behavior change
p. 78
(table 6-1) |
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Precontemplation
Contemplation
Preparation
Action
Maintenance stage |
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Health belief model
p. 70 |
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| Helps nurses understand factors influencing clients' perceptions, beliefs, and behavior in order to plan care that will most effectively assist clients in maintaining or restoring health and preventing illness. |
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Directed at increasing a client's level of well-being.
Focuses on three areas;
1. Individual characteristics and experiences
2. Behavior-specific knowledge and effect
3. Behavioral outcome
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Holistic health model
p. 72 |
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Recognizing the natural healing abilities of the body and incorporate complementary and alternative interventions.
(music, relaxation therapy, therapeutic touch, guided imagery) |
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| State in which a person's physical, emotional, intellectual, social, developmental, or spiritual functioning is diminished or impaired compared with previous experience. |
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| How people monitor their bodies define and interpret their symptoms, take remedial actions, and use the health care system. |
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Motivate people to avoid declines in health or functional levels.
(Immunizations) |
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Passive strategies of health promotion
p. 75 |
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| Routine exercise and good nutrition. |
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Aimed at health promotion health education programs, immunizations, and physical and nutritional fitness activities.
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| Any situation, habit, social or environmental condition, physiological or psychological condition, developmental or intellectual condition, or spiritual or other variable that increases the vulnerability of an individual or group to an illness or accident. |
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Secondary prevention
p. 75 |
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Individuals at risk for developing complications or worsening conditions.
Stopped before it becomes advanced. |
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Tertiary prevention
p. 75 |
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Prevents further disability or reduced functioning of permanent and irreversible disabilities.
(Rehab) |
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| Education teaches people how to care for themselves by topics such as physical awareness, self responsibility and stress management. |
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