Nursing 102 WKU
what are the steps in the nursing process
Assessment Diagnosis Planning Implementation Evaluation
what is the highest level of evidence to base nursing practice??
Cochrane systematic review
what was the first war that Florence Nightingale was involved in?
Crimean war (1854-1856)
health promotion focuses on changing lifestyles to maximize health and is an important part of primary prevention. what are some health promotion programs that focus on healthy lifestyle choices
Health for life: better health better healthcare American hospital association Office of disease and health promotion m
What did Jefferson Street Mission later become named
Henry Street Settlement
What three individuals started the Jefferson street mission
Lillian Wald, Mary Brewster, and Lavinia Dock
what is the NCSBN
National council of state boards of nursing
does the US have a universal healthcare system of coverage for all individuals
No
are there disparities in the healthcare professions workforce
No equality between minorities and non minorities How healthcare system functions Discrimination at the patient provider level
what is patient advocacy
Respecting patient rights and the patient and ensuring that the patient has the education to understand treatment and care needs
Linda Richards
She created the first individual patient record and helped with process improvement (America's first trained nurse)
what is the international honor society for nursing?
Sigma Theta Tau International (a non-profit that provides leadership and scholarship in practice, education, and research to improve the health of all people)
do disparities in the healthcare professions workforce contribute to health disparities outcome
Yes
what is clinical reasoning
The nurses ability to assess patient problems or needs and analyze days to accurately identify and frame problems within the context of the individual patients environment
What is application?
applying the info learned
what are the characteristics of a profession
autonomy, responsibility, and accountability (practice responsibility of the profession through standards and a codes of ethics commitment to members or the profession)
what roles doe Registered nurse have
backbones of acute care. many different departments, some are management positions, some have direct care.
what does the continuum of care cover
health promotion, disease and illness prevention, ambulatory care, acute care.
What makes simulation an effective method for developing clinical competency in nursing?
helps increase confidence and decrease risks (The sim lab is a safe environment for practicing and making nursing decisions but with faculty guidance)
what does describing a hospital's process refer to
how the organization functions and how the work gets done
what does describing a hospital's structure refer to
how the organization is configured
describe a bureaucratic organization
it's a top down vertical structure. the management is removed, very impersonal
who was Margaret Sanger
left nursing to devote her life to educating women about birth control, specifically unwanted pregnancies to reduce the number of abortions. founded planned parenthood
what are some barriers to effective listening?
overwork, lack of communication, stress, interruptions, fatigue, anger, confusing, lack of self esteen
what are the five elements of the APA title page?
page number running head for publication title of the manuscript byline of the authors name institutional affiliation
what are the three major levels of prevention?
primary prevention: interventions that are ised to maintain health and are used before illness occurs secondary prevention: occurs when a person is asympotamic but after disease has begun tertiary prevention: occurs when there is a disability and the need to maintain or improve functioning
if we define nurses by describing tasks, what are we talking about?
promoting health and preventing illness and injury
what roles do Respiratory therapist have
provide care to patients who have a variety of respiratory problems, go the patients bedside, or work solely in intensive care. they respond to codes when patients experience cardiac or respiratory arrests
what are the five core competencies identified by the IOM
provide patient-centered care work in interdisciplinary/interprofessional teams employ evidenced based improvement apply quality improvement utilize informatics
what are the key roles of nurses? (list a few)
provider of care educator counselor manager researcher collaborator change agent entrepreneur patient advocate
what is critical thinking
purposeful, informed, outcome focused thinking that requires careful identification of key problems, issues, and risks
how are questions that are more than 40 words incorporated into the text
displayed a double spaced block, indented five spaces from the left, with no quotation marks
how are quotations that are less than 40 words incorporated into the text?
enclosed with double quotation marks ""
remember that employing evidence based practice requires use of research findings, but also what/who else
evidence based medicine, patient centered care, interdisciplinary teams
what are some barriers to effective coordination?
failure to understand other professions , lack of clear plan of care , limited leadership
describe interprofessional team
teams ensure that care is continuous and reliable (requires leadership, good decision making, communication, and delegation)
what is competency
the behavior and performance a student is expected to demonstrate (an expected measurable level for nursing performance that integrates knowledge, skills, abilities, and judgments based on established scientific knowledge and expectations for nursing practice)
What is didactic learning?
the classroom and clinical experiences (which are divided into lab or simulation experiences)
Who was Mary Mahoney
the first black professional nurse that gave expert care to the sick
What is memorization?
the first step to learning
what do we mean by nurses being knowledge workers
the notice that change is inevitable and that the best way to approach is to be ready for change and view It as an opportunity for learning and improvement
what is delegation
the transfer of responsibility to complete a task from one person to another
What is reality shock?
when someone who has been educated with one view of nursing encounters a different view of nursing in the practical setting
What is active listening?
when the learner listens and repeats info
during Florence Nightingale's time, women typically were involved in what type of work or activity
women typically did not work outside of the home. being a house wife, cooking, cleaning, and being caregivers
what roles does a dietician have
work wit patients to help resolve dietary nutritional needs
what is coordination
working to see that the pieces and activities fit together and flow as they should
are data from sites such as World Health Organization, Governmental websites, an professional organization websites good sources of facts and data?
yes
was organized religion and or military establishments linked with the care of the sick
yes (especially during the crusade times and the medieval era when health was strongly believed to be influenced by religion)
should newspapers and magazine articles in the poplar press be used?
yes...
diseases prevention means to try and stop the development of disease, but it also included treatment to prevent disease from progressing further and leading to complications
...
the NCSBN has set boundaries in the nurse-patient relationship. whose responsibility is it to delineate and maintain boundaries between the nurse and patient relationship
...
when evaluating information and literature for writing nursing papers and making clinical decisions?
...
are blogs and informal internet sources permissible?
...no
Who was Ignaz Semmelweis
A doctor working in the obstetrical ward of Vienna general hospital and tried to institute a strict hand washing policy with chlorinated lime water to reduce the number of deaths due to childbed fever
what organization represents all RN in the united states
American Nursing Association (ANA)
what role should each nurse take to improve the image of nursing in the community
Nurses should speak up to advocate for their role in the community, they should be independent but also recognize interdependence, and they should share responsibility and handle conflict in a positive way
How is nursing curriculum different from other types of curricula?
Nursing is more demanding and requires understanding and application of what was learned more than just memorization
what is critical thinking
Purposeful, informed, outcome focused thinking that requires careful identification of key problems, issues, and risks
what is clinical judgment
The process by which nurses come to understand the problems, issues, and concerns of patients, to attend a salient information and to respond to client (patient) problems in concerned and involved ways; includes both conscious decision making and intuitive response
research I a systematic investigation that is designed to develop or contribute to generalizable knowledge. there are two major types of research approaches
basic research and applied research
a knowledge worker uses ______(3 Cs) when surveying as a nurse
collaboration coordination critical thinking
what are some elements of effective teams and team leaders
collaboration over personal success, leader is respectful, punctual, and passionate
what is collaboration
cooperative effort among healthcare providers who work together to accomplish a common goal
what is basic research
designed to broaden the base of knowledge rather than solve an immediate problem
what is applied research
designed to find a solution to a practical problem
did Ignaz Semmelweis receive rightful recognition from his colleagues
no he was largely ignored, rejected, and ridiculed (he was dismissed from the hospital and harassed by the medical community with forced him to move to Budapest)
what roles does occupational therapist have
not present in every hospital, help with rehabilitation ue to impaired functioning, work in hospitals, long term care, and home health care
what is the largest department in a hospital
nursing
what is patient centered care
respect, and care for patient differences, values, preferences, and needs; relief of pain; coordination of care; clear communication with and education of the patient; shared decision making and continuous promotion if disease prevention and wellness
what is the main role of the Institutional review Board's in research
reviews research before it is conducted to ensure that the study is conducted ethically, that involves human subjects in institutions that receiver federal funds
what are the five rights of nursing delegation
right task right circumstances right person right direction/communication right supervision
Who is Clara Barton
she helped POWs reunite with their families and worked to improve hospitals on the battlefield during the Civil War. She founded the American Red Cross in 1882
Dorthea Dix
she improved conditions for mentally ill she was the union superintendent of females nurses in civil war (advocated for insane persons confined in cages, stalls, and pens)
Who is Adelaide Nutting
she was a nurse educator and the world's first professor in nursing
What are 2 important tools for success in nursing education?
time management and organization (also study skills)
what are the basic elements of APA format
title page abstract body of text reference appendix tables figures
high touch vs high tech
we want to physically help patients with total care and not be on computers all the time