Professional Nursing Chapters 1-4

** What is policy?

A course of action that affects what we are trying to implement. Nurses assume law making roles at the local state level

What does the CCNE do?

An autonomous accrediting agency, contributing to the improvement of the public's health.

Which statements regarding critical thinking are correct?

B. Critical thinking can help avoid groupthink C. Intellectual empathy is associated with critical thinking

Which statement best describes credentials and certification

Credentialing is required for all nursing positions; certification may be required for some nursing positions.

What does NOC stand for?

Nursing Outcomes Classification

Watsons theory

Philosophy of transpersonal caring

What is QSEN

Quality and Safety Education for Nurses

T/F The primary purpose of the State Board of Nursing is to protect the health and safety of the patient

True

What is ANAs goal?

- Elevate the profession of nursing - Engage all nurses to ensure professional success - Evolve the practice of nursing to transform health and health care - Enable transformational capabilities through operational excellence.

What is AONE / AONL purpose and goals?

- Optimizing leadership effectiveness - Achieving equity in health care - Improving the health care experiences

Institute of medicine (IOM) core competencies

- Provide patient centered care - Work with interdisciplinary teams - Implement evidence based practice - Apply quality improvement - Utilize informatics

What is the definition of nursing according to the ANA?

- the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities. - prevention of illness and injury. - alleviation of suffering through diagnosis and treatment - Advocacy in the care of families, communities, individuals, and populations.

What are the QSEN competencies?

1. Patient-centered care 2. Teamwork and collaboration 3. Evidence-based practice 4. Quality improvement 5. Safety 6. Informatics

What are the goals for AACN

Advance academic nursing education.- Promote excellence in nursing education, research and practice.- Influence public policy related to nursing and healthcare

What does ACCN stand for?

American Association of Colleges of Nursing

What does ANA stand for?

American Nurses Association

What does AONE stand for?

American Organization of Nurse Executives

The standards of practice for the American Nurse Association (ANA)

Assessment

Kyra, the nurse manager, conducts evidence based research on an identified problem, which she subsequently studied, evaluated, and proposed a solution. The solution is supported with empirical evidence and is approved. Kyra assumes the role of a change agent to implement the solution in the hospital. However, as implementation begins, Kyra is met with hesitation and resistance by the staff. In her role as a change agent, what roles is Kyra performing?

Collaborator, counselor, intrapreneur.

What does CCNE stand for?

Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education

What are the benefits of being part of a nursing association?

Developing leadership skills, improve networking, finding mentors, and having a voice in policy and professional issues

The professional role of nursing is multifaceted. Which statements accurately describe the role of the professional nurse?

Every nurse is a collaborator, all nursing roles require leadership, nurses in any job position may serve many roles, such as educator and manager.

True or False: Did Florence Nightingale view the body and mind as one?

FALSE: Florence Nightingale emphasized the mind and body as two important yet separate entities. and basis of the holistic view of health

Who is the mother of modern nursing?

Florence Nightingale

What is NLN's purposes and goals?

Goals: - Leader in Nursing Education - Commitment to Members - Champion for Nurse Educators - Advancement of the Science of Nursing Education. * Making sure nursing schools are following EBP to achieve outcomes.

What is AACN's purpose and goal?

Goals: - innovation and excellence - advocate for diversity and inclusivity - advance academic nursing - advancing improvements in health, health care, & higher education.

What is intuition?

Having that "gut feeling" & relying in instinct

In the 1970s, this publication established the connection between social issues and the role of the nurse

Hospitals, Paternalism, and the Role of the Nurse

What are some things that Florence Nightingale did for nursing?

Improved nursing education in 1860 and nursing practice in hospitals, implemented training in education, put a focus on moral values in nursing, and emphasized focusing on both body and mind.

Florence Nightingale recognized that the health of patients depends on which environmental factors?

Light, noise, odors, and heat

What does NLN stand for?

National League for Nursing is an organization that focuses on excellence in nursing education and establishes the standard of practice for nursing education.

What does NANDA stand for?

North American Nursing Diagnosis Association

NANDA

North American Nursing Diagnosis Association allows for nursing to create a nurse diagnosis

What are some ways critical thinking is developed in health care?

Nurses should generate and examine questions and problems, use intuition, examine feelings, and clarify and evaluate evidence.

What did the American Nurses Association (ANA) do for nursing?

Organized nursing on a national level

What is knowledge?

Specific information about something. Also, the science of nursing (Critical Thinking) used in collaboration with patients to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care

What is NSNA?

The National Student Nurse Association is a national organization within schools of nursing that provides opportunities to learn about graduate education, specialty groups, and nursing careers.

What is critical thinking responsible for?

The ability to monitor, analyze, predict, and evaluate

What is caring responsible for?

The behavior that demonstrates compassion and respect for another. Also, the art of nursing

What is the nursing process?

The standard of care (scope of practice) for competent level of nursing care as demonstrated bterm-20y the critical thinking model ADPIE or ADOPIE

What is dichotomous thinking?

The type of thinking that views things in black and white (good or bad).

Nurses are viewed as knowledge workers. What do knowledge workers do?

They recognize that change is inevitable and that the best approach is to be ready for it and view it as an opportunity for learning and improvement.

What is creative reflective thinking?

Thinking that requires logical and rational steps based on the scientific method of defining, analyzing, and solving a problem.

What is groupthink?

This type of thinking occurs when all group or team members think alike.

How are nursing schools overcoming the barrier to decreased clinical settings?

Utilizing simulation experiences

Finley, a student nurse, completes a learning style assessment. Finley's results point to an observer learning type. The results also indicate that Finley can be prone to procrastination. Finley seeks assistance from the learning center to improve various skills. They suggest Finley first complete a time analysis. Which question should Finley consider as part of time analysis?

Which tasks didn't you complete and why

What is the purpose of Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC)?

a systematic organization of nurse sensitive outcomes into groups or categories based upon similarities, dissimilarities, and relationships among the outcomes

How do nurses use critical thinking?

by making decisions based on research and evidence based practice.

What war changed nursing?

crimean war

What discourages people from going into nursing?

faculty shortage

Nursing interventions classification (NIC)

first comprehensive, validated list of nursing interventions applicable to all settings that can be used by nurses in multiple specialties and facilitates the work of identifying appropriate interventions

What does a professional nursing association do for nurses?

it allows nurses to be nationally active and it allows them to improve leadership skills

What did florence nightingale feel the health of the patients depended on?

pure air, pure water, efficient drainage, cleanliness and light.

What is involved in creative reflective thinking?

the ability to monitor, analyze, predict, and evaluate, and to take risks.

Clinical reasoning

the nurse's ability to assess the patients problems or needs and analyze data to identify the issues in the environment

Clinical judgement

the process by which nurses come to understand problems better, issues and concerns; it includes both conscious decisions making and initiative response

What is nursing?

the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention if illness and injury, facilitation of healing, alleviation of suffering through diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, groups, communities, and populations (ANA, 2015).

What does groupthink limit?

this type of thinking limits choices, discourages open discussion of possibilities, & diminishes the ability to consider alternatives and innovation.

** What is the purpose of an amendment?

to lobby and assemble with the government for change.

T/F The definition of nursing per the ANA is nursing is the protection, and he option of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injurt, alleviation of suffering through the diagnoses and treatment of the human response, and the advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations

true

How did the industrial revolution affect nursing?

• Brought changes in the workplace • Crowded factories of this era were hazardous and served as breeding grounds for disease and risk of accidents • People worked long hours and often under harsh conditions • Great exploitation of children, particularly those of lower classes; forced to work at very young ages • Cities were crowded and very dirty, with epidemics erupting everywhere • Few public health laws and services to alleviate the causes

** What are some examples of critical healthcare policy issues?

• Healthcare quality & safety (QSEN) • Disparities in healthcare

** How can nurses get into the political system and make it work for them?

• Lobbying • Committees • Political Action Committee (PAC) • Working to get the message across: grassroots advocacy • Nurses in government

** What is the Nurse Practice Act?

• Regulates nursing law in each state • Defines the scope of practice for nurses • Protection of public safety *The nurse must know the nurse's practice act within his or her state of practice.