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