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Foundations Midterm Jersey College

advocate - ANS-the protection of human or legal rights and the securing of care for all
patients based on the belief that patients have the right to make informed decisions
about their health and lives

caregiver - ANS-The provision of care to patients that combines both the art and the
science of nursing in meeting physical, emotional, intellectual, sociocultural, and
spiritual needs. As a caregiver, the nurse integrates the roles of communicator, teacher,
counselor, leader, researcher, advocate, and collaborator to promote wellness through
activities that prevent illness, restore health, and facilitate coping with disability or death.
The role of caregiver is the primary role of the nurse.

4 Nursing Aims - ANS-1. promotes health
2. prevent illness/disease
3. restore health
4. facilitate coping with disability or death(die with dignity)

Florence Nightingale - ANS-Established sanitary nursing care units. Founder of modern
nursing. began professional education of nursing.

nursing profession criteria - ANS-well defined body of specific and unique knowledge
strong service oriented
recognized authority by a professional group
Code of Ethics
Professional organization that sets standards
Ongoing research
Autonomy and self-regulation

Standards of Nursing Practice - ANS-allow nurses to carry out professional roles,
serving as protection for the nurse, the patient, and the institution where health care is
provided

Nurse Practice Act - ANS-laws established in each state in the US to regulate the
practice of nursing

Nursing Process - ANS-Assessment
Diagnosis

,Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
Used by the nurse to identify the patients health care needs and strengths, to establish
and carry out a care plan to meet those needs, and to evaluate the effectiveness of the
plan

Sources of Knowledge - ANS-Traditional-passed down from generation to generation
Authoritative-comes from an expert
Scientific-implying through research (scientific method)

General Systems Theory - ANS-how to break whole things into parts and then to learn
how the parts work together in systems

Adaptation Theory - ANS-defines adaptation as the adjustment of living matter to other
living things and to environmental conditions

developmental theory - ANS-process of growth and development of humans as orderly
and predictable, beginning with conception and ending with death

nursing theory - ANS-differentiates nursing from other disciplines and activities by
serving the purposes of describing, explaining, predicting, and controlling desired
outcomes of nursing care practices

deductive reasoning - ANS-general to specific

inductive reasoning - ANS-specific to general

Common Concepts in Nursing Theories - ANS-Person (patient)
Environment
Health
Nursing

Sister Callista Roy - ANS-Nursing interventions are needed when individuals
demonstrate ineffective adaptive responses; adaptive modes. adaptation model,
relationships between persons, universe, god, Adaptation model: assistance with the
adaptation to stressors to facilitate the integration process of the client. Theory helps the
"biospsychosocial" client modify external stimuli, adaptation will occur

, evidence-based practice - ANS-in nursing is a problem solving approach to making
clinical decisions using the best evidence available

PICOT format - ANS-Patient population
Intervention or issue of interest
Comparison intervention
Outcome
Time frame

holistic health care - ANS-care that addresses the many dimensions that comprise the
whole person- the nurse must understand and respect each persons own definition of
health and responses to illness

acute illness - ANS-has a rapid onset of symptoms and lasts only a relatively short time

chronic illness - ANS-irreversible illness that causes permanent physical impairment
and requires long-term health care

chronic disease - ANS-heart disease, stroke, cancer, type 2 diabetes, obesity, arthritis

Illness Behaviors - ANS-actions taken by a person who feels sick and indulges in the
behavior for the purpose of defining the state of his or her health and for discovering
suitable remedies

Illness behaviors - ANS-Stage 1: Experiencing symptoms
Stage 2: Assuming the sick role
Stage 3: Assuming a dependent role
Stage 4: Achieving recovery and rehabilitation

The human dimensions - ANS-Physical-genetic inheritence, race, sex
Emotional- the mind effects, stress
Intellectual-educational background
Environmental- housing, climate
Sociocultural- family and culture
Spiritual-spiritual beliefs and values

health promotion - ANS-behavior of an individual motivated by a personal desire to
increase well-being and health potential

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