NR 103 Transition in Nursing Profession EXAM 1
NR 103 Transition in Nursing Profession EXAM 1
What does nursing focus on?
Focuses on protection, promotion and optimization of health and abilities; prevention of illness and injury, facilitation of healing through compassionate presence
What ...
NR 103 Transition in Nursing Profession EXAM 1
What does nursing focus on?
Focuses on protection, promotion and optimization of health and abilities; prevention of illness and injury,
facilitation of healing through compassionate presence
What is the definition of nursing (ANA DEFINITION?)
The diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy for individual’s families, etc.
When did the development of nursing begin?
Early civilization to the 16th century
Who founded/birthed modern nursing and when
Florence Nightingale during WW2
4 spheres of nursing care
1. Wellness disease prevention
2. Chronic disease management
3. Regenerative and restorative care
4. Hospice and palliative care
Broad aims of nursing practice
To promote health
To prevent illness
To restore health
To facilitate coping with disability or death
Nursing as a professional discipline
,1. Well-Defined body of specific & unique knowledge.
2. Strong service orientation.
3. Recognized authority by a professional group.
4. Code of Ethics.
5. Professional Organization that sets standards,
6. Ongoing Research.
7. Autonomy & Self-Regulation.
What are some nursing professional roles?
Advocates, care givers, to support, to educate, to teach
Scope of practice for nursing
Within the laws of the license, code of ethics and professional values, what we can and can't do
Theory
Composed of a group of concepts that describe a pattern of reality
Concepts
Abstract impressions organized into symbols of reality
Common Concepts in Nursing Theories
Person, environment, health, nursing
Dorothea Orem theory
Self-care theory (PT, OT, promoting baths, take care of ourselves)
, Florence Nightingale theory
Environmental Theory (safe and clean environment)
Virginia Henderson Theory
Independent theory (promotions that patients are independent, let them brush their own teeth and hair)
Jean Watson theory
Prevention theory (q2, listening and being aware)
Hildegard Peplum
Theory of Interpersonal Relations, nursing involves orientation, identification development, and conclusions. Nurse
could have the role of foreign, reliable person, teacher, and guide in nursing care, substitute and consultant
Patricia Benner
Nurses rely heavily on past experience and nurses must deepen their process of acquiring knowledge through their
clinical situations.
Nurse practice act
Statute in each state and territory that regulates the practice of nursing
State Board of Nursing
A state board of nursing holds the legal authority for nursing practice and regulates nursing practice through:
Establishing the requirements to obtain a
nursing license
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