nursing 1290 exam 1

nursing 1290 exam 1 Attributes of a good nurse - ANS 1) Caring ~ "too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around" -Leo Buscaglia 2) Communication skills ~ the ability to speak and listen well A) Use language to clearly communicate a lot of information B) Pertinent to nursing care C) Nurses are never focused on irrelevant or trivial information 3) Emotional stability ~ A persons ability to remain calm when faced with stress; recognition of your personal stress triggers 4) Empathy ~ people will forget what you said, what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel 5) Critical thinking ~ can think quickly and address problems as, or before, they arise; the difference between someone living or dying 6) Good attention to detail ~ to create something exceptional, your mindset must be relentlessly focused on the smallest detail - Giorgio Armani What are the elements of Molloy Humanistic framework - ANS Definition ~ we believe that valuing the individual in the context of humanity, environment, and health gives meaning to humanistic nursing practice 1) Valuing ~ holding in high esteem the inherent worth and dignity of all individuals 2) Humanity ~ a unique human being, functioning as an integrated whole, reflecting bio-psycho-socio-cultural dimensions 3) Health ~ a dynamic state of bio-psycho-socio-cultural well being 4) Environment ~ the sum total of all internal and external dimensions that influence human beings State to state analysis forecasted(?) a shortage of registered nurses between . According to the US bureau of Labor Statistics, what was the prediction discussed in class for RNs? - ANS The current total of number of RNs will not meet the demand for the workforce(?) Prior to the modern era, how was safe nursing care provided? - ANS 1) women traditionally provided nurturance at home 2) safest nursing care was provided in ones own home 3) extended to sick and injured community 4) other societies included medicine men, shamans, and other male tribe members 5) no formal training - learned through oral traditions, passed from one generation to another, usually by trial and error. those with success were considered experts