Describe the status of nursing as a profession and a discipline (7) - 1. Possesses a specialized body of
knowledge
2. use of scientific method to enlarge the body of knowledge
3. educates practitioners in institutions of higher education
4. autonomy in setting standards of education and practice
5. development of a code of ethics
6. provides a valuable service to society
7. members feel a lifelong commitment to the profession
*Nurses meet this criteria*
Possesses a specialized body of knowledge (2) - 1. nursing diagnosis and theories
2. more influence on evidence based practice rather than intuition and tradition
Use of the scientific method to enlarge the body of knowledge (5) - Steps of nursing process: (1)
assessment, (2) nursing diagnosis, (3) planning, (4) implementing, (5) evaluation
Educates practitioners in institutions of higher education (2) - 1. basic nursing education - LPN, RN
2. Advanced practice education - BSN, MSN, DNP, DP
Development of a code of ethics (3) - 1. professional have a code of ethic to regulate relationships with
clients and with each other
2. ethical behavior of nursing has evolved over time
3. non-negotiable standards
Provides a valuable service to society (3) - 1. diagnosing and treating patients
2. advocacy and leadership
,3. all types of patients
Members feel a lifelong commitment to the profession - nursing organizations helps make nursing a
career rather than a job
Roles of professional nurse (8) - 1. caregiver
2. communicator
3. teacher/educator
4. counselor
5. leader
6. researcher
7. advocate
8. collaborator
Practice settings for professional nursing - hospital, ambulatory care clinics, schools, manufacturing,
health departments, military, rehabilitation settings, transport, missionary ETC
"nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and
injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatments of human responses and the
advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities and populations" - ANA definition of nursing
Aims of nursing include (4) - 1. promote health
2. prevent illness
3. restore health
4. facilitate coping with disability or death
Quality and safety education (QSEN) competencies (7) - 1. patient centered care
2. teamwork
3. collaboration
4. quality improvement
, 5. safety
6. EBP
7. informatics
Past and Present trends in nursing - Past - early nurse members of religious organizations, nurses aren't
educated and anyone can be a nurse and the public doesn't see nurses as being knowledgeable, invisible
and professional
Present - nursing is a science and not just a job, do not hide your expertise and be afraid to use your
knowledge
Nursing metaparadigm (4) and define - 1. Person - individuals, communities, families, population
2. Environment - what's internal or external to patient, internal going on and external pressures
3. Health - all aspects of health (emotional, spiritual, academically, physically
4. nursing
"the global concepts that identify the phenomena of central interest to a discipline and the global
propositions that state the relationships between or among the concepts" - Nursing metaparadigm
a worldview or ideology, it "implies standards or criteria for assigning value or worth to both processes
and the products of a discipline, as well as for methods of knowledge development within a discipline -
paradigm
"a conceptualization of some aspect of nursing reality communicated for the purpose of describing
phenomena, explaining relationships between phenomena, predicting consequence or prescribing
nursing care - Nursing Theory
"a statement about the relationships among specifically defined concepts that describe, predict, or
explain a phenomenon or activity in a professional discipline" - Theory
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