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Discipline of Nursing ANS - requires a specialized perspective; principles and laws that govern life
processes, well being optimum functioning of human beings, sick or well
Knowledge ANS - human behavior in interactions with the environment in critical life situations
Skill ANS - application of skill and knowledge through which positive changes in health status are
affected
Profession ANS - specialized education, service oriented, research based, code of ethics, autonomous
and self-regulating
Nurses are... ANS - teachers, advocates, counselors, and change agents
Nursing paradigm ANS - emphasizes person, environment, health, and nursing
Person ANS - recipient of nursing care; recognize that individuals are complex beings worthy of our
care & attention, they are composed of body, mind and spirit
Environment ANS - context of the client; poverty, level of education, spiritual beliefs, community &
culture, access to resources
Health ANS - state of physical, psychological, sociocultural, developmental, spiritual wholeness
Wellness ANS - a dimension of health evidenced in satisfaction with a persons quality of life
, Ways of knowing In nursing ANS - nursing is an art & science; seamless, interactive process in which
nurses blend their knowledge, skills and scientific understanding to bridge the space b/t science & client-
centered needs
Empirical knowing ANS - objective and observable knowledge; verifiable from data
Personal knowing ANS - pattern of knowing about self and other that occurs when nurses connect with
the humanness of the client experience
Aesthetic knowing ANS - humanistic understanding of the experience of the client, leads to a deep
understanding of the clients actions & experiences, sees the clients experience as part of a larger whole
Ethical knowing ANS - moral aspect of nursing, principled care when confronted with moral issues,
doing the right thing
Emancipatory knowing ANS - awareness of social problems and social justice issues as contributory
determinants of health disparity; nurses can serve as advocates to help reduce the burden of inequity,
nursing care requires more than a reliance on #s and cold hard facts, requires a complex dynamic skill
set that takes into account the clients ever changing physical, mental, spiritual reality; requires us to see
our clients in all their complexity and respond
Caring ANS - a characteristic of a helping profession; creating a sustained relationship w/ the client to
help restore health & wellness
empathy ANS - interpersonal understanding of what the client is going through
Caring presence ANS - entering into the life space of another person- Jean Watson; non-possessive
warmth, interconnected, being with-sharing meanings, feelings, experiences; involves creation of a
sustained relationship with the other
Therapeutic relationships ANS - through caring nurses establish sustained therapeutic relationships
that allow them to: gather data, teach & persuade, provide comfort, helping relationship;
communication is the cornerstone of those relationships
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