FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE
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Course
NURSING
Institution
NURSING
FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE
Aims of nursing
promoting health, preventing illness, restoring health, facilitating coping with disability or death
promoting health
promoting good physical, mental and emotional health by identifying, analyzing, and maximizing t...
FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE
Aims of nursing
promoting health, preventing illness, restoring health, facilitating coping with disability or
death
promoting health
promoting good physical, mental and emotional health by identifying, analyzing, and
maximizing the patient's strengths as components of preventing illness, restoring health
and facilitating coping with disability or death
preventing illness
reduce the risk of illness by avoiding or achieving early detection of illness or to
maintain function within the constraints of an illness. Teach by example, educational
programs, community programs, literature, and health assessments
restoring health
performing assessments that detect an illness refering questions and findings to other
healthcare providers, providing direct care, collaborating, planning, teaching and
carrying out rehabilitation for illnesses, working in rehab programs
facilitating coping with disability or death
hospice, refer to support groups
roles of nurses
caregiver, communicator, teacher/educator, leader, advocate
LPN
1 year program, can do most nursing functions
RN
AS or BSN degree, completes all nursing skills, specialized training, BSN level looking
into evidence-based practice, papers focused on research
Graduate education-masters
nurse practitioner, educator, management
doctorate
higher level of practice
, professional nursing organizations
to be considered a profession a professional organization needs to be in place to set
standards for practice and education. This sets education minimums, and continuity of
care
ANA
Professional organization for RN's in the US. Publicizes standards of Practice to ensure
knowledgeable, safe, comprehensive, nursing care by those who will receive a license
Nurse practice act
defines legal scope of practice, excludes untrained or unlicensed people from
practicing, establishes education and licensing criteria, creates a state board of nursing,
makes and enforces rules and regulations
nursing process
assess, nursing diagnosis, identify expected outcomes, implement care, evaluate
results
assess
collect, validate and communicate patient data, vital step-all remaining steps depend on
complete, accurate, factual data, made at the beginning of care and throughout the
course of care, goal is to come up with dx and interventions.
four essential competencies
cognitive, technical, interpersonal, ethical/legal
nursing diagnosis
actual and potential health problems that nursing intervention can prevent or resolve.
the goal of the nursing diagnosis is to focus on the patient's responses to health
problems (NANDA)
identify expected outcomes
what do we want the patient to achieve as a result of nursing care?
Implement the care
have patient exercise, eat more fiber, increase fluids, give meds for constipation, etc.
evaluate the results
was the outcome achieved-did the pt have a bowel movement within two days?
initial comprehensive assessment
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