Licensure - ANSWER to be given a license to practice nursing in a state or
province after successfully meeting requirements
What does licensure help? - ANSWER protects the public from unethical or
incompetent practitioners
Who formalized the knowledge of nursing in a professional context? - ANSWER
Florence Nightingale
Who establishes the specific entry-to-practice competencies for Practical Nurses? -
ANSWER the CNO
CNO expects RPNs to be able to: - ANSWER -Identify the problems in need of
investigation
-Support the research process
-Assist with data collection and analysis
Who outlines the scope of practice for RPNs? - ANSWER CNO - Legislation
outlines the scope of practice by defining the activities the members can do,
ensuring safety.
Informed consent - ANSWER an ethical principle that research participants be told
enough to enable them to choose whether they wish to participate
Why and when should you document? - ANSWER Document in a timely manner,
during or as soon as possible after care or even - if you forget to document, make
sure to call and explain what you did so the next nurses on shift know what to do
Document date and time care was provided and r
When is quality assurance done and who takes part? - ANSWER in December after
registration
, free card :) - ANSWER Documents should provide a clear picture of the needs and
goals of clients, nurses' actions based on assessment, and the outcomes of the
evaluation of those actions.
documentation evaluates: - ANSWER professional practice
quality assurance
used to determine the care and services the client required
nurses can review outcome information to reflect on knowledge that can lead to
learning plans
For nursing research
nursing practice - ANSWER Newer species of philosophical theorizing all
capitalize on the dialectic between knowledge and practice
ADPIE - ANSWER Assessment
Diagnosis
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
ASSESSMENT - ANSWER Observation - the act of observing customer cues
Interviewing - interaction and communication during the interview
Physical Examination - insights, intuition, or clinical experiences used to make
decisions concerning client care
SUBJECTIVE - ANSWER client or family tells you, unobservable
objective - ANSWER observable
Orlandos Theory - ANSWER The Deliberative Nursing Process is set in motion by
the behaviour of the patient. All patient's behaviour can be a cry for help, both
verbal and non-verbal, and it is up to the nurse to interpret the behaviour and
determine the needs of the patient. There are 5 stages: ADPIE. The goal of this
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