1. Holistic Care
2. Specialized knowledge and training
3. Professional organization
What are the key characteristics of nursing?
4. Code of ethics for nursing
5. Scope and standards of practice
6. ANA definition of nursing
Nursing is seen as ____ care holistic
What is holistic care? looks at physical, mental, emotional, and social well being of those we are caring for
Nursing is a ____ rather than a job Profession
Profession is an occupation that has specialized body of knowledge and training
A profession has a duty to the public good
The standards of practice describe the minimum set of criteria for giving quality care
The standards of practice assure competency and quality care
Who publishes scope and standards of The American Nursing Association
practice
The scope of nursing describes what the profession of nursing does and how it is done
-the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities
-prevention of illness and injury, facilitation of healing
ANA definition of nursing
-alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response
-advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations
What is the professional organization for American Nursing Association (ANA)
nursing?
Code of Ethics for Nurses are statements of the values and belief of nurses, which are based on ethical principles
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, 1. Care Provider
2. Educator
3. Advocate
4. Leader
What are the roles and functions of the
5. Change Agent
nurse?
6. Manager
7. Researcher
8. Collaborator
9. Delegator
What is the primary role of the nurse Care provider
-ensure patient receives sufficient information to base consent for care and
nurse as educator treatments
-focus on discharge planning
-interprets information and provides necessary education
-supports the patient's wishes and communicates them to other health care
Nurse as advocate
providers
-situations when patient cannot speak for themselves
-provides direction and purpose
Nurse as a Leader
-motivates to work toward common goal
-coordinating all care that a patient needs
nurse as a manager
-oversee the staff, budget, and resources
-critique studies
nurse as researcher -apply to practice
-problems we identify become research
Nursing research is how nursing care is improved
-working with other health care providers
Nurse as a Collaborator
-coordination of patient care and communicating
-entrusting tasks to other health care providers
nurse as delegator
-knowing the scope of other professionals practice
The profession of nursing developed war
through
Who established American Red Cross Clara Barton
Who headed the US Sanitary Commission Dorothea Dix
(Army Nursing Corps)
During wars, nurses emerged as ____ and leaders, autonomy, responsibility
had more ______ and ______
-nurses (males) in Egypt
Nursing religious roots come from
-increasing nun and monk work
When did the profession begin and who -in the 1850's during the Crimean War
started it -Florence Nightingale
-nursing specialties
What advancements were made after
-more male nurses
world war II
-need for health promotion (nurse practitioners)
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