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NUR 330 Exam11. Explain the aims of nursing as they interrelate to facilitate maximal health and quality of life
Answer
• To promote health. increase a person's well-being and health potential
• To prevent illness. avoid illness, achieve early detection, maintain function within constraints
of an illness
• To restore health. direct care for diagnosis or treatment of disease
• To facilitate coping with disability or death. facilitate an optimal level of functioning and
provide quality end of life care.
• To promote health. increase a person's well-being and healthpotential
• To prevent illness. avoid illness, achieve early detection, maintain function within constraints
of an illness
• To restore health. direct care for diagnosis or treatment of disease
• To facilitate coping with disability or death. facilitate an optimal level of functioning and
provide quality end of life care
2. Discuss the effects on nursing practice of nursing organizations, standards of nursing
practice, nurse practice acts, and the nursing process
Answer
• Nursing organizations.
o International Nursing Organization (ICN). first international organization of professional
women; promotes ethics and maintains high standards of nursing service and education
o American Nurses Association (ANA). professional organization for RNs in the US; mission
involves public education, clinical nursing standards, and lob- bying lawmakers to advance the
profession; addresses ethics, public policy, and the economic and general welfare of nurses
o National League for Nursing (NLN). open to all people interested in nursing (agencies,
nurses, nonnurses); fosters the development and improvement of all nursing services and
education; one of the largest professional testing services in the US; primary source of research
data about nursing education
o American Association of Colleges in Nursing (AACN). national voice for BSN and higher
nursing education programs; goals focus on establishing quality education, influencing the
nursing profession to improve healthcare, and promoting public support of BSN and graduate
education, research, and practice
o National Student Nurses Association (NSNA). national organization for stu- dents enrolled in
,nursing education programs
• Standards of nursing practice (pg 18 Taylor). voluntary expectations that define the activities
of nurses that are specific to nursing
o Allows nurses to carry out professional roles, serving as protection for the nurse, the patient,
and the institution
o Each nurse is accountable for their own quality of practice and is responsi- ble for the use of
the standards to ensure proper nursing care
o If a standard is breached, potential for liability
o Standards of practice. Assessment, diagnosis, outcomes, planning, imple- mentation,
evaluation
o Standards of professional performance. quality of practice, practice evalu- ation, education,
collegiality, collaboration, ethics, research, resource utiliza- tion, leadership
• Nurse Practice acts. laws established in each state to regulate nursing practice. Common
elements include.
o Define legal scope of nursing practice
o Establish criteria for education and licensure of nurses
o ID violations that can result in disciplinary actions against the nurse
o Exclude untrained or unlicensed people from practicing nursing
o Create a state board of nursing
o Provide legal requirements and titles for RNs and LPNs
o Must look in the public health code for these for Michigan, because we don't have a nurse
practice act
• Nursing process
o Integrates the art and science of nursing
o Used by the nurse to identify the patient's healthcare needs and strengths, establish and carry
out a plan of care to meet those needs, and evaluate effectiveness of the plan to meet outcomes
o Assess, diagnose, plan, implement, evaluate. • Nursing organizations.
o International Nursing Organization (ICN). first international organization of profes- sional
women; promotes ethics and maintains high standards of nursing service and education
o American Nurses Association (ANA). professional organization for RNs in the US; mission
involves public education, clinical nursing standards, and lobbying lawmakers to advance the
profession; addresses ethics, public policy, and the economic and general welfare of nurses
o National League for Nursing (NLN). open to all people interested in nursing (agencies,
nurses, nonnurses); fosters the development and improvement of all nursing services and
education; one of the largest professional testing services in the US; primary source of research
data about nursing education
o American Association of Colleges in Nursing (AACN). national voice for BSN and higher
nursing education programs; goals focus on establishing quality education, influencing the
nursing profession to improve healthcare, and promoting public support of BSN and graduate
education, research, and practice
o National Student Nurses Association (NSNA). national organization for students enrolled in
nursing education programs
• Standards of nursing practice (pg 18 Taylor). voluntary expectations that define the activities of
, nurses that are specific to nursing
o Allows nurses to carry out professional roles, serving as protection for the nurse, the patient,
and the institution
o Each nurse is accountable for their own quality of practice and is responsible for the use of
the standards to ensure proper nursing care
o If a standard is breached, potential for liability
o Standards of practice. Assessment, diagnosis, outcomes, planning, implementa- tion,
evaluation
o Standards of professional performance. quality of practice, practice evaluation, ed- ucation,
collegiality, collaboration, ethics, research, resource utilization, leadership
• Nurse Practice acts. laws established in each state to regulate nursing practice. Common
elements include.
o Define legal scope of nursing practice
o Establish criteria for education and licensure of nurses
o ID violations that can result in disciplinary actions against the nurse
o Exclude untrained or unlicensed people from practicing nursing
o Create a state board of nursing
o Provide legal requirements and titles for RNs and LPNs
o Must look in the public health code for these for Michigan, because we don't have a nurse
practice act
• Nursing process
o Integrates the art and science of nursing
o Used by the nurse to identify the patient's healthcare needs and strengths, estab- lish and carry
out a plan of care to meet those needs, and evaluate effectiveness of the plan to meet outcomes
o Assess, diagnose, plan, implement, evaluate
3. Discuss the contents of the American Nurses' Association Standards of Practice, Code for
Nurses, and Code of Ethics
Answer
• Standards of Practice. see #2 above
• Code for Nurses.The nurse is professional, practices with compassion and respect for dignity
and uniqueness of the patient; primary commitment is to the patient; advocates for the
health/safety/rights of the patient; responsible and accountable for individual practice; owes the
same duties to self as to others; participates in establishing, maintaining and improving
healthcare environments; participates in the advancement of the profession; collaborates with other
healthcare professionals and the public; profession of nursing is
responsible for maintaining the integrity of the profession
• Code of Ethics. Nurses must be compassionate, professional, committed to the patient,
promote health/safety/rights of the patient, be accountable, owe duty to themselves, maintain
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