What does it mean to be a profession?
-possesses a specialized body of knowledge
-use of the scientific method to enlarge knowledge
-educated practitioners in institutions of higher ed.
-autonomy in setting standards of education and practice
-develop a code of ethics
-provides valuable servi...
What does it mean to be a profession? - ANSWER- -possesses a specialized body
of knowledge
-use of the scientific method to enlarge knowledge
-educated practitioners in institutions of higher ed.
-autonomy in setting standards of education and practice
-develop a code of ethics
-provides valuable service to society
-members feel lifelong commitment to profession
Describe the roles of professional nurses. - ANSWER- -caregiver
-communicator
-teacher and educator
-counselor
-leader
-researcher
-advocate
-collaborator
Practice settings for a professional nurse? - ANSWER- Camps, hospitals, private
practices, schools, etc.
Definition of nursing - ANSWER- Nursing is the protection, promotion, and
optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, and elevation
of suffering **through diagnosis and treatment of human responses** and the
advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities and populations.
,Aims of Nursing? (as they interrelate to facilitate maximal health and quality of
life for patients - ANSWER- -to promote health
-to prevent illness
-to restore health
-to facilitate coming with disability or death
Current trends in Nursing: Quality and Safety Education Competencies -
ANSWER- -patient-centered care
-teamwork
-Collaboration
-quality improvement
-safety
-EBP (evidence based practice)
-informatics
Current trends in Nursing: Sources of Knowledge - ANSWER- -Traditional
knowledge
-authoritative knowledge
-scientific knowledge
-need a system for organizing and structuring a body of knowledge in a discipline
Current Trends in Nursing: Structure of Nursing Knowledge - ANSWER-
Metaparadigm-> Philosophy-> Paradigm-> Conceptual Framework-> Theories->
Propositions-> Concepts-> (other components)
Metaparadigm - ANSWER- The global concepts that identify the phenomena of
central interest to a discipline and the global proposition that that the relations
between concepts.
Functions of the Metaparadigm - ANSWER- ?
Four major concepts of Metaparadigm? - ANSWER- Person
Environment
Health
Nursing
, Philosophy - ANSWER- A statement of beliefs and values about human beings
about their world.
Paradigm - ANSWER- A worldview of ideology. It "implies standards or criteria for
assigning value or worth to both processes and the products of a disciple as well
as for the methods of knowledge development within a discipline"
Conceptual Framework - ANSWER- A set of abstract and general concepts and
propositions that integrate them into a meaningful configuration
Theory - ANSWER- A statement about the relationships among specifically define
concepts that describe, predict or explain a phenomenon or activity in a
professional discipline.
Proposition - ANSWER- A statement that proposes the relationship between and
among concepts
Concept - ANSWER- Abstract impressions organized into symbols or reality
Describe the relationship of the nursing metaparadigm to nursing theory -
ANSWER- ?
Nursing Theory - ANSWER- A conceptualization of some aspect of nursing reality
communicated for the purpose of describing phenomena, explaining
relationships between phenomena, and predicting consequence or prescribing
nursing care.
**Nursing theory directs nursing and their nursing practice
Why is the Nursing Theory so important to Nursing? - ANSWER- -role of theory
and professional identity
-Theory guides nursing research
-enhances professional communication
-provides structure on how we should respond to clients
-differentiates the focus of nursing from the focus of other disciplines
-guides nursing education
-sets standards for nursing practice
--guides development of patient classification systems
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