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Fundamentals of Nursing
Institution
Fundamentals Of Nursing
origination of the word "nurse"
from the latin word "nutrix" meaning to nourish
Interrelated roles of nurses
communicator, teacher, counselor, leader, researcher, advocate, collaborator
coping with disability and death
nurses use optimal function of maximum strengths and potentials, refer t...
✓ nurses use optimal function of maximum strengths and potentials, refer to
community support systems; provide care to families and patients during end-of-life
care, hospice
The Nursing Process
✓ -one of major guidelines for nursing practice
✓ -helps nurses implement their roles
✓ -integrates art and science of nursing
✓ -allows nurses to use critical thinking and clinical reasoning
✓ -defines the areas of care that are within the domain of nursing
✓ -define legal scope of nursing practice
✓ -create state board of nursing to make and enforce rules and regulation
✓ -define important terms and activities in nursing, including legal requirements and
titles for RNs and LPNs
✓ - established criteria for the education and licensure of nurses
5 vital signs
✓ respirations, pulse rate, blood pressure, temperature, and pain
Nursing is recognized as profession based on what criteria
✓ -well defined body specific and unique knowledge
✓ -strong service orientation
✓ -recognized authority by a professional group (ANA)
✓ -code of ethics
✓ -professional organization that sets standards
✓ -ongoing research
✓ -autonomy and self-regulation
Florence Nightingale
✓ defined nursing as both an art and science, differentiated nursing from medicine,
created freestanding nursing education, published books; founder of modern nursing
Clara Barton
✓ established red cross; volunteered to care for wounds and feed union soldiers during
civil war; served as supervisor of nurses for the army of James
✓ -traditional ( passed down from generation to generation)
✓ -authoritative- comes from an expert, accepted as truth based on person's perceived
expertise
✓ -scientific (obtained through the scientific method-research)
objective
✓ you can see the object
subjective
✓ coming from that subject
types of knowledge
✓ -science (observing, identifying, describing, investigating, and explaining events and
occurences that are perceived in world)
✓ -philosophy (the study of wisdom, fundamental knowledge, and the processes used
to develop and construct on perception on life)
✓ -process (a series of actions, changes, or functions intended to bring about a desired
result)
goals of nursing research
✓ -improve care in clinical setting
✓ -study ppl and nurse process: education, policy development, ethics, nursing history
✓ -develop greater autonomy and strength as a profession
✓ -provide evidence-based nursing practice
deductive reasoning
✓ examines a general idea and then considers specific actions or ideas
✓ one builds from specific ideas or actions to conclusions about general ideas
health
✓ a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not merely the absence of
disease or infirmity
illness
✓ the unique response of a person to a disease; an abnormal process involving changed
level of functioning
wellness
✓ an active state of being healthy by living a lifestyle promoting good physical, mental,
and emotional health
nursing theory
✓ differentiates nursing from other disciplines and activities in that it serves the
purposes of describing, explaining, predicting, and controlling desired outcomes of
nursing care practices
evidence-based practice (EBP)
✓ a problem-solving approach to making clinical decisions, using the best evidence
available; blends both science and art of nursing so best outcomes are achieved; may
consist of specific nursing interventions or use guidelines established for the care of
patients
steps in implementing EBP
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