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Characteristics (5)

1)largest group health care providers


2)majority work in hospital


3)mostly women (7.1% men)


4)median age 46


5)white (83.2%)

Foreign Edu RNs

practice in U.S, recieved edu outside of U.S


1)Philiphines


2)India


3)Canada


Edu. Prep

Diplomas 18%


AD 47%


BSN 35%

Advanced Practicing Nurses (4)

1)CNS-particular clinical practice, provide care for patients with difficult/complex probs


2)NP-primary health care to particular group


3)CNM-assist with pregnancies, delivery, post delivery


4)CRNA-admin of anestesia

QSEN

Quality & Safefty Edu for Nurses

6 Compentencies

1)evidence-based practice


2)patient-centered care


3)informatics


4)safety


5)quality improvement


6)teamwork and collaboration

Florence Nightengale

-Crimean War, introduced sanitary science


-1859 "Notes of Nursing"


-1860 St.Tomas Hospital, traing of nurses


-founder modern nursing


-lady w/lamp

Dorothea Dix

Superintendent of Woman Nurses of Army

Clara Barton

American Red Cross

Schools modeled after F. Nightengale

1)Bellevue (NYC)


2)Connecticut (New Haven)


3)Boston (MA)

Linda Richards

first trained nurse in U.S.

Mary Mahoney

first A.A. trained nurse in U.S.

Chicago World Fair

met/discussed


-lack of uniformity in nursing school curricula


-nursing edu

National League of Nursing Edu.

-(1912)


-changed to NLN (1952)

ANA

American Nurses Association (1911)

Henry St. Settlement & Lillian Wald

-established first formalized Public Health Nursing Practice


-babies, minor illnesses, health edu, prevent disease transmission

Mary Breckenridge

-1925


-Kentucky Committee


-horseback


-first organized midwifery


-prenatal,postnatal care, delivered babies, edu for families

Licensure History


-1903


-1923


-1950

1)NC,NJ,NY,VA "Permissive licensure laws";couldn't use RN unless registered


2)All states required exam; not standardized


3)NLN nation wide State Board Test

American Assembly for Men in Nursing

factors that affect nursing

Johnson and Johnson Company

2002;enhance image of nursing

Social Effectors of Nursing

-aging population


-consumer movement


-diversity


-tech developments

Supply/Demand

-shortage began in 2000


-decline of nursing graduates (faculty and clinicals also)

What makes a profession? (5)

1) edu in college/university


2) edu prolonged


3) decision making based on science/theoretical constructs


4) autonomous


5) accountability rests on individual

Points of professionalism (6)

1) civil, ethical, honest


2) be the best


3) consistent/accountable


4) forgiving


5) current/involved


6) responsible for self/prepared

commonalities (7)

1) patient-centered/holistic


2) caring-orientated


3) combo of sci/humanism


4) therapeutic interpersonal process


5) practice-based profession


6) enhance patient health


7) collaboration with nurses sharing responsibility of care

Profession focused on? (3)


Do what? (3)

-individuals,families,communities


-attainging,maintaing,recovering optimal health/functioning

Standars (3)

-Nursing Social Policy Statement


-Nursing Scope and Standards of Practice


-Code of Ethics for Nurses

Benner's Stage of Nursing Proficiency (5 stages)

SI.Novice-entering nursing school


SII.Advanced Beginners-learners become marginally competent; cna use theory/principals


SIII.Competent Practitioner(2-3 yrs)-begin to feel competent,organized,efficient


SIV.Proficient Practitioner(3-5 yrs)-view patients holistically;focus on long-tern goals;recognice chang ein patients


SV.Expert Practitioner-"sense" of what needs to be done based on knowledge and experience

Socialization Work Setting (3)

-reality shock


-nurse preceptor/mentor


-nurse residency programs

Nurse Practice Act Objectives (4)

Controlled by Board of Nursing


1)defines practice of prof nursing


2)sets min edu requirement/other requirements for licensure


3)determines legal titles/abbreviations


4)provides disciplinary action

NCLEX-RN

National Council Licensure Examination for Register Nurses


(endorsement allows to practice in other states)

1)Torts


2)Neglect

1)civil wrongs may against a person may be intentional/unintentional


2)failure to act as a reasonably prudent person


Malpractice (4)

1)duty of care


2)breach of duty of care


3)proximate cause


4)injury is proved

Delegation rights (5)

RIGHT:


1)task


2)circumstance


3)person


4)direction/communicaton


5)supervision/evaluation

Assault and Battery

Intentional tort



A-threat/attempt to make bodily contact with another person without consent


B-assault carried out

Conditions of informed consent

-voluntary consent


-individual has capacity/competence to understand


-given enough info to make decision

Confidentially

-ethical/legal


-protection of private info


HIPAA

HIPAA

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act


-enacted 1996


-enforced 2003

Categories of Neglect (6)

1)failure to follow standard of care


2)failure to use equipment in responsible way


3)failure to communicate


4)failure to document


5)failure to assess/monitor


6)failure to act as patient advocate

Prevent Legal Probs

-safe setting


-communicate/documentation


-meet standards of care


-promote positive interpersonal relationships



*carry/understand professional liability insurance*