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Florence Nightingale
train women for care of sick
-improving ventilation, sanitation,and nutrition fresh clean air
-light of lamp
nutrition, fresh clean air , recreation therapy, emotional support are some of the thing nightingale included in what
st thomas hospital curriculum that nightingale taught
apprenticeship
learning by doing, when a person learn a trade or profession by working
intervention
action taken to improve, maintain, or restore health or prevent illness
assisting a patient with hygiene tasks such as bathing and brushing the teeth
intevention
invasive procedures
a procedure that require entry into the body
aseptically
without introducing infectious material; change dressing is an example
nursing theory
a statement about relationship among concepts or facts based on existing information
evidence based practice
intergating of best research evidence with clinical expertise and patient values to facilitate clinical decision making, help determine best practice.
what is best practice?
optimal technique, procedures, or program identified by one or more organization that improve care efectiveness while proving positive outcome
who revised the standard of nursing practice in 2004?
ANA(american nurse association)
what standard does the practical nurse follows?
standard that are written by National Federation of licensed practical nurse
what is the practices act
define activities in which nurses may engage, state the legal requirement and titles for nursing licensure and establish the education needed for licensure.
what are the nurse practice acts designed for?
to protect the public and define the legal scope of practice.
the nurse practice acts books (policy and procedures)that are establish in facility define for?
define which procedure each professional can perform in that facility as well as specify step by step guidelines
When was the nursing process emerged?
1970 and 1980
what is nursing process
organized, deliberate, systematic way to deliver nursing care.
what does the nursing process provides that combines the science and art of nursing
way to implement caregiving ( implement means- to put into action)
why is nursing both an art and a science
consist of performing certain acts of care skillfully, with intuition and creativity it was combine with art from the body of knowledge for the nurse can choose intervention to produce desired outcomes for the patient
what are the four practice setting in which a practical nurse can find employment
area where there is supervision by registered nurse, physican, or dentist such as hospital, extended care facilities, physican office hospices home health
what is diagnosis related group
created by medicare in 1983 to contain health care cost. meaning that the hospital recieves a set amount ofmoney for patient who is hospital with certain diagnosis
how can you prove patient needs and proper care
proper nursing documentation of patient assessment and identified needs
what are the six level of care with the health care system
preventive, primary, secondary, tertiary, restorative, and continuing care
what is preventive care
education and prevention examples, prenatal care exercise classes family planned school physical exam
what is primary care
early detection and routine care such as immunization clinic, blood pressure screening
preventive care and primary care consist of
health promotion and illness prevention
what is secondary care
acute care such as emergency teatment and critical care
what is teritiary care
special care highly technical services for client in large geographic area such as extended care hospices in home personal care and chronic disease management
teritiary care also consist of what level
continuing care
what is restorative care
intermediate follow up care surgical postoperative routine care. rehab home care
what is continuing care
long term care, chronic care personal care hospice
secondary care and acute care are in the same catergory give some examples
radiologic procedures, labs,surgical, emergency, rehab, home health
one main difference between a licensed practical nurse and a registered nurse is that the licensed practical nurse
is requried to work in a supervised setting
the america red cross was founded by who during the civil war
clara barton
what the goal of nursing
to promote wellness, prevent illness, facilitate coping, and restore health
what is health maintenance organization(HMO)
a type of group practice,enroll patient for a set fee per month to keep people healthy and out of hospital
what is preferred provider organization(PPO)
organization that offer discounted insurance fees in return for a large pool of potential patients who choose a doctor from the list
what are the various delivery of nursing care
functional nursing care
team nursing care
total patient care
primary nursing care
what functional nursing care
first care delivery for pn
what team nursing care means
envoled in 1950,a registered nurse who coordinated care and assigned other member to tasks
total patient care
a nurse carried out all nursing function for the patient.
primary nursing care is
one nurse plans and direct care for a patient over a 24 hour period