Nursing Fundamentals Chapter 1

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Novice

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A beginning nursing student or any nurse entering a situation in which he or she has had no previous experience. Behavior is governed by established rules and is limited and flexible.

The nurse moves from relying on abstract principles to using concrete experiences.

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Advanced Beginner

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can demonstrate marginally acceptable performance. he or she has had enough experience in actual situations to identify meaningful aspects or global characteristics that can be identified only through prior experience.

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Competent

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Competence is reflected by the nurse who has been on the same job for 2 or 3 years and who consciously and deliberately plans nursing care in terms of long-range goals

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Proficient

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The proficient nurse perceives situations as a whole rather than in terms of aspects and manages nursing care rather than performing tasks

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Expert

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The expert nurse no longer relies on rules or guidelines to connect understanding of a situation to an appropriate action. the expert nurse, with an enormous background of experience, has an intuitive grasp of the situation and zeroes in on the problem.

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Diploma Nursing Program

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1st type of educational prep available for RNs. 3 years. Clinical experience is extensive.

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ANA Standards of Practice

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Includes 2 lists: standards of care and standards of professional performance

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ANA Standards of Care

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ADOPIE: Assessment, Diagnosis, Outcome Identification, Planning, Implementation, Evaluation

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ANA Standards of Professional Performance

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Ethics, Education, Evidence-Based Practice and Research, Quality of Practice, Leadership, Collaboration, Resource Utilization, Environmental Health

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Nurse practice act

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the nurse practice act of each state defines the practice of nursing within that area.

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ANA

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American Nurses Association: nursing's professional organization in the US. It sets the standards of practice for nurses, and makes decisions about the functions, activities, and goals of the nursing profession.

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National League for Nursing

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main purpose is to support nursing education with the goal of producing a well prepared and diverse nursing workforce

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AACN

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American Association of Colleges of Nursing: organization sets standards and publishes essential components of baccalaureate, master's, and doctoral education in nursing.

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Nursing Responsibilities

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Caregiver, Patient Advocate, Educator, Decision Maker, Manager and Coordinator, Communicator

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Nursing Competencies

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The Quality and Safety Education for Nurses initiative has identified key competencies for nurses: patient-centered care, teamwork and collaboration, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, safety, and informatics

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conceptual framework

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describes ideas about individuals, groups, situations, and events

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4 concepts in nursing

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person, environment, health, and nursing

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Nursing Theory

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provides the foundation for nursing knowledge and gives direction to nursing practice; go beyond conceptual frameworks; they relate concepts and the significant relationships bw them

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General System's theory

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provides another approach for studying individuals in their environment and is used by many disciplines. It includes: purpose, content, and process, breaking down the "whole" and analyzing the parts

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Maslow's hierarchy of human needs

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states that all humans are born with instinctive needs;
1) physiologic needs
2) safety needs
3) love needs
4) esteem needs
5 self-actualization needs

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Change theory

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developed by Kurt Lewin (1962);

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3 states of change

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unfreezing, movement, and refreezing

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unfreezing

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the recognition of the need for change and the dissolution of previously held patterns of behavior

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movement

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the shift of behavior toward a new and more healthful pattern

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refreezing

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long-term solidification of the new pattern of behavior

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functional health patterns

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another way to organize nursing information in a holistic way; created by Marjory Gordon (2002)

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health perception and health management

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functional health pattern; client manages own health. success in meeting human needs relies on culture, society, expectations, one's health.

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other functional health patterns

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activity and exercise, elimination, nutrition and metabolism, sleep and rest, cognition and perception, adaptive psychological functioning (self perception and self concept, roles and relationships, sexuality and reproduction, coping and stress tolerance, values and beliefs)