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1. Professional Identity a sense of oneself that is
influenced by characteristics, norms,
and values of the nursing discipline,
resulting in an indi- vidual thinking,
acting, and feeling like a nurse.
2. Nursing requires: -Current knowledge and practice
stan- dards
-Insightful and compassionate approach
-Critical thinking
3. Patricia Benner's Stages of Nursing -Novice (beginning nursing student
Profi- ciency or new situation)
-Advanced beginner
-Competent (2-3 years as a nurse)
-Proficient
-Expert
4. ANA Nursing Definition Nursing is the protection, promotion,
and optimization of health and
abilities; pre- vention of illness and
injury; alleviation of suttering through
the diagnosis and treat- ment of
human response; and advocacy in
the care of individuals, families,
communi- ties, and populations.
5. Six standards of practice 1. Assessment
2. Diagnosis
3. Outcomes Identification
4. Planning
5. Implementation
6. Evaluation
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6. Code of Ethics A code of ethics is the philosophical
ideals of right and wrong that define
principles used to provide care.
7. Professional Roles Autonomy and
Accountability Caregiver
Advocate
Educator
Communicator
Manager
8. Examples of a Professional Identity Integrity
Compassion
Courage
Humility
Advocacy
Human Flourishing
9. Essential Skills Time management
Therapeutic
communication Patient
education
Compassionate implementation of
bed- side skills
10. Florence Nightingale First practicing epidemiologist
Organized first school of nursing
Improved sanitation in battlefield
hospi- tals
Practices remain a basic part of
nursing today
11. Caring
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universal phenomenon influencing the ways in which people think, feel, and be- have in relation to one
another
12. Leininger's Theory provide care consistent with
nursing's emerging science and
knowledge with car- ing as central
focus
13. Watson's Transpersonal Caring Promotes healing and wholeness
Rejects the disease orientation to health care
Places care before cure
Emphasizes the nurse-patient relationship
14. Swanson's Theory of Caring -defines caring as a nurturing way of
relat- ing to an individual
-states that caring is a central nursing phe- nomenon but is not necessarily unique to nursing
practice
15. Providing Presence being with, eye contact, body
language, tone of voice, listening,
positive and en- couraging
attitude
16. Touch Provides comfort and creates a connection
17. Contact Touch Task-oriented
touch Caring
touch
Protective touch
18. Listening creates trust, opens lines of
communica- tion, creates a mutual
relationship
19. Knowing the Patient