Roles of professional nurse - test 1 Questions and Answers

Roles of professional nurse - test 1 Questions and Answers nursing an art, science, profession ANA nursing Protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through diagnosis and treatment of human response and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, populations nursing as profession Have to study to do it Trained License exam Orientation can last about 3 months Recognized by organizations Code of ethics (can't do harm to anyone) research Autonomy nursing as art Compassion Skill Keeping clients dignity Putting bias aside nursing as a science Body of knowledge Proven facts Evidence based practice Changes in medicine Applying knowledge to real life situation Critical thinking Finding out about patient (ex: family history, physical observations, age, gender) early civilization believe in animism, good and evil sprits, karma spiritual awakening hebrew and roman times, Jesus, Julius Ceaser, priests were medicine people/healers 16th century warfare, crusades, fight for religion, bring medicine to other regions, men/criminal men are medicine people 18-19th century similar to nursing today, Florence Nightengale WWII men are in war, women start working/coming into the world of men, women gain independence nursing today evidence based practice, respected profession, technical advancements Florence Nightingale Identified personal needs of patient and role of nurse in meeting them Established standards for hospital management Established nursing education and respected occupation for women Recognized two components of nursing - health and illness Believed nursing is separate and distinct from medicine Recognized nutrition as important to health Instituted occupational and recreational therapy for sick people Stressed the need for continuing education for nurses Maintained accurate records/beginning of nursing research practical and vocational nursing LPN, 1 yr nursing school, work under RN, mental health, long term care, registered nursing ADN, BSN graduate education MSN, PhD, advance practice, nurse midwife in service education work education classes, mass educations, skills days continuing education classes, conferences ANA american nurses association, code of ethics, rule makers, clinical standards, lobbying, everybody has the best health care, government involved NLN nation league for nursing, education NSNA national student nurses association, students that wants to be involved in government