Final Exam Study Guide (NUR 2868) ALL ANSWERS FALL-2021 SOLUTION 100% CORRECT GUARANTEED GRADE A+

Module 10-11: Professionalism: What do nurses need to do to become more recognized as a profession? How does increased responsibility impact nurses’ need for further education? What was Florence Nightingale’s contribution to the profession? What does the ANA say about these issues? (Chapter 1 of Catalano) Team work: How can nurse managers build better teams? What is QSEN and what are QSEN competencies? Leadership: Know the 3 styles of leadership and how they affect teams. When are they best used? Do communication styles matter? What is the difference between leading and managing? What can a nurse manager do about conflict in the team? QSEN: What is QSEN and what are QSEN competencies? How is it helpful to nursing students? What is a JCAHO requirement for client education? What motivates clients to learn? Advocacy: How does the nurse advocate for the client? What are appropriate political activities for nurses? Why does it matter? What is discharge teaching? How do nurses ensure the teaching has been effective? Nursing Process: Review the steps and understand the significance. Ethics: Know the Definitions relating to Ethics and their significance to nurses, according to the ANA code. Understand nurses’ need to be accountable in all situations. Critical thinking: Know the first steps in the process to arrive at a positive outcome. Clinical judgment and Prioritization: What is it? How is clinical judgment gained? How does the nurse prioritize care? How does the nurse delegate care and to whom? Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM): Why is the term healing used rather than medicine when referring to alternative care? How can nurses advocate for their patients in using alternative forms of healing practices? *Burnout: Chief causes? Effects on the profession as well as on individual nurses? (Catalano Nursing Now! Chapter 10 of 7th edition) Why is there a nursing shortage? *indicates new material from Module 11 which is open for you now. Remember, anything you have read or covered to date is “fair game”! Modul e 10 - Educat ion What vision first comes into your mind when you think about the concept of education as it relates to nursing? Is it your own nursing education? Or is it the patient education you provide in the healthcare setting? Both are accurate and are pertinent to this week's discussion. Nursing Education With more than 3.1 million members, the nursing profession is the largest segment of our nation's healthcare workforce. Of the nearly 3.1 million licensed RNs, 45.4% were initially educated in ADN programs, compared to 34.2% of RNs initially educated in BSN and higher degree programs, according to federal data. Among RNs who graduated in 2005 or later, 56.6% received their initial nursing degrees from ADN programs. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the IOM in 2008, launched a two year study to respond to the needs in the nursing profession. The purpose of the report was to provide blueprints and recommendations for the future of nursing. One of the outcomes was noting the extreme healthcare complexity that nurses and other healthcare providers were seeing in the hospital setting. They (RWJF) recommended that 80% of all RN's hold a Bachelor's degree by 2020.Through its deliberations, the committee developed four key messages: • Nurses should practice to the full extent of their education and training. • Nurses should achieve higher levels of education and training through an improved education system that promotes seamless academic progression. • Nurses should be full partners, with physicians and other health care professionals, in redesigning health care in the United States. • Effective workforce planning and policy making require better data collection and information infrastructure. The education debate goes back 40 years when the American Nurses Association suggested that the Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (BSN) be the minimum entry point for registered nurses (Smith, 2009). Proponents suggest that critical-thinking and leadership skills needed for dealing with diverse patient populations fall into the realm of the BSN-prepared nurse (Smith, 2009). Some opponents believe that since Associate Degree Nurses (ADN) and BSN graduates all take the same national boards for licensure, the NCLEX, the skills sets are the same and cannot be differentiated by credential. In 2013, the community college presidents were convened by RWJF and agreed that the ADN must remain one of the entry points to nursing, however, should not be the terminal education point for the vast majority of nurses. All stressed that best practices are needed to advance academic progression in nursing across all levels, from associate to doctoral degrees. Nurses, in general, are unaware of the conflict, and each individual nurse tends to favor his or her own credential as the best one! Although the ANA continues to push for a single entry into the nursing profession, the issue remains a state board of nursing level issue. Several states have enacted legislation for the BSN to be either required upon licensure or soon thereafter. It remains up to the individual RN to determine which degree is necessary for working in that state. Patient Education The concept of patient education is defined as "assisting people to learn health related behaviors so that they can incorporate these behaviors into everyday life" (Carranti, 2013, p. 397). Catalano (2013) goes further and states that patient education is a moral imperative and the responsibility of every registered nurse. Certainly, medical errors can be greatly reduced if patients understand all they need to know about their treatment regimens and prescription medications.