 Why is nursing considered a profession? - correct-answersEducation, knowledge, selfless concern for others, follow a code of ethics, practice autonomy, accountability, and responsibility, professional organizations  What is a nurse? - correct-answers

 Why is nursing considered a profession? - correct-answersEducation, knowledge, selfless concern for others, follow a code of ethics, practice autonomy, accountability, and responsibility, professional organizations  What is a nurse? - correct-answersHighly trained, well educated, caring, and competent.  6 basic skills - correct-answerscritical thinking skills  Communication skills  Organizational skills  Leadership skills  Advocacy  technical skills  4 basic principals of nursing - correct-answersAdvocacy  Responsibility  Accountability  Confidentiality  6 ethical principles of nursing - correct-answersautonomy, beneficence, fidelity, justice, non-maleficence, veracity  autonomy - correct-answersthe right of the patient to make decisions about their medical care w/out their healthcare provider trying to influence their decisions  beneficence - correct-answersaddress the idea that a nurse's actions should only promote good  fidelity - correct-answersThe nurse must be faithful to the promises they made as professionals to provide quality care  justice - correct-answersthe nurse needs to be impartial and fair to each patient  Non-Maleficence - correct-answersnurse must be non-harming or inflicting the least amount of harm possible to reach a beneficial outcome  veracity - correct-answersmust be honest and tell the truth  History of nursing - correct-answerstransformed to a women dominated profession in the 19th and 20th century, had to become licensed in order to work in the profession in 1903 in the US  angel of mercy - correct-answersreligion based and shows nurses as self-sacrificing, moral and noble  battle Ax - correct-answersshowed nurses as cruel torturers, includes the bossy nurse Ratchet  naughty nurse - correct-answersshows nurses as sexy and risque women, seen as potential dates for physicians  military nurse - correct-answersshows nurses on battlefield in uniform; striaghtedges  handmaiden nurse - correct-answersnurses as just mere assistants that need to help the physician at all costs  Florence Nightingale - correct-answerstransformed nursing from battle ax image to nursing as a respected profession, founder of modern nursing and the first nursing school  ADPIE - correct-answersassessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation  assessment - correct-answersgather the information and review patient PMHx, present medical Hx, and family Hx.  diagnosis - correct-answersidentify problems  planning - correct-answersdevelop smart goals, desired outcomes and action plans  SMART goals - correct-answersSpecific  Measurable  Attainable  Relevant/reasonable  Timely  implementation - correct-answersactions that the nurse is going to perform in order to try and reach the goal  evaluate - correct-answerswere the smart goals and outcomes achieved  5 tiers of Maslow's Hierarchy of needs - correct-answersphysiological needs  safety needs  love and belonging  self-esteem  self actualization  health promotion - correct-answersthe process of enabling people to increase control over and to improve their health  What is health - correct-answershealth varies among individuals, typically meaning not having any illness  self-concept - correct-answersone's overall view of oneself healthy self-concept - correct-answersmostly psotive perception of self evaluation 5 personal evaluations within self-concept - correct-answersphysical appearance sexual performance intellectual abilities success in the workplace friendship and approval from others primary prevention - correct-answersaddress the needs of healthy clients in order to promote health and prevent disease ex) immunizations, child car seat edu, nutrition and fitness, health education, wearing sunscreen, STD education secondary prevention - correct-answersfocuses on identifying the illness, providing treatment, and conducting activities that help prevent a deteriorating health status (early detection) ex) communicable disease screening and case finding, screenings (pap smear, mammogram etc.) TB screening tertiary prevention - correct-answersaims to prevent long term consequences of chronic illness/disability and to support the highest functioning level possible (treatment) ex) begins after an illness/injury, prevention of pressure ulcers after spinal cord injury healthy people 2020 - correct-answerslist of national objectives to promote health and prevent diseases among the national population (released q1- yrs. & involves collaborative efforts from local government, voluntary organizations and professional organizations, businesses and individuals healthy people 2020 goals - correct-answersimprove health priorities and awareness and understanding of the progress involving health, disease and disability apply measurable health goals at the local, state and national level apply the best practices to strengthen policies and improve health practice identify the need for research, evaluation and data collection of health disparities at risk populations for healthy people 2020 - correct-answerspoor elderly ethnic minorities economic disadvantages infection - correct-answersinvasion and multiplication in the body of a pathogen types of pathogens - correct-answersbacteria, viruses, fungi, prions, parasites HAI's - correct-answershospital acquired infections, 1 in 25 pts.