4. Definition of Nursing
1. Contributions of
Florence Nightin-
gale (10)
5. Nurse Practice Act
2. nursing as a
professional dis-
cipline
3. What are
the Standards
for Professional
Nursing practice?
, Introduction to Nursing – Quiz 1 & Exam 1 Study Guide
-Patient is the center of nursing ecific and unique knowledge Strong service
focus orientation
- Identified nurses role in Recognized authority by a professional group
meeting all patients needs Code of ethics
- Declared nursing as separate Professional organization that sets standards
from medicine
Ongoing research
- Pushed for nursing education;
Autonomy and self-regulation
stressed need for continued
education
ANA Standards of nursing Practice
- Established Nursing as a
Nursing Process
respectful occupation for
women Nurse Practice Acts and Licensure
- Did not advocate for male
participation in nursing
Derived from word "nutrix" meaning nutrition
- Two components of nursing:
health and illness "Nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities,
- Established standards for prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suttering through the diagnosis and
hospital management treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families,
- Established record keeping(as communities, and populations."
research data)
- Recognized the importance of
nutrition, occupational and
recreational
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6. Nursing Roles -Caregiver
-Communicator
-Teacher/ Educator
-Counselor
-Leader
-Researcher
-Administrator
-Advocate
-Coordinator of care
-Nurse Scientist
-Advanced Practice Roles
-Nurse Practitioner
-Clinical Nurse Specialist
-Nurse Midwife
- Nurse Anesthetist
7. Healthy People Department of Health and Human Services Initiative
2020 - Prevention agenda for building healthier nation. Objective if to identify significant
most preventative threats to health and establish goals to reduce them
8. Healthy People -Government initiative to guide health promotion and disease prevention in order
2020 purpose to:
-Improving the health of all Americans
-Live free of preventable disease, disability, injury, and premature death.
-Achieve health equity
-Eliminate disparities
-Create social and physical environments that =good health for all.
-Promote quality of life, healthy development, and healthy behaviors across all life
stages.
-Contains 42 topic areas with nearly 600 objectives
9.