Intro to Nursing Exam 1

What schools are located in LSUHSC- NO?

nursing, medicine, public health, dentistry, allied health, and graduate studies

Who is the chancellor?

Dr. Steve Nelson

Who is the dean of the SON?

Dr. Porche

Nursing school is approved by whom?

Louisiana State Board of Nursing; annually

The entire school is accredited by whom?

Commission of Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Nursing school is accredited by whom?

Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education

Why is being approved and accredited important?

Able to sit for the NCLEX and helps with scholarships, loans, and school recognition

Louisiana State Board of Nursing

Mission is to safeguard the life and health of the citizens of LA by assuring that persons practicing as RNs and advanced practice registered nurses are competent and safe

What is the main job of the LSBN?

protect the people

What are the requirements to take the NCLEX in LA?

good moral character, completion of a nursing education program, recomm. by the director of SON, the application form, and the criminal records check

The national voice for America's baccalaureate and higher degree nursing education programs

The American Association of Colleges of Nursing

National League of Nursing

promotes excellence in nursing education to build a strong and diverse nursing workforce

philosophies of nursing

statements of beliefs about nursing and the expression of values in nursing

Nursing philosophies usually include beliefs and values about:

person, environment, health, caring, individual, collective

True or false. Nursing is a PROFESSIONAL discipline, not an occupation

true

stewardship

advocating and protecting resources trusted in our care through service, dedication, and enthusiasm

Organizational citizenship

The responsibility of all faculty, staff, and students to be contributing members of our unified educational community committed to a culture of connection and engagement

nursing innovation

The conversion of knowledge and ideas into meaningful work through creativity, entrepreneurship, and pushing beyond the boundaries of the status quo

caring

encompasses the interest, concern, compassion, and mentoring we demonstrate for our students, our patients, and each other

professionalism

the consistent demonstration of and strict adherence to accountability, responsibility, and commitment

respect

acknowledging the value of ourselves and others by treating them with dignity, courtesy, and consideration

integrity

acting with honesty, fairness, and sincerity in all endeavors with an ethical and professional manner

diversity

fostering the potential of every individual through sensitivity, social justice, and cultural competence

excellence

supporting the highest quality in an environment of collaboration, shared knowledge, innovation, scholarship, and leadership

What are the core values of SON?

stewardship, organizational citizenship, nursing innovation, caring, professionalism, respect, integrity, diversity, and excellence

What is nursing?

an art and science

What are the key responsibilities of nursing?

physical exams, health histories, health promotion, counseling, education, medications, coordinate, and collaborate

health care delivery systems

incorporate interactions between health care providers and clients within constraints of financing mechanisms and regulatory agencies

True or false. Nursing is the largest segment of healthcare workers in the US

true

True or False. Nursing is dominated by women

True

The aging of nursing

The future of nursing depends on the infusion of youth

4 year education

bachelor of science in nursing

2 year accelerated

require a prior bachelor's degree

2 year education

associate degree

3 year education

diploma in nursing- hospital-based

AACN

American Association of Colleges of Nursing

NCSBN & FSNWC

National council of state board of nursing & Forum of state nursing workforce centers

NSSRN

National sample survey of registered nurses

ANA

American Nurses Association

NLN

National League of Nurses

nurse researcher

nursing care that is based on the best available research evidence, clinical expertise, and patient preference

clinical ladder

benefits nurses by allowing them to advance skills while still working directly with patients

What nursing opportunities require advanced degrees?

nurse educators, clinical nurse leaders, NP, clinical nurse specialists, certified nurses, certified rn anesthetists

Why do we study history?

sense of identity, learn from mistakes, sense of pride

How is knowledge of nursing's past beneficial to the profession?

a framework for understanding how nursing is practiced today. History gives nurses a sense of professional identity

Daughters of Charity

This charitable nursing order continues to thrive to this day, bringing aid to the poor and underserved the world over

Florence Nightingale (1820-1910)

a pioneer who started the rise of nursing to a professional status. Observed the abysmal conditions of the soldiers during the Crimean War. Recruited nurses and established a school for nurses (Nightingale Training School- only women)

Mary Seacole (1805-1881)

Jamaican-born women of color & established a "hotel for soldiers"

- Wrote Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole

- Mother Seacole

- voted as the Greatest Black Briton

Dorothea Dix

Superintendent of women nurses of the union (passion to help the mentally ill; month long program)

Clara Barton

tended to Union soldiers; angle of the battlefield

- founded the American Red Cross

Sally Tompkins

The only woman in the confederacy to hold a military rank

Linda Richards

First trained nurse in the US. Studied under Florence Nightengale

Mary Mahoney

First trained African American nurse in the US

Mary Adelaide Nutting

- Expanded the program at Johns Hopkins

- First woman to hold a professorship at Columbia

- Helped est. The American Journal of Nursing

Clara Maass

Volunteered to be bitten by carrier mosquitoes to help prove the theory on how the disease was spread (yellow fever) in Cuba

The Spanish-American War

First attempt to use only trained nurses in war. Set the stage for the Army Nurse Corps.

- Typhoid, malaria, dengue, yellow fever

Lillian Ward

- Founded the Henry Street Settlement in NYC

- colleague of Lavinia Dock: social activist and reformer

- Insurance reimbursement for home nursing care

- Founded the National Organization for Public Health

- Founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Jessie Sleet Scales

A visionary African American nurse was among the first to bring community health nursing principles to the tenements of NYC

Mary Breckinridge

- nurse and midwife

- founder of Frontier Nursing Service

WW1

- established the Army School of Nursing

- flu epidemic of 1917

Nurses did not have to be licensed to practice, but could not use the title of RN unless registered

Permissive licensure

The Great Depression

- Social Security Act passed

- hospitals closed, which closed their school, and nurses were unemployed

WW2

formed the Cadet Nurse Corps due to the military not having enough nurses

- 54 army nurses were Japanese prisoners of war

Post WW2

- Hill Burton Act: funds to construct new hospitals

- segregation of African American nurses ended, and men were allowed to enter the military nursing corps

Vietnam

- Improved trauma care

- mobile hospitals in the jungles

- Purrple Heart

_ PTSD!

Idaho

What state became the first state to recognize the diagnosis and treatment of the legal scope of practice for NPs?

Challenges of nursing

- HIV began to spread

- Life support

Affordable Care act

prevented insurance companies from denying coverage to children and teens younger than 19 bc of preexisting conditions

minorities in nursing

- African Americans

- Hispanics

- Men

- LGBTQ

- non-traditional students

Mildred Montag

developed the Associate degree programs

University of Minnesota

first BSN program

The Goldmark Report

- a major report and important study of nursing education

- focused on clinical learning, hospital control, lack of funds or teachers, and the desirability of establishing schools for nursing

Lucile Brown

- Nursing for the Future

- Sponsor: Carnegie Foundation

- basic schools os nursing must be placed in colleges with an effort to recruit men and minorities

Lysaught Report

made recommendations concerning supply and demand for nurses, nursing roles and functions, and nursing education

- the need for increased research into both practice and education

articulated programs

- mobility between programs

- facilitate opportunities to move up the educational ladder

- multiple entry and exit programs

articulation agreements

facilitate student movement between programs and accept transfer credit between institutions

RN-BSN education

- Diploma and ADN nurses are given credits to meet certain BSN requirements

- transfer of general education courses

- options for advanced placement

Programs for 2nd degree students (CARE)

accelerated or fast track sequence to award a 2nd bachelors degree

Online and Distance Learning Programs

it allows access to adult learners who are geographically unable to participate in a traditional classroom setting

Master's education

- BSN

- RN license

- 3.0 GPA

Ex: NP

research focused degree

doctor of philosophy

- federal grant funding

practice focused degree

doctor of nursing practice

licensure

The granting of authority to practice

accreditation

formal review and approval by a recognized agency of educational degree or certification programs in nursing or nursing related programs

certification

The formal recognition of knowledge, skills, and experience demonstrated by the achievement of standards identified by the profession

education

The formal preparation of RNs in bachelor's degree programs

professional socialization

process of internalization and development or modification of an occupational identity that "begins when the students are in formal nursing program and continues as they practice in the real world."

Codes of Ethics

requires that nurses work with all patients regardless of their beliefs

Cohens Model of Basic Student Socialization

Students must experience each stage in sequence to feel comfortable in the professional role.

- Stages 1-4

Stage 1: Unilateral dependence

Students are unlikely to question or analyze the concepts that nursing faculty present critically because they possess limited questioning or critical analysis

Stage 2: Negativity/ Independence

students' critical thinking abilities and knowledge bases expand. They begin to question authority figures

Stage 3: Dependence and mutuality

reasoned appraisal; begins integration of facts and opinions following objective testing

Stage 4: Interdependence

Collaborative decision making

Benner

identified 5 stages nurses pass through the transition from novice to expert

novice

has little background and limited practice skills

advanced beginner

marginally competent skills and uses theory and principles much of the time

competent practitioner

feels competent, organized, plans, and sets goals

proficient practitioner

views patient holistically, sets priorities

expert practitioner

performs fluidly, grasps patient needs automatically

strategies to reduce reality shock

- seek practical experiences outside of school

- balance work with academic responsibilities

- shadowing programs

- care for self