Professionalism History Theorists and Nursing Future Lecture

What is nursing in general?

Nursing is the process of caring for or nurturing another person and includes duties performed by people formally educated in the art and science of nursing.

How does the ANA define professional nursing?

Protecting, promoting, and optimizing health and abilities; preventing illness and injury; relieving suffering through diagnosis and treatment of human responses; and advocating for individuals, families, communities, and populations.

What is professionalism in nursing?

Conducting yourself with integrity according to nursing’s high standards while continuing lifelong learning to pursue excellence, advance nursing practice, and promote optimal health.

What four professional nursing values are identified in the PowerPoint?

Human dignity, integrity, altruism, and justice.

How is professionalism expressed in everyday nursing practice?

Through ethical behavior, integrity, advocacy, good communication, critical thinking, attention to detail, compassion, and willingness to keep learning.

What qualities does the PowerPoint identify as qualities of a good nurse?

Strong communication, empathy/compassion, critical thinking and problem-solving, attention to detail, integrity/advocacy, and willingness to learn.

What is digital professionalism?

Maintaining appropriate social-media boundaries and protecting patient privacy and the reputation of the healthcare institution.

What two ANA resources guide nursing practice in the United States?

The ANA Scope and Standards of Practice and the Code of Ethics for Nurses.

What is the overall purpose of the ANA Scope and Standards of Practice and Code of Ethics?

They guide nurses in providing safe, ethical, professional, and patient-centered care.

What does the nursing standard of Ethics involve?

Upholding moral, legal, and ethical principles in clinical decisions.

What does Advocacy mean in professional nursing practice?

Protecting the patient’s rights, health, safety, and environment.

What is Respectful and Equitable Practice?

Providing culturally humble, inclusive care without bias.

What does Communication and Collaboration mean in nursing professionalism?

Effectively partnering with patients, families, and members of the interprofessional healthcare team.

What does Scholarly Inquiry and Education mean?

Using current evidence and research and continuing lifelong learning.

What does Quality of Practice and Evaluation involve?

Improving nursing care and evaluating outcomes.

What was important about the Benedictine order in nursing history?

Both men and women practiced nursing, and it included the first documented cases of men in nursing.

Why did Florence Nightingale become a nurse?

She believed nursing was a divine calling.

What did Florence Nightingale believe a nurse should be?

Educated, moral, self-directed, and committed to never stopping learning.

What major contributions did Florence Nightingale make to nursing?

She used scientific research, improved hygiene and sanitation, lowered mortality, became the first practicing epidemiologist, wrote Notes on Nursing in 1860, and established an organized nurse-training program.

What was Dorothea Dix known for?

She was the first Superintendent of the Union Army for female nurses and worked to reform mental health/asylum and prison care.

What was Clara Barton known for?

Helping soldiers during the Civil War and establishing the American Red Cross in 1881.

Why is Mary Eliza Mahoney important?

She was the first professional Black nurse in America and promoted cultural diversity and respect regardless of race.

What was Mildred Montag’s major contribution?

She led the movement for Associate Degree Nursing programs to create a shorter nursing education pathway and help address the nursing shortage.

What is Florence Nightingale’s nursing theory?

Help the body repair itself by manipulating the patient’s environment.

Why is Florence Nightingale important to nursing theory?

She is credited as the first nurse theorist.

What is Dorothea Orem’s theory?

Self-care: do only for the patient what the patient cannot do for themselves.

What is Sister Callista Roy’s Adaptation Model?

Assess the demands placed on the patient and help the patient adapt to those demands.

What is Virginia Henderson’s theory?

Help the patient regain independence as quickly as possible after illness or assist with a peaceful death.

What does Patricia Benner’s Caring Model emphasize?

Caring helps the patient cope and allows the nurse to connect with the patient.

What other theory is Patricia Benner famous for?

Novice to Expert.

What is Madeleine Leininger known for?

Founding transcultural nursing.

What does Leininger’s theory emphasize?

Caring through cultural competence and using knowledge of culture to provide appropriate nursing care to diverse patients.

Which theorist would best apply if a nurse adjusts care based on a patient’s cultural beliefs?

Madeleine Leininger.

Which theorist would best apply if the nurse encourages a capable patient to perform their own care?

Dorothea Orem.

Which theorist would best apply if the nurse changes the environment to help healing?

Florence Nightingale.

What are the three core competencies in modern nursing professionalism?

Rigorous clinical judgment, interprofessional collaboration, and active patient advocacy.

Who was Isabel Hampton Robb, and what did she contribute to nursing?

She was the first superintendent of the Johns Hopkins Training School, shortened student nurses' workdays, set grading policies, and became first president of the Nurses Associated Alumni of the U.S. and Canada.

Who were Lillian Wald and Mary Brewster, and what did they contribute to nursing?

They opened the Henry Street Settlement in New York and provided public health and home nursing care to poor communities, focusing on wellness, nutrition, hygiene, and shelter.

What is important to know about the history of men in nursing?

Men were first documented in nursing with the Benedictine Order, where both monks and nuns practiced nursing. Men continued providing nursing care through military, religious, and lay organizations.