CH1 Profession of Nursing review

Nurse practitioner

nurse with advanced education and certification who may practice independently in various settings.

Nurse Midwife

nurse with advanced education and certification in the care of pregnant people during pregnancy and childbirth.

Nurse anesthetist

administers anesthesia for surgeries

nurse researcher

Nurse responsible for continued development of nursing knowledge and improvement of practice through research

nurse educator

Nurse responsible for nursing and healthcare education in various settings

Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS):

Registered nurse who holds a master’s degree in a nursing specialty and has advanced clinical experience

American Nurses Association(ANA)

sets the standard of practice for nurses and makes decisions about the functions , activities , and goals of the nursing profession

Sigma Theta Tau international (STTI)

honor society of nursing : provides leadership and scholarship in practice , education, and research to enhance the health of all people.

National Student Nurses Association

an autonomous organization that is financed and administered by students that serve as the voice of nursing students

person

Human beings

Environment

affect individual internally and externally

health

well being

nursing

interactions with patient

Florence Nightingale

To help individuals responsible for caring for the sick to “think how to nurse”

Theory addresses fundamental needs of the sick and basic principles of good healthcare

Hildegard E. Peplau:

To develop an interpersonal interaction between patient and nurse

Virginia Henderson:

to assist the patient in gaining independence as rapidly as possible

Martha E. Rogers:

Views patients as energy fields interacting with their environment. Supports holistic care approaches.

Dorothea E. Orem:

To provide care and to assist the patient to attain self-care

Betty Neuman:

To address the effects of stress and reactions to it on the development and maintenance of health

Sister Callista Roy:

To identify the types of demands placed on a patient and the patient’s adaptation to the demands

Jean Watson:

To focus on curative factors derived from a humanistic perspective and from scientific knowledge

Madeleine Leininger

to provide holistic, culturally congruent nursing care

Clara Barton

founded american cross

standards of practice

dictated by nursing profession

ANA defines guidelines for providing and evaluating nursing care

Scope of practice

Legislation determines

each state defines practice of nursing with Nurse practice act

nursing responsibilities

caregiver , patient advocate , educator , decision maker , manager and coordinator , and communicator

caregiver

helping clients

patient advocate

Communication of concerns and education for patients

educator

health promotion and disease prevention

decision maker

problem resolution and ensure sound judgement and decisions

manager and coordinator

promoting , restoring , and maintaining health with coordination of healthcare professionals .

Communicator

Communicating patient findings

nursing competencies

patient centered care

teamwork and collaboration

evidence based practice

quality improvement

safety

informatics

commission for nursing education accreditation (CNEA)

accredits practical nursing programs , registered nurse programs , and masters program , and doctoral programs

commission on collegiate nursing education (CCNE)

accredits baccalaureate and higher degree programs

Accreditation commission for education in nursing (ACEN)

accredits nursing programs at all levels of education

physiologic needs

oxygen , food , water , elimination , activity , rest , temperature maintenance , and sexuality

safety needs

the need to be physically safe and free from fear and anxiety

love needs

the feeling of belonging and being loved

esteem needs

composed of esteem derived from others (respect) and self esteem

self actualization needs

the need to maximize ones potential

nursing theory -general system theory

all systems must be goal directed

a system is more than the sum of its parts

a system is ever changing , and any change in part effects the whole

boundaries are implicit , and human systems are open and dynamic

functional health as framework for nursing

nursing is holistic

physical, psychological , and interpersonal

considers family and community .

identify human responses to illness and possible dysfunction. How would these human responses interact with dysfunction

health perception and health management

activity and exercise

nutrition and metabolism

Elimination