Introduction to Nursing Concepts

Flashcards covering key concepts, definitions, and important ideas related to nursing from the lecture notes.

Patient-centered care

An approach to healthcare that enhances the patient's involvement and preferences in their own care.

Professionalism

The conduct, aims, or qualities that characterize a profession or professional person.

Leadership

The action of leading a group of people or an organization, or the ability to do this.

Evidence-based practice

A problem-solving approach to decision-making in healthcare that integrates the best available evidence with clinical expertise and patient values.

Nightingale's definition of nursing

The act of utilizing the environment of the patient to assist him in his recovery.

Angel of Mercy

A historical stereotype of a nurse characterized as a compassionate figure devoted to caring for others.

NCLEX

National Council Licensure Examination, the examination for the licensing of nurses in the United States.

Tertiary prevention

Actions taken to rehabilitate or maintain health after a disease has been diagnosed.

Health Promotion

Process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health.

Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)

The conscientious use of current best evidence in making decisions about patient care.

Florence Nightingale

Considered the founder of modern nursing and the first nurse theorist, known for her environmental theory.

Benner's Novice to Expert Model

A conceptual framework that describes a nurse's progression through five levels of skill acquisition.

Continuing Education (CE)

Post-licensure learning activities required to maintain nursing licensure and competency.

Team Nursing

A nursing care model where a group of nurses and aides work together to care for a group of patients.