EVOLUTION OF NURSING

Practical Nursing Program

___refers to a nursing program in community college vocational schools, hospitals & other independent health agencies

9-12 months

Practical Nursing Program took ______ months for both classroom and clinical experience

RN

this profession’s knowledge & skill make more sophisticated nursing judgment & assessing the client’s condition & planning care & evaluating the outcome effect of care

ASSOCIATE DEGREE PROGRAM

Arose in the 1950’s- developed through planned research and experimentation. Several Trends & events influenced the development of the program

Associate Degree Program

What degree program was financed during the WW II to provide additional nurses to meet both military & civilian needs. They could be educated in less time than 3 years ?

DIPLOMA NURSING PROGRAM

Idea of training school as a source of free/ inexpensive staffing for the hospital was welcomed

DIPLOMA NURSING PROGRAM

In this program, there is no standardization of curriculum, no accreditation

Nursing

____ is a caring profession, one that combines human compassion with sophisticated technology of modern health care.

Florence Nightingale

Nursing is “Putting the patient in the best condition for nature to act upon him” was said by whom ?

PROFESSION

an occupation that requires extensive education

PROFESSIONAL NURSING

_______ refer to as an art and science, dominated by an ideal of service in which certain principles are applied in the skillful care of the well and the ill

PROFESSIONAL NURSE

is one who has acquired the art and science of nursing through her basic education, who interprets her role in nursing in terms of the social ends for which it exists

Education, Theory & Ongoing Research, Service, Autonomy, Code of Ethics, Caring

Primary Characteristics of a Professional Nurse

art

Nursing as an ____ is the art of caring sick and well individual. It refers to the dynamic skills and methods in assisting sick and well individual in their recovery and in the promotion and maintenance of health

science

Nursing as a ____ is the scientific knowledge and skills in assisting individual to achieve optimal health. It is the diagnosis and treatment of human responses to actual or potential problem

Patient

____ comes from a Latin word, “to Suffer” or “to Bear”

Caregiver

Role of a nurse ___ is the primary goal

Teacher

Nurses help clients learn about their health and the health care procedure they need to perform to restore or maintain their health.

Counselor

Nurses ______ primarily check individuals with normal adjustment difficulties and focuses on helping the person develop new attitudes, feelings, behaviors by encouraging the client to look at alternative behaviors, recognizing the choices, and develop sense of control.

Leader

Influences others to work together to accomplish a specific goal.

Case Manager

______ work with the multidisciplinary health care team to measure the effectiveness of the case management plan and to monitor outcomes

Administrator

____ is a nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist, nurse midwife, nurse educator, nurse researcher, and nurse anesthetis

Promoting Health and Wellness

In the SCOPE OF NURSING PRACTICE, this involve an individual and community activities to enhance healthy lifestyle, such as improving nutrition and physical fitness, preventing drug and alcohol misuse, restricting smoking, and preventing accidents and injury in the home and workplace.

PREVENTING ILLNESS

The goal is to maintain optimal health by preventing diseases

RESTORING HEALTH

____ extends from early detection of disease to helping the client during the recovery period

CARE OF THE DYING

Involves comforting and caring for people of all ages who are dying