Nursing Education and the Nursing Process

A collection of vocabulary flashcards covering the roles of nurses as educators, the domains of learning, and the specific steps of the nursing process and TANF model.

Learning

The process of acquiring new knowledge, skills, and attitudes that can be measured.

Teaching

The concept of imparting important knowledge through a serious direct activity.

Health Literacy

The degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information needed to make appropriate health decisions, including maintenance, promotion, and restoration of health.

Restoration of Health

An education goal focused on recovery, such as physical therapy or rehabilitation to help a patient cope with impaired functioning.

Teaching-Learning Process Steps

A systematic sequence involving assessing needs and readiness, identifying learning needs, developing outcomes, and reporting progress.

Fifth grade level

The recommended reading and communication level for patient education to ensure understanding without using medical terminology.

Reinforced Teaching

The use of handouts, pictures, models, and repetition to help patients remember information, given that they typically forget $80\%$ of what they are told during transitions.

Cognitive Learning

A domain of learning focused on thinking and understanding the \"why\" or purpose behind actions, such as understanding a diet or signs of illness.

Affective Learning

A domain of learning involving feelings, emotions, and values, such as coping with body image changes after a colostomy.

Psychomotor Learning

A domain of learning involving physical skills or \"doing,\" such as demonstrating how to change a dressing or an ostomy bag.

Person Centered Care

A collaborative approach where care is based on continuous healing relationships and the patient is the source of control.

Assessment

The first step of the nursing process involving the collection, validation, and communication of patient data.

Nursing Diagnosis

The phase where the nurse analyzes patient data to determine strengths and weaknesses; it focuses on patient responses rather than a medical diagnosis.

Planning

The step of the nursing process where the nurse identifies patient-related interventions and determines expected outcomes.

Implementation

The action phase of the nursing process where the nurse carries out the plan of care.

Evaluation

The final step of the nursing process where the nurse measures whether the defined goals and outcomes were achieved.

AMA

The organization identified in the transcript as being associated with the first nursing process.

TANF model

A clinical judgment framework consisting of four components: Noticing, Interpreting, Responding, and Reflecting.

Noticing

The first component of the TANF model.

Interpreting

The phase of the TANF model equivalent to the diagnosing and planning steps of the nursing process.

Responding

The phase of the TANF model equivalent to the implementation step in the nursing process.

Reflecting

The phase of the TANF model equivalent to the evaluation step in the nursing process.

Reflective Practice

A process involving thinking through a situation after it has occurred to determine how future actions might change.

QSEN

A set of nursing competencies focused on quality and safety education for nurses.