Exam 1 for Nursing 104

grading scale

a= 93-100
b=85-92.99
c=77-84.99
d=69-76.99
f=68.99 and below

Methods of Evaluation

exams=20% (3 exams)
final exam=25% (1)
participation=3%
crosswords=2% (6)

absence

- excuses are required
-1 unexcused absence = 2/3 (66%-F)
- 2 unexcused absences = 0/3 (0%-F)

KSA

knowledge, skills, attitude = great nurse

Appeals Chain

1)Instructor
2)course/semester coordinator
3)BSN coordinator
4)department head
5) Associate Dean
6)Dean
7)university Ombudsman
ALWAYS FOLLOW CHAIN

Interim Dean

Dr. Lisa Broussard, DNS, RN, CNE
-warton room 202

Interim Associate Dean

Dr. Jennifer Lemoine, DNP, APRN, NNP-B
- warton room 204

Interim BSN Department Head

Dr. Deedra Harrington, DNP, APRN, ACPN-BC
-warton room 203-A

BSN coordinator

Dr. Tricia Templet, DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC, FNF_C
-warton room 201

Polices that impact progression

-minimum grade of C in required classes
-minimum overall GPA of 2.8
-students will permitted to enroll in any required course twice (withdrawals count)

Student Services

warton room 254
-advising- done all by student services
-bulletin boards- read information

Lab resources

Ms. Cheryl Mack
- simulation technologist/skills lab manager
-critical care simulation lab (warton 215)
-pediatric and neonatal sim lab (warton 216)

Lab resources 2

Ms. Mandy Helo
-learning resource center (LRC) (warton 210, 217, 212)
-pediatric and neonatal sim lab (warton 216)
-nursing lockers

Computer and audio instruction

Ms. Laura Stelly
-(warton 209)
-cath simulator- IV start simulators
other CAI (computer aid intruction)

Computer Lab

Ms. Amanda Menard
-department of Nursing computer lab (warton 218)
-50 computers

Wellness wednesday

-wednesdays in the fall/spring semesters from 9-3
-warton 115
-free health screenings (body fat, bone density, gearing, vision, blood glucose)

National student Nurses Association (NSNA)

-membership of 60000 nationwide
-mentors the professional development of future RN's
-facilitates their entrance into the nursing profession (educational resources, leadership opportunities, career resources)

UL stendent nurses association

faculty advisor- Amber Eaglin

Student Government Association (SGA)

represents the student body

Academic Success Center

-advising
-career counseling
-tutoring
-lee hall room 115

American Nursing Association (ANA(

nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization, of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations.

world health organization(WHO)

Nursing encompasses autonomous and collaborative care of indeviduals of all ages, families, groups and communities, sick or well, and in all settings. It includes the promotion of health, the prevention of illness, and the care of ill, disabled and dying people.

International Council of Nurses (ICN)

Nursing encompasses autonomous and collaborative care of individuals of all ages, families, groups and communities, sick or well and in all settings, Nursing includes the promotion of health, prevention of illness, and the care of ill, disables and dying people. Advocacy, promotion of a safe environment, research, participation in shaping health policy and in patient and health systems management, and education are also key nursing roles

professional nursing roles

care provider, educator and councilor, client advocate, change agent, leader and manager, researcher, coordinator of the interprofessional health care team.

Nontraditional Roles of Nursing

home and ambulatory care

Nurse Educator

-minimum of a masters degree in the specialty area in which they teach
-must be competent in clinical practice at advanced generalist or specialist level
-expectations of the role include teaching, scholarship, and service of the community

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN)

-nurse practitioner (family, adult, pediatric, psychiatric/ mental health, women's health, emergency)
-Clinical Nurse Specialist
-Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
-Certified Nurse- Midwife

Nurse Practitioner

-taking histories
-physical examinations
ordering, preforming, interpreting diagnostic tests
-prescribes medication and treatments, has prescriptive authority
-education emphasizes pathophysiology and pharmacology

Clinical Nurse Specialist

-expert clinician
-educator
-consultant
-researcher
-administrator

Nurse Anesthetist(CRNA)

provides anesthesia and anesthesia-related care most often involving surgical procedures

Nurse-Midwife

-primary care providers of women's health (pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum period, care of the newborn, family planning, gynecological needs)
-core occurs in homes, birthing centers, clinics, hospitals

Nurse Administrator or Nurse Executive

-knowledgeable about both the business of health care and the nursing profession
-focuses on administration of health care systems to deliver services to patients
-typically have master's degree

First nursing program in a collegiate setting

opened in 1909 at University of Minnesota

When did Yale have their first separate department of nursing that offered a BSN degree?

1924

BSN requirements

-2 years of arts and sciences
-2 years of nursing courses
-completion of 126-136 credits

how many BSN courses were available in 2013?

696

Nurse Training Act of 1943

First instance of funding being used to support nurse training

Nurse Training Aft of 1964

President Lyndon B. Johnson signed this act into law in 1964. The act provided immediate assistance to everyone on the nursing field, including potential nurses and schools specializing in nursing. The act also appropriated funds of 300 million for nursing education

Nursing Code of Ethics

a central foundation used to guide nurses decisions and conduct

Essential Nursing Values and Behaviors

nursing values intensify as nurses grow through their career and face new challenges. The core values that form the foundation of the nursing profession are altruism, autonomy, human dignity, and social justice

American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)

essentials of BSN education for professional practice (2008)

Louisiana State Board of Nursing

Louisiana state practice act

University of Louisiana at Lafayette SAC

nursing department mission statement

Institute of Medicine (IOM)

recognizes the essentiality if nursing in the success of reforming the US health care system

Healthy People

outlines goals for a broad-bases population health set by government agencies

American Nurses Association (ANA)

guides nurses in the application of their professional skills and responsibilities

Baccalaureate Outcomes and Competencies

identifies essential competencies and outcomes for practice, indicates that define competences, ways to learn competencies, and effective ways to document the learners achieve the competences

Egypt

-suture
pharmacopeia with more than 700 drugs
-nurses use by kings

palestine

moses developed the mosaic code

Greece

-Aesculapius: model for medical caduceus
-Hippocrates: first to attribute disease to natural causes, considered the father of medicine

India

-Vedas
-surgery
-prenatal care
-hospitals with male nurses

chinese

-acupuncture
-believed in the yin and yang as the basis of health

Rome

first military hospital

the middle ages

- roman catholic curch- central figure in health care
- men use purging, leaching, and mercury
-women used herbs and methods of healing
- wives of the emperors and another noble women became nurses
-during the crusades military nursing orders known as templars and hospitals were founded
-monks and Christian knights provided nursing care and defended the hospitals during battle

the renaissance and the reformation period

-major advancements in medicine (pharmacology, chemistry, and medical knowledge)
-nursing education practically non-existent
-"dark ages" of nursing
-dissension roman catholic Christians and protectant sects
-hospital nursing no longer appealed to women in high economic status
-nurses were prostitutes', drunks, prisoners
-famine, plague, fifth and horrible crimes in europe
-several nursing groups/ orders formed out of great concern

colonial american period

American colonies- individuals with infectious disease were isolated in almshouse or pesthouses
-Benjamin Franklin advocated for hospitals and care of the sick

The first in North America?

Hospital of the Immaculate conception

The first in the United states?

Pennsylvania Hospital 1751

Florence Nightingale

- Crimean war- barracks hospital at Scutari (deplorable conditions: 3000-4000 sick and wounded in a facility designed for 1700, no blankets or beds, soldiers placed on the floor where lice, maggots, vermin, rodents, and blood covered their bodies)
- known as the "lady with the lamp" because she would help everyone and carry around a lamp at night

What did Florence Nightingale assemble:

-principles and asepsis and infection control
-system for transcribing doctors orders
-patient records
-public health principles and statistical methods to advocate from improved health conditions
-documented a decrease im soldiers death reforms from 42% to 2% as a result of health reform and emphasized sanitary conditions

when was the first Florence Nightingale Nursing School established?

-1860
-1873 she graduates from Nightingale's nurse training program and migrates to the US
-they became supervisors in the first hospital based (diploma) nursing schools

Mary Seacole

-Crimean war
-COULDNT JOIN FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE BECAUSE OF HER RACE
-purchased her own supplies and traveled 300 miles to Crimean
-built and opened a lodging house to nurse sick soldiers

Nursing in 1900 and WW1

-state legislation required nurses to become registered before entering practice
-precursors to the american nurses association (ANA) and national league for Nursing (NLN) were founded
-Lilian Wald-Henry settlement house

Important women!!!!

-Clara Barton made the red cross
-Harriet Tubman was a nurse in the underground railroad
-Sojourner Truth
-Louisa May Alcott

WW1 ad the 1920's

-penicillian
-insulin
-nurse anesthetist
-sheppard-towner act
frontier nursing service- Mary Breckenridge

When was the social security act passed?

1935

The Great depression

-national old-age insurance program
-fedural grants to states for maternal and child welfare services
-vocational rehabilitation for crippled children and blind people
-plan to strengthen public unemployment system

WW2

-nurses recognized as integral part of military
attied ranks of officers in the navy and army

Post WW2

- Nursing training act of 1943
-states board test pool
-Hill-Burton Act

1960's

-federal legislation
-community mental health center act
-Medicaid-federal insurance for families in poverty
Medicare-medical insurance to those over 65 or disbled or rental failure

1970's

-health care costs
-masters preparation needed for nurse practitioners
-numbers of men increased
ANA elected its first African American president Barbra Nichols

1980's

-aids
-increases indigenous populations
-runaway healthcare costs
-serious shortage of nurses

1990's

-creative shifts, 12 hour/ 3 day work week
-concern on health of the nation
AIDS
-focus on prevention and primary care
massive downsizing of hospital nursing staff and increased non-licenced personal