Nursing in Jesuit Tradition: Midterm study guide

What influenced nursing the most in the Middle Ages? What was the beginning of this?

Most influenced by christianity

Beginning was deaconesses (Female servants)

What are the Jesuit values?

Magis

Women & Men for and with others

Cura personalis

Unity of heart, mind, & soul

Contemplatives in action

Finding god in all things

MU nurse characteristics

Cura personalis

Courageous leaders

Passion for social justice

Engaged, critical thinkers

Advocate for the vulnerable

What are the roles of state boards in nursing?

Evaluate license applications

Issue & renew licenses

Take disciplinary action

What is the definition of Health?

Physical, mental, and social well being. Not only the absence of disease or infirmity

What is the definition of wellness?

The process of acquiring and maintaining physical, mental, emotional, and social health

What are the 8 dimensions of wellness?

Social

Emotional

Spiritual

Intellectual

Physical

Environmental

Financial

Occupational

What is the difference between health and wellness?

Health is the state you are working to achieve and maintain through wellness

What is Nola Penders Health Promotion Model?

A framework that helps explain & predict health behaviors, and is commonly used to promote health

What does Nola Penders health promotion model focus on?

Individual characteristics & experiences

Behavior specific cognitions & affect

Behavioral outcomes

What is the caritas in Watson's caring theory?

The core of nursing that provide guidelines for nurse-patient interactions

What is the definition of person/human in Watson's caring theory?

A "unity of mind body & spirit/nature"

What is the definition of Healing space & environment in Watson's caring theory?

A nonphysical energetic environment; where the nurse is not only in the environment but also "the nurse IS the environment"

What is the definition of Health (Healing) in Watson's caring theory?

Harmony, wholeness, and comfort

What is the definition of nursing in Watson's caring theory?

Reciprocal transpersonal relationship in caring moments guided by carative factors and caritas (core) processes

What are the 4 concepts in the nursing metaparadigm?

Nursing

Person

Health

Environment

What is the definition of person in the nursing metaparadigm?

The recipient of nursing care who is composed of biological, psychological, sociological, and spiritual components

What is the definition of Environment in the nursing metaparadigm?

External environment; some discussion of impact of community on the individual and family

What is the definition of health in the nursing metaparadigm?

The patient's ability to function independently

What is the definition of nursing in the nursing metaparadigm?

Assist the person, sick or well, in performance of activities and help the person gain independence as rapidly as possible

What are the 4 perspectives in caring?

Sense of caring

Doing for others

Care for medical needs

Competence

What are the nursing philosophy and theory beliefs?

Existential beliefs

Evaluative beliefs

Prescriptive or proscriptive beliefs

What are the 5 stages of nursing experience?

Novice

Advanced beginner

Competent

Proficient

Expert

What is the definition of a novice?

"Tell me what to do and I'll do it"

What is the definition of an advanced beginner?

Has gained prior experience in actual situations to recognize recurring meaningful components

What is the definition of a competent nurse?

Greater efficiency and organization

What is the definition of a proficient nurse?

More holistic understanding improves decision making

What is the definition of a expert nurse?

Has intuitive grasp on clinical situations; Performance is fluid, flexible, and highly proficient

What are values?

Developed in response to culture, society, and personality

What are the three steps in the valuing process?

Acquiring values

Values clarification

Acting based on your values

What are behaviors of values?

Consequences and manifestations of values

What are the steps of group formation?

Forming

Storming

Norming

Performing

Adjourning

What is the definition of forming?

Team members get to know each other and establish the dynamic of the group, define roles, and look for a leader

What is the definition of Storming?

Team members begin to define roles, express their opinions and experience conflict, and disagreements

What is the definition of Norming?

Team members start to work together as a unit and accomplish tasks, build confidence, share leadership, and finalize a sense of roles and responsibilities

What is the definition of Performing?

The group has established a social structure, understand their goals, and work together to achieve them

What is the definition of adjourning?

The group has completed their work and they disband

What are some of the group roles in a team?

Leader

Questioner

Facilitator

Summarizer

Evaluator

Initiator

What is the role of the leader?

Guide and direct the group towards achieving a shared goal

What is the role of the questioner?

Facilitate open communication, critical thinking, and diverse perspectives

What is the role of the summarizer?

Restate and summarize the main points of a discussion or suggestions made by team members

What is the role of the facilitator?

Assist the team in achieving it's goals by designing and acting as a neutral guide, manage team discussions and activities

What is the role of the evaluator?

Act as the critical thinker and make choices based on logical evidence without being swayed by emotions

What is the role of the initiator?

Proposes new ideas, solutions, and approach problems

What was the Chadwick report?

A study in 1848 finding that more than half the children in labor class workers died by age 5 due to poor living conditions

Who was Florence Nightingale?

"Lady with the lamp", Founder of modern medicine, she grew up in a wealthy family but went to nursing because she saw it as a call from God although her family despised her for it, she helped with the sanitation problem

Who was Ethel Fenwick?

She played a major role in nursing in the UK by campaigning to procure a national certificate for nursing, and control nursing to nurses only instead of volunteers

Who was Jeanne Mance?

A French nurse who helped establish the first hospital in France

Who was Mary Agnes Snivley?

Brought 16 other representatives from organized nursing bodies to form the Canadian National Association of Trained nurses (CNATN)

What was the Goldmark Report?

A significant report in 1922 that advocated for universities of nursing to train nursing leaders

What was the Brown Report?

The catalyst for the implementation of educational nursing accreditation thorough the National League for Nursing in 1948

What did Isabel Hampton Robb do?

In 1896, she founded the Nurses Associated Alumnae, which became the American Nursing Association (ANA)

Who was Margaret Sanger?

A nurse who worked with immigrant families in New York in 1912, devoted her life to teaching women about birth control after experiencing the death of a woman from self induced abortion

Who was Annie Goodrich?

The head of the army's school of nursing, prepared nurses for the war as well as home nursing and hygiene nursing through the Red Cross

What did Lillian Wald and Mary Brewster start?

The Henry Street Settlement

Who was the first black nurse Lillian Wald hired?

Elizabeth Taylor

Who was Dorothea Lynde Dix?

One of the pioneers of the reform movement for mental health in the U.S.

Who was Clara Barton?

Founder of the American Red Cross, a hospital nursing in the Civil War

What are some historical events that impacted nursing?

The Crimean War (Florence Nightingale)

The Civil War

WWI (Shortage to training nurses)