module 2: intro to nursing 

• important qualities for nurses
  • critical thinking skills 
  • caring and compassion 
  • detail oriented 
  • organizational skills 
  • speaking skills 
  • listening skills 
  • patience 
  • competence 
  • emotional stability 
  • physical stamina 
• the nursing role 
  • direct care provider 
  • communicator 
  • educator 
  • advocate
  • counselor 
  • change agent 
  • leader 
  • manager
  • case manager 
  • research consumer 
• nursing as a profession and discipline 
  • practice in a wide variety of settings
  • develop a specific body of knowledge 
  • conduct and publish nursing research 
  • recognize role in promoting health 
  • use nursing knowledge as base for nursing practice 
  • nursing is recognized as a profession based on the following criteria
    • well-defined body specific and unique knowledge 
      • clinical and theoretical components 
    • strong service orientation 
    • recognized authority by a professional group 
    • code of ethics 
    • professional organization that sets standards 
    • ongoing research 
    • autonomy and self-regulation 
• educational preparation for nursing practice 
  • practical and vocational nursing edu 
  • registered nursing edu 
    • diploma degree in nursing 
    • associate degree in nursing 
    • baccalaureate in nursing 
  • graduate education in nursing 
  • continuing education 
  • in-service education 
  • informal education 
• nurse practice acts 
  • regulate the practice of nursing 
  • direct a state board of nursing to oversee and regulated nursing practice 
  • define legal scope of nursing practice 
  • approve nursing edu programs 
  • establish criteria for licensure as a RN or LPN/LVN
  • develop rules and regulations to guide nursing 
  • enforce the rules that govern nursing practice 
• important nursing organizations 
  • American nurse association 
  • international council of nursing 
  • national student nurse association 
  • sigma theta tau international 
  • specialty organizations 
  • OADN & MOADN 
  • MOSA 
  • alpha delta nu (prcc beta mu chapter)
• practice settings
  • hospital 
  • extended care facilities (skilled vs custodial care, nursing homes, assisted living, rehab centers) 
  • ambulatory care services (outpatient, same day surgery, chemotherapy)
  • home healthcare agencies / insurance 
  • community or public health centers (school based programs/ healthcare for homeless)
  • independent living facilities - home heath/ hospice 
  • schools/ summer camps 
  • marketing/ liaison for a company (equipment rep/ drug rep) 
  • legal (legal nurse consultant)
  • primary services: directed toward keeping the pt well by preventing illness and promoting illness-prevention 
  • secondary services: consist of services for early diagnosis and treatment of illness, disease, injury 
  • tertiary services: long-term rehab services and care for the dying 
• financial side of healthcare 
  • individual private ins 
  • employment based private ins 
  • government (public) financing- medicare (65 y/o or older with permanent disability) medicaid (low income and minimal resources) 
  • children's health ins program (CHIP) for children whose parents make too much to qualify for medicaid but cannot afford private ins 
  • charitable org. 
  • regulating bodies 
  • medicare (pay based on diagnostic- related groups (DRGs))
  • managed care- HMOs, PPOs, POS, IDNs
• multidisciplinary team of experts 
  • physicians- MD or DO, primary care physicians, specialists, surgeons, hospitalist 
  • nursing practitioners, physician assistant 
  • RN
  • licensed practical nurses 
  • CNA
  • pharmacist 
  • therapist (PT/OT/ Resp/Speech) 
  • chaplain 
  • volunteers 
  • dietary 
  • social workers/case managers 
  • radiology tech 
  • first responders 
• current trends in nursing 
  • changing demographics and inc diversity 
  • technological explosion 
  • era of the educated consumer, alternative therapies. and genomic and palliative care  
  • shift to pop-based care and the inc complexity of pt care
  • cost of healthcare snf the challenged of managed care 
  • impact of healthy policy and regulation 
  • growing need for interdisciplinary edu and collaborative practice 
  • cursing nursing shortage/ opportunities for lifelong learning and workforce development 
  • significant advances in nursing science and research
    
• expanded edu and career roles of nurses 
  • clinical nurse specialist 
  • NP 
  • nurse anesthetist 
  • nurse midwife 
  • nurse educator 
  • nurse administrator 
  • nurse researcher 
  • nurse entrepreneur 
  • nurse informaticist