Nursing Fundamentals
Refers to clients’ knowledge and
understanding of their conditions.
Health Literacy
The act of nurturing another person to whom one feels commitment or responsibility
Caring
Ethical principle:Actions guided by compassion/kindness
beneficence
SMART goals stands for:
Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Timely
contains data on a patient’s stay in the healthcare facility or while under the care of a healthcare professional.
medical record
Treating a whole person: physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health
Holistic nursing
Created the 10 Caritas Processes
Jean Watson
The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles or moral uprightness
Integrity
The five rights of delegation
1.Right task
2.Right circumstance
3.Right person
4.Right directions and communication
5.Right supervision and evaluation
This model focuses on documenting only unexpected or unusual findings
Charting by exception
She started the Red Cross.
Clara Barton
The five categories of this theory are: maintaining belief, knowing, being with, doing for, and enabling.
Swanson's Theory of Caring
A civil wrong that has been committed against an individual
Tort
The degree of care, skill, and judgment exercised by a reasonable, prudent nurse under the same or similar circumstances.
Standards of care
Steps of the nursing process for LPNs
data collection
planning
implementation
evaluation
the support of an individual to promote his or her own well-being
advocacy
Doing treatments that are not helpful because they will not provide a cure or extend life
Medically futile treatments
A legal duty to report information that can prevent maltreatment and provide safety to another individual.
Mandatory Reporting
the integration of technology and physical devices with nursing knowledge and nursing clinical decision-making skills.
nursing informatics
Illustrated as a pyramid with five levels ranging from basic needs at the base of the pyramid
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Benner
Healthcare model of interprofessional cooperation
collaboration
An occurrence of an incident in which no harm or injury occurred.
Near-miss
HIPAA stands for:
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Data gathered about what the patient feels or thinks
subjective data