How to Practice...Nursing
Formal and Informal
Diploma, Hospital Based, Associate Degree, Baccalaureate
What are the different types of Nursing Education?
Skilled Nursing Facility
Acute Care Hospital
Ambulatory Care
What are different sites of healthcare in the United States?
inquisitive, open minded, flexible
What are qualities of an ideal critical thinker?
theoretical, practical, self, ethical
What are different types of nursing knowledge?
Assessment
What is the first step of the nursing process?
National League of Nursing
American Nurses Association
National Student Nurses Association
What are influential nursing organizations?
Certified Nursing Assistant
Licensed Vocational Nurse
Respiratory Therapist
What are different types of healthcare workers?
A reflective, thinking process that involves collecting information, analyzing the adequacy/accuracy of the info, consider action.
What is the definition of critical thinking?
A unique blend of thinking, doing and caring
What is full spectrum nursing?
"Patient will rate pain below 5/10"
What is an example of an outcome?
Case Manager, Leader, Advocate, Communicator
What are examples of the roles/functions of the nurse?
Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Unlicensed Assistive Personnel
Who are example members of the inter professional health care team?
recognize the need for more information
What is an example of a critical thinking skill?
principles, facts, theories
What is theoretical knowledge?
Intervention
What is the phase where you develop a list of things you will do to help the patient meet their goals?
Novice to Expert
What are examples of Benner's Model of Nursing?
individuals, individual private insurance, government, employment based group insurance, charitable sources
What are ways that healthcare is financed?
intellectual autonomy
intellectual curiosity
intellectual courage
What are examples of critical thinking attitudes in nursing?
Skills, procedures and processes
What are examples of practical knowledge?
"Impaired Airway Clearance"
What is an example of a nursing diagnosis?
Economy, growing proportion of older adults, direct to consumer marketing
What are trends affecting contemporary nursing practice?
Shift from retrospective to a prospective fixed-rate payment system
What is an example of healthcare reform?
"How does this work?"
What is an example of intellectual curiosity?
awareness of values, beliefs and biases
What is self-knowledge?
A systematic problem solving process that guides all nursing actions
What is the nursing process?