Chapter 1
Caregiver, Advocate, Educator, communicator and manager.
What are the professional roles of a nurse?
Prenatal care, Nutritional counseling, Family planning,and exercise,
What are examples of Primary care (Health Promotion)?
Takes place in the community setting such as home or clinic.
What is community based nursing?
Environmental theory focus on ventilation, light, decreased noise, hygiene, nutrition.
What was Nightingale's theory?
The systematic problem solving process that facilitates achievement of best practice. Pg. 53
What is evidence based practice?
The American Nurses Association
Box 1-3 pg.3
Who developed the standards of professional performance for nurses?
acute medical surgical care, emergency care, and radiological procedures
Box 2-1 pg. 17
What is Secondary Acute Care?
Practice in the community with the primary focus on the health care of individuals, families and groups within the community. ex. case manger following an older adult recovering from a stroke and see the need for community teaching on stroke signs and symptoms.
What is Community health nursing?
Orem
Who developed the self care deficit nursing theory?
PICOT Question
What tool helps focus research on evidence in scientific literature?
Novice to expert Box1-1 pg.2
How does Benner define nursing?
Intensive care unit and sub-acute care
What is Tertiary care?
Hypertension, cancer and arthritis
What are 3 disease older adults may suffer from?
The Caring theory
pg. 47 Table 4-3
What theory was Watson famous for?
Considered the foundation of scientific research and the most reliable and objective of all methods of gaining knowledge.
What is the scientific method?
Code of Ethics
What are the philosophical ideals of right and wrong that define the principals used to provide care to their patients.
Cardiovascular rehab, pulmonary rehab, sports medicine, spinal cord injury programs and home care
What is restorative care?
Speak with clarity at a moderate pace and volume. Pg. 36 Table 3-1
How to communicate with a older adult with hearing impairment?
Human caring varies among cultures in its expressions, processes, and patterns. Provide patients with culturally specific care.Pg. 48
What is Leiningers Theory of cultural care?
freedom from external resources.
What is autonomy?
A profession requires a specialized education and training validated by a licence.
What makes nursing a profession and not a job?
Assisted living and psychiatric and older adult day care
What is considered continuing care?
health promotion, disease prevention and restorative care. pg. 31
What does community based care focus on?
A culture that is very vocal about pain
What is the Middle eastern culture?
agreement to keep promises. ex. pain management and reducing the clients pain
What is Fidelity?