Chapters 1-2
This organization is considered the official membership organization for LPNS.
What is the National Association of Licensed Practical Nurses?
What are the three levels of primary care?
1. Primary 2. Secondary 3. Tertiary
This is the ability to see something of value when you weren't looking for it.
What is serendipity?
This type of leader develops a personal analysis of all problems, makes proposals to the group based on this analysis, and invites the group members to give their criticism and comments.
What is a multicratic leader?
Unfreezing, moving and refreezing.
Driving and restrraining forces.
This is an obligation to tell the truth, or truthfulness.
What is veracity?
To create a motivating work environment a nurse manager should take the following actions:
Engage in positive interactions with staff, involve staff in decision making, give positive feedback and praise, provide autonomy, provide needed resources, foster job growth and development, provide appropriate rewards and incentives and engage with staff.
Frequently staying after shift, coming to work on days off, offering to give pain medications for other nurses are all signs of....
What are signs of an impaired nurse?
Access to health care in the U.S. system is governed by....
The ability to pay.
List some critical thinking concepts:
Be willing to say, "I don't know." Define your germs to allow for clear communication, practice tolerance, understand before criticizing, recognize what pushes your buttons, consider the source of your information, ask questions, look for all possible solutions, be willing to change your mind when given new information.
This type of leader has a strong desire to provide support for others and focuses on building trust between the leader and the stuff.
What is a servant leader?
This term is defined as real or perceived differences between individuals with different values, ideas and goals.
What is conflict?
This is a field of ethics that has come about as a result of rapidly expanding knowledge and technologies that are now available.
What is bioethics?
What does S.M.A.R.T. stand for when writing goals?
Specific
Measurable
Attainable
Realistic
Time-bound
The use of urinary catheters, improper hand washing technique, over use of antibiotics and undergoing surgical procedures are all risk factors for...
Acquiring health-care-associated infections.
List some examples of identifiable health information:
Name, age, gender, social security number, address, telephone number, employer, physical health condition, mental health status, provision of health care, health-care payments
Information you learn in school is known as:
"Knowing that" information.
This type of leader focuses on a clear vision and working toward that vision. this persona accepts change and is willing to make the most of it.
What is a transformational leader?
This has been defined as care that is respectful of and responsive to individual patient preferences, needs and values, and ensures that the patients values guide all clinical decisions.
What is patient-centered care?
Decisions made using this theory are based on the utility of the decision or whether the decision is useful to a small or a large number of people. This theory devalues the needs of the individual for the needs of the group.
What is utilitarianism?
What are the 5 rights of delegation?
Right task, right circumstances, right person, right direction and communication, right supervision and evaluation.
This famous nurse used evidence-based practice to improve patient outcomes.
Who is Florence Nightingale?
Presentation of research contributes to improved patient care, this is a process used to make clinical decisions based on research and other evidence.
What is evidence based practice (EBP)?
List qualities of a good mentor:
Experienced, confident, competent, approachable, empathetic, accessible, honest, patient, respected by peers
This type of leader tends to have traits that are not appealing to most workers. This person is task-oriented; makes decisions independently instead of using input from the group;and motivates employees through praise, blame and reward.
What is a authoritarian/autocratic leader?
This is a general feeling of lack of control.
What is chaos?
This term is used to describe the legal obligation a person has to make compensation for an action.
What is liability?
What are some tasks that may NOT be delegated to unlicensed assistive personnal?
Assessment, interpretation of data, gastrostomy feedings in established systems, care of invasive lines, updating nursing care plans, insertion of nasogastric tubes.
This famous nurse championed the development of psychiatric hospitals.
Who is Dorothea Dix?
What are the four types of knowing as essential to nurses?
Aesthetic, empirical, ethical, personal
This is an effective method for informing people about your goals, concerns, or desires in an informal manner and is something you need to become comfortable doing.
What is networking?
This is the capacity and ability to understand your own feelings while acknowledging the feelings of others.
What is emotional intelligence?
_______ is a branch of philosophy that examines ideal human behavior.
What is ethics?
This is the act of sharing information that is malicious and false.
What is defamation of character?
These are standardized ways to measure each patient's needs or the nursing tasks that need to be completed for each patient.
What are acuity systems?
This is a typical pattern, model or example or something.
What is a paradigm?
Thinking beyond the known information, considering options, looking at information from multiple sources, identifying patterns and relationships and integrating information from various sources are all aspects of...
Critical thinking
What are all the sections of a resume?
Personal information, professional summary, experience, educational background, license and certifications and references.
This is the most positive type of communication, it protects your rights and the rights of others. Individuals are able to express thoughts honestly, openly and responsibly.
What is assertive communication?
This is the right to choose one's own actions.
What is autonomy?
The purpose of this is to give the person an opportunity to make decisions regarding health care before an illness or a need for treatment occurs that would prohibit making such critical decisions.
What is an advanced directive?
______ is helping others develop or improve on existing skills, tasks, or behaviors.
What is coaching?
This is defined by some as a caused behavior or a psychological process that gives behavior purpose and direction.
What is motivation?
This is a law that defines nursing practice and that varies by state
Nurse practice act
When looking for a job that will best suit you, what should you know about the organization?
The philosophy and care priorities of the organization.
This type of communicator ignores his or her own feelings and needs and avoids voicing opinions to placate another person.
What is a passive communicator?
This is described as doing good and the correct thing for the patient.
What is beneficence?
This term specifically refers to negligence by a professional person with a license.
What is malpractice?
________ _______ is a comprehensive evaluation that promotes communication, provides useful feedback about job performance, facilitates better working relationships, provides a historical record of performance, and promotes goal setting for workplace satisfaction.
What is performance analysis?
When each person feels a connection at a deeper level.
What is transpersonal caring?
Identifying possible options and considering alternatives for making a decision is the definition for:
Thorough thinking
The ability to establish vision and goals and to influence others to meet the goals is the definition of:
Leadership
This occurs if either the sender or the receiver has a preconceived opinion of what is going to be discussed during a communication and the preconceived opinion is wrong.
What is a communication block?
This is similar to beneficence but refers to not doing harm; not to inflict harm whether intentional or unintentional.
What is nonmaleficence?
________ is the unlawful touching of another without consent, justification or excuse.
What is battery?
_______ focuses on valuing and respecting individual needs and providing the support needed for each individual to meet his or her full potential.
What is inclusion?
The main idea of this type of care is caring for the mind, body, and spirit.
What is holistic care?
The ability to use gathered clinical information to address specific patient needs is the definition of:
Clinical judgement
An individual, such as a team leader, unit manager, or charge nurse, who supervises other healthcare team members is the definition of:
Management
What does CUS stand for?
I am concerned. I am uncomfortable. This is a safety concern.
This is the obligation to be impartial or fair, and implies all patients will receive equal treatment.
What is justice?
_______ is one person's need for the continuous presence and support of another person to accomplish the objectives of the job at hand.
What is codependency?
This is the process of designating something more important or determining the order in which to deal with a task.
What is prioritization?
This is the ability to interpret an argument, evidence, or raw information in a logical and unbiased fashion.
What is critical thinking?
This means that the ideas have time to penetrate or seep into your brain.
What is percolate?
This type of leader is focused on the individual characteristics and abilities of each subordinate.
What is a democratic/participative leader?
This tool can be used if you think your initial communication approach has not been effective.
This is the concept of faithfulness or keeping promises or agreements.
What is fidelity?
What are some job hygiene factors according to Herzberg's motivating factors?
Insurance, holiday and vacation time, job security, job status, good working conditions, interpersonal relationship with coworkers, appropriate salary, effective administration.
This is an arrangement or classification of things according to their relative importance.
What is hierarchy?