Nursing Theories
a nursing theory that focuses on the importance of the environment in promoting health and healing. The theory posits that the environment can be manipulated to create conditions that are conducive to healing, and that nurses have a responsibility to create and maintain these conditions
Environmental Theory
develops regulations by which to carry out the mission of a public agency
What is administrative law
acts that involve collecting data which include interviewing, observing, and examining the client
What are assessment skills
setting realistic and measurable goals as well as developing a written plan. This includes long term and short-term goals
What is planning
caregiver, educator, collaborator, and delegator.
What are nursing roles in the nurse-client relationship
a nursing theory that emphasizes the importance of the humanistic aspects of nursing care. It focuses on the concept of caring as a central element in the nurse-patient relationship and views caring as essential to healing and promoting well-being.
What is the Caring Theory
Nurse Practice Acts are an example of this law
What is statutory law
nursing interventions that restore or maintain a person’s health
What are caring skills
identification of health-related problems
What is diagnosis
possess current knowledge, perform technical skills safely, be committed to client care, be available and courteous, remain objective, advocate on a client’s behalf, promote the client’s independence.
What are the nurse’s responsibilities
the function of the nurse is to assist the individual, sick or well, in the performance of those activities contributing to health or its recovery (or to peaceful death) that he would perform unaided if he had the necessary strength, will or knowledge
What is the definition of Nursing
examples include assault, battery, false imprisonment, invasion of privacy and defamation
What are intentional torts
interventions that include communicating with clients, actively listening during exchanges of information, offering pertinent health teaching, and providing emotional support
What are counseling skills
How a nurse determines if a client goal was achieved.
What is evaluation
using words and gestures to accomplish a particular objective and is extremely important in the nurse-client relationship
What is therapeutic verbal communication
a holistic approach to nursing care that takes into account the cultural beliefs and practices of patients
What is the Theory of Culture Care Diversity and Universality
requires hospitals with emergency departments to provide a medical screening examination to any individual who comes to the emergency department and requests such an examination and prohibits hospitals with emergency departments from refusing to examine or treat individuals with an emergency medical condition
What is EMTALA
interventions that provide stability and security during a health-related crisis
What are comforting skills
Carrying out the plan of care for the client
What is implementation
giving false reassurances, using cliches, giving approval or disapproval, agreeing, disagreeing, demanding an explanation, giving advice, defending, patronizing, and changing the subject
What are nontherapeutic verbal communication techniques
a nursing theory that focuses on the nurse-patient relationship and its impact on patient care and outcomes
What is the Interpersonal Relations Theory
a competent person’s right to make his or her own choices without intimidation or influence
What is autonomy
demonstrating full attention to what is being said and hearing both content being communicated and the unspoken message
What is active listening
This begins with the nurse’s first contact with the client and continues as long there is a healthcare need
What is assessment
Identify the current problem, describe desired outcomes, answer questions honestly, participate to the fullest extent possible, be open and flexible to alternatives, and comply with the plan of care
What are the client’s responsibilities