History & Trends in Nursing
During the Crusades, nursing care was given by these people.
Who were the Knights Hospitalier?
Using evidence-based practice as a guide
Being registered/licensed
Acquiring the knowledge, skills, and sense of identity that are characteristic of the nursing profession
The right to self-determination as a professional
What are the professional aspects of nursing?
0.45m to 1.2m (four feet) is ideal for a conversation between friends.
What is the zone of personal space?
This involves being organized, clearly explained, inquisitive about intent, facts, & reasons behind ideas.
What is critical thinking?
This is the standard for professional practice and speech.
What is Evidence-Based Practice?
This nursing theorist write extensively about caring.
Who is Jean Watson?
_____ _____ occurs when the perceived role comes in to conflict with the performed role, while ______ _____ is the experience of moving from the known role of the student to the role of the practicing professional.
What is reality shock and role shock?
This form of communication is a standardized tool that nurses and other team members can use to take an assertive stance in advocating for patients.
What is Concerned, Uncomfortable, Safety Issue (CUS)?
This refers to the process of making sound clinical decisions.
What is clinical reasoning?
This refers to the use of data to monitor the outcomes of care processes and using improvements methods to improve the quality and safety of healthcare systems.
What is Quality Improvement?
This initiatives focus is on competencies of a future nursing graduate such as patient-centered care, evidence-based practice, safety, & informatics.
What is quality and safety education for nurse (QSEN)?
This theory is focused on how nurses can provide culturally competent care to patients and how culture should be factored into healthcare.
What is Madeleine Leininger’s Cultural Diversity and Universality Theory?
Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning, and Evaluation make up this process.
What is the nursing process?
This process is the ability to think in a systematic and logical manner, solve problems, make decisions, and establish priorities in the clinical setting.
What is critical thinking?
This is a method of developing and formulating a compelling clinical question for research.
What is a PICOT question?
The 4 main messages of this report are:
What is the IOM report: The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advocating Health?
The following basic needs are associated with this theory:
What is Virginia Henderson's 14 Components of Basic Nursing Care?
The Joint Commission indicated that _______ ______ was the most frequently identified root cause of sentinel events reported between 1995 and 2008.
What is communication failure?
Interventions include collecting cues, identifying problems, taking action, and reflecting on process.
What is the clinical reasoning cycle?
Root Cause Analysis and Reason’s Adverse Event Trajectory Model are 2 frameworks utilized for ______ ______ _____?
What are Processes for Examining Safety Threats?
This pioneer nurse founded the American Red Cross.
Who is Clara Barton?
T or F
The fundamental components of a nursing theory are Constructs, Assumptions, Ideas, & Design.
F
What are the fundamental components of a nursing theory?
Verbal
Body positioning
Facial expression
Gestures
Eye contact
What are modes of communication?
T or F
The ability for nurses to think critically is synonymous with patient safety & positive patient outcomes.
T
This essential baccalaureate competency ensures safety and quality care
What is Baccalaureate Essential #2,
Basic Organizational and Systems Leadership for Quality Care and Patient Safety
To be a baccalaureate-prepared nurse, it is essential to learn how to lead within the ever-changing field of healthcare. Leadership skills increase client safety by improving nurses’ decision-making, communication, and ability to work alongside clients. These skills benefit not only the clients but the strength of the facility and healthcare as a whole. BSN programs teach nurses to be leaders who will be able to improve the quality of processes and systems for more efficient and effective care.