Nursing Theory
Defines nursing as a profession
What is autonomy?
using the guide of the principles of right and wrong to provide care to a patient
Code of Ethics
A statement that describes a patient response to a health condition or life event
What is a nursing diagnosis?
key quality indicators that help healthcare institutions improve performance
What are core measures?
Nephro refers to this organ in the human body
What is the kidney?
Theorist who was first developed concept of connecting poor sanitation to disease
Who is Florence Nightengale?
Organization that helps nurses with ethical questions
What is the American Nurses Association
Nurse initiated interventions are guided by this
State Nurse Practice Acts
Providing immunizations to families at a public health clinic Is this type of health care
What is preventative care?
Algia refers to this term in medical terminology
What is pain?
Believed transcultural nursing is a study comparison of cultures to understand similarities and differences
Who is Lenninger?
Act that regulates scope of nursing practice and protects public health, safety and welfare
What is Nurse Practice Act
Intraprofessional collaborative interventions have increased because of this
Complex needs associated with chronic conditions
5 step process of gathering data and solving problems
What is the scientific method?
pertaining to one side
What is unilateral?
Nursing leader who developed 5 stages of skill proficiency
Who is Benner?
withholding a medication that may alter a patients blood pressure is an example of this principle of nursing
What is accountability?
The nursing process incorporates delivering organized nursing care and....
What is critical thinking skills?
A personal belief about the worth of a given idea, attitude, custom that influences behavior
What is a value?
Pertaining to above the stomach
What is epigastric?
Theorist who believes basic human needs are necessary for human survival and health
Who is Maslow?
This is the foundation of nurse's clinical practice, allows practice to improve and change over time
What is evidence based practice?
Expected outcomes of your patients condition are in this step of the nursing process
What is the evaluation process?
Gold standard for research, top of the hierarchy of evidence pyramid
What are clinical trials?
pertaining to surrounding the apex
What is periapical?