Introduction to Practice
Each State has one of these that protects the public by legally defining and describing the scope of nursing practice.
What is The Nurse Practice Act?
These people are responsible for there own actions, are legally held to the same standard as a professional nurse.
What is a nursing student?
This communication technique can convey caring and support when words are difficult.
What is Theraputic Touch?
An experienced nurse will use this to gather information regarding focus on the patient and the patient needs to facilitate interaction.
What is Theraputic Communication?
In this part of the interview, the client communicates what they think, feel, know and percieve in response to questions from teh nurse.
What is the Body?
This person is often referred to as the "Lady with the Lamp".
Who is Florence Nightingale?
This law as passed in 1996 to help regulate patient privacy and electronic medical records.
What is The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPPA?
Belief that forces of nature must be maintained in balance and harmony.
What is Holistic Health Belief?
This part of the interview is to establish rapport and orient the client. The purpose, expectations of client and time of interview will be explained.
What is the Opening?
Standards of care for the LPN are established by this organization, while a Code of Ethics for nursing is established by this organization.
What is The National Federation of Licensed Practical Nursing and the American Nursing Association?
Entering a room and seeing a patient crying and stating she feels awful is this, while entering a room and seeing a patient crying and she states everything is fine is this.
What is congruency and incongruency?
This form of communication uses gestures, facial expressions and touch. usually has more meaning than the spoken word.
What is Nonverbal Communication?
An individual's focus on the past, present or future.
What is Time Orientation?
Since all cultures provide every human within it to grow, remain well, avoiding illness and survive, this type of nursing in neccesary to care for these other cultures.
What is Transcultural Nursing or Care?
Using the best scientific evidence to guide one's practice that improve patient outcomes is this?
What is using Evidenced Based Practice?
An unexpected occurrence that involves a death or serious injury or risk there of.
What is a sentinal event?
The process by which an individual develops a new cultural identity.
What is Assimilation?
Cultural preservation and maintenance, cultural accommodation and negotiation, integrating the cultural values of the individual is this.
What is Culturally Responsive Nursing Care?
Charting, "patient refused medication" is this, and writing "patient was uncooperative" is this.
What is Fact and Opinion? Be accurate!
This refers to telling the truth.
What is Veracity? pg. 77
The ability to place oneself in another's position, perceiving the situation from another person's perspective is this.
What is Empathy?
The belief in one's own culture and lifestyle being superior to others.
What is Ethnocentrism?
Assigning certain beliefs and behaviors about a culture to an individual or a group.
What is Stereotyping?
This is group of people that share common/distinct culture based on shared ancestry, social experience, religion or national history. This is a social classification that assigns group membership based on physical characteristics.
What is ethnicity and race?