Professional Practice
Aside from 2002, this profession since 1999 has consistently rated the most honest and ethical in annual Gallup poll surveys.
What is nursing?
Indecision, lack of confidence in others, poor organizational skills, demanding perfectionism, poor communication skills, lack of confidence in self, fear of not being liked by everyone, and micromanaging management style.
What are internal barriers to effective delegation (person delegating)?
Demonstrated when a leader makes all decisions without considering input from staff.
What is autocratic leadership?
Defined as a small group of people who work together on a regular basis to provide care to discrete subpopulations of patients. It has clinical and business aims, linked processes, shared information environment, and produces performance outcomes. They evolve over time and are often embedded in larger organizations.
What is a microsystem?
A choice between two options, both of which will bring a negative result based on society and personal guidelines.
What is an ethical dilemma?
The utilization of current research to provide the most effective care and improvement in patient outcomes.
What is evidence-based practice?
The initial direction and periodic evaluation of a person performing an assigned task to ensure that he or she is meeting the standard of care.
What is supervision?
Focuses on role of supervision, organization, and group performance – status quo and day to day tasks
What is transactional leadership?
Defined as larger institutions/group of health professionals the come together to serve the needs of patient populations.
What is a macrosystem?
Unanticipated event resulting in death or serious physical or psychological injury not related to natural course of the patient’s illness.
What is a sentinel event?
25% within the first year.
What is the percentage of new nurses that leave their first position?
Right circumstances, right task, right person, right direction and communication, and right supervision.
What are the "Five Rights" of delegation and assignment.
A style in which the leader provides little or no direction or supervision, and prefers to take a hands-off approach.
What is laissez-faire leadership?
Basic essential health services focused on prevention, promotion of health, and managing illness. Covers about 80% of a client’s health needs.
What is a primary healthcare system?
Focusing on themselves instead of the patient, diverting pain relief medication from patients, neglecting patient care, and committing outright errors or near-misses.
What are ways impaired nurses can jeopardize patient safety?
Education, networking, certifications, publications, annual conference, and access to CEUs.
What are some benefits to joining a professional nursing organization?
Assigning or designating a competent individual the responsibility of carrying out a specific group of nursing tasks in the provision of care for certain clients.
What is delegation?
Based on building relationships and motivating staff members.
What is transformational leadership?
Barcode medication scanning, Pyxis machines, smart IV pumps, and virtual companions.
What are technology devices used to mitigate error and adverse events?
Ensure patient and staff safety, respond to claims of clinical malpractice, address patient complaints, and comply with federal and state regulations.
What are the duties of Risk Managers?
Introducing yourself as an RN to patients, dressing professionally, "nursing out loud", advocating for progress on public health matters, and believing in our own power to make a difference.
What are some tactics in improving public image of nursing?
Determining tasks that are life threatening, essential to patient/staff safety, and essential to the medical or nursing plan of care.
What is the criteria for prioritization?
Good communication and interpersonal skills.
What are the traits of an effective nursing leader?
Used to report actual events and near-miss events, allows for process improvement, and are not necessarily punitive.
What are electronic incident/event reports?
States that a nurse who is aware or suspects a colleague's impairment at work has an ethical obligation to report it.
What is the ANA Code of Ethics, Provision 3?