Ideas that define the profession
Who is Florence Nightingale?
Laws enacted by a legislative body.
What are statutory laws?
Duty oriented theory for ethical decision making derived from the Greek term deon
What is deontology?
Occurs when a subsequent change in behavior happens
What is learning?
Ability to influence outcomes through positive interactions with team members
What is leadership?
The angel of the battlefield
Who is Clara Barton?
Controls the administrative operations of government.
What are administrative laws?
Theory that states that actions must be judged on whether they produce the greatest good
What is utilitarianism?
Promote an idea, belief, or a person or to put someone in the best possible position to help themselves
What is advocacy?
Bases decision on consensus
What is a democratic leader?
Established a visiting nursing service for poor tenement families
Who is Lillian Wald?
Law that has arisen from judicial decisions.
What is common law?
Emphasizes the caring aspect of the nurse-patient relationship, intuition, minimizing or avoiding harm and fairness.
What the ethic of care?
Implies that the nurse has credentials or licensure and is honest enough to fulfill duties to the best of their ability
What is credibility?
In this type of leadership the boss makes all of the decisions without staff input
What is transactional leadership?
America's first trained nurse
Who is Linda Richards?
Deliberate threat to physically harm another and is a crime.
What is assault?
Failure to use such care as a reasonable prudent and careful person would use under similar circumstances
What is negligence?
Often results form a life-changing event such as illness or childbirth
What is motivation to learn?
Emphasizes service to others
What is servant leadership?
Wrote a book on the history of nursing
Who is Mary Adelaid Nutting?
The actual and intentional act of touching another without consent.
What is battery?
Improper or unethical conduct or unreasonable lack of skill by a holder of a professional or official position
What is malpractice?
bring to the health care setting a lifetime of experiences that will influence how they perceive formal and informal learning.
What are adult learners?
Partnership arrangement between two or more individuals.
What is collaboration?