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Concepts Exam 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Standards of Practice | Describe a competent level of nursing care demonstrated by the nursing process |
| Standards of Professional Performance | Describe a competent level of behavior in the professional role to ensure clients receive high-quality care |
| Code of Ethics | Philosophical ideals of right and wrong that define principles you will use to provide care to your clients |
| Florence Nightingale | First practicing epidemiologist. Organized first nursing school in 1860 and improved sanitation in battlefield hospitals |
| Quality and Safety Education for Nursing (QSEN) | Addresses the challenge to prepare nurses with competencies needed to continuously improve care |
| What are the 6 QSEN competencies? | Patient-centered care, Teamwork and collaboration, Quality improvement, Safety, Informatics, Evidence-based Practice |
| 3 Steps to Becoming a Nurse | 1) Education: 2-year associate or 4-year bachelors 2) NCLEX Exam,: required to pass same exam in all states 3) Boards: have right to revoke liscense, oversee states NPA |
| Nursing Practice Act (NPA) | Regulate scope of nursing practice. Protect public health, safety and welfare from unqualified or unsafe nurses. Each state sets its own scope. |
| Professional identity | Sense of ones professionalism resulting in thinking, feeling, and acting like a nurse |
| Exemplars of Professional Identity | Integrity, Compassion, Courage, Humility, Advocacy, Humanity |
| Clinical judgement | Essential skill that involves the interpretation of a client's needs, concerns, or health problems and the decision to take action or not |
| Process of clinical judgement (NIRR) | Noticing, Interpreting, Responding, Reflecting |
| Noticing | Look for patterns consistent with previous experiences and nurses experience to guide care |
| Interpreting | Assembling info to make sense, rely on analytic reasoning |
| Responding | Implementation of actions/interventions based on patients needs |
| Reflecting | Process of thinking and learning from experience, happens in real time and after patient care |
| ADPIE | Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning, Implementation, Evaluation |
| Assessment | Drives the train, poor assessment= poor outcome |
| 4 C's of a Patient-Centered Interview | Courtesy, Comfort, Connection, Confirmation |
| Diagnosis | Purpose to formulate an intervention. Derived from accurate thorough assessment data |
| 3-Part Diagnostic Labeling | Problem, Etiology, Symptoms |
| Planning | Based on assessment, goals/outcomes must be patient-centered |
| Goal | Broad statement that describes desired change in patients condition, perception, or behavior |
| Expected outcome | Measurable change that must be achieved to reach a goal |
| Hands-off Reporting (AKA Report) | When nurses collaborate and share important info |
| Implementation | Know why you are doing what you do, Know expected patient response and correct steps |
| Evaluation | Compare actual and expected findings and check for errors |
| What is included in NANDA-1 nursing diagnoses? | Problem-focused, risk, health promotion |