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PROFESSIONAL GROWTH FINAL EXAM

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The Bubonic Plague (1347-1350)


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, Ended the middle ages

was very deadly - 'bubo'- swelling of lymph glands


Germs carried by rats (actually the fleas)

Killed ¼ of the entire world population




Components of Critical Thinking in Nursing


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Specific knowledge base

Nursing has a broad knowledge base - physical, psychological, social,
moral, ethical, legal, and cultural views of patients and health concerns


Experience
Need clinical experience and practice to develop these skills

Critical thinking competencies

Cognitive processes used to make decisions about clinical care of patient


Includes scientific method, problem solving, decision making, diagnostic
reasoning, clinical inference, clinical reasoning and clinical decision making

Attitudes for critical thinking
Recognize your knowledge limits, personal biases and opinions

Standards for critical thinking
Intellectual standards - guideline for rational thoughts


Professional standards - Code of Ethics, Best Practice Guidelines, CNO

,Nightingale


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Nightingale became aware of this situation and asked to lead a group of
nurses to care for the soldiers there

Within 6 months of being at Scutari, the death rate had been reduced from
60% to 2%

Set up kitchens, laundry and sanitation facilities


Remodeled military hospitals and barracks

Kept statistics

"the lady with the lamp"

Established first independent School of Nursing in 1860


Contracted Crimean fever

? Post traumatic syndrome


Wrote books.. "Notes on Nursing" 1859

Black stripe on nursing caps signified mourning for her death




18th, early 19th centuries


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The sick and poor were in great numbers—
"change" was needed—the stage was set for those with "social" vision

, Establishing Priority


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Priority setting is the ranking of nursing diagnoses through the use of
principles such as urgency or importance

High priority - impaired gas exchange and decreased cardiac output

Intermediate priority - nonemergency and non-life threatening

Low-priority - not always related to specific illness or prognosis but affect
the client's future well-being




Conceptual frameworks


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Provide organizational frameworks for critical thinking




Nightingales' 7 basic tenets were that


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