NR 222 Exam 2 Study Guide 2022

NR 222 Exam 2 Study Guide 1. Professional Roles • Caregiver • Primary role • Integrates the roles of communicator, teacher, counselor, leader, researcher, advocate, and collaborator to promote wellness through activities that prevent illness, restore health, and facilitate coping with disability or death • Advocate • Protection of human or legal rights and the securing of care for all patients based on the belief that patients have the right to make informed decisions about their own health and lives • Educator • Use of communication skills to assess, implement, and evaluate individualized teaching plans to meet learning needs of patients and their families • Communicator • Effective interpersonal and therapeutic communication skills to establish and maintain helping relationships with patients • Collaborator • Use of skills in organization, communication, and advocacy to facilitate the functions of all members of the health care team as they provide patient care • Leader • Researcher • Counselor