Professional Nursing Concepts Ch 1-6 Latest Update Graded A

Professional Nursing Concepts Ch 1-6 Latest Update Graded A ANA definition of nursing "The protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations". Altruism the nurse shows concern for the welfare of patients, other nurses, and other health care providers. Autonomy i. Planning care in partnership with patients ii. Honoring the right of patients and families to make decisions about health care iii. Providing information so patients can make informed choices and decisions. Human dignity i. Providing culturally competent and sensitive care ii. Protecting the patient's privacy iii. Preserving confidentiality of patients and health care providers; and iv. Designing care with sensitivity to individual patient needs. Integrity Acting in accordance with an appropriate code of ethics and accepted standards of practice Social Justice i. Supports fairness and non-discrimination in the delivery of care; ii. Promotes universal access to health care; and iii. Encourages legislation and policy consistent with the advancement of nursing care and health care. how professional nursing values are acquired. a. Acquired during socialization into nursing from code of ethics, nursing experiences, teachers, and peers. b. Traditions and cultural, ethnic, and religious groups Values something of worth; an enduring belief or attitude held dearly by a person about people, objects, ideas, or action Beliefs Interpretations or conclusions that one accepts as true Attitudes Mental positions or feelings toward a person, object, or idea the 7-step Patient Value Clarification Process. 1. List alternatives 2. Examine possible consequences of choices 3. Choose freely 4. Feel good about the choice 5. Affirm the choice 6. Act on the choice 7. Act with a pattern What is the 7-step Patient Value Clarification Process. A process for a nurse to use when patients' value system is detrimental to their health CARING promoting health, healing, and hope in response to the human condition INTEGRITY respecting the dignity and moral wholeness of every person without conditions or limitation DIVERSITY affirming the uniqueness of and differences among persons, ideas, values, and ethnicities EXCELLENCE creating and implementing transformative strategies with daring ingenuity Truth i. Faithfulness to fact or reality ii. Attitudes 1. Accountability 2. Authenticity 3. Honesty 4. Inquisitiveness 5. Rationality 6. Reflectiveness Florence Nightingale o Well educated o Holistic view of health: body, mind o Saved many lives in Crimean war o Focus on cleanliness & Nutrition o Founded first nursing school 1860 o Focused