NRS 2181: Scientific Foundations of Professional Nursing Practice Fundamentals of Nursing, 9th edition. Potter, Perry, Stockert, Hall (PPSH) Chapter 1, 15-20

Nursing is: - >>Independent, autonomous, scientific discipline. Patient-centered & outcome-focused Nursing definition - >>"Nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, facilitation of healing, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, groups, communities, and populations" Nursing occurs whenever... - >>There is a need for nursing knowledge, wisdom, caring, leadership, practice, or education (anytime/where). What is the goal of nursing? - >>Achieve positive patient outcomes in keeping with nursing's social contract with an obligation to society. What are characteristics shared by all scientific disciplines? - >>-Distinct body of knowledg