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, benner's stages of nursing proficiency novice (none), advanced beginner (some) competent (2-3 years), proficient (>2-3
years), expert (diverse)
ADPIE assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, evaluation
code of ethics ideas of right and wrong that define the principles one will use to provide care to
patients
florence nightingale first nurse, lady with the lamp, organized first nurse training program, environment is
the focus of nursing care
clara barton founder of the american red cross
order of professional registered nurse education 2 year ASN, 4 year BSN, MSN, APRN, doctoral
continuing education educational programs offered by universities, hospitals, needed for license renewal
in-service education training programs provided by a health care agency designed to increase
knowledge/skills of nurses/health care professionals
theory explains an event by defining ideas, explaining relations, predicting outcomes,
dynamic and responsive to changing environment
nursing theory conceptualizes an aspect of nursing to describe, explain, predict, prescribe nursing
care
nursing metaparadigm definition allows nurses to understand and explain what nursing is, what is does, why nurses
do what they do
nursing metaparadigm parts person, health, environment, nursing
grand theory abstract, broad in scope, general focus on nursing as a whole
middle-range theory limited in scope, less abstract, addresses a specific phenomenon
practice theory narrow in scope and focus, guides the nursing care of a specific patient population