5 areas- nursing practice standards correct answer - professional responsibility
- knowledge based practice
- ethical practice
- provision of service to the public
- self regulation
19th century correct answer - 1854 nightingale tested her beliefs during the
crimean war
-the british government asked her to take a small group of nurses to the military
hospital at scutari
- by the end of the 19th century the entire western world shared her belief in well
educated nurses
20th century correct answer -arrival of nursing as a profession and hospitals
established their own training for nurses
- evolved toward a scientific, research based defined body of nursing knowledge
and practice
- eventually there was an affiliation of nursing education with universities
-expanded nursing roles
- nursing specializations evolved
-professional associations were formed differentiating between trained and
untrained nurses
advocate correct answer -involves promoting what is best for the client, ensuring
that the clients needs are met, and protecting the clients rights
, - entails advocating on behalf of a population or a community to effect positive
change
- engaged in advocacy can create healthy environments through political action,
community education and involvement in professional organizations
alberta vision 2020 correct answer - provide the right service, right place, right
time
- enhancing access to high quality service in rural areas
- match workforce supply to demand for service
- improve coordinating of care and delivery of care
- building a strong foundation for public health
canadian health care system correct answer - dynamic and responds to changes
within medicine and throughout society
\basics remains the same-universal coverage for medically necessary health
services provided on the basis of need rather than ability to pay
caregiver correct answer -convey and understand about what is important and to
provide support
- supports the client by attitudes and actions that show concern for clients welfare
and acceptance of the client as a person, not merely a mechanical being
- caring is a central to most nursing interventions and an essential attribute
CARNA correct answer - self regulated membership
- must be a member of 'good standing'
- annual registration