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Review essential nursing concepts with this Nursing Fundamentals resource covering key terms, nursing theories, and practice frameworks. Explore foundational terminology, major nursing theorists, conceptual models, professional standards, and frameworks that guide patient-centered care and clinical decision-making. This resource supports organized revision and helps clarify the theoretical foundations of nursing practice. Use it alongside nursing textbooks, lecture notes, ATI materials, and course guidelines to reinforce important definitions, understand nursing theory applications, and strengthen your knowledge of fundamental nursing principles.

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Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN)

A nurse with graduate education in an advanced role: NP, CNS, CRNA, or CNM.

Collaboration

Working jointly with other health team members toward shared patient goals.

Conceptual Framework/Model

Inter-related concepts guiding nursing practice, research, and education.

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Cultural Competence

The ability to provide care that respects/responds to a patient's cultural beliefs, values, and
needs.

Delegation

Assigning a task to another qualified person while retaining accountability for the outcome.

Discipline

A specific branch of knowledge/field of study, such as nursing.

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Ethics

Moral principles governing right and wrong professional behavior.

Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)

Clinical decision-making that integrates the best current research evidence with clinical
expertise and patient values.

Grand Theory

A broad, global nursing framework/perspective.

Holistic

Considering the whole person—body, mind, emotions, spirit, environment—not just the
disease.

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