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advocate Answer-the protection of human or legal rights and the securing
of care for all patients based on the belief that patients have the right to make
informed decisions about their health and lives
caregiver Answer-The provision of care to patients that combines both
the art and the science of nursing in meeting physical, emotional, intellectual,
sociocultural, and spiritual needs. As a caregiver, the nurse integrates the roles
of communicator, teacher, counselor, leader, researcher, advocate, and
collaborator to promote wellness through activities that prevent illness, restore
health, and facilitate coping with disability or death. The role of caregiver is the
primary role of the nurse.
4 Nursing Aims Answer-1. promotes health
2. prevent illness/disease
3. restore health
4. facilitate coping with disability or death(die with dignity)
Florence Nightingale Answer-Established sanitary nursing care units.
Founder of modern nursing. began professional education of nursing.
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nursing profession criteria Answer-well defined body of specific and
unique knowledge
strong service oriented
recognized authority by a professional group
Code of Ethics
Professional organization that sets standards
Ongoing research
Autonomy and self-regulation
Standards of Nursing Practice Answer-allow nurses to carry out
professional roles, serving as protection for the nurse, the patient, and the
institution where health care is provided
Nurse Practice Act Answer-laws established in each state in the US to
regulate the practice of nursing
Nursing Process Answer-Assessment
Diagnosis
Planning
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Implementation
Evaluation
Used by the nurse to identify the patients health care needs and strengths, to
establish and carry out a care plan to meet those needs, and to evaluate the
effectiveness of the plan
Sources of Knowledge Answer-Traditional-passed down from generation
to generation
Authoritative-comes from an expert
Scientific-implying through research (scientific method)
General Systems Theory Answer-how to break whole things into parts
and then to learn how the parts work together in systems
Adaptation Theory Answer-defines adaptation as the adjustment of living
matter to other living things and to environmental conditions
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developmental theory Answer-process of growth and development of
humans as orderly and predictable, beginning with conception and ending with
death
nursing theory Answer-differentiates nursing from other disciplines and
activities by serving the purposes of describing, explaining, predicting, and
controlling desired outcomes of nursing care practices
deductive reasoning Answer-general to specific
inductive reasoning Answer-specific to general
Common Concepts in Nursing Theories Answer-Person (patient)
Environment
Health
Nursing
Sister Callista Roy Answer-Nursing interventions are needed when
individuals demonstrate ineffective adaptive responses; adaptive modes.