FROM PREP TO PERFECTION! YOUR NUR 507 EXAM 1 A+
BLUEPRINT.
Swanson's Theory of Caring
caring is a nurturing way of relating to a valued other toward whom one feels a personal
sense of commitment and responsibility.
It supports the claim that caring is a central nursing phenomenon but NOT unique to the
nursing practice
5 Core Processes of Caring
1. Knowing
2. Being with
3. Doing for
4. Enabling
5. Maintaining belief
1. Knowing
Understanding an event as it has meaning in the patients life
2. Being with
Being emotionally present, not burdening
3. Doing for
Doing for the other as he or she would do for self if it was possible,
comforting/preserving dignity, performing skills correctly
4. Enabling
Facilitating the others passage through life transitions (birth or death),
supporting/allowing, focusing, validating, giving feedback
5. Maintaining Belief
Faith in the persons capacity to get through an event or transition and face a future with
meaning, holding in esteem, being hopeful in attitude, realistic optimism, "going the
distance"
Core Values of Nursing
(AAHIS)
Altruism
,Autonomy
Human Dignity
Integrity
Social Justice
Altruism
Concern for the welfare and well-being of others. Reflected in the nurse's concern and
advocacy for the welfare of patients, other nurses, and staff
Autonomy
Right to self-determination. Respecting patients right to make decisions
Human Dignity
Respect for the worth and uniqueness of inidividuals/populations. Reflected in the nurse
valuing the patient
Integrity
Acting in accordance with the Code of Ethics and acceptable standards of practice.
Reflected when the nurse is honest and provides care based on ETHICAL framework
(asking the px name even if it's 10 times to promote safety)
Social Justice
Acting in accordance with fair treatment regardless of sex, income, race, ethnicity, or
disability
Nursing is a ___ professional and practice
Hollistic
Nursing is grounded in ____.
Evidence-based Practice
Nursing as a Holistic Practice
Requires technical, theoretical, interpersonal/therapeutic, communication,
professionalism skills. Duty to self and others.
Commitment to 1. Nursing Core Values (AAHIS) 2. Standards of Practice 3. Code of
Ethics
Primary Goals for Nursing
, 1. Determine a person's response to human problems (wellness-illness continuum)
2. Provide Holistic Care (promote optimal health and wellness)
3. Implement interventions (wellness promotion and disease prevention)
4. Focus of helping px. achieve and main highest wellness level
Nursing Process (ADPIE)
Assessment, diagnosis (nursing), planning, implementation, evaluation
The Nursing Process (ADPIE) is a __ process.
dynamic process
What is the person's story?
Look at the whole picture
Community stories
ex. wells in tucson
National stories
gun death with adolescents
Global stories
global obesity rates
How to discover a story?
Nursing Process and Holistic "whole person" assessment
Nursing Assessment
First step in nursing process.
Subjective and Objective data
Gathering of information
what/why/how/where/when
Subjective Info
what the px. tells you
Objective info
what you see, observe, hear, touch, and smell
T/F do your assessment the same way every single time
True
Making a nursing dignosis
BLUEPRINT.
Swanson's Theory of Caring
caring is a nurturing way of relating to a valued other toward whom one feels a personal
sense of commitment and responsibility.
It supports the claim that caring is a central nursing phenomenon but NOT unique to the
nursing practice
5 Core Processes of Caring
1. Knowing
2. Being with
3. Doing for
4. Enabling
5. Maintaining belief
1. Knowing
Understanding an event as it has meaning in the patients life
2. Being with
Being emotionally present, not burdening
3. Doing for
Doing for the other as he or she would do for self if it was possible,
comforting/preserving dignity, performing skills correctly
4. Enabling
Facilitating the others passage through life transitions (birth or death),
supporting/allowing, focusing, validating, giving feedback
5. Maintaining Belief
Faith in the persons capacity to get through an event or transition and face a future with
meaning, holding in esteem, being hopeful in attitude, realistic optimism, "going the
distance"
Core Values of Nursing
(AAHIS)
Altruism
,Autonomy
Human Dignity
Integrity
Social Justice
Altruism
Concern for the welfare and well-being of others. Reflected in the nurse's concern and
advocacy for the welfare of patients, other nurses, and staff
Autonomy
Right to self-determination. Respecting patients right to make decisions
Human Dignity
Respect for the worth and uniqueness of inidividuals/populations. Reflected in the nurse
valuing the patient
Integrity
Acting in accordance with the Code of Ethics and acceptable standards of practice.
Reflected when the nurse is honest and provides care based on ETHICAL framework
(asking the px name even if it's 10 times to promote safety)
Social Justice
Acting in accordance with fair treatment regardless of sex, income, race, ethnicity, or
disability
Nursing is a ___ professional and practice
Hollistic
Nursing is grounded in ____.
Evidence-based Practice
Nursing as a Holistic Practice
Requires technical, theoretical, interpersonal/therapeutic, communication,
professionalism skills. Duty to self and others.
Commitment to 1. Nursing Core Values (AAHIS) 2. Standards of Practice 3. Code of
Ethics
Primary Goals for Nursing
, 1. Determine a person's response to human problems (wellness-illness continuum)
2. Provide Holistic Care (promote optimal health and wellness)
3. Implement interventions (wellness promotion and disease prevention)
4. Focus of helping px. achieve and main highest wellness level
Nursing Process (ADPIE)
Assessment, diagnosis (nursing), planning, implementation, evaluation
The Nursing Process (ADPIE) is a __ process.
dynamic process
What is the person's story?
Look at the whole picture
Community stories
ex. wells in tucson
National stories
gun death with adolescents
Global stories
global obesity rates
How to discover a story?
Nursing Process and Holistic "whole person" assessment
Nursing Assessment
First step in nursing process.
Subjective and Objective data
Gathering of information
what/why/how/where/when
Subjective Info
what the px. tells you
Objective info
what you see, observe, hear, touch, and smell
T/F do your assessment the same way every single time
True
Making a nursing dignosis
