PROFESSIONAL NURSING- -FOCUSED REVIEW QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
Characteristics of a Profession (8)
1. The service is vital to humanity and society
2. Specialized knowledge expanded through research
3. The service is intellectual in nature; Strong individual responsibility
for practice
4. Educated in institutions of higher learning
5. Practitioners are relatively independent and autonomous
6. There is a code of ethics to guide decisions and member's conduct
7. There is an organization/ association that encourages and supports
high standards of practice
8. Working identity based on values and mission of the profession
ANA
-Founded in 1896
-The ANA is the only full-service professional organization representing
the interests of the nation's 3.6 million registered nurses
-National Organization (ANA)
State-level Constituent Organizations (e.g.: ANA-New York)
-In 2013 the American Nurses Association had 163,011 registered
members
definition of nursing
"Nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and
abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through
,the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the
care of individuals, families, communities, and populations."
scope of practice
-The "who," "what," "where," "when," "why," and "how" of nursing
practice.
-Each of these questions must be answered to provide a complete
picture of the dynamic and complex practice of nursing
-Scope of practice bound by state regulations, organizational policies,
patient needs
-Trend to expand nurses' scope of practice to take advantage of their
education and expertise
scope of practice- ask yourself
-Did I learn this skill in my basic nursing program?
-Did I learn this skill as part of a comprehensive training program which
included clinical experience?
-Is the skill commonplace in nursing literature and in nursing practice
that it can reasonably and prudently be assumed within scope?
-Is the skill outlined in the organization's policy and procedure manual?
-Does this skill pass the "reasonable and prudent" standard of nursing?
the goals of the nursing profession (social compact)
Nursing has an active and enduring leadership role six areas of health
care:
1. Organization, delivery, and financing of quality health care
2. Provision for the public's health
3. Expansion of nursing knowledge and appropriate application of
technology
,4. Expansion of healthcare resources and health policy
5. Planning for health policy and regulation
6. Duties under extreme conditions
workforce issues and trends
IOM Future of Nursing Report -goal that 80% of the RN workforce holds
a bachelor's degree
Promote racial and ethnic diversity of the workforce so it more closely
matches the US population
Wave of retirement, impending shortage, new career opportunities
Four generations of nurses in the workplace each with different values
and expectations
Mid-Nineteenth-Century Nursing
in England:
The Influence of Florence Nightingale
She was the founder of modern nursing.
May 12, 1820
She was the daughter of a privileged, aristocratic family.
Stifled by her social position, she entered nurses' training at age 30.
She spurred reform of the British Army medical system based on her
efforts during Crimean War.
She wrote Notes on Nursing: What It Is and What It Is Not to establish
nursing's unique body of knowledge.
She founded first training school for nurses in London (1860).
After the Civil War: Moving Toward Education and Licensure Under the
Challenges of Segregation
, The Civil War prompted a move toward formal education of nurses
Three American schools were modeled after Nightingale's school and
opened in 1873:
Bellevue Training School for Nurses (New York City)
Connecticut Training School for Nurses (New Haven)
Boston Training School for Nurses at Massachusetts General Hospital
The Feminization of Nursing
Requirements for early nursing school applicants were based on
Victorian stereotypes of female qualities.
"Good breeding" and "ladylike behavior"
Submission to authority
Sensitivity
Intelligence
Professionalization Through Organization
Chicago World's Fair (1893)
Several nursing leaders emerged after gathering there to share ideas.
Isabel Hampton Robb
Lavinia Lloyd Dock
Bedford Fenwick
Paper by Florence Nightingale
What became the National League for Nursing (NLN; with its early
name) was formed at this meeting.
1896: American Nurses Association (ANA)
Founded by Isabel Hampton Robb
Name changed to ANA in 1911
WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
Characteristics of a Profession (8)
1. The service is vital to humanity and society
2. Specialized knowledge expanded through research
3. The service is intellectual in nature; Strong individual responsibility
for practice
4. Educated in institutions of higher learning
5. Practitioners are relatively independent and autonomous
6. There is a code of ethics to guide decisions and member's conduct
7. There is an organization/ association that encourages and supports
high standards of practice
8. Working identity based on values and mission of the profession
ANA
-Founded in 1896
-The ANA is the only full-service professional organization representing
the interests of the nation's 3.6 million registered nurses
-National Organization (ANA)
State-level Constituent Organizations (e.g.: ANA-New York)
-In 2013 the American Nurses Association had 163,011 registered
members
definition of nursing
"Nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and
abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through
,the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the
care of individuals, families, communities, and populations."
scope of practice
-The "who," "what," "where," "when," "why," and "how" of nursing
practice.
-Each of these questions must be answered to provide a complete
picture of the dynamic and complex practice of nursing
-Scope of practice bound by state regulations, organizational policies,
patient needs
-Trend to expand nurses' scope of practice to take advantage of their
education and expertise
scope of practice- ask yourself
-Did I learn this skill in my basic nursing program?
-Did I learn this skill as part of a comprehensive training program which
included clinical experience?
-Is the skill commonplace in nursing literature and in nursing practice
that it can reasonably and prudently be assumed within scope?
-Is the skill outlined in the organization's policy and procedure manual?
-Does this skill pass the "reasonable and prudent" standard of nursing?
the goals of the nursing profession (social compact)
Nursing has an active and enduring leadership role six areas of health
care:
1. Organization, delivery, and financing of quality health care
2. Provision for the public's health
3. Expansion of nursing knowledge and appropriate application of
technology
,4. Expansion of healthcare resources and health policy
5. Planning for health policy and regulation
6. Duties under extreme conditions
workforce issues and trends
IOM Future of Nursing Report -goal that 80% of the RN workforce holds
a bachelor's degree
Promote racial and ethnic diversity of the workforce so it more closely
matches the US population
Wave of retirement, impending shortage, new career opportunities
Four generations of nurses in the workplace each with different values
and expectations
Mid-Nineteenth-Century Nursing
in England:
The Influence of Florence Nightingale
She was the founder of modern nursing.
May 12, 1820
She was the daughter of a privileged, aristocratic family.
Stifled by her social position, she entered nurses' training at age 30.
She spurred reform of the British Army medical system based on her
efforts during Crimean War.
She wrote Notes on Nursing: What It Is and What It Is Not to establish
nursing's unique body of knowledge.
She founded first training school for nurses in London (1860).
After the Civil War: Moving Toward Education and Licensure Under the
Challenges of Segregation
, The Civil War prompted a move toward formal education of nurses
Three American schools were modeled after Nightingale's school and
opened in 1873:
Bellevue Training School for Nurses (New York City)
Connecticut Training School for Nurses (New Haven)
Boston Training School for Nurses at Massachusetts General Hospital
The Feminization of Nursing
Requirements for early nursing school applicants were based on
Victorian stereotypes of female qualities.
"Good breeding" and "ladylike behavior"
Submission to authority
Sensitivity
Intelligence
Professionalization Through Organization
Chicago World's Fair (1893)
Several nursing leaders emerged after gathering there to share ideas.
Isabel Hampton Robb
Lavinia Lloyd Dock
Bedford Fenwick
Paper by Florence Nightingale
What became the National League for Nursing (NLN; with its early
name) was formed at this meeting.
1896: American Nurses Association (ANA)
Founded by Isabel Hampton Robb
Name changed to ANA in 1911
