Nurs 101 Midterm Exam – Questions With
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Terms in this set (87)
1. safe
2. effective
Aspects of Health Care 3. patient-centered
Quality 4. timely
5. efficient
6. equitable
1. relationships are important
2. nurses do more than tasks
3. empathy and compassion are key
4. patients can sense commitment
5. including family/significant others into plan of care is
Aspects of Caring often important
6. nurses should try to understand the context of a
patient's situation
It's the essence of nursing. You can teach it to a degree,
but you must have it.
1. show confidence appropriately (not arrogance)
2. listen/communication
3. demonstrate respect of the person (no matter who
How can a novice
they are)
practitioner demonstrate
care?
Remember that this isn't a routine process for the
patient, explain everything, and take the time to answer
questions and make them feel comfortable.
1. time pressure/busy work environment
2. expectations of patients/self
Barriers to Caring
3. workload
4. burnout
, Promotion of health and assessment of, the provision of
care for, and the treatment of health conditions by....
1. supportive
2. preventive
3. therapeutic (support patient)
The Practice of Nursing
4. palliative (help patients be symptom free)
5. rehabilitative (help people reach optimum)
means in order to attain or maintain optimal function.
Our focus is health, not illness!
1. direct care provider
-advanced practice nurse
2. administrator
3. researcher
Nursing Roles
4. educator
they can practice in public health, clinics, hospitals,
schools, etc.
1. cognitive (thinking capacity skills)
2. communication
3. interpersonal (good relationships)
4. behavioural
CNO Requisite Skills and
5. psychomotor (ability to participate/care in different
Abilities
activities)
6. sensory (use senses to provide care)
7. environmental (function in non-pleasant
environments)
-Keep personal info private
-Applies to all info, not just health (can't say age or
anything)
-Outlives the professional relationship
-Share info with the health care team only (let the
Confidentiality
patient know who is on the team, it's not always obvious)
-Remember patients can see their file
-Computers bring on new challenges
-But you have to report of you learn info that the patient
will harm themselves or someone else
, -A professional is accountable for their mistakes, sets
the standards (self-regulating)
-Applies to RNs and RPNs
1. Accountability: make sure people know the skills you
don't have. Seek help. Admit mistakes.
2. Continuing Competence: you need to keep learning-
College of Nurses of Ontario's Quality Assurance
Program
Professional Standards
3. Ethics- we need to understand, uphold, and promote
the values and beliefs described in CNO's Ethics
practice standard.
4. Knowledge: we need to give evidence for our
decisions
5. Knowledge Application: problem solving
6. Leadership
7. Relationships: therapeutic nurse-client relationships
Difference between the Difference in power. One is a professional relationship,
nurse-client relationship one is personal.
and friend-friend
relationship?
-The nurse establishes, directs, and takes responsibility
(they are accountable, must terminate when patient
leaves hospital)
-Clients needs are the priority
-Non judgmental (need to listen even if you don't agree)
-Don't make assumptions
-A partnership
-There are boundaries (if your neighbour is in the
Nurse-Client Relationship hospital, don't ignore them, but explain that you can't
have a role in their care)
-Your job to protect the client from abuse
-Focused on patient's goal not our goal
-Nurse follows the plan of care! (what's the patient's
goal- might be ok to go to the patient's wedding if it's
vital for their health)
-Nurse meets own needs outside the relationship
-Wait a year to establish relationships with patients
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Terms in this set (87)
1. safe
2. effective
Aspects of Health Care 3. patient-centered
Quality 4. timely
5. efficient
6. equitable
1. relationships are important
2. nurses do more than tasks
3. empathy and compassion are key
4. patients can sense commitment
5. including family/significant others into plan of care is
Aspects of Caring often important
6. nurses should try to understand the context of a
patient's situation
It's the essence of nursing. You can teach it to a degree,
but you must have it.
1. show confidence appropriately (not arrogance)
2. listen/communication
3. demonstrate respect of the person (no matter who
How can a novice
they are)
practitioner demonstrate
care?
Remember that this isn't a routine process for the
patient, explain everything, and take the time to answer
questions and make them feel comfortable.
1. time pressure/busy work environment
2. expectations of patients/self
Barriers to Caring
3. workload
4. burnout
, Promotion of health and assessment of, the provision of
care for, and the treatment of health conditions by....
1. supportive
2. preventive
3. therapeutic (support patient)
The Practice of Nursing
4. palliative (help patients be symptom free)
5. rehabilitative (help people reach optimum)
means in order to attain or maintain optimal function.
Our focus is health, not illness!
1. direct care provider
-advanced practice nurse
2. administrator
3. researcher
Nursing Roles
4. educator
they can practice in public health, clinics, hospitals,
schools, etc.
1. cognitive (thinking capacity skills)
2. communication
3. interpersonal (good relationships)
4. behavioural
CNO Requisite Skills and
5. psychomotor (ability to participate/care in different
Abilities
activities)
6. sensory (use senses to provide care)
7. environmental (function in non-pleasant
environments)
-Keep personal info private
-Applies to all info, not just health (can't say age or
anything)
-Outlives the professional relationship
-Share info with the health care team only (let the
Confidentiality
patient know who is on the team, it's not always obvious)
-Remember patients can see their file
-Computers bring on new challenges
-But you have to report of you learn info that the patient
will harm themselves or someone else
, -A professional is accountable for their mistakes, sets
the standards (self-regulating)
-Applies to RNs and RPNs
1. Accountability: make sure people know the skills you
don't have. Seek help. Admit mistakes.
2. Continuing Competence: you need to keep learning-
College of Nurses of Ontario's Quality Assurance
Program
Professional Standards
3. Ethics- we need to understand, uphold, and promote
the values and beliefs described in CNO's Ethics
practice standard.
4. Knowledge: we need to give evidence for our
decisions
5. Knowledge Application: problem solving
6. Leadership
7. Relationships: therapeutic nurse-client relationships
Difference between the Difference in power. One is a professional relationship,
nurse-client relationship one is personal.
and friend-friend
relationship?
-The nurse establishes, directs, and takes responsibility
(they are accountable, must terminate when patient
leaves hospital)
-Clients needs are the priority
-Non judgmental (need to listen even if you don't agree)
-Don't make assumptions
-A partnership
-There are boundaries (if your neighbour is in the
Nurse-Client Relationship hospital, don't ignore them, but explain that you can't
have a role in their care)
-Your job to protect the client from abuse
-Focused on patient's goal not our goal
-Nurse follows the plan of care! (what's the patient's
goal- might be ok to go to the patient's wedding if it's
vital for their health)
-Nurse meets own needs outside the relationship
-Wait a year to establish relationships with patients
