Foundations of Nurse Practice Final
What is Nursing?: Caregiver, Client-centred, art & science, a helping profession
The 6 C's of human caring: Commitment
Compassion
Competence
Comportment
Confidence
Conscience
Scope of Nursing Practice: -Promoting Health and Wellness
-Preventing Illness
-Restoring Health
-Caring for the Dying
Setting Options for Nurses: Operating rooms, Hospitals, Street, Clinic,
Emergency Room, Flight Nurse, Long-term care
Registered Nurse Roles: -Direct care provider and technical expert
-Advocate
-Counsellor
-Role Model
-Researcher
-Educator
*Communicator/Clarifier/Interpreter
What are the 4 phases of the helping relationships:
Pre-interaction Phase
Introductory phase
,Working phase (2 stages)
Termination Phase
pre-interaction phase: Reviews pertinent assessment data and knowledge
Considers potential areas of concern
Develops plans for interaction
introductory phase: Sets the tone for the remainder of the interview and every
other interaction State name, status, and reason for interview
working phase: 1. exploring and understanding thoughts and feelings
2. facilitating and taking action
termination phase: nurse and client accept feelings of loss, the client accepts the
end of the relationship without feelings of anxiety or dependence
What is professional presence?: Demonstrating professional presence is one of
the most powerful and important ways a nurse can establish a non-therapeutic,
nurse-client relationship.
What is SBAR?: Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation
a technique providing framework for communication between members of the
health care team about a patient's condition
SBAR -situation: concise statement of the problem
SBAR -background: pertinent and brief information related to the situation
, SBAR -assessment: analysis and considerations of options-- what you
found/think
SBAR -recommendation: action requested/recommended
What is health literacy?: the ability to access, comprehend, evaluate and
communicate information as way to promote, maintain, and improve health in
a variety of settings across the life-course
what does health literacy require?: -communication
-math and reading skills
-an ability to navigate forms and health systems
A young women is crying on a chair beside her bed. As her nurse, which of the
following is your most caring response?
Reflexivity: Thoughtful, conscious, self-awareness. Allows for intrapersonal
inquiry, is critical and conscious participation, paying attention to who, how and
what you are.
What is reflection and reflective practice?: Method of accessing, making sense
of, and learning through experience.
Key competency of self-directed learners.
Define Values: Enduring beliefs or attitudes about the worth of a person, object,
idea, or action.
What is health?: Presence or absence of disease, ability to maintain normal
roles, complete physical, mental and social well-being
, What is well-being?: Subjective perception of vitality or feeling well. Described
objectively, experience, measured.
What are the aspects of well-being?: Physical
Social
Mental
Emotional
Spiritual
Clinical Model (of health and wellness): The absence or presence of physical
signs of illness.
What is a the criteria for a profession?: Well-defined body of knowledge,
Specialized education, Orientation to serving other
Define Professional Comportment: The way or manner in which one conducts
themself
Who had the first nursing degree program?: UBC in 1919
Where and when was the first nursing training school?: St. Catharines, ON
(1874)
When did hospitals become the preferred employer for nurses?: 1930s
What did the Nursing uniform used to resemble? (think coronation street):
Maids
Why were nursing caps good?: They were good for identifying nursing staff,
easy to recognize who graduated from which school.
What is Nursing?: Caregiver, Client-centred, art & science, a helping profession
The 6 C's of human caring: Commitment
Compassion
Competence
Comportment
Confidence
Conscience
Scope of Nursing Practice: -Promoting Health and Wellness
-Preventing Illness
-Restoring Health
-Caring for the Dying
Setting Options for Nurses: Operating rooms, Hospitals, Street, Clinic,
Emergency Room, Flight Nurse, Long-term care
Registered Nurse Roles: -Direct care provider and technical expert
-Advocate
-Counsellor
-Role Model
-Researcher
-Educator
*Communicator/Clarifier/Interpreter
What are the 4 phases of the helping relationships:
Pre-interaction Phase
Introductory phase
,Working phase (2 stages)
Termination Phase
pre-interaction phase: Reviews pertinent assessment data and knowledge
Considers potential areas of concern
Develops plans for interaction
introductory phase: Sets the tone for the remainder of the interview and every
other interaction State name, status, and reason for interview
working phase: 1. exploring and understanding thoughts and feelings
2. facilitating and taking action
termination phase: nurse and client accept feelings of loss, the client accepts the
end of the relationship without feelings of anxiety or dependence
What is professional presence?: Demonstrating professional presence is one of
the most powerful and important ways a nurse can establish a non-therapeutic,
nurse-client relationship.
What is SBAR?: Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation
a technique providing framework for communication between members of the
health care team about a patient's condition
SBAR -situation: concise statement of the problem
SBAR -background: pertinent and brief information related to the situation
, SBAR -assessment: analysis and considerations of options-- what you
found/think
SBAR -recommendation: action requested/recommended
What is health literacy?: the ability to access, comprehend, evaluate and
communicate information as way to promote, maintain, and improve health in
a variety of settings across the life-course
what does health literacy require?: -communication
-math and reading skills
-an ability to navigate forms and health systems
A young women is crying on a chair beside her bed. As her nurse, which of the
following is your most caring response?
Reflexivity: Thoughtful, conscious, self-awareness. Allows for intrapersonal
inquiry, is critical and conscious participation, paying attention to who, how and
what you are.
What is reflection and reflective practice?: Method of accessing, making sense
of, and learning through experience.
Key competency of self-directed learners.
Define Values: Enduring beliefs or attitudes about the worth of a person, object,
idea, or action.
What is health?: Presence or absence of disease, ability to maintain normal
roles, complete physical, mental and social well-being
, What is well-being?: Subjective perception of vitality or feeling well. Described
objectively, experience, measured.
What are the aspects of well-being?: Physical
Social
Mental
Emotional
Spiritual
Clinical Model (of health and wellness): The absence or presence of physical
signs of illness.
What is a the criteria for a profession?: Well-defined body of knowledge,
Specialized education, Orientation to serving other
Define Professional Comportment: The way or manner in which one conducts
themself
Who had the first nursing degree program?: UBC in 1919
Where and when was the first nursing training school?: St. Catharines, ON
(1874)
When did hospitals become the preferred employer for nurses?: 1930s
What did the Nursing uniform used to resemble? (think coronation street):
Maids
Why were nursing caps good?: They were good for identifying nursing staff,
easy to recognize who graduated from which school.
