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Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN)
A nurse with graduate education in an advanced role: NP, CNS, CRNA, or CNM.
Collaboration
Working jointly with other health team members toward shared patient goals.
Conceptual Framework/Model
Inter-related concepts guiding nursing practice, research, and education.
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Cultural Competence
The ability to provide care that respects/responds to a patient's cultural beliefs, values, and
needs.
Delegation
Assigning a task to another qualified person while retaining accountability for the outcome.
Discipline
A specific branch of knowledge/field of study, such as nursing.
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Ethics
Moral principles governing right and wrong professional behavior.
Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)
Clinical decision-making that integrates the best current research evidence with clinical
expertise and patient values.
Grand Theory
A broad, global nursing framework/perspective.
Holistic
Considering the whole person—body, mind, emotions, spirit, environment—not just the
disease.
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Nursing Fundamentals_ Key Terms, Theories, and Practice Frameworks
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN)
A nurse with graduate education in an advanced role: NP, CNS, CRNA, or CNM.
Collaboration
Working jointly with other health team members toward shared patient goals.
Conceptual Framework/Model
Inter-related concepts guiding nursing practice, research, and education.
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Nursing Fundamentals_ Key Terms, Theories, and Practice Frameworks
Cultural Competence
The ability to provide care that respects/responds to a patient's cultural beliefs, values, and
needs.
Delegation
Assigning a task to another qualified person while retaining accountability for the outcome.
Discipline
A specific branch of knowledge/field of study, such as nursing.
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Nursing Fundamentals_ Key Terms, Theories, and Practice Frameworks
Ethics
Moral principles governing right and wrong professional behavior.
Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)
Clinical decision-making that integrates the best current research evidence with clinical
expertise and patient values.
Grand Theory
A broad, global nursing framework/perspective.
Holistic
Considering the whole person—body, mind, emotions, spirit, environment—not just the
disease.
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