intro to professional nursing midterm WCU 2024 Graded A+

AACN American association of critical care nurses - knowledge focused trigger ex: "what is the current evidence to improve pain management in patients with migraine headaches?" for patients experiencing loss, grief, death, and bereavement. compare and contrast theories and conceptual models of nursing - Neuman's system theory: total-person model of wholism and an open-systems approach (ex. human organism, nursing process) Nightingale's theory: "descriptive theory"; nurses not needing to know the disease process differentials them from medicine. Peplau's theory: interpersonal relations between the nurse, the patient, and the patients family and developing nurse-patient relationship. Hendersons theory: assisting the individual sick or well in the performance of those activities that will contribute to health, recovery, or a peaceful death and that the individual would perform unaided if he or she had the necessary strength, will, or knowledge. Orems theory: focused on patients self care needs "learned, goal oriented activity directed toward the self in the interest of maintaining life, health, development and well-being Leiningers theory: uses anthropology to form theory Betty Neumans theory: based on stress and clients reaction to the stressor. Roys theory: views patient as adaptive system Watsons theory: transpersonal caring define soutcome of nursing activity in regard to the humanistic aspects of life. Benner and Wrubels theory: Primacy of caring Definition of primary care - first contact in a given episode of illness that leads to a decision regarding a course of action to resolve the health problem. Describe different health care settings and the roles of nurses in those settings - Hospitals - Quality, safe care, satisfaction with services ICU - close monitoring and intensive medical care Psychiatric facilities - stabilizing patients before transfer to outpatient treatment centers Restorative care - help individuals regain maximal functional status/ enhance quality of life through independence and self-care Home health care - health maintenance, education, illness prevention, diagnosis, treatment of disease, palliation and rehab Rehabilitation - restore person to fullest physical mental social vocational and economic potential Extended care facilities - intermediate medical, nursing, or custodial care skilled nursing facility - IV fluids, wound care, long-term ventilator management, physical rehab assisted living - long- term care respite care - short term relief or "time off" for people providing home care to an ill, disabled, or frail older adult adult day care centers - variety of health/social services hospice - patients remain at home with terminal illness