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Benner's stages of nursing proficiency
Novice - starting as an RN or in a new specialty
Advanced Beginner - Some experience in situations
Competent - Roughly around 2-3 years and efficient at skills, start to establish long range goals
and anticipate care
Proficient -
Expert - Diverse experience can zero in on problem and see issues as a whole
Florence Nightingale Contributions
Improved Sanitation in battlefield hospitals which drastically reduced mortality rates during the
Crimean war
Organized first program for training nurses
Civil war nurse
Clara Barton, Dortha Dix, Mary Ann Ball, Harriet Tubman
Mary Mahoney Significance
First African American Nurse
Added culture to nursing
Isabel Hampton Robb contribution
Created program that turned into the ANA
,Other Roles in Nursing
APRN: Clinical Nurse Specialists, NP, CNM, CRNA
Nurse Educator
Nurse Administrators
Nurse Researcher
Steps of Clinical Judgement Model
Recognize Cues - Signs and Symptoms
Analyze Cues - What do they mean
Prioritize Hypotheses - Create list of problems in order
Generate Solutions - create solutions for each problem
Take Action - Interventions that nurses can take
Evaluate Outcomes - See if the Intervention was successful
Primary Soruce
From the Patient
Secondary Source
From anywhere else other than patient such as family or other provider
Components of Assessment
Scientific Data and Theory
Patient Data
Family Caregivers and Significant Others
Health Care Team
, Medical Records
Diagnostic Data
Difference between Subjective Data vs Objective Data
Subjective is data the patient expresses or tells you
Objective is signs that you see through assessment
Phases of Assessment Interview
Orientations and setting an Agenda
Working Phase collecting Data
Termination Phase
Levels of Communication
Intrapersonal - inner thoughts or talking to self
Interpersonal - Between two people
Small group - communication between 1-12 people
Public - one person talking to a large audience formal and structured
Electronic - talking via technology
Therapeutic communication
Verbal and nonverbal communication techniques that encourage patients to express their feelings
and to achieve a positive relationship.
Deontology
Focusing on the actions involved in making the decision not the outcome
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Benner's stages of nursing proficiency
Novice - starting as an RN or in a new specialty
Advanced Beginner - Some experience in situations
Competent - Roughly around 2-3 years and efficient at skills, start to establish long range goals
and anticipate care
Proficient -
Expert - Diverse experience can zero in on problem and see issues as a whole
Florence Nightingale Contributions
Improved Sanitation in battlefield hospitals which drastically reduced mortality rates during the
Crimean war
Organized first program for training nurses
Civil war nurse
Clara Barton, Dortha Dix, Mary Ann Ball, Harriet Tubman
Mary Mahoney Significance
First African American Nurse
Added culture to nursing
Isabel Hampton Robb contribution
Created program that turned into the ANA
,Other Roles in Nursing
APRN: Clinical Nurse Specialists, NP, CNM, CRNA
Nurse Educator
Nurse Administrators
Nurse Researcher
Steps of Clinical Judgement Model
Recognize Cues - Signs and Symptoms
Analyze Cues - What do they mean
Prioritize Hypotheses - Create list of problems in order
Generate Solutions - create solutions for each problem
Take Action - Interventions that nurses can take
Evaluate Outcomes - See if the Intervention was successful
Primary Soruce
From the Patient
Secondary Source
From anywhere else other than patient such as family or other provider
Components of Assessment
Scientific Data and Theory
Patient Data
Family Caregivers and Significant Others
Health Care Team
, Medical Records
Diagnostic Data
Difference between Subjective Data vs Objective Data
Subjective is data the patient expresses or tells you
Objective is signs that you see through assessment
Phases of Assessment Interview
Orientations and setting an Agenda
Working Phase collecting Data
Termination Phase
Levels of Communication
Intrapersonal - inner thoughts or talking to self
Interpersonal - Between two people
Small group - communication between 1-12 people
Public - one person talking to a large audience formal and structured
Electronic - talking via technology
Therapeutic communication
Verbal and nonverbal communication techniques that encourage patients to express their feelings
and to achieve a positive relationship.
Deontology
Focusing on the actions involved in making the decision not the outcome
