Core Values And Nursing History – Flashcards
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What are the nursing core values?
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Caring, critical thinking, holism, nursing role development, safe practice, information management & technology
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What is caring?
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Compassion and commitment
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What is critical thinking?
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Decision making based on judging with no prior knowledge.
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What is holism?
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All aspects of a patients life. Mind, body, spirit, environment
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What is nursing role development?
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Accountability, honest, integrity, fidelity
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What is safe practice?
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Quality care, following p&p standards, federal state local laws
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What is info management and technology?
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Anything to do with technology
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A profession focused on assisting individuals, families, and communities in attaining, maintaining and recovering optimal health and functioning.
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Nursing
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The protection,promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, preventing of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families , communities, and populations
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ANA definition of nursing
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Who was responsible for caring for the ill in prehistoric times.
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Spiritual leaders
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Where was care performed during prehistoric times?
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Home
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How was care during ancient times?
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Varied depending on civilization and was done in temples.
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When did nurses begin to arise?
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Medieval times
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Who were the nurses during the military?
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Private citizens or religious orders
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Define hospitalers.
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Specialized soldiers who returned for the injured at the end of the battle
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When was the early development of the modern nurse?
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Renaissance
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What was the industrial revolution?
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Child labor and sweat shops
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When was the more formalized nursing role created?
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18 to 19 century
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What happened during the industrial revolution?
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A male dominance in healthcare but not in nursing. 18 19 century, flo came in
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What happened in the pre revolutionary war?
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The first 5 hospitals opened
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How were the first hospitals?
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They had sections for the sick, insane, and socially impaired.
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What happened in colonial America?
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Religious nursing orders an schools of nursing were established
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Describe Pennsylvania hospital
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First us hospital, founded by Benjamin Franklin.
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What happened to nursing during and after the civil war
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Demand increased and army nurse corps and American Red Cross opened
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What happened to nursing during and after world war 1?
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Overall negative effect. No med tents, they would perform in the battlefield.
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What happened during and after world war 2?
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Hospitals- central point of healthcare, nursing shortage, medicine and technology(antibiotics, X-rays, dialysis) Lpn programs, cadette nurse corp
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What happened 1950 to the present?
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Nursing broadened, nursing grew as a profession, Ana started.
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Define angel of mercy?
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Caring, angelic nurse
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Define hand maiden nurse?
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Female nurse serving the powerful male position
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Define battle ax nurse
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Torturous, treats patients cruelly.
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Define the naughty nurse.
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Sexy nurse. See patients naked.
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What did Florence do?
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Founded modern nursing
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What war was flo at? What did she do?
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Crimean war, gathered 37 women and brought the death rate down from 47% to 2% of soldiers
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When was flo born?
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1820; was 31 when she started nursing
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What were flos contributions?
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Made nursing respectable, saw person as whole, established hospital management, started infection control, identified nutrition important
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What did flo create?
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Wrote book, opened school of nursing in London( in st Thomas hospital
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What was flos theory?
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Therapeutic environment, empathetic care, confidential care, care through vital signs, independence and restoration of health.
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America's first trained nurse?
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Linda richards
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Created first charting system and patient record?
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Linda richards
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Who established training school at Boston college hospital and in Japan
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Linda richards
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Founded the Red Cross
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Clara Barton
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Founded frontier nursing
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Mary breckinridge
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Superintendent for the union of army
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Dorothea dix
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Founded Henry street settlement and started public health nursing
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Lilian wald
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What is nursing?
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Occupation, discipline profession
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The spaces between the nurses power and the patients vulnerability?
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Professional boundaries
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Why do we set boundaries?
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To make patients comfortable and help build trust.
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Accidentally, purposely, disclosing personal information?
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Boundary crossing
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Seeking help from the patient.
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Boundary violations
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Nurses primary commitment is to the patient.
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Professional integrity
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What are a nurses roles and responsibilities?
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Provider of care Manager of care Member of a profession Patient advocate
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What is patient advocacy?
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Speaking up for your patient to avoid violation of their rights
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What are some examples of patient advocacy?
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Respecting patients right to refuse Maintaining confidentiality Verifying and questioning orders ( doc, why are we doing this)
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What are some common areas requiring advocacy?
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End of life decisions Technological advances Medical error
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What are some healthcare delivery systems?
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Acute care Sub-acute care Long term/extended care Home healthcare Community health End of life care
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Describe acute care.
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Immediate and short care Round the clock nursing
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Describe sub-acute care.
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Doesnt need immediate care, but has a serious illness, comprehensive inpatient care that is goal oriented and is usually transitional
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Describe long term care.
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A nursing home; long term A rehabilitative; after surgery Is ongoing skilled nursing care Usually less than a month
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Deceive home healthcare.
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Care done at home Cost saving Involves patients family Allows for self-care= primary goal
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Describe community health.
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Care for community at large Programs for at risk patients Goal: improve health of community or population
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Define end of life care.
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Care fore those who are terminally ill. Last days of life who are non curable or there is no improvement
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What is palliative care?
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Care that relieves and prevents suffering of the terminal ill.
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What is hospice care?
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It is palliative care but also focuses on patients emotional and spiritual health.
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What is bereavement care?
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Care for the family who's lost someone. Involves counseling and emotional support.
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What is respite care?
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Temporary care of elderly, ill, handicap to relieve family members.
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Who are the regulatory agencies?
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Arizona (state) department of health services Joint commissions JCAHO
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Who do nurses work with?
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Nursing Physician Ancillary staff- those around the hospital
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What is delegation?
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Appointing a person to act on ones behalf or transferring responsibility while retaining accountability. (Switching shifts)
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What are the 5 rights of delegation?
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Right task right circumstance Right person Right direction/ communication Right supervision/ evaluation
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What is Professional integrity?
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Nurses primary commitment to the patient.
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Who was the first African American nurse?
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Mary Elizabeth Mahoney
