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TFN - Part 1
Fundamentals of Nursing (Basic Concepts) Part 1 [crdts: The Heart of Nursing PH]
Term | Definition |
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Contemporary Nursing Practice | includes the definitions, scope, recipients of nursing, setting for nursing practice, and the current standards of clinical nursing practice |
(Definitions of Nursing) According to Virginia Henderson, what is nursing? | the act of assisting clients (sick or well) in the performance of activities contributing to health, recovery or peaceful death |
(Definitions of Nursing) According to Florence Nightingale, what is nursing? | an act of utilizing the environment of the patient to assist him in his recovery |
(Definitions of Nursing) According to American Nurses Association (1980), what is nursing? | it is the diagnosis and treatment of human responses to actual or potential health problems. |
(Definitions of Nursing) Nursing as an ART | comes in as a nurse independently does his or her job. |
(Definitions of Nursing) Nursing as a SCIENCE | it is the body of knowledge arrive through scientific research and logical analysis. |
(Definitions of Nursing) Nursing as a PROFESSION | it is a vocation; a calling which its members profess to have acquired special knowledge by training or experience. |
(Definitions of Nursing) According to Canadian Nurses Association (1987), what is nursing? | it is a dynamic, caring, helping relationship in which the nurses assists the client to achieve and obtain optimal health. |
What are the themes associated in definitions of nursing? | Nursing is caring, an art, science, client-centered, holistic, adaptive, health promotion, health maintenance, health restoration, and helping profession. |
Recipients of Nursing | Consumer, patient, and client |
Scope of Nursing | Promoting health, preventing illness, restoring health, care for the dying |
(RON) Consumer | a person who utilizes health care products or services |
(RON) Patient | a person who is undergoing medical treatment and care. |
Patient | Latin word "to suffer" or "to bear" |
(RON) Client | a person who engages the advice or services of another who is qualified to provide this service. |
What are the dimensions of Nursing? | Nursing practice, nursing education, nursing research |
Republic Act No. 9173 also known as what? | Philippine Nursing Act of 2002 |
What are the roles of nurses? | Caregiver, communicator, educator, client advocate, counselor, change agent, leader, and manager |
Criteria of a Profession | An occupation that requires extensive education or a calling that requires special skills, knowledge and attitudes. |
What are the 6 attributes of a Profession? | Specialized Training to acquire body of knowledge, code of ethics, service orientation, autonomy, ongoing research, professional organization |
Socialization to Nursing | It is a process where a person learns the ways and means or knowledge, skills or attitudes of the group to which he belongs to |
Patricia Benner's Stages of Nursing Expertise | Novice, Advance, Competent, Proficient, Expert |
Novice | student nurse entering a clinical setting where he has no experience at all. |
Advance | nurse who demonstrates a marginally acceptable performance: depends on rules and maxims |
Competent | 2 or 3 years of experience demonstrates organizational ability but lacks speed and flexibility of a proficient nurse. |
Proficient | concerned with long term goals, performance is fluid and flexible compared to competent nurse; has a wholistic view of the client. |
Expert | no longer relies on maxims, performance is highly proficient, fluid flexible and has a wholistic view; has high perceptual acuity or a clinical eye. |
Theory | According to Kozier & Erb’s (2007), a theory has been defined as a supposition or system of ideas that is proposed to explain a given phenomenon. Theories are used to describe, predict, and control phenomena |
Concepts | often called as the building blocks of theories |
Conceptual Framework | is a group of related ideas, statements or concepts. Freud’s structure of the mind (id, ego, superego) could be considered a conceptual framework. |
Grand Theory | broad range of relationships among the concepts of discipline |
Paradigm | refers to the pattern of shared understanding and assumptions about reality and the world. |
Theoretical Framework in Nursing focuses on the four major concepts; what are those? (also known as the metaparadigm for nursing) | Person, environment, health, and nursing |
Greek word "meta" | with |
Greek word "paradigm" | pattern |
Person or client | the recipient of care |
Environment | internal and external surroundings that affect the client. |
Health | defined as the degree of wellness or well-being that the client experiences. |
Nursing | the attributes, characteristics, and actions of nurse in providing care to the client |