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NUR 330 Exam1
- Explain the aims of nursing as they interrelate to facilitate maximal health and quality of life
Answer
• To promote health. increase a person's well-being and health potential • To prevent illness. avoid illness, achieve early detection, maintain function within constraints of an illness • To restore health. direct care for diagnosis or treatment of disease • To facilitate coping with disability or death. facilitate an optimal level of functioning and provide quality end of life care.• To promote health. increase a person's well-being and health potential • To prevent illness. avoid illness, achieve early detection, maintain function within constraints of an illness • To restore health. direct care for diagnosis or treatment of disease • To facilitate coping with disability or death. facilitate an optimal level of functioning and provide quality end of life care
- Discuss the effects on nursing practice of nursing organizations, standards of nursing
practice, nurse practice acts, and the nursing process
Answer
• Nursing organizations.
- International Nursing Organization (ICN). first international organization of professional
- American Nurses Association (ANA). professional organization for RNs in the US; mission
- National League for Nursing (NLN). open to all people interested in nursing (agencies,
- American Association of Colleges in Nursing (AACN). national voice for BSN and higher
- National Student Nurses Association (NSNA). national organization for stu- dents enrolled in 1 / 3
women; promotes ethics and maintains high standards of nursing service and education
involves public education, clinical nursing standards, and lob- bying lawmakers to advance the profession; addresses ethics, public policy, and the economic and general welfare of nurses
nurses, nonnurses); fosters the development and improvement of all nursing services and education; one of the largest professional testing services in the US; primary source of research data about nursing education
nursing education programs; goals focus on establishing quality education, influencing the nursing profession to improve healthcare, and promoting public support of BSN and graduate education, research, and practice
nursing education programs • Standards of nursing practice (pg 18 Taylor). voluntary expectations that define the activities of nurses that are specific to nursing
- Allows nurses to carry out professional roles, serving as protection for the nurse, the patient,
and the institution
- Each nurse is accountable for their own quality of practice and is responsi- ble for the use of
- If a standard is breached, potential for liability
- Standards of practice. Assessment, diagnosis, outcomes, planning, imple- mentation,
- Standards of professional performance. quality of practice, practice evalu- ation, education,
- Define legal scope of nursing practice
- Establish criteria for education and licensure of nurses
- ID violations that can result in disciplinary actions against the nurse
- Exclude untrained or unlicensed people from practicing nursing
- Create a state board of nursing
- Provide legal requirements and titles for RNs and LPNs
- Must look in the public health code for these for Michigan, because we don't have a nurse
- Integrates the art and science of nursing
- Used by the nurse to identify the patient's healthcare needs and strengths, establish and carry
- Assess, diagnose, plan, implement, evaluate. • Nursing organizations.
- International Nursing Organization (ICN). first international organization of profes- sional
- American Nurses Association (ANA). professional organization for RNs in the US; mission
- National League for Nursing (NLN). open to all people interested in nursing (agencies,
- American Association of Colleges in Nursing (AACN). national voice for BSN and higher
the standards to ensure proper nursing care
evaluation
collegiality, collaboration, ethics, research, resource utiliza- tion, leadership • Nurse Practice acts. laws established in each state to regulate nursing practice. Common elements include.
practice act • Nursing process
out a plan of care to meet those needs, and evaluate effectiveness of the plan to meet outcomes
women; promotes ethics and maintains high standards of nursing service and education
involves public education, clinical nursing standards, and lobbying lawmakers to advance the profession; addresses ethics, public policy, and the economic and general welfare of nurses
nurses, nonnurses); fosters the development and improvement of all nursing services and education; one of the largest professional testing services in the US; primary source of research data about nursing education
nursing education programs; goals focus on establishing quality education, influencing the nursing profession to improve healthcare, and promoting public support of BSN and graduate education, research, and practice
- National Student Nurses Association (NSNA). national organization for students enrolled in
nursing education programs • Standards of nursing practice (pg 18 Taylor). voluntary expectations that define the activities of 2 / 3
nurses that are specific to nursing
- Allows nurses to carry out professional roles, serving as protection for the nurse, the patient,
- Each nurse is accountable for their own quality of practice and is responsible for the use of
- If a standard is breached, potential for liability
- Standards of practice. Assessment, diagnosis, outcomes, planning, implementa- tion,
- Standards of professional performance. quality of practice, practice evaluation, ed- ucation,
- Define legal scope of nursing practice
- Establish criteria for education and licensure of nurses
- ID violations that can result in disciplinary actions against the nurse
- Exclude untrained or unlicensed people from practicing nursing
- Create a state board of nursing
- Provide legal requirements and titles for RNs and LPNs
- Must look in the public health code for these for Michigan, because we don't have a nurse
- Integrates the art and science of nursing
- Used by the nurse to identify the patient's healthcare needs and strengths, estab- lish and carry
- Assess, diagnose, plan, implement, evaluate
and the institution
the standards to ensure proper nursing care
evaluation
collegiality, collaboration, ethics, research, resource utilization, leadership • Nurse Practice acts. laws established in each state to regulate nursing practice. Common elements include.
practice act • Nursing process
out a plan of care to meet those needs, and evaluate effectiveness of the plan to meet outcomes
- Discuss the contents of the American Nurses' Association Standards of Practice, Code for
Nurses, and Code of Ethics
Answer
• Standards of Practice. see #2 above • Code for Nurses.The nurse is professional, practices with compassion and respect for dignity and uniqueness of the patient; primary commitment is to the patient; advocates for the health/safety/rights of the patient; responsible and accountable for individual practice; owes the same duties to self as to others; participates in establishing, maintaining and improving healthcare environments; participates in the advancement of the profession; collaborates with other healthcare professionals and the public; profession of nursing is
responsible for maintaining the integrity of the profession • Code of Ethics. Nurses must be compassionate, professional, committed to the patient, promote health/safety/rights of the patient, be accountable, owe duty to themselves, maintain
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