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| religious group of nursing providers instituted by Theodore Fliedner, Kaiserswerth, Germany |
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| Founder of moderen nursing |
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| Founder of the American Red Cross |
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| Union Superintendent of Female Nurses during the Civil War |
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| "the MOSES of her People" Nurses the sick and suffering |
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| abloitionist, underground railroad agent,preacher, weman's right advocate, nurse |
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| poineer nurse, founder of the Frontier Nursing Service |
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| writer, feminist, suffragette, political activist |
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| one of the first moderen nurses to define nursing |
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| first African-American professional nurse |
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| Melinda Ann (Linda) Richards |
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| America's first trained nurse |
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| founder of Planned Parenthood |
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| founder of public health nursing |
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| demographic changes require recognition of cultural and ethnic diversity |
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| Limits hospital reimbursement, pays a predetermined amount related to a medical dignosis |
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| prospective payment system established according to medical diagnosis |
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| Supplemental Security Income |
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| financial assistance for persons with disabilities |
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| Title 18 of the Social Security Act providing health insurance for older adult's |
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| Title 19 of the Social Security Act providing insurance to people in financial need |
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| third party payers to finance health care_may be private or group insurance |
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| system of major ideas proposed to explain a specific phenomenon |
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| A group of related idea's, statement's or concept's |
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| A pattern of shared understandings or assumptions about reality |
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| recipient of nursing care |
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| internal and external surroundings affecting the client |
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| The degree of wellness or well-being the client experiences |
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| Attributes, characteristics and actions of the nurse providing care on behalf of the client |
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| Guides knowledge development, directs education, research and practice |
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| Dorothea Orem-based on self-care, self-care agency, self-care requisites and therapeutic self-care demands |
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| Immogene King-dynamic interacting systems |
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| Sir Callista Roy- the process and outcome whereby the thinking and feeling person uses conscious awareness and choice to create human and environmental integration |
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| the practice of caring is central to nursing and is the unifying focus for practice |
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| Rosemary Parse-emphasizes how individuals choose and bare responsibility for patterns for personal health |
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| Unitary Human Beings theory |
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| Martha Rogers-the person is an irreducible whole, dynamic energy field in continuous exchange with the enviroment |
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| establishment and maintenance of social, political economic standards to control professional practice |
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| Professional organization |
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| provides professional governance, differentiates profession from an occupation |
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| (ANA) American Nurses Association |
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| the national professional organization for nurses- advances the nursing profession by establishing standards of practice,promoting the welfare of nurses, projecting a positive image by political activity |
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| (NLN)National League for Nursing |
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| objective is to foster development and improvement of nursing services and education |
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| (ICN)International council of Nursing |
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| international organization to represent nursing world wide |
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| international society for nursing- membership based on academic achievement |
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| (NSNA) National Student Nurses Association |
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| official preprofessional organization for students |
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| SOCIAL PROCESS, whereby the VALUES, ATTITUDES or INSTITUTIONS of society, such as EDUCATION, FAMILY, RELIGION, and INDUSTRY become modified. It includes both the NATURAL process and ACTION PROGRAMS initiated by MEMBERS of the COMMUNITY |
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| changes in legislation about nursing practice, health and health matters will affect both the public and nursing |
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| The use of direct, often confrontational action such as a demonstration or a strike, in opposition to or in support of a cause |
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| A process whereby professional links are established through which people can share ideas, knowledge and information |
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| A nursing organization consisting of the American Nurses Association, the National League for Nursing and the American Organization of Nurse Executives and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing |
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| The consumer is an active participant in making decisions about health and nursing care |
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| (AHA) American Hospital Association |
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| A nonprofit national organization of individuals, institutions, and organizations engaged in direct patient care. The association works to promote the improvement of health care services |
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| National Council on State Boards of Nursing |
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| national organization concerned with licensure issues-developed the mutual recognition model |
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| allows for multistate licensure |
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| individuals 60 and older to double between 2000 & 2030 |
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| new family structures influence the need for and provision of nursing services |
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| The SEPARATION of INDIVIDUALS or GROUPS resulting in the LACK of or minimizing of SOCIAL CONTACT and/or COMMUNICATION. This separation may be accomplished by PHYSICAL separation, by social BARRIERS and by PSYCHOLOGICAL MECHANISMS. in the latter, there may be INTERACTION but no REAL communication |
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| 40% of nurses are over the age of 40 |
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| supply of nurses inadequate to meet the demand |
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| Large collections of people may act as groups, with some degree of common purpose, but they may also act as non-organized collectives, or aggregates |
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| laws inacted by a legislative body |
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| rules developed to govern the handling of frequently occurring situations |
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| process by which people identify, examine and develop values |
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| Answerable to ones self and others for ones actions |
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| The right to make ones own decisions |
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| A formal statement of a groups ideals and values |
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| legal and lay documents that allow an individual to specify aspects of care if unable to make or communicate preferences |
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| Agreement by the client to accept a course of treatment or a procedure after being provided complete information |
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| One to expresses or defends the cause of another |
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| Consequence - based theories - look to outcomes or consequences to judge wheather an action is write or wrong |
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| most good and least harm to the greatest number of people |
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| Principles-based theories, emphasize individual rights, duties and obligations, involve logical and formal process |
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| Relationship-based theories, stress courage, generosity, commitment and the need to nurture and maintain relationshaip |
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| Ethical issues that occur during practice |
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| Values acquired during socialization into the profession |
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| Specific prescriptions for actions |
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| Faithfulness to agreements and promises |
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