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| Why is nursing research important to nursing practice? |
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Definition
| It tests commonly held knowledge or assumptions, widens understanding of a subject, stimulates self-action/study, helps develop best practice, explains behaviours, allows predictions, and assists in the formation of a body of nursing knowledge. |
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| What is nursing knowledge? |
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Definition
Knowledge is familiarity gained through the senses, primarily sight and hearing.
In nursing there is empirics, ethics, personal knowing, and aesthetics. |
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| What is nursing research? |
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Definition
| It is research done by nurses for nurses. It can be done by anyone about nursing on any topic and from any discipline and used by nurses to inform their practice. |
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Term
| What is qualitative research? |
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Definition
| It is interpretive research concerned with human experiences, it originates from the humanities disciplines, is richly descriptive in nature, conducted in naturalistic settings, and individual subjectivity is valued. |
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Term
| What is the purpose of the Privacy Act, 1993? |
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Definition
| It's for the promotion and protection of individual privacy. |
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Term
| What are the 12 rules to the Health Information Privacy Code? |
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Definition
| Purpose of collection, source, collection from individual, manner of collection, storage and security, access to personal Health Info, correction, accuracy etc to be checked before use, retention of Health Info, limits on use, limits on disclosure, and unique identifiers. |
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Term
| What is evidence based practice? |
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Definition
| It's conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the healthcare of patients. |
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Term
| How does the Joanna Briggs collaboration assist nurses to practice evidence based practice? |
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Definition
| It produces best practice information sheets which are a summary of a systematic review. These sheets also guide nurses in the clinical application of the systematic review evidence findings. |
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Term
| Briefly describe management of nursing care |
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Definition
| It includes competencies related to client assessment, management of client care, using nursing knowledge, and supporting practice with evidence based practice. |
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Term
| Briefly describe interpersonal relationships |
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Definition
| It includes competencies related to interpersonal and therapeutic communication with clients, other nurses and the interprofessional team. |
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| Briefly describe interprofessional healthcare and quality improvement |
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Definition
| It includes competencies related to evaluating the effectiveness of care, and promoting a nursing perspective within the interprofessional team |
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Term
| What is the purpose of the Code of Conduct for nurses? |
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Definition
It's a guide for the public to assess the minimum standards expected of a nurse.
It's also a way for nurses to monitor their own practice.
And it's a guideline for NCNZ when considering professional misconduct. |
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Term
| What are the 8 principles in the Code of Ethics? |
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Definition
| Autonomy, benefience, non-malefience, justice, confidentiality, veracity, fideltity, and guardianship of the environment and it resources |
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Term
| What is the role of the Nursing Council? |
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Definition
It's primary concern is public safety. The two main roles are: governs the practice of nurses, and sets and monitors standards. It deals with the competence of health practitioners.
Also: manages RN & NA registers; education of nurses; ensures all nurses are competent to practice; and discipline of nurses. |
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| Define the term nursing ethics |
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Definition
| Nursing ethics examines all kinds of ethical and bioethical issues from the perspective of nursing theory and practice. |
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Term
| Briefly describe professional responsibility |
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Definition
| It includes competencies related to professional issues, legal and ethical responsibilities, and cultural safety. |
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Term
| Describe how telehealth systems may be set up and why |
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Definition
| It's set up to give everyone immediate access to appropriate health care wherever they may live. It's set up for health promotion, disease prevention, professional or lay education, diagnosis, actual treatments, access, distributed care, and managed care. |
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Term
| Understand and describe confidentiality and security measures in relation to health informatics |
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Definition
Confidentiality: legislation, ethical standards, health information practice standards, enterprise policies, confidentiality awareness, and accountability and consequences.
Security: username, password, rights, access levels, audit trails, firewall, backup, virus protection software, and encryption. |
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Term
| What is quantitative research? |
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Definition
| It's scientific, begins with a question, instruments are used to turn information into numbers, aims to maximise control over variables, and the researcher maintains an objective position. |
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Term
| Define disability and give examples |
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Definition
Disability is the process which happens when one group of people create barriers by designing a world only for their way of living, taking no account of the impairments of others.
Eg. someone in a wheel chair is disabled by building design ie no ramps |
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Term
| What are the characteristics/traits of a professional? |
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Definition
| Clear values, explicit standards, responsibility for standards of practice, regulation, evidence of currency and competence, systems for discipline, and response to changing rules |
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Term
| Define the term professional boundaries |
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Definition
| The NCNZ define professional boundaries as the limits which protect the space between the professional's power and the client's vulnerability. |
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Term
| Explain the significance of an ethical understanding in nursing |
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Definition
| The NCNZ has a domain which states nurses accept responsibility for their action and meets the ethical standards. No nursing decision or action is free of moral risk or consequence |
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Term
| What is reflective practice? |
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Definition
| Reflect means to look back over something. There are different levels: thinking about practice, and theorising and thinking about improving practice. Reflection involves taking the unprocessed raw material of experience and engaging with it as a way to make sense of what has occured. It iften involves exploring messy and confused events and focusing on the thoughts and emotions that accompany them. |
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Term
| How can reflection enhance nursing practice? |
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Definition
| It links theory and practice and helps work through the discrepancies between the "ideal" and realities of practice. It helps nurses to be aware of constraints and to develop strategies to improve situations for patients. It's useful for learning, avoiding losing sensitivity to others, and personal development. |
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Term
| What aspects should be included in a reflective journal? |
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Definition
| It should be written up ASAP, should include a what, so what and now what, and it should be written in the style of a personal journal. |
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Term
| What is evidence based nursing? |
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Definition
| A process that nurses use to make clinical decisions by using the best available research, their clinical expertise, and patient preferences and values - in the context of available resources |
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Term
| Define and describe health informatics |
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Definition
| It is the application of information technologies to optimize the information management function within health |
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Term
| Define and describe nursing informatics |
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Definition
| It is the integration of nursing, its information management with information processing and commuication technology to support world health |
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Term
| Define and describe telehealth |
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Definition
| It is using electronic communication for transmitting healthcare information, such as health promotion, disease prevention, professional or lay education, diagnosis, or actual treatments to people located at a different geographical location. |
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Term
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Definition
It is an occupational group that is largely self-regulating.
It has legitimate authority; sets its own standards for entrance to admit a new member, to establish a code of conduct, and to discipline members; claims to have a body of knowledge which legitimizes its autonomy and distinctiveness |
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Term
| Give examples of professional boundaries violations |
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Definition
| Can be under- or over-involvement, sexual contact, contact out of hours, non-therapeutic relations, accepting of gifts, types of familiarity, inappropriate self-disclosure |
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Term
| What are the benefits of evidence based practice? |
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Definition
Patients: It ensures the best possible care and increases patient satisfaction
Nurses: It refocuses nursing practice away from habits and tradition, it provides a structured and manageable way of keeping up to date with new developments. |
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Term
| What is a systematic review? |
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Definition
| It's a tool used to locate the evidence, a process of bringing together and assessing all of the available literature. It addresses a well defined question, is a form of secondary research, provides info on the process undertaken to minimise bias, and the review process uses a systematic approach to access the quality of each study. |
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Term
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Definition
It is a term used for referring to the various ways of thinking about understanding and examining how best to live a 'moral' life.
Ethics and morality are interchangeable. |
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Term
| Define the term bioethics. |
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Definition
| It is the ethics of medicine and biomiedical research. Dominant concerns are medically orientated and more often look at "big" ethical issues, eg abortions |
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Term
| Describe the social model of disability. |
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Definition
| It is that people have impaiements. They are disabled by society. Focus is on their ability. |
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Term
| Define impairment and give examples |
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Definition
Lacking part of, or all of a limb; or having a defective limb, organ, or mechanism of the body. It can be physical, sensory, neurological, psychiatric or intellectual. It can be temporary, intermittent, or ongoing.
Eg a sprained ankle |
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Term
| What are the 4 domains for the RN's scope of practice? |
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Definition
| Professional responsibilty, management of nursing care, interpersonal relationships, and interprofessional health care and quality improvement. |
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Term
| What is the purpose of the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance (HPCA) Act, 2003? |
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Definition
| The purpose is to protect the health and safety of the public. Also to ensure that the treatment and healthcare you receive from a registered health practitioner is of a high standard. |
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Term
| What is the role of the NCNZ in relation to the HPCA Act? |
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Definition
| All nurses have to be registered with the NCNZ. And the NCNZ ensures that nurses follow the HPCA. |
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Term
When was the Treaty of Waitangi signed and by whom?
Which is the official version? |
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Definition
February 6th 1840, signed by William Hobson (representative of British Crown) and 40 Maori chiefs.
Maori version is official. |
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Term
| What are the 10 broad rights to the Code of the Health and Disability Services Consumers' Rights, 1996? |
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Definition
| Respect, fair treatment, dignity and independence, communication, support, it's your decision, teaching, fully informed, right to complain, and services of an appropriate standard |
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Term
| What is the purpose of the NZ Disability Strategy? |
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Definition
| It's a long term plan for changing NZ from a disabling society to an inclusive one. It was developed in consultation with disabled people and the wider disability sector, and reflects many individuals' experiences of disability. |
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Term
| What is the purpose of the Code of Health and Disability Services and Consumers' Rights, 1996? |
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Definition
| It is to promote and protect the rights of health consumers and disability services consumers, and to facilitate the fair, speedy and efficient resolution of complaints regarding infringements of those rights. |
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