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-study of conduct and character
-serve as guidelines when questions arise about correct practice
-set of guiding principles
-reflect the standards of behavior
-accepted by all members of the profession |
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-commitment to include patients in health care decisions
-stand up for patients, keep aware of plan of care |
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-commitment to do good
-not always what patient wants |
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-"to do no harm"
-intentional or not |
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-fairness and equality
-for all--who needs first |
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-to be faithful; keeping promises you have made
-honest; keep your word |
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-to be truthful
-complete honesty-even against family will |
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-treat others with consideration
-treat others how you want to be treated |
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-patient is primary
-willingness to honor obligations |
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| -answering for your actions |
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-HIPAA
-keeping information only between you and those who are allowed |
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-Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
-federal legislation started in 1996
-protects the privacy of all medical info
-fines levied on facilities who do not follow the rules
-staff usually fired immediately for violations |
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| Code of Ethics for Nurses |
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-nine standards
-written by the ANA
-constantly being revised
-new task force currently updating
-used to protect nurses when needed |
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-a set of personal beliefs or attitudes
-based on cultural, religious, social, and ethical background, continue to change and develop throughout life through exposure to various events
-anti/pro abortion
-cannot use personal values with patients |
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-creating values
-development begins in childhood |
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-learning values and passing between people
-affected by the type of childhood experienced
-strongly related to family values
-new values added as we age and experience life
-can be positive or negative |
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-recognize your own personal values
-recognize different values of patients
-recognize different values of peers
-be "value neutral"
-do not impose your values on others as "right"
-help others recognize value conflicts and assist to resolve them
-practice self-care |
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| Identifying Personal Values |
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-abortion
-right to die
-genetic screening
-child abuse
-domestic abuse
-contraception
-family presence during resuscitation |
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-may involve multiple health care providers, patient, family, and friends
-nurse is often the first to be told about the problem
-nurse often become the advocate |
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| -nurturing way of relating to a valued other |
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| -caring is at the core of nursing |
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-practice of loving-kindness
-care for each other, not just patients |
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-facilitates a nurses ability to know the patient, allowing recognition of problems and facilitation of solutions
-care for each other, not just patients |
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| -essential human need, necessary for health and survival of all individuals |
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Carative Core Factors
(Jean Watson) |
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-faith and hope
-humanistic system of values
-sensitivity toward others
-trust
-positivity and negativity
-problem solving
-promotion of learning relationships
-supportive style
-fulfillment of human needs
-transpersonal caring and love
-must have one or more to care
-nursing is an art and a science
-if we care enough, patients can heal faster |
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-conscious practice of demonstrating loving kindness
-being authentically "present" (actively involved, listening)
-deep spiritual belief that cared for as well as caring
-open oneself up to others with compassion and sensitivity (willing to be vulnerable)
-developing and sustaining a helping-trusting authentic caring relationship (open yourself up to help them open up)
-understanding that both positive and negative feelings help one to feel cared for (telling you for your own good, reprimand)
-cherish or give someone or something loving attention (caritas) |
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| Transpersonal Caring Relationship |
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-nurses moral commitment in enhancing human dignity
-nurse caring for the spiritual person and not just treating the person as an object
-nurse has potential to "heal" when a caring consciousness is communicated |
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-attentive listening (actively involved)
-honesty (tell the truth)
-patience
-responsibility (for own actions and care given)
-touch (small space, all the time)
-sensitivity (think of others' feelings before acting/speaking)
-providing necessary information (correct)
-respect (treating others how you want to be treated)
-comforting (making them feel better/less worried) |
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-Patricia Benner
-nurses are powerful because of the various ways we are able to show care to our patients, their care givers, and each other
-implies that the caring provided by nurses enables patients to heal faster |
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-permanent lifestyle change
-come to terms with chronic disease
-changes their thinking |
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-recovering from illness
-back into old life; bills, job, house
-makes tolerable |
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-patients do not understand health care
-make easier (small not big)
-help negotiate health care |
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-bad prognosis (terminal disease) accept health care
-forms close bond with patient |
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-another nurse gives support and energy for caring
-take strength from peers |
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-fix issues
-develop observations
-notice everything that goes on |
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-nursing and caring (were) synonymous
-people become nurses because they want to take "care" of people
-competition in health care has decreased actual bedside time
-"scripting"
-caregiver fatigue |
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-bond with patients
-bad news affects greatly |
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-ticked off with work environment
-tired/exhausted |
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| -cannot cope with unethical and immoral actions |
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-thoughts, communications, actions, customs, beliefs, values, and institutions of religious groups
-not related to birth location
-how you are raised |
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-a group of human beings whose members feel a kinship to each other on the basis of birthplace, ancestral origin, and genealogy
-where you feel like you belong |
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-a group of people that share the same inherited physical traits
-hair, shape of eyes, skin color |
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-a group of people who hold less political, spiritual, or financial power and control
-the people do not have as much power |
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| Ethnic and Minority Health Disparities |
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-income below poverty level
-be without medical insurance
-be poorly educated
-be genetically compromised
-poor: carbs (cheap) full of sugars leads to diabetes and obesity (can't afford well-balanced meals) |
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-preconceived ideas about a specific group of people
-belief that people in certain groups are the same |
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-assumption that all people who are a part of a cultural group will behave the same way
-laid back, hang out: does drugs |
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-belief that a persons ethnic group is superior to any other
-better than everyone else
-causes huge conflicts (wars) |
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| Culturally Congruent Care |
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-care provided by a caring, culturally competent, culturally sensitive nurse
-encompasses both Western medicine and traditional homeopathic (natural) therapy
-able to take care of any patient regardless of ethnicity, race, culture with no anger, difficulty, or judgment |
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| Culturally Competent Assessment |
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-communication
-language
-eye contact
-space and distance
-touch
-death beliefs
-emotional expression
-diet
-time
-spiritual beliefs
-illness beliefs |
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| Becoming Culturally Competent |
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-do not make assumptions
-explain every detail of care
-ask about alternate ideas for healing
-withhold personal judgments
-educate |
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-enacted by legislative groups
-does not involve us unless doing major drug dealing out of hospital |
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-enacted by specific administrative groups
-state |
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-civil wrongs fought in civil court
-malpractice suits |
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-individual boards belong to NCSBN
-includes representatives from all levels of nursing (CNA, LPN, RN, BSN, NP)
-defines credentialing for all nursing within the state
-identifies grounds for disciplinary action (use of drugs/alcohol; stealing drugs)
-set the educational requirements for licensure |
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| -forcing patient/threatening an unwanted treatment |
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| -physically forcing patient to receive an unwanted treatment |
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| -forcing to stay in hospital when patient does not want to |
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-HIPAA
-revealing unit or name |
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| -saying things that are untrue in public |
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-providing less than adequate care
-leave side rail down, patient falls
-leave work before replacement arrives |
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| -requires nurse assigned to take care, standard of care was below normal, patient was injured or killed |
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-signed for general care on admission to facility
-accept nursing/doctoral/general care
-not allowed in room without it |
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-signed for specific procedures/treatments
-done in patients room-MD must get consent
-all you do is check for signature |
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-signed for any surgical procedure
-surgeon only
-cannot do anything that is not on consent |
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-usually signed by parent
-under age of 18 unless emancipated |
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| -what you want done in the event of illness or accident |
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| -only with serious/terminal illness |
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Medical Power of Attorney
(MPOA) |
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| -in the event of injury the patient has someone in charge of decisions |
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| -if you stop breathing, will let you go |
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-process of determining and maintaining nursing competence
-at graduation |
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-after NCLEX is passed
-carries a specific title that only the holder may use
-can be revoked if deemed necessary
-active for two years (renewed 10/31 odd years) |
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| -title given to all nurses who have completed the requirements to hold the title "Registered Nurse" |
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| -voluntary validation of competence in a specialty area |
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-defines a state's sepcific "Standards of Care" for nursing
-specific guide for each level of nursing practice
-establishes educational requirements for each level of nursing
-distinguishes between nursing and medical practice
-all nurses are required to know their provisions of practice for their state |
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-all RNs need to learn to delegate
-RN is responsible for quality of care
-RN is accountable for assignments of other RNs, LPNs, technicians, and student nurses
-RN is responsible for knowing what tasks may be delegated and which may not |
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-monitors quality of nursing care
-monitors incidents and errors
-estimates high risk issues
-attempts to prevent never events
-audits chart/computer documentation
-assists with legal/malpractice issues
-tracks equipment/supply faults |
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| Who Looks Like an Animated Lizard? |
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-Tracy reminds me a Rango!!!!!!!! Front row.
-She just licked her lips like a lizard and LOOKED EXACTLY LIKE HIM!!! |
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| Who has the coolest cousin in the world? |
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LAILA LOUBNA HASHEM-TAYLOR
Laila TAY
LAILA LAILA LAILA TAY
khgfu |
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| WHO IS GOING TO SEE LION KING 3D?! |
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