What are the Nursing Roles
- Caregiver (Collaborative and Comprehensive)
- Educator ( ie. preventative measures, how to care for there own wounds)
- Advocate (for your clients and yourself)
- Leader and Manager
- Researcher and policy (policy are provided by the CNO)
Definition of Nursing
- assist the individual sick or well, in the performance of those activities contributing to health or its recovery
- help him gain independence as rapidly as possible
Nursing Values
- no two individuals are exactly alike
- nursing is committed to humanistic, holistic and evidence-based care given within a safe, ethical, and culturally sensitive framework
- nursing is composed of physiological (biophysical), phychological (emotional), sociocultural (interpersonal), spiritual and environmental- that are interrelated and not separate entities
- focus on relationships rather than authority/power
Guidelines for Nursing Practice
- structured by codes of ethics and standards that guide nursing practice and protect the public
- ei of these are: codes for Nurses, standards of nursing practice
Ethics
principle of conduct
Ethical behavior is concerned with
- moral values
- obligations
- and the distinction between right and wrong
The code of ethics for nurses provides
- frame of reference for professional values and ideal nursing behaviors
- helps nurses make moral and ethical decision making and to define the role of nurses
Standards of Nursing Practice
- standard is a statement or criterion that can be used by a profession ad by the general public to measure quality or practice
- standards of nursing practice make each nurse accountable for their practice
Who developed the standards of nursing practice
The CNO and CNA have developed and implemented standards of practice that identify clearly the nurses’ responsibilities
The CNO’s standards of nursing practice includes
- confidentiality and privacy (personal health information)
- decisions about procedures and authority
- documentation
- ethics
- infection prevention and control
- medication
- professional standards
- restraints
- resuscitation
- therapeutic nurse-client relationship
what is a legal and ethical dilemma
dilemma is a choice between two unpleasant, ethically troubling alternatives
ie. client refusing to take medication
- Nurses must use ethical and legal guidelines to make decisions about moral actions
What are the 4 critical thinking skills
- Divergent
- Reasoning
- Clarifying
- Reflection
Divergent critical thinking definition
having the ability to weigh the importance of information
Reasoning critical thinking definition
having the ability to discriminate between facts and guesses
Clarifying critical thinking definition
defining terms and noting similarities and differences
Reflection critical thinking definition
- most important
- occurs when you take the time to think about something
