NURSING 101 EXAM WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION

NURSING 101 EXAM WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION

CARE - interpersonal process requiring professional knowledge and skills,
personal maturity, and interpersonal sensitivity: results in protection and
emotional support of patients bio-psycho-social needs
- 4 theorists of caring: madeline leiniger, patrictia benner, Watson (1970),
swanson (1991)
- *caring is having A CONNECTION*
- caring is the essence of nursing and we can be taught to demonstrate it
How to demonstrate care
- confidence
- respect pt
- listen and communicate
The 4 Essentials of Caring - 4 essentials of caring
- self awareness
- listening
- accepting feedback
- reflection
3 Barriers to Caring - - time pressure/busy pt load
- high expectations of pts and self
- burnout
4 Nursing Roles - - Direct care provider
- Advanced practice nurse
- Administrator
- Researcher
- Educator
What is the NURSING PRACTICE STATEMENT - Nursing Practice Statement:
nursing is the promotion of health and the assessment, treatment, and care
of health conditions by supportive, preventative, therapeutic, palliative, and
rehabilitative means in order to attain optimal function
5 Key Themes of Nursing - CHEQT
1. Health: state of complete physical, mental, social wellbeing: not only the
absence of disease
2. Populations with complex conditions: patient can refer to an individual,
family, community, or population. Requires a partnership
3. Health care quality: safe, effective, timely, efficient, equitable, and
patient-centred care
4. Transitions:
- life changes (positive or negative)
- developments (i.e aging)
- health/illness transitions
- situational transitions
5. Practice environments: any area nurses practice: physical environment +
political, geographical, and cultural surrounding
Experiential Learning - i.e clinicals, hands on practice of nursing
Critical Thinking - - reflection: on both positive and neg pt interactions
- logic/orderly thinking
- sifting through for the relevant info
- why something works for one pt but not the other
Friend vs Patient Relationship - Friends/Friend: equal give and take
Nurse/Client:
- *focus is always on pt* and you expect no reciprocal attention
- a partnership (collaboration of care)
- has professional boundaries
- "a helping relationship"
Nurse/Client Relationship - - prioritizes pt needs
- the nurse takes Charge and Responsibility
- confidentiality within relationship
- nurse is nonjudgmental
5 Components of the "Helping Relationship" - 1. trust
2. respect
3. professional intimacy (vulnerability, physical touch, but holding
boundaries)
4. empathy
5. power (we control decisions)
Empathy vs Sympathy - Empathy:
- seeing from their point of view
- more objective
- holds professional boundaries
Sympathy:
- feeling for them from your point of view
- too emotional
- could be pity even