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What is a key characteristic that distinguishes a profession from an occupation?

  • Service orientation
  • Job-related training
  • Hourly wage earnings
  • Evaluation by peers (correct)

    • Which role focuses on managing therapeutic health care practices?

  • Change agent
  • Coordinator (correct)
  • Monitor
  • Counselor

    • What defines the theoretical boundaries of a profession?

  • Regulatory frameworks
  • Questions from clinical practice (correct)
  • Ethical codes
  • Immediate job functions

    • Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a profession?

    <p>Employer-determined job conditions (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In what way can nursing be described, according to some definitions?

    <p>An occupation or job (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the term 'change agent' imply in a nursing context?

    <p>Someone responsive to shifting healthcare needs (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following describes the practical boundaries of a profession?

    <p>State of current knowledge (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the role of a counselor in the healthcare system?

    <p>Focused on organizational competencies (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a primary purpose for nurses to participate in professional organizations?

    <p>Links to other nurses in specific area of practice (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In questioning a doctor's order for Morphine sulfate, which role does the nurse primarily fulfill?

    <p>Client advocate (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which option best defines the term 'nursing'?

    <p>To nourish and to care (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of healthcare facility is primarily focused on outpatient services?

    <p>Ambulatory care centers (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the term 'unlicensed assistive personnel' (UAPs) refer to in the healthcare team?

    <p>Individuals providing direct patient care under supervision (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which financing method is NOT typically associated with healthcare?

    <p>Personal borrowings (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does Medicare primarily provide in the healthcare system?

    <p>Healthcare coverage for seniors and disabled individuals (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which role of a nurse emphasizes collaboration with other healthcare team members?

    <p>Collaborator (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which characteristic distinguishes a profession from other occupations?

    <p>Prolonged education in a college or university (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is meant by autonomy in the context of professional nursing?

    <p>Control over one's own work and decisions (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is NOT one of the six essential features of professional nursing?

    <p>Administrative duties for healthcare teams (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does self-regulation in the nursing profession imply?

    <p>Independence in adapting to professional standards (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which feature emphasizes the ethical aspect of nursing?

    <p>Incorporation of moral imperatives in caring (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary role of credentialing systems in the nursing profession?

    <p>To certify competence and maintain professional standards (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following best describes the body of knowledge prerequisite for nursing practice?

    <p>Specialized knowledge that is extensively studied and practiced (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What aspect of professional nursing includes striving for social justice?

    <p>Influencing social and public policy (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which historical figure was known for lobbying for better living conditions for the mentally ill?

    <p>Dorothea Dix (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was identified as the primary duty of nurses in the early 1900s?

    <p>Obedience (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following statements reflects the contributions of nurses to the care of Civil War soldiers?

    <p>Nurses provided a clean environment with food and water. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was one of the main arguments presented by opponents of nurse licensure?

    <p>Nursing is primarily about personality rather than training. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What were the initial requirements for nursing licensure established in 1901?

    <p>Having a diploma from an approved school. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why did the trained nurse of the early 1900s lack legal standing?

    <p>There were no standardized training programs. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What organization was founded in 1978 to oversee nursing licensure?

    <p>National Council of State Boards of Nursing (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In the context of nursing licensure, what was a significant point made about untrained individuals claiming to be nurses?

    <p>They could legally present themselves as trained nurses. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary mission of the Texas Board of Nursing (TBON)?

    <p>To ensure that each licensed nurse is competent to practice safely (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following organizations represents nursing students?

    <p>National Student Nurses’ Association (NSNA) (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of nursing care model focuses on collaborating within a team?

    <p>Team nursing (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which organization is specifically known for establishing a universal standard of nursing education?

    <p>National League for Nursing (NLN) (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is not a recognized model of nursing care?

    <p>Collaborative nursing (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What supersedes the interest of individual nurses and groups in the nursing practice?

    <p>The Nurse Practice Act (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does differentiated practice in nursing primarily focus on?

    <p>Customized roles based on individual nurse competencies (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What term refers to the recipients of nursing care?

    <p>Clients, patients, and families (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What role did Church Deaconesses play during the Early Christian Era?

    <p>They cared for the sick. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following was a significant contribution of Florence Nightingale?

    <p>Establishing nursing as a respected profession. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was a primary focus of Elizabeth Fry's humanitarian work?

    <p>Improving living conditions for prisoners' children. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which nurse is known for advocating for mental health during the 19th century?

    <p>Dorothea Dix (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How did the Protestant Reformation impact nursing care?

    <p>Removed hospitals from church control. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was a characteristic of nursing care during the period from 1500-1819?

    <p>Attendants lacked knowledge of nursing care. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following individuals was important for founding the Frontier Nursing Service?

    <p>Mary Breckinridge (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What major change regarding male nurses occurred after the Korean Conflict?

    <p>Legislation allowing their appointment as reserve officers was enacted. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which statement accurately describes Mary Seacole's contribution during the Crimean War?

    <p>She was an untrained nurse who worked on the front lines. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was significant about the Order of St. John during the Middle Ages?

    <p>It was devoted to charitable work and established hospitals for lepers. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Welcome to Your First Nursing Class!

    • Pick up a notecard or note page.
    • Create a name tent to place on the table.
    • This will help others and faculty know your name.

    Introduction to Nursing (NURS 3351)

    • This is an introductory nursing course.

    Learning Objectives

    • Define nursing.
    • Discuss nursing professional values.
    • Distinguish the characteristics of a profession.
    • Identify the roles of a nurse.
    • Discuss nursing history and its relation to modern nursing practice.

    Nursing as an Art

    • "Nursing is an art" and requires dedication like painting or sculpting
    • Nurses care for the living body, the temple of God's spirit.
    • This is considered one of the finest arts.

    Student Nurse to Nurse

    • Transition from acting like a nurse to being a nurse

    What is a Nurse?

    • A person who cares for the sick or infirm.
    • Someone who looks after, fosters, or advises.

    What Nurses Do

    • Perform physical exams, health histories before making critical decisions.
    • Provide health promotion, counseling, and education.
    • Administer medications and other interventions.
    • Coordinate care with other healthcare professionals.

    Professional Nursing Roles

    • Caregivers

    • Client advocates

    • Teachers

    • Change agents

    • Coordinators

    • Counselors

    • Colleagues

    • Lifelong learners

    • Roles involve helping, teaching, administration, diagnostic and patient monitoring, and monitoring the quality of health care and ensuring care practices in relation to these situations.

    Profession, Occupation or Discipline

    • Professions have technical or scientific knowledge that are evaluated by peers.
    • They have a service orientation and ethical codes.
    • Nursing is often described as an occupation, with most nurses being hourly wage earners.

    What is a Profession?

    • Prolonged education in a college or university.
    • Acquire a body of knowledge based on theory and research.
    • Includes values, beliefs, and ethics relating to the profession.
    • Autonomy in decision-making.
    • Accountability for one's actions.
    • A strong commitment to and personal identification with the profession.

    Six Essential Features of Professional Nursing

    • Provide caring relationships that promote health and healing.
    • Assess and attend to the full range of human responses and experiences.
    • Integrate subjective and objective data.
    • Use professional judgment and critical thinking.
    • Use scholarly inquiry.
    • Strive for social justice by influencing social and public policy.

    Characteristics of a Profession

    • Authority to control one's work
    • Uniquely unique knowledge
    • Extensive training periods
    • Specialized competence
    • Control over work performance
    • Serving society
    • Self-regulation
    • Credentialing systems for certification of competence.
    • Legal reinforcement of professional standards.
    • Ethical practices
    • Creation of a collegial subculture
    • Public acceptance

    Characteristics of a Profession- Knowledge

    • Intellectual characteristics-the body of knowledge
    • Specialized education to transmit the body of knowledge to others
    • Ability to use knowledge in critical and creative ways
    • Caring encompasses the five conceptualizations: human trait, moral imperative, affect, interpersonal interaction, and therapeutic intervention

    Nursing Licensure

    • Nurse registration and licensure was designed to protect the public
    • Nurses who meet professional standards are differentiated from those who don't

    Regulations of Practice & Education

    • State Nurse Practice Acts
    • State Boards of Nursing
    • ANA standards of practice
    • Roles involve protection, support, and promotion of the welfare of the people of specific states along with regulation of the practice of nursing, nursing education program approval, and a mission derived from the Nurse Practice Act that supersedes many special interests

    Models of Nursing Care

    • Case method
    • Functional nursing
    • Team nursing
    • Primary nursing
    • Differentiated practice

    Healthcare Delivery System

    • Hospitals
    • Extended care facilities
    • Assisted living facilities
    • Rehabilitation centers
    • Ambulatory care centers
    • Home healthcare agencies
    • Community or public health centers

    Interprofessional Healthcare Team

    • Physicians (MDs or DOs)
    • Advanced practice nurses (APNs)/nurse practitioners (NPs)
    • Physician assistants (PAs)
    • Unlicensed assistive personnel (UAPs)
    • Pharmacists
    • Registered nurses (RNs)/licensed practical nurses (LPNs)
    • Therapists
    • Technologists

    Financing Healthcare

    • Individual private insurance
    • Employment-based private insurance
    • Government (Medicare, Medicaid)
    • Charitable organizations
    • Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs)
    • Preferred Provider Organizations (PPOs)

    Entry Into Practice

    • Registered Nurse
      • Diploma programs
      • 3-year programs (hospital-based)
      • Associate degree (AD) programs (2-year, community college)
      • Baccalaureate degree programs (college and universities)
      • RN-BSN
    • Advanced Practice
      • Master's
      • Doctorate
      • PhD
      • DNP

    Phases of Nursing (Benner, 1984)

    • Novice
    • Advanced beginner
    • Competent
    • Proficient
    • Expert

    Professional Organizations

    • American Nurses Association (ANA)
    • National professional organizations
    • National League for Nursing (NLN)
    • National Student Nurses' Association (NSNA)
    • Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI)
    • International Council of Nurses (ICN)
    • Federation of national nursing organizations
    • Specialties (e.g., clinical, group identity, value-specific)

    Recipients of Nursing Care

    • Individuals (patients, clients)
    • Groups
    • Families
    • Communities

    Important Historical Nurses

    • Mary Seacole
    • Walt Whitman
    • Sojourner Truth
    • Anna Maxwell
    • Hazel Johnson-Brown
    • Dorothea Dix
    • Mary Breckinridge
    • Mary Eliza Mahoney
    • Clara Barton
    • Margaret Sanger
    • Lillian Wald

    Male Nurses

    • Selective Service Act
    • Korean Conflict
    • Appointment of male nurses

    Ethical Practice: Guiding Principles

    • Respect for human dignity and uniqueness
    • Protection of confidential information
    • Acts to safeguard persons
    • Responsibility and accountability for nursing actions
    • Maintenance of nursing competence
    • Use of informed judgment
    • Participation in research and other activities
    • Participation in activities to improve and implement standards
    • Integrity to profession
    • Collaboration with other healthcare professionals and consumers.

    Historical Nursing

    • Early Christian Era – Church Deaconesses, First Hospitals
    • Middle Ages – Monks and Nuns, Hildegarde, Order of St. John, Religious Orders
    • 1500-1819 Europe, England, America – Protestant Reformation, hospitals, care of sick
    • Nursing Becomes Respectable – Elizabeth Fry, Florence Nightingale, Catherine McAuley
    • Florence Nightingale – Reformed patient care, established nursing, superintendent of nursing staff, Crimean War, transformed hospitals, Nightingale fund, Elevated nursing profession and viewed it as an art
    • Important Historical Nurses – Mary Seacole, Walt Whitman, Sojourner Truth, Anna Maxwell, Hazel Johnson-Brown, Dorothea Dix, Mary Breckinridge, Mary Eliza Mahoney, Clara Barton, Margaret Sanger, Lillian Wald

    Nurse Licensure

    • Nurse registration and licensure was designed to protect the public by differentiating nurses.
    • Registered nurses have met professional standards
    • Opponents of licensure sometimes thought that personality and personal qualities not shown by examinations were the matter of nursing

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