What do nurses need to do to become more recognized as a profession? - correct answer -Be fully committed to the profession of nursing
-ID it as a profess... [Show More] ion and dedicate to future development
-Not considered a life long career
How does increased responsibility impact nurses' need for further education? - correct answer -High intellect and level of responsibility & accountability; specialized body of knowledge which is learned in higher education.
What did Florence Nightingale bring to the profession? - correct answer To prepare high quality nurses; formal systematic education in theory and practice is essential
ANA - correct answer -Concerned with quality of nursing practice in daily healthcare setting
-baccalaureate education should be the basic level of
preparation for professional nurse
How can nurse managers build better teams? - correct answer -engaged decision making; invite the ideas of the team (transformational leadership)
-Allow to express feelings
-High interaction among team members to increase trust and openness
What is QSEN and what are QSEN competencies? - correct answer -Focus nursing education on competencies to reduce the number of medical errors
-Quality improvement
-Teamwork and collaboration
-Informatics
authoritative leadership - correct answer -Makes decisions for the group
-Staff output is high
-Uses coercion (gets people to do things via force or threats)
-Communications goes down a chain of command
democratic leadership - correct answer -Includes the group when making decisions
-Motivates by supporting achievements
-Communication goes up and down the chain of command
Laissez-faire leadership - correct answer -Means "leave it alone"
-Leaders make few decisions
-Little planning, rely on staff to get jobs done
-Communication may go up and down chain of command
-Decreased work output
transformational leadership - correct answer -Empowers followers to assume responsibility for a shared vision or goal
-Personal development is secondary
How do the nurses' communication styles matter? - correct answer Assertive is the best to get your point across in a professional way
Assertive Communication - correct answer -allows expression in direct, honest, and nonthreatening ways do not infringe upon the rights of others
-It accurately expresses a person's feelings, beliefs, ideas, and opinion
Conflictual Communication - correct answer Conflict proceeds through four stages: frustration, conceptualization, action, and outcomes
-Resolve conflicts productively depends on addressing thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that form barriers to resolution.
Aggressive Communication - correct answer -Used to humiliate, control, or embarrass the other person or lower self-esteem
-Creates an "I win, you loss" situation
What is the difference between leading and managing? - correct answer -Leaders emerge from situations.
-Managers are appointed, hired, or given responsibility
What can a nurse manager do about conflict in the team? - correct answer -Collaboration of conflicting team members to work out solution to conflict
What is a JCAHO requirement for client education? - correct answer -JCAHO requires documents from "nursing staff" about the education provided to the patients [client]. (Joint commision suprise visits)
What motivates clients to learn? - correct answer -Having their significant other present during teaching or educational sessions
Chief causes of Burnout? - correct answer -situations and positions in which there is a demand for consistent high-quality performance, unclear or unrealistic expectations, little control over the work situation, and inadequate financial rewards.
-burnout may lead to feelings of helplessness, powerlessness, purposelessness, and guilt.
People who burnout: - correct answer - Are more intelligent than average, hard-working, idealistic, and a perfectionistic
What is discharge teaching? - correct answer -starts at admission
-how to care for themselves at home
- healthcare team must look ahead with the clients needs in mind
Effects on the profession as well as on individual nurses? (Catalano Nursing Now! Chapter 10 of 7th edition) - correct answer -Many nurses who are burning out block the signs because they put so much time, money, and energy into preparing for a career they no longer want to have.
-Burnout may be contributors to the spread of infection, increases in client clinical errors, such as medication mistakes, missing treatments, and missing signs and symptoms of serious changes in condition, and error in documenting
What are appropriate political activities for nurses? Why does it matter? - correct answer -State legislator; they don't have healthcare background
-Because politics and health care laws are related to every aspect of life: Where and when our children go to school, quality of food and water, medications, prescriptions, over the counter drugs, where nurses work, professional status through licensure and certification.
Symptoms of Burnout - correct answer • Extreme fatigue
• Exhaustion
• Frequent illness
• Overeating
• Headaches
• Sleeping problems
• Physical complaints
• Alcohol abuse
• Mood swings
• Emotional displays
• Anxiety
• Poor-quality work
• Anger
• Guilt
• Depression
How do nurses ensure the teaching has been effective? - correct answer -Teach patient at level and language they understand
-Take time to teach (not rushed)
-Patient can demonstrate or "teach back" teachings
Nursing Process: Review the steps and understand the significance. - correct answer -Systematic problem: solving method by which nurses individualize care for each client.
*The five steps of the nursing process are*:
-Assessment
-Diagnosis
-Planning,
-Implementation
-Evaluation
Know the Definitions relating to Ethics and their significance to nurses, according to the ANA code. - correct answer -*Autonomy*: Right to choose for oneself; personal freedom
-*Fidelity*: keeping ones promises/commitments
-*Non-Maleficence*: One should do no harm
-*Justice*: Persons treated equally/fairly
-*Beneficence*: Doing good and promoting good for the patient
-*Veracity*: duty to tell the truth
What is accountability? - correct answer -Expectation of explaining actions and results.
-Understand nurses' need to be accountable in all situations.
Know the first steps in the process to arrive at a positive outcome. - correct answer -Blending of characteristics, theoretical and experiential knowledge, interpersonal skills, and technical skills.
Critical thinking? - correct answer Very first step: *IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM*
-Interpretation (understand info)
-Analysis (piece together)
-Inference (draw conclusions)
-Evaluation (credibility)
-Explaination (clarity & restate info)
-Self-Regulation (aware of own thinking abilities)
How is clinical judgment gained? - correct answer -Clinical Judgment is gained by tactic knowledge and experience in clinical setting
How does the nurse prioritize care? - correct answer -ABC's
-Maslow's Hierarchy
-Urgent/Stable
How does the nurse delegate care and to whom? - correct answer *E-A-T* [do not delegate what nurse can: Evaluate, Assess, Teach]
-is transferring the authority or responsibility to perform selected tasks in a selected situation to a competent individual [Show Less]
