assessment
nurse collects comprehensive data to pertinent to the patient's health and/or the situation
diagnosis
nurse analyzes the assessment
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accountability
responsible professionally and legally for the type and quality of nursing provided, ability to answer for one's own actions
caregiver
Helps patients maintain and regain health, manage disease and symptoms, and attain a maximal level of function and independence through the healing process
patient advocate
you protect your patient's human and legal rights and provide assistance in asserting these rights if the need arises
educator
you explain concepts and facts about health, describe the reason for routine care activities, demonstrate procedures such as self-care activities, reinforce learning or patient behavior, and evaluate the patient's progress in learning
communicator
essential to the nurse-patient relationship; it allows you to know your patients including their strengths, weaknesses, and needs
manager
Coordinates the activities of members of the nursing staff in delivering nursing care and has personnel, policy, and budgetary responsibility for a specific nursing unit or agency
Florence Nightingale
Established sanitary nursing care units. Founder of modern nursing. began professional education of nursing.
Clara Barton
Nurse during the Civil War; founder of the American Red Cross
Mother Bickerdyke
organized ambulance services and walked abandoned battlefields at night, looking for wounded soldiers.
Mary Mahoney
First professionally trained African American nurse; brought cultural diversity and respect
Lillian Wald and Mary Brewster
Opened the Henry Street Settlement, focusing on the health needs of the poor
Mary Nutting
First Nursing professor at Columbia Teachers College.
Helped move nursing into universities.
health
A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
health beliefs
person's ideas, convictions, and attitudes about health and illness. They may be based on factual information or misinformation, common sense or myths, or reality or false expectations
positive health behaviors
activities related to maintaining, attaining, or regaining good health and preventing illness
negative health behaviors
include practices actually or potentially harmful to health
health promotion model focuses on which 3 areas
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