Nursing attributes –
1. Caring
2. Communication skills
3. Emotional stability
4. Empathy
5. Critical thinking
6. Attention to detail
Humanistic
... [Show More] framework - valuing the individual in the context of humanity,
environment, and health gives meaning to humanistic nursing practice.
4 aspects of nursing –
Humanity
Environment
Health
Valuing
Humanity - a unique human being, functioning as an integrated whole, reflecting
bio-psycho-socio-cultural dimensions
Environment - sum total of all internal and external dimensions that influence
human beings
Health - dynamic state of bio-psycho-socio-cultural well being
Valuing - holding in high esteem the inherent worth and dignity of all individuals
Nursing knowledge - based on liberal arts & sciences, incorporate
humanity/environment/health/valuing
Responsibility/ accountability - accept responsibility and therefore are held
accountable to maintain standards of practice and adhere to code of ethics
Leadership/ management - working collaboratively with individuals and groups to
accomplish professional goalsResearch - process of inquiry that provides evidence contributing to nursing's
expanding body of knowledge
Professional role - provides humanistic health care to promote health & manage
illness for individuals, families, and communities in accordance with standards of
nursing practice
Pillars of molloy college - 1. Community
2. Service/mission/prayer
3. Spirituality
4. Study/ searching for truth
Nursing is a ___ and a ____ - art and science
Regulation is managed by - the government in each state
The us is projected to experience a shortage of rns because - -- baby boomers are
aging & retiring
-- 76 million baby boomers in the us
-- need for healthcare grows
In 2010 the iom (institute of medicine) released its landmark report - -- the future
of nursing
-- increase bachelors nurses to 80%
-- double pop of nurses with doctoral degrees
Current workforce- 55% of rns are prepared at bachelors or graduate degree levels
The bureau of labor statistics states that - the current number of rns will not meet
the demand for the workforce
Rn workforce is expected to grow from ____ in 2014 to ____ in 2024 - 2.7 million
to 3.2 million
In the us, ____ of nurses are over the age of ____ - 1/3, 50How do nurses know what they know? - 1 •tradition: no formal rules, observations
from one generation to another
2 •authority: nursing organizations/hospitals
3 •clinical experience and intuition
4 •logical reasoning
5 •disciplined research
How did nursing start? - -desire to keep people healthy and to provide comfort and
assurance to the sick
-advancing science and changing society's needs have deeply influenced the
practice of nursing
What was absent from early cultures - sound theory of disease
In ancient times who provided care - -- wife and mothers
-- exceptions were male attendants in early buddhist hospitals in india
Suffering & sickness in ancient times - -- caused by evil spirits
-- incantations, dances, offerings, sacrifices
-- medicine men - drove away demons
The ancient greeks believed in - apollo - greek god of healing, prayed to him for
magic cures for illness
Hippocrates - -- greek physician who believes that disease had natural, not
magical, causes
-- concepts of homeostasis, prognosis
-- emphasized importance of obtaining history before treatment
Diagnosis - identifying disease scientificallyPrognosis - predicating possible outcome
Cure - restoration of health
Folk image from primitive times - -- nurse seen as caring person
-- primary responsibilities- focused on nourishing and nurturing children, caring
for older/aging adults
-- skills learned through trial and error, passed from generation to the next [Show Less]