FUNDA LEC MOD 1

Profession

“an occupation or calling requiring advanced training and experience some specific or specialized body of knowledge which provides service to society in that special field”

Professional Nursing

is a person who has completed a basic nursing education program and is licensed in his/her country state to practice professional nursing

Role

A socially expected behavior pattern, associated with an individual’s function in various social groups

Responsibility

a legal or moral duty or obligation to deal with

Care Provider

What kind of role of a professional nurse is this? assists the client physically and psychologically while preserving the client’s dignity.

Teacher

What kind of role of a professional nurse is this? helps client learn about their health and the health care procedures they need to perform to restore or maintain their health

Change Agent

What kind of role of a professional nurse is this? the nurse initiates changes and assists the client make modifications in their behavior & lifestyle to promote health

Case Manager

What kind of role of a professional nurse is this? the nurse work with the multi-disciplinary health care team to measure the effectiveness of the case management plan & to monitor outcomes, gives directions, and delegates nursing activities to ancillary workers and evaluates their performance

What kind of role of a professional nurse is this?

Nurse Specialist

What kind of role of a professional nurse is this? a nurse who has an advanced degree or expertise and is considered to be an expert in a specialized area

Nurse Anesthetist

What kind of role of a professional nurse is this? carries out preoperative visits and assessments, administer anesthetics for surgery.

Nurse Administrator

What kind of role of a professional nurse is this? functions include budgeting, staffing and planning programs (head nurse, supervisor, director of nursing services)

Counselor

What kind of role of a professional nurse is this? help the client recognize and cope with stressful psychological or social problems to develop improved personal relationships and to promote personal growth

Client Advocate

What kind of role of a professional nurse is this? the nurse acts to protect the client and his rights, promotes what is best for the client

Nurse Midwife

What kind of role of a professional nurse is this? gives prenatal and postnatal care and manages deliveries in normal pregnancies

Nurse Educator

What kind of role of a professional nurse is this? employed in nursing programs, educational institutions, and in hospital staff education. Responsible for classroom and often clinical teaching

Nurse Researcher

What kind of role of a professional nurse is this? employed in academic institutions, teaching hospitals and research centers

Nursing as a profession

an occupation or vocation with a unique body of knowledge, attitude and skills acquired through advanced training and experience in order to provide specialized services and various care for others

Master of Craft

WHAT CHARACTERISTIC IS THIS? requires well-defined skills continuously and exclusively performed.

Competence

WHAT CHARACTERISTIC IS THIS? refers to the possession of required skills, knowledge and capacity in providing safe care to patients. These skills are acquired through theoretical and related learning in school and hospital exposures.

Caring Profession

WHAT CHARACTERISTIC IS THIS? Nursing requires diligent efforts in caring for any client, both sick and well. It is the only profession wherein, monetary consideration is not the primary reason in providing care, but most of all, service to humanity.

Service Oriented

WHAT CHARACTERISTIC IS THIS? the main goal of professional nursing practice is to deliver optimum level of health for all, both sick and well regardless whether capable of payment or an indigent as the essence of the phrase “nursing is service” to others

Professional Relationship

WHAT CHARACTERISTIC IS THIS? Nurses must have a patient centered behavior. Such behavior is focused on solving patient’s assessed problems and need. Care should be holistic and professional nurses must provide disciplined care through active and continuous collaboration with other

Accountability

WHAT CHARACTERISTIC IS THIS? Being liable for any resulting acts or conduct based on his professional decisions implemented, committed

wellness

nurses promote_____ in clients who are both healthy & ill

Wellness

is a process that engages in activities and behaviors that enhance quality of life and maximize personal potential

illness prevention

the goal of this is to maintain the optimal health by preventing disease

Restoring Health

focuses on the ill client, and it extends from early detection of disease through helping the client during the recovery period

Caring for the Dying

-Involves comforting and caring for people of all ages who are dying
-Includes helping clients live as comfortably as possible until death and helping support persons cope with death

Institutional Nursing

Nursing in hospitals and related health facilities such as extended care facilities, nursing homes, and neighborhood clinics, comprises all of the basic components of comprehensive patient care and family health

Independent Nursing Practice

The nurse is self employed and provides professional nursing services to clients/ patients and their families. While some independent nursing practitioners set up their clinics near a hospital

School Nursing

The school nurse is for the school’s activities in the areas of health service, health education, and environmental health, and safety

Military Nursing

The nurse corps. The military nurse works at different health settings with various levels of responsibilities

Private Duty Nursing

A private duty nurse is a registered nurse who undertakes to give comprehensive nursing care to a client on a one-to-one ratio. She/ he is an independent contractor

Industrial Health Nursing

is the specialty practice that provides and delivers healthcare services to workers

Advanced Practice Nursing

This field of nursing is synonymous with specialization. This advanced practice requires the knowledge skills and supervised skills obtained through graduate study in nursing

Public Health Nursing

Refers to the practice of nursing in the local, national, and city health departments which include health centers

Leader

What kind of role of a professional nurse is this? the nurse helps the client make decisions in establishing and achieving goals to improve his well-being

Nurse Entrepreneur

What kind of role of a professional nurse is this? manages health-related business