nur 110 vocab midterm
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- unlicensed assitive personnel (UAP)
- nursing assistants
- home health aide
- assists individuals with basic care in their home (shopping for groceries, cooking, laundry)
- practical/vocational nurse
- usually self-taught, learned by experiences. basic care procedures (bathing, cooking)
- career ladder
- one-on-one programs: 1 year prep for practical nursing followed by 1 more year qualifying grad to take the licensure exam for RN
- diploma programs
- hospital based programs for bedside nursing.
- postsecondary education
- education occuring after completion of highschool
- associate degree education
- prepare most grads for RN licensure.
- community-based practice
- wide variety of settings other than institutions where nursing is practiced (public health, home health, ambulatory care, occupational health, school nursing)
- baccalaureate degree education
- 4 year college. Minnesota
- generic program
- first 2 years- liberal arts and science courses second 2 years- nursing major (MSU nursing program)
- second-degree students
- motivated, older, competitive, and have high academic expectations
- external degree
- students aren't required to attend classes or follow prescribed methods of learning
- registered nurse baccalaureate programs (RNB)
- for RNs with either a diploma or associate degree returning to school to earn baccalaureate degree in nursing
- articulation
- two programs at different levels have well defined links enabling students to move form one educational level to the next.
- advanced nursing practice
- nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialsits, certified nurse midwives and certified registered nurse anesthetists
- internships/residencies
- for new grads to ease transition from student to staff
- continuing education unit
- system of measuring, recording, reporting, accumulating, transferring and recognizing participation in nonacademic credit offerings.
- mandatory continuing education
- affects licensure
- accreditation
- voluntary process by private agencies which is an external quality review by peers to assure that an educational program meets established standards for structure, function, and performance
- scope of practice
- outlines activities a person with a particular license may legally perform
- titling
- use of titles
- grandfather clause
- allows persons to continue to practice their profession or occupation after new qualifications have been enacted into law.
- differentiated nursing practice
- practice of structuring nursing roles on the basis of education, experience and competence
- competencies
- serve as foundation for educational mobility patterns in the profession, job descriptions in health care system and responsive reimbursement packages
- virtual universtiy
- students register for a class and are given passwords and access to system.
- theory
- scientifically acceptable general principles governing practice or proposed to explain observed facts
- certificate of completion
- for LPNs
- degrees
- for college based nursing programs
- nurse practice act
- set of laws regulating practice of nursing
- permissive licensure
- voluntary system where an individual may choose to become licensed to provide evidence of competence but a license isn't required to practice
- mandatory licensure
- requires you to meet standards for education, pass exams and secure a license
- state board of nursing
- responsible for administering nurse practice act
- injunction relief
- requires individual to stop a particular activity
- sunset laws
- provide that any regulatory act will be rescinded after set time if not reauthorized
- autocratic/authoritarian
- leader makes majority of decisions
- laissez-faire/permissive
- little or no direction provided
- democratic/participative
- input to decision making is encouraged
- multicratic
- combines most favorable aspects of all styles as mediated by circumstances at hang
- legitimate power
- occurs by virtue of position held in institution
- referent power
- gained by someone cuz others like what they symbolize
- coercive power
- uses threats of punishment
- expert power
- having specialized skills
- emotional intelligence
- understanding how emotions function in ones self and others
- nursing teams
- focus on provision of nursing care
- delegation
- one individual is able to accomplish necessary tasks with and thru others