1. advocate the protection of human or legal rights and the securing of care for all patients based on the belief that patients have the right to make informed decisions about their health and lives 2. caregiver The provision of care to patients that combines both the art and the science of nursing in meeting physical, emotional, intellectual, sociocultural, and spiritual needs. As a caregiver, the nurse integrates the roles of communicator, teacher, counselor, leader, researcher, advocate, and collaborator to promote wellness through activities that prevent illness, restore health, and facilitate coping with disability or death. The role of caregiver is the primary role of the nurse. 3. 4 Nursing Aims 1. promotes health 2. prevent illness/disease 3. restore health 4. facilitate coping with disability or death(die with dignity) 4. Florence Nightingale Established sanitary nursing care units. Founder of modern nursing. began professional education of nursing. 5. nursing profession criteria well defined body of specific and unique knowledge strong service oriented recognized authority by a professional group Code of Ethics Professional organization that sets standards Ongoing research Autonomy and self-regulation 6. Standards of Nursing Practice allow nurses to carry out professional roles, serving as protection for the nurse, the patient, and the institution where health care is provided 7. Nurse Practice Act laws established in each state in the US to regulate the practice of nursing 8. Nursing Process Assessment Diagnosis 1 / 26 Foundations Midterm Jersey College Study online at https://quizlet.com/_6brywk Planning Implementation Evaluation Used by the nurse to identify the patients health care needs and strengths, to establish and carry out a care plan to meet those needs, and to evaluate the effectiveness of the plan 9. Sources of Knowledge Traditional-passed down from generation to generation Authoritative-comes from an expert Scientific-implying through research (scientific method) 10. General Systems Theory how to break whole things into parts and then to learn how the parts work together in systems 11. Adaptation Theory defines adaptation as the adjustment of living matter to other living things and to environmental conditions 12. developmental theory process of growth and development of humans as orderly and predictable, beginning with conception and ending with death 13. nursing theory differentiates nursing from other disciplines and activities by serving the purposes of describing, explaining, predicting, and controlling desired outcomes of nursing care practices 14. deductive reasoning general to specific 15. inductive reasoning specific to general 16. Common Concepts in Nursing Theories Person (patient) Environment Health Nursing 17. Sister Callista Roy Nursing interventions are needed when individuals demonstrate ineffective adaptive responses; adaptive