NSE 12A/B Final: NSE 12 EXAM NOTES
18 May 2015
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Cno standards of practice: accountability, continuing competence, ethics, knowledge, knowledge application, leadership, relationships. Characteristics of a critical thinker: skilled at using inquiry methods, approach problem solutions in a systematic, goal-directed way. Maintains an inquisitive mind set, systematically seeking solns thinking process transformation reasoning info new input. Actions: expert nurses don"t think in a linear way like novice nurses, less generalized and more focused. Barriers to thinking critically and reasoning ethically: behaviours that are barriers include, automatically responding defensively, resisting changes, desiring to conform to expectations, cognitive barriers: stereotypes. Cognitive dissonance: mental discomfort when there is a discrepancy between what you already believe and new info that does not go along with the new. Nurses must put aside their own moral convictions to provide necessary assistance. Physically, emotionally, intellectually, socially, and spiritually: consciousness of personal identity allows a person to make authentic choices and maintain well-developed personal boundaries in relationships w/ others. 4 aspects of self concept: physical, cognitive, emotional, spiritual.
