Nursing 1160A/B- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 55 pages long!)

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Week 1- thinking and acting like a nurse. Personal knowledge promotes wholeness and integrity in the personal encounter & that knowing oneself is a continuous process. Empirics includes facts, organized descriptions, conceptual models & theories which predict and explain relationships; in empirics assessment, the critical question asks what the knowledge represents and how it is represented. Development of leadership within the discipline (nurses in the boardroom because they have a clear focus on the patient; can ensure a voice is present: need to advocate for healthy work environments, national competencies. Interpersonal connection: parallel: therapeutic nurse-client relationship, self presentation, show genuine concern (parallel: therapeutic relationship) If you a(cid:396)e te(cid:373)pted to la(cid:271)el you(cid:396) (cid:272)lie(cid:374)t as (cid:862)(cid:374)o(cid:374)-(cid:272)o(cid:373)plia(cid:374)t(cid:863), you (cid:374)eed to e(cid:448)aluate if the care plan was good in the first place. Consequences for not knowing the patient: for the patient, may face complications associated with late detection of changes, depersonalize care experience, for nursing practice.