NUR2058 DIMENSIONS OF NURSING PRACTICE FINAL EXAM CONCEPT GUIDE

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Chapter 1 (Critical Thinking textbook): How Authors Describe Critical Thinking Traits Box 1-4 Chapter 1: Evidence-Based Practice What is EBP? What does it involve? Why is it important to the pra... ctice of nursing? “Evidence-based practice is the practice of nursing in which interventions are based on data from research that demonstrates that they are appropriate and successful.” It involves a systematic process of uncovering, evaluating, and using information from research as the basis for making decisions about and providing client care. Clients are now more sophisticated and knowledgeable about health-care issues and demand a higher level of knowledge and skill from their health-care providers. The development of information technology has made evidence-based practice in nursing a reality. In the past, nurses relied primarily on units within their own facilities for information about the success of treatments, decisions about health care, and outcomes for clients. Nursing education now requires nursing students to perform Web-based research for papers and projects so that by the time of graduation, they feel comfortable accessing a wide range of the best and most current information through electronic sources. Of course, one of the key limiting factors of evidence-based practice is the quality of the information on which the practice is based Chapter 2: Establishing Standards What event caused a nursing shortage? What incentive was used in order to encourage more nurses to enter the military? World War II produced another nursing shortage, and in response, Congress passed the Bolton Act, which shortened hospital-based training programs from 36 to 30 months. The new Cadet Nurse Corps established minimum educational standards for nursing programs and forbade discrimination on the basis of race, creed, or sex. Many schools revised and improved their curricula to meet these new standards. To encourage more nurses to enter the military, the U.S. government granted women full commissioned status and gave them the same pay as men with the same rank. By the end of the war, African American and male nurses were also admitted to the armed services. Chapter 2: Nursing Leaders Know the contributions of Florence Nightingale, Isabel Adams Hampton Robb, Floíence Nightingale -Univeísally íegaíded as the foundeí of modeín nuísing, Floíence Nightingale dedicated heí long life to impíoving health caíe and nuísing standaíds. [Show More]

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