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1
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What are the patient characteristics?

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Resiliency 
Vulnerability
Stability 
Complexity 
Resource Availability
Participant in care
Participant in decision-making
Predictability
2
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How are the patient characteristics measured on?

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They are measured on a continuum and described as

  1. High
  2. Medium
  3. Low
3
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Define Resiliency

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Capacity to cope with illness and return to previous level of health

4
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Define Vulnerability

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Susceptibility to stressors whether it’s real or perceived

5
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Define stability

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Constancy or state of equilibrium

6
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Define complexity

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Complicated relationship of two or more systems

7
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Define resource availability

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Resources the patient and family bring.

Positive outcome is associated with more resources

8
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Define participant in care

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Extent to which patient and family are involved in all aspects of care and it’s usually affected by culture

9
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Define participant in decision-making

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Extent to which patient and family are involved in decision-making.
Need to assess capacity to make a decision when unable needs to sign a surrogate

10
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Define predictability

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Degree to which a correction forecast of a system can be made

11
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What are nurse characteristics?

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Clinical judgment
Advocacy/moral agency
Caring practices
Collaboration
Systems thinking
Response to diversity
Clinical inquiry
Facilitation of learning
12
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What are 3 levels of nurse characteristics

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Novice
Competent
Expert

13
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Define advocacy/moral agency

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Working on behalf of someone else
Best interest
Moral agent
Help with ethical and clinical concerns

13
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Define caring practices

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Interventions that create a therapeutic environment
Compassion comfort and healing
Prevent suffering

14
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Define collaboration

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Multidisciplinary conference

Working as a team

15
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Define systems thinking

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Knowledge and tools that the nurse uses to impact care

Global perspective

16
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Define response to diversity

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Ability to recognize and incorporate differences into care
Can also include therapies
Need to recognize each patient as an individual

17
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Define clinical inquiry

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Continuum of questioning and evaluating practice
Research utilization
Asking questions

18
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Define facilitation of learning

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Ability to facilitate learning for patients, families, healthcare team, and community
Formal and informal learning

19
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What are the three types of outcomes?

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  1. Patient driven - Comfort quality-of-life
  2. Nurse driven - lack of complications
  3. System driven - length of stay or reimbursement
20
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What are the ethical guidance?

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  1. Protection, promotion, and restoration of health
  2. Prevention of illness
  3. Easing of suffering
21
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Autonomy

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The right to make informed decision

22
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Beneficence

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Doing good in preventing harm

Health promotion and positive outcomes

23
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Nonmaleficence

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Prevent harmful situations

“First, do no harm”

24
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Futility

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If care will not improve patient situation or comfort level, it should not be given

25
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Justice

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Fair distribution of healthcare resources

26
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Veracity

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Obligation to tell the truth

27
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Fidelity

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Faithfulness and honoring commitments

28
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Name legal accountabilities

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  1. State nurse practice act
  2. Guidance for acceptable nursing roles
  3. Standards of practice established by associations
  4. Hospitals have standards of care
29
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What are the two professional liabilities?

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  1. Professional negligence

2. Malpractice

30
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Professional negligence

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Failure to do what a reasonable prudent nurse would do

31
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Malpractice

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Professional misconduct
Failure to meet standard of care
Failure to use professional standard
Failure to anticipate consequences

32
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What is the best preceptor for novice RN

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Competent nurse

33
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What is the best preceptor for a competent RN

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An expert RN