Professionalism

Anmerkungen:

• Yoder-wise pg. 245

1. Members of the Profession
   1. The legal Scope of Practice

      Anmerkungen:

      • and in accordance with the policies and procedures of the employing health care institution or practice setting. 
   2. Assuming Responsibility & Accountability

      Anmerkungen:

      • for quality of pt. care provided to patients and their families.
   3. Participation in Acitivies

      Anmerkungen:

      • that promote the development and practice of professional nursing.  
   4. Demonstrating Responsiblity for continued Competencies

      Anmerkungen:

      • in nursing practice and develop insight through Reflection, self analysis, self Care, and Lifelong Learning. 
2. Patient Saftey Advocate
   1. Implement Measures

      Anmerkungen:

      • To promote Quality and safe environment for pt, self and others.
   2. Demonstrate Knowledge of the Nursing Practice Act (NPA), and the Texas Board of Nursing Rules

      Anmerkungen:

      • NPA emphasizes saftey, as well as federal, state and local government and accrediation organization saftey Requirements and standards. 
   3. Formulate Goals & Outcomes

      Anmerkungen:

      • Using EBP to reduce patient risks.
   4. Obtain, instruction, supervision and training as needed

      Anmerkungen:

      • when implementing nursing procedures or practices.
   5. Comply Manadatory Reporting

      Anmerkungen:

      • of the Texas NPA
   6. Accept and Make assignments & Delegate Task

      Anmerkungen:

      • That take into consideration patient saftey and Organizational Policy. 
3. Provider of Patient Centered Care
   1. Clinical Reasoning & Knowledge

      Anmerkungen:

      • Based on diploma or ADN program of study and EBP outcomes as basis of decision making in nursing practice. 
   2. Determine the Physical, mental health needs & Preferences

      Anmerkungen:

      • of culutrally, ethically, socially diverse pt. and their families based upon interpretation of comprhensive health assessment findings compared to evidence based health data derived from diploma and ADN program. 
   3. Analyze Assessment Data to Identify Problems formulate goals/outcomes and develop plans of Care

      Anmerkungen:

      • for patients and their families using info from EBP in collaboration with pt., thieir families and interdisciplinary health care team. 
   4. Provide Safe, compassionate comprehensive Nursing Care

      Anmerkungen:

      • to pt. and their families through broad array of health care services. 
   5. Implement plan of care for patients and their families

      Anmerkungen:

      • within legal, ethical and regulatory parameters and in consideration of disease prevention, wellness and promotion of healthy lifestyle.
   6. Evaluate and Report patient Responses and Outcomes

      Anmerkungen:

      • and responses to therapeutic interventions in comparison to benchmarks from EBP and plan follow up nursing care. 
   7. Develop, Implement and Evaluate Teaching Plans

      Anmerkungen:

      • for pt. and their families to address health promotion, maintenance and restoration. 
   8. Coordinate Human, information and material Resources

      Anmerkungen:

      • in providing care for pt. and their families. 
4. Members of the Healthcare Team
   1. Serve as a healthcare Advocate

      Anmerkungen:

      • monitoring and promoting quality and access to healthcare for patients and their families. 
   2. Refer patients to their families & Resources

      Anmerkungen:

      • That facilitate continuity of care; health promotion, maintenance and restoration and ensure confidentiality. 
   3. Communicate & Collaborate in a timely manner

      Anmerkungen:

      • with members of the interdisciplinary  health care team to promote and maintain the optimal health status of patients and their families.
   4. Communicate & Manage Information

      Anmerkungen:

      • Using technology to support their decision making to improve patient care. 
   5. Coordinate, Collaborate & Communicate

      Anmerkungen:

      • with patients, families & Interdisciplinary Health Care Team to plan, deliver and evaluate patient centered care. 
   6. Assign or Delegate Nursing Care

      Anmerkungen:

      • To other members of the healthcare team based upon an analysis of patient or unit needed. 
   7. Supervising Nursing Care Provided by others

      Anmerkungen:

      • for whom the nurse is responsible by using evidence based practice. 
5. For Nursing Education
   1. Guideline & a Tool

      Anmerkungen:

      • for curriculum development and revision
   2. A tool for Bench-marking & Evaluation of a Program
   3. Statewide Standard for Nursing Programs

      Anmerkungen:

      • to ensure graduate nurses will enter the practice as safe and competent nurses. 
6. Employers
   1. Guide for: Development for Job Descriptions & Career Ladder
   2. Data Collection for Competencies
   3. Collection of Information for Policies & Procedures

1. Ethics
   1. Code of Ethics for Nurses (with interpretive Statements)

      Anmerkungen:

      • Goals, Values & Ethical Precepts: All direct the Profession, nonnegotiable, An obligation & An adherence.
      1. Non-Negotiable
   2. Genetics & Genomics
2. Career & Credentialing
   1. Career Center, CE & Certification
3. Practice
   1. Principles for Nursing Practice

      Anmerkungen:

      • from paying to staffing, from delegation to documentation, and even cutting edge topics like social media ANA has principles aimed at giving YOU practical information for your professional Practice 
   2. Nursing Scope & Standards for Practice

      Anmerkungen:

      • As the premier resource on nursing practice, Scope & Standards give you a broad non clinical description of the science and art of nursing. A scope & Standards CE is also available. 
   3. Professional Standards, Nursing Quality
4. Workplace Saftey
   1. Safe pt. Handling
   2. Needle Stick Prevention
   3. Environment Health
5. Policy and Advocacy
   1. Position Statements

      Anmerkungen:

      • when a HOT topic arises in the industry, ANA will create an explanation, justification or recommendation for a course of action
   2. Take Action
6. ANA mission Statement "Nursing Advancing our Profession to Improve Health for All"
   1. Code of Ethics
   2. Magnet Status of Nursing at Hospitals

      Anmerkungen:

      • Yoder-Wise pg. 47
   3. Certification of Specialties under Nursing
7. ANA statement of Purpose
   1. The American Nurse Association is the only full service professional Organization Representing the Nations entire registered Nurse Population

1. Authority Line
2. Authority Staff