Learning Objectives By the end of this section, you will be able to: The health history of a patient provides direction for their care and helps clarify the patient’s needs. There are two main nursing assessments: a focused health history and a…
Learning Objectives By the end of this section, you will be able to: Nurses develop and maintain various professional relationships in their careers, such as those with colleagues and mentors. The nurse-patient relationship is unlike any other professional or personal…
Learning Objectives By the end of this section, you will be able to: Nurses use critical thinking skills every day, from one-on-one patient encounters in clinical settings, to the professional interactions they have with colleagues and the broader health care…
Figure 6.1 Applying Your Learned Skills To A Comprehensive Health Assessment And Physical Exam Should Be Organized And Follow A Logical Plan. (modified from work from Clinical Nursing Skills. attribution: Copyright Rice University, Openstax, Under Cc By 4.0 License) Chapter Outline 6.1 Critical Thinking…
Clinical Judgment and Ethical Dilemmas Patient Care and Safety Ethical Patient Education Ethical Challenges in Scope of Practice
Learning Objectives By the end of this section, you will be able to: Ethics is the framework that guides decisions related to patient care, and this guiding framework is important because lives are at stake. Nurses make life and death…
Learning Objectives By the end of this section, you will be able to: Personal beliefs can affect how nurses approach patient education, especially when a nurse does not believe in or agree with specific treatments or health-care choices. Examples of this…
Learning Objectives By the end of this section, you will be able to: For nurses to promote integrity in patient care and safety, it is imperative to be knowledgeable about the ANA’s Code of Ethics for Nurses. In addition, nurses…
Learning Objectives By the end of this section, you will be able to: Moral philosophy, or ethics, is the discipline related to what is morally right or wrong and creates a framework that guides decisions related to ethical patient care.…
Figure 5.1 Decisions about ethical dilemmas should always be discussed among all members of the health care team. (credit: “3D Scales of Justice” by Chris Potter/flickr, CC BY 2.0) Chapter Outline 5.1 Clinical Judgment and Ethical Dilemmas 5.2 Patient Care and Safety 5.3 Ethical Patient…