Orig PPT NURSING

• Attachment is a strong reciprocal emotional bond between an infant and a primary caregiver
• Schaffer and Emerson's 1964 study on attachment:

  • Aim: identify stages of attachment / find a pattern in the development of an attachment between infants and parents
  • Participants: 60 babies from Glasgow
  • Procedure: analyzed interactions between infants and carers
  • Findings: babies of parents/carers with 'sensitive responsiveness' were more likely to have formed an attachment
• Freud's superego is the moral component of the psyche, representing internalized societal values and standards
• Nursing is considered a profession, science, and art
• Criteria for a profession:

  • Utilizes a well-defined body of specialized knowledge
  • Constantly enlarges its knowledge and improves education and service
  • Entrusts education to higher education institutions
  • Applies knowledge in practical services vital to human welfare
  • Functions autonomously in professional policy and activity control
  • Attracts individuals of intellectual and personal qualities who prioritize service over personal gain
  • Strives to compensate practitioners with freedom, professional growth opportunities, and economic security
• Characteristics of a profession:

  • Education: requires extended education and a basic liberal foundation
  • Theory: has a theoretical body of knowledge leading to defined skills, abilities, and norms
  • Service: provides a specific service
  • Autonomy: members have autonomy in decision making and practice
  • Code of Ethics: has a code of ethics for practice
• Personal qualifications of a nurse:

  • Philosophy of life: contributes to personal growth and moral values
  • Good personality: includes warmth, sincerity, and sympathetic grooming
• Components of good personality for a nurse:

  • Personal appearance: reveals more about you than words
  • Attitude: reflects your character and charm
  • Character: moral values and beliefs guiding personal behavior
• Schaffer and Emerson's 1964 study on attachment:

  • Aim: identify stages of attachment / find a pattern in the development of an attachment between infants and parents
  • Participants: 60 babies from Glasgow
  • Procedure: analysed interactions between infants and carers
  • Findings: babies of parents/carers with 'sensitive responsiveness' were more likely to have formed an attachment
• Florence Nightingale, founder of modern nursing, emphasized the importance of nursing as an art and the dedication and preparation it requires
• Description of a nurse's job from 1887

  
• Attributes of a nurse's character include honesty, loyalty, tolerance, judgment, reliability, motivation, and moderation
• Components of good personality for a nurse:

  • Character: moral values and beliefs guiding personal behavior
  • Attitude: manner of acting, thinking, or feeling shaped by responses towards others
  • Charm: innate in one with a depth of feeling and outgoing manner
• Roles and functions of a professional nurse include care provider, leader, communicator/helper, manager, teacher, researcher, counselor, case manager, client advocate, collaborator, and change agent
• Types of nursing interventions:

  • Independent interventions: nurse-initiated actions based on scientific rationale
  • Dependent interventions: physician-initiated actions based on medical diagnosis
  • Interdependent interventions: therapies requiring the knowledge, skills, and experience of multiple healthcare professionals
• Five major types of nursing care delivery systems:

  • Total patient care
  • Functional nursing
  • Team nursing
  • Primary nursing
  • Case management