NURS 1110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Intrapreneurship, Nursing Process, Consumerism
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Chapter 2: the essence of nursing: knowledge and caring introduction. The required knowledge component of nursing care. The technical competencies needed to meet patient care needs. What drives nurses to do what they do. Why nurses do what they do (rationales, evidence-based practice) What is achieved by what nurses do (outcomes) To explain to consumers what nursing is. To explain in general what nurses do. 2. attention to range of human experiences and responses. 4. application of scientific knowledge and use of judgment. 5. advancement of the profession through scholarly inquiry. 6. influence on social and public policy to promote social justice. 7. assurance of safe, quality, and evidence-based practice. The following all attempt to define the work of nursing. No universally accepted definition of nursing exists. Individual nurses may develop their own personal description of nursing to use in practice. A more effective focus is the pursuit of nursing knowledge to build nursing scholarship. The basic knowledge that every nurse should have to practice.
