Concepts of Nursing Professionalism

6. the professional organization for licensed practical nurses and licensed vocational nurse and practical/vocational nursing students in the USA.
7. nursing theorist who linked different environmental factors to client recovery. She linked cleanliness to health.
9. a diagnostic and treatment process that a clinician should follow for a certain type of client, illness, or clinical circumstance.
10. sense of superiority or belief that one's own ethnic perspectives are right and those who differ are wrong.
11. a profession focused on assisting clients attain, re-attain and maintain optimal health and functioning. It is both a science and an art.
12. nursing theorist of the Systems Model theory, which looks at the individual as a system. Factors protect or deplete a person's energy. Prevention of illness can only occur if resistance to illness and stress is strong enough.
14. Norms and practices of a particular group that are learned or shared and guide thinking, decisions, and actions.
15. a student organization designed specifically for students in health careers.
16. founded in 1941, it is the oldest association that advocates the education and practice of practical and vocational nurses.

1. actions or inactions that do not match the standard of care practiced by an average practitioner.
2. a process by which nurses deliver care to clients, often supported by nursing models or philosophies. There are 5 steps: assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
3. nursing theorist who views the individual as a complex, adaptive system that responds to stimulus in one or several of these four major areas: physiological needs, self-concept issues, societal integration, and interdependence on support systems.
4. advances excellence in nursing education that prepare the nursing workforce to meet the needs of diverse populations in an ever-changing health care environment.
5. nursing theorist whose self-care theory suggests the individual must provide necessary care for the self and any dependents. When a person's illness exceeds the individual's ability to meet those needs, nursing intervene to provide the necessary care.
6. licensure examination used to test the entry-level nursing competence of candidates for licensure as RNs, LPNs, and LVNs.
8. nursing theorist whose focus was on providing care to individuals in need. The theory of human caring, with its ten major tenets, has helped redefine nursing as a central part of models for health and healing.
13. group identification according to common traits or customs.