Practical nursing clinical (online help)
MIDTERM REVIEW
PNC 121
What are some of the common themes in nursing?
What issues and trends are affecting RPNs?
Understand the different Canadian Health Care practice settings
Can you think of other consumers of long-term care outside of whom you might expect?
Understand the types of nurses in Ontario, their education and roles
Review the 7 Professional Standards from the CNO and how to meet them
What is:
Fitness to practice?
Duty to provide care?
What are the Seneca College Practice Concepts?
How does the student nurse meet them?
COMMUNICATION
Includes:
Levels of communication
The communication process
Forms of Communication
Understand cultural norms in communication
Phases of the Helping Relationship
Factors affecting communication
Therapeutic communication techniques
Barriers to communication
The CNO Therapeutic Nurse-Client Relationship
Know the 5 components
Understand the 4 standard statements and how they apply to nursing
Understand giving and receiving feedback in nursing
COMMUNICATION
Understand sources of data
Describe the 3 stages of the interview
Types of questions for interviewing
Interviewing clients with special needs
Communication amongst professionals – assertive communication, SBAR
What are the important nursing considerations for the following?
Telephone and verbal orders
Change of shift reports
Transfer reports
Documentation
What is the purpose of documentation?
What is the purpose of a medical chart?
Remember the ethical and legal considerations for documentation and how they connect to the CNO Documentation Standard
Electronic Documentation
How do we maintain security for electronic records.
How does PHIPA affect computerized documentation?
Guidelines for Quality Documentation
Factual
Accurate
Complete
Current
Organized
Compliant with standards
Methods of Documentation
Narrative
SOAP, PIE & DAR
Charting by exception
Critical pathways
Written orders
Incident or occurrence reports
Research
Identify where the best sources of research may be found for the practice of nursing and what type of research this may be.
Understand the process of Evidence-Informed practice
Nursing Research for Clinical Practice
Medical and nursing diagnoses
Clinical manifestations
Types of nursing interventions
Critical Thinking
What is critical thinking and why is it important in nursing?
Understand general and specific critical thinking competencies
How do concept maps assist in critical thinking?
Reflective Practice
What is reflective practice and why is it important in nursing?
Concept maps
How do concept maps use critical thinking skills and how do they assist us when caring for patients?