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Any treatment based on clinical judgement and knowledge which a nurse performs to enhance client outcomes.
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The therapeutic nurse-client relationship is a planned, time-limited and goal-directed connection between a registered nurse and a client and his significant others, for the purpose of meeting the client’s health care needs. Regardless of the context or length of the interaction, the therapeutic nurse-client relationship protects the patient’s dignity, autonomy…
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One part of client care which has clearly defined limits.
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A methodological process used to collect data
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A capable person with the legal authority to make health-care treatment or withdrawal of treatment decisions on behalf of an incapable person. Each jurisdiction has its own guidelines related to substitute decision-making and instructional directives for treatment and care. Terms also differ across provinces and territories. Nurses need to become…
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Vast and deep injustices that some groups suffer due to embedded and unquestioned norms and processes in everyday life. These norms and processes are seen within societal level conditions, cultural norms, and institutional policies that constrain access to opportunities, resources, and the well-being of certain groups.
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The systemic and deeply embedded social, economic, and political disadvantages that are produced and maintained through laws, policies, institutional practices, and cultural norms. These inequities result in unequal access to resources, opportunities, and outcomes for certain populations, often based on race, ethnicity, Indigeneity, gender, socioeconomic status, immigration status, and other…
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Political, social and economic structures and institutions where a dominant group is established, and its power is reinforced through inequitable laws, policies, rules and regulations, and access to resources.
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A philosophy and method of care that prioritizes the existing strengths, skills, knowledge, values, and cultural resources of individuals, families, and communities. Rather than focusing on problems, deficits, or diagnoses, this approach recognizes people as resourceful and capable of growth, healing, and self-determination.
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Negative, unfounded attitudes or beliefs (i.e., prejudice) towards an individual based on their actual or perceived membership.
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Establish the regulatory and professional foundation for nursing practice. These standards establish for registered nurses, the public, government and other stakeholders the expected level of performance of a registered nurse.
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There are three program approval standards based on a logic model: structure, curriculum and outcomes. The standards are the bases for measuring and approving the performance of an entry-level nursing education program.
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