N108: Transition to the Registered Professional Nurse

N108: Transition to the Registered Professional Nurse Role Study Guide Chapter Three: Management of Patient Centered Care Learning Objectives 1. Discuss the relationship of nursing theory to nursing process and nursing research. 2. Identify the purpose and essential elements of nursing theories. 3. Describe the concepts of nursing theory as it relates to specific nursing theorists. 4. Discuss total quality management and continuous quality improvement. 5. Discuss the different organizational patterns for the delivery of nursing care within the healthcare organization. 6. Discuss the organizational relationships and structures of healthcare organizations. 7. Discuss the different leadership theories and styles. 8. Discuss steps utilized to deal with conflict management within the healthcare setting. 9. Discuss the role of the nurse in quality improvement. 10. Identify and describe quality measures used in healthcare. 11. Describe the importance of teamwork and collaboration. 12. Understand the delegating process and the five rights of delegation. 13. Describe the Theory of Emotional Intelligence and its importance to quality patient care and inter-professional relationships. 3.1 Nursing Theory For nursing to be considered a profession, nursing theory must have a scientific base. A theory is a scientifically acceptable general principle which governs practice or is proposed to explain observed facts. Because nursing as a developing profession is seriously involved in research, theories are valuable to use in building a sound body of nursing knowledge. They provide the bases for hypotheses about nursing practice. They make it possible for nurses to derive a sound rationale for the actions they take. If the theories are tested, they allow nurses to build their knowledge base and to guide and improve nursing practice. A theorist is someone who tries to explain reality in abstract but universal and easy-to-understand terms. A nursing theorist explains what happens when a person needs care, receives care, gets well, or does not get well in abstract but universal and easy-to-understand terms. Nursing is based on the premise that nursing is a “unique healthcare discipline in which nurses provide a service based on knowledge (science) and skill (art).” Elements that make up nursing theory are the body of knowledge, which provides the rationale for nursing interventions and science and includes observing, identifying, describing, investigating, and explaining events. The science of nursing is the knowledge in and of nursing. A theory is a statement regarding either physical things or abstract concepts that attempts to explain their relationship. Nursing theory logically explains the relationship of two physical things (nurses

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