N108: Transition to the Registered Professional Nurse

N108: Transition to the Registered Professional Nurse Role Study Guide working toward uniform terminology and definitions to be used in creating nursing diagnosis and sharing ideas and information regarding this topic. Nursing interventions within the healthcare team can take many different forms from dependent, independent, or interdependent/collaborative, which describes the nurse’s role. • Dependent: Performed after receiving a physician’s order or supervision and according to specific protocols (e.g., administering meds, IV therapy, treatments, test, diet, and activity). • Independent: Activity that an RN is licensed to perform as described in the state’s Nurse Practice Act (e.g., ongoing assessment, identifying nursing diagnosis, planning, and implementing care). • Interdependent or collaborative: RN communicates and develops relationships with other healthcare professionals in the planning and coordination of patient care. 1.16 Learning Concepts Typically, nurses that return to school as students in a basic RN program are adult learners. Adult learners have different needs. Most adult learners demand more independence, want to learn useful information, and will learn only when they are ready to learn. Adult learners must find ways to integrate their personal experience with what they are learning. Competency-based education has become a popular method of education for adult learners. It is flexible and adaptable for distance learning with the use of technology. The most important characteristic of competency-based education is that it measures learning rather than time. Students’ progress by demonstrating that they have mastered the knowledge and skills (called competencies) required for a particular course, regardless of how long it takes. Educational research has shown that there are three learning styles. An individual’s learning style refers to the preferred way in which the student absorbs, processes, comprehends, and retains information. Knowing your learning style and adapting your study skills to match your preferred learning style will make studying easier and help with retention of the material. There are three learning styles: 1. Kinesthetic: These students learn by feeling, touching, and manipulating. Physical acts help them to learn, rather than listening or reading. 2. Auditory: These students learn by listening. Hearing and speaking are their main way of learning. 3. Visual: Seeing works best for these students. Words, ideas, concepts, and data are associated with images. Another important learning concept to understand are the three learning domains: cognitive, affective, and psychomotor. The affective domain can be summarized as emotional intelligence, encompassing attitudes, self-esteem, motivation, perceptions, feelings, and beliefs. The psychomotor domain in nursing education is about skill acquisition. Examples of essential nursing psychomotor

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