Section: 1.1 - Professional Nursing Practice | Medical-Surgical 1 | NextGenU.org


  • Student Learning Outcomes:
    • Identify some of the professional nursing roles.
    • Review the nursing professional competencies.
    • Describe the elements of patient-centered care.
    Approximate time required for the readings for this lesson (at 144 words/minute): 1 hour and 58 minutes.

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    • Required Learning Resources and Activities
    • Read the entire article. (7 minutes)
      Nurse Journal
    • Read the entire article. (6 minutes)
      Arkansas State University

    • Read the content for the section ‘Key Responsibilities’ under ‘Registered Nurses’, and also the section ‘Nurses are Key to the Health of the Nation’. (1 minute)
      American Nurses Association

    • Download the document and read pages 16-22. (18 minutes)
    • Read the entire sections ‘Working with empathy’ and ‘Responding to the sufferings of others’. (10 minutes).
      Bettercare Learning Programs

    • Read subheading ” What does the surgical nurse do?” (3 minutes)
    • Read the section ‘Recognition of professionals in intensive care as moral agents: "There is no other way" and "Let us do this so that everything will be all right". (4 minutes)
      Journal-Rev Bras Ter Intensiva

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      Quiz: Unit 1.1

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