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Critical Thinking Through Techniques
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Professional Nurse: An individual prepared with a minimum of a baccalaureate in nursing but is also inclusive of one who enters professional practice with a master’s degree in nursing or a nursing doctorate (AACN, 1998).
Simulation: An activity that mimics the reality of a clinical environment and is designed to demonstrate procedures, decisionmaking, and critical thinking through techniques
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such as roleplaying and the use of devices (e.g., interactive videos, mannequins) (National Council of State Boards of Nursing, 2005).
Spiritual Care: “Interventions, individual or communal, that facilitate the ability to experience the integration of the body, mind, and spirit to achieve wholeness, health, and a sense of connection to self, others, and a higher power” (American Nurses Association and Health Ministries Association, 2005, p. 38).
Spirituality: Speaks to what gives ultimate meaning and purpose to one’s life. It is that part of people that seeks healing and reconciliation with self or others (Puchalski, 2006).
Vulnerable Populations: Refers to social groups with increased relative risk (i.e., exposure to risk factors) or susceptibility to healthrelated problems. The vulnerability is evidenced in higher comparative mortality rates, lower life expectancy, reduced access to care, and diminished quality of life (Center for Vulnerable Populations Research, UCLA School of Nursing, 2008).
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Allan, J. D., Stanley, J., Crabtree, M. K., Werner, K. E., & Swenson, M. (2005). Clinical prevention and population health curriculum framework: The nursing perspective. Journal of Professional Nursing, 21(5), 259267.
American Academy of Nursing Expert Panel on Cultural Competence (In press). American Academy of Nursing Standards of Cultural Competence.
American Association of Colleges of Nursing (1998). The essentials of baccalaureate education for professional nursing practice. Washington, DC: Author.
American Association of Colleges of Nursing (2002) Hallmarks of the professional nursing practice environment. Retrieved August 18, 2008, from http://www.aacn.nche.edu/Publications/positions/hallmarks.htm
American Association of Colleges of Nursing. (2006a). The essentials of doctoral education for advanced nursing practice. Retrieved August 18, 2008, from www.nche.edu/DNP/pdf/Essentials.pdf