Teaching and Learning Understanding our own learning style as well as those who we are teaching is important for effective education. Much research has gone into understanding learning styles of nursing students to better and more effectively direct education programs (Robinson, Scollan-Koliopoulos, Kamienski, & Burke, 2012). Learning styles have been defined by Kolb as the accomodator or “task oriented”, …show more content…
While a fluidity of these six elements occurs in each phase, elements also stand out in each. During the preoperative phase of care, the nurse utilizes the first four elements primarily; assessing the patient and creating relevant diagnoses, identifying prospective outcomes, and planning future patient care (Phillips, 2013). During the intraoperative phase, nurses utilize the implementation and evaluation phases continuously and constantly adapts to the patients needs (Phillips, 2013). In the postoperative phase final evaluation occurs (Phillips, …show more content…
The term negligence would apply in a situation where someone did not use the level of care or skills that another would ordinarily have used in a similar situation (Phillips, 2013). Alternatively, malpractice is considered the “careless performance of duty” and requires that the expected delivery of a level of care equal to educational capability, a deviation from that training occurred and someone was directly harmed by the action or inaction which was incongruent with training received to perform the duty (Phillips, 2013, p. 39).
Moral Principles in Decision Making
A way to guide our ethical practice is essential. Just as the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) (2008) Code of Ethics can be used as a foundation for our ethical practice as nurses, the seven moral principles of autonomy, beneficence, confidentiality, fidelity, nonmaleficence and veracity can be used to aid our decision making process (Phillips, 2013).