JERSEY COLLEGE MEDSURG 1
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION EXAMS SOLVED
QUESTIONS STUDY GUIDE GUARANTEED TO
PASS
◉ advocate. Answer: the protection of human or legal rights and the
securing of care for all patients based on the belief that patients have
the right to make informed decisions about their health and lives
◉ caregiver. Answer: The provision of care to patients that combines
both the art and the science of nursing in meeting physical, emotional,
intellectual, sociocultural, and spiritual needs. As a caregiver, the
nurse integrates the roles of communicator, teacher, counselor, leader,
researcher, advocate, and collaborator to promote wellness through
activities that prevent illness, restore health, and facilitate coping with
disability or death. The role of caregiver is the primary role of the
nurse.
◉ 4 Nursing Aims. Answer: 1. promotes health
2. prevent illness/disease
3. restore health
4. facilitate coping with disability or death(die with dignity)
,◉ Florence Nightingale. Answer: Established sanitary nursing care
units. Founder of modern nursing. began professional education of
nursing.
◉ nursing profession criteria. Answer: well defined body of specific
and unique knowledge
strong service oriented
recognized authority by a professional group
Code of Ethics
Professional organization that sets standards
Ongoing research
Autonomy and self-regulation
◉ Standards of Nursing Practice. Answer: allow nurses to carry out
professional roles, serving as protection for the nurse, the patient, and
the institution where health care is provided
◉ Nurse Practice Act. Answer: laws established in each state in the
US to regulate the practice of nursing
◉ Nursing Process. Answer: Assessment
Diagnosis
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
,Used by the nurse to identify the patients health care needs and
strengths, to establish and carry out a care plan to meet those needs,
and to evaluate the effectiveness of the plan
◉ Sources of Knowledge. Answer: Traditional-passed down from
generation to generation
Authoritative-comes from an expert
Scientific-implying through research (scientific method)
◉ General Systems Theory. Answer: how to break whole things into
parts and then to learn how the parts work together in systems
◉ Adaptation Theory. Answer: defines adaptation as the adjustment of
living matter to other living things and to environmental conditions
◉ developmental theory. Answer: process of growth and development
of humans as orderly and predictable, beginning with conception and
ending with death
◉ nursing theory. Answer: differentiates nursing from other
disciplines and activities by serving the purposes of describing,
explaining, predicting, and controlling desired outcomes of nursing
care practices
◉ deductive reasoning. Answer: general to specific
, ◉ inductive reasoning. Answer: specific to general
◉ Common Concepts in Nursing Theories. Answer: Person (patient)
Environment
Health
Nursing
◉ Sister Callista Roy. Answer: Nursing interventions are needed
when individuals demonstrate ineffective adaptive responses; adaptive
modes. adaptation model, relationships between persons, universe,
god, Adaptation model: assistance with the adaptation to stressors to
facilitate the integration process of the client. Theory helps the
"biospsychosocial" client modify external stimuli, adaptation will
occur
◉ evidence-based practice. Answer: in nursing is a problem solving
approach to making clinical decisions using the best evidence
available
◉ PICOT format. Answer: Patient population
Intervention or issue of interest
Comparison intervention
Outcome
Time frame
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION EXAMS SOLVED
QUESTIONS STUDY GUIDE GUARANTEED TO
PASS
◉ advocate. Answer: the protection of human or legal rights and the
securing of care for all patients based on the belief that patients have
the right to make informed decisions about their health and lives
◉ caregiver. Answer: The provision of care to patients that combines
both the art and the science of nursing in meeting physical, emotional,
intellectual, sociocultural, and spiritual needs. As a caregiver, the
nurse integrates the roles of communicator, teacher, counselor, leader,
researcher, advocate, and collaborator to promote wellness through
activities that prevent illness, restore health, and facilitate coping with
disability or death. The role of caregiver is the primary role of the
nurse.
◉ 4 Nursing Aims. Answer: 1. promotes health
2. prevent illness/disease
3. restore health
4. facilitate coping with disability or death(die with dignity)
,◉ Florence Nightingale. Answer: Established sanitary nursing care
units. Founder of modern nursing. began professional education of
nursing.
◉ nursing profession criteria. Answer: well defined body of specific
and unique knowledge
strong service oriented
recognized authority by a professional group
Code of Ethics
Professional organization that sets standards
Ongoing research
Autonomy and self-regulation
◉ Standards of Nursing Practice. Answer: allow nurses to carry out
professional roles, serving as protection for the nurse, the patient, and
the institution where health care is provided
◉ Nurse Practice Act. Answer: laws established in each state in the
US to regulate the practice of nursing
◉ Nursing Process. Answer: Assessment
Diagnosis
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
,Used by the nurse to identify the patients health care needs and
strengths, to establish and carry out a care plan to meet those needs,
and to evaluate the effectiveness of the plan
◉ Sources of Knowledge. Answer: Traditional-passed down from
generation to generation
Authoritative-comes from an expert
Scientific-implying through research (scientific method)
◉ General Systems Theory. Answer: how to break whole things into
parts and then to learn how the parts work together in systems
◉ Adaptation Theory. Answer: defines adaptation as the adjustment of
living matter to other living things and to environmental conditions
◉ developmental theory. Answer: process of growth and development
of humans as orderly and predictable, beginning with conception and
ending with death
◉ nursing theory. Answer: differentiates nursing from other
disciplines and activities by serving the purposes of describing,
explaining, predicting, and controlling desired outcomes of nursing
care practices
◉ deductive reasoning. Answer: general to specific
, ◉ inductive reasoning. Answer: specific to general
◉ Common Concepts in Nursing Theories. Answer: Person (patient)
Environment
Health
Nursing
◉ Sister Callista Roy. Answer: Nursing interventions are needed
when individuals demonstrate ineffective adaptive responses; adaptive
modes. adaptation model, relationships between persons, universe,
god, Adaptation model: assistance with the adaptation to stressors to
facilitate the integration process of the client. Theory helps the
"biospsychosocial" client modify external stimuli, adaptation will
occur
◉ evidence-based practice. Answer: in nursing is a problem solving
approach to making clinical decisions using the best evidence
available
◉ PICOT format. Answer: Patient population
Intervention or issue of interest
Comparison intervention
Outcome
Time frame
