Foundations of Nursing Exam 1 – Chapters 1, 2 & 4 comprehensive exam resource covering essential professional nursing concepts, health care advocacy, nursing standards, ethics, the nursing process, professional nursing roles, nursing proficiency, essential nursing skills, and nursing history. Review health care advocacy and the importance of high-quality professional nursing in improving health care equity, access, and outcomes. Key professional concepts include extended education, nursing research and body of knowledge, specialized nursing services, professional autonomy, Standards of Professional Practice and Performance, and the nursing Code of Ethics. Explore nursing definitions associated with the American Nurses Association (ANA), International Council of Nurses (ICN), and Christian nursing perspectives. The nursing process is covered through ADOPIE: Assessment, Diagnosis/Analysis, Outcomes Identification, Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation, including pertinent data collection, analysis of client problems, individualized expected outcomes, care planning, coordination of care, health teaching, health promotion, implementation, and evaluation of progress toward goals. Review the ANA Standards of Professional Performance, including ethics, advocacy, respectful and equitable practice, communication, collaboration, leadership, education, scholarly inquiry, quality of practice, professional practice evaluation, resource stewardship, and environmental health. Additional topics include the four key Code of Ethics concepts of advocacy, responsibility, accountability, and confidentiality, as well as professional nursing roles such as caregiver, advocate, educator, communicator, manager, autonomy, and accountability. Benner’s Stages of Nursing Proficiency are covered from novice and advanced beginner through competent, proficient, and expert. Essential nursing skills include compassion, empathy, time management, communication, and patient education. Nursing history highlights Florence Nightingale, Clara Barton, and Dorothea Dix and their major contributions to nursing education, sanitation, battlefield nursing, public health, and the American Red Cross. Ideal for Foundations of Nursing Exam 1 review, nursing fundamentals study, nursing school exam preparation, and focused revision of high-value professional nursing concepts. Instant download for convenient study access.
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Concordia University-Irvine NUSA 202
Foundations of Nursing
Exam 1 (Ch 1, 2, and 4)
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,Health Care Advocacy
- recognize the importance high quality nursing plays in a nation's health care
- support professional nursing to improve health care equity and access
, Characteristics of a Profession
- extended education
- body of knowledge (nursing research)
- provides a specific service
- has autonomy
- guided by Standards of Professional Practice and Performance
- incorporates a code of ethics
Nursing Defined by...
- American Nurses Association (ANA)
art and science of nursing
- International Council of Nurses (ICN)
autonomous and collaborative care
- Christian Nursing (Shelly and Miller)
ministry of compassionate care
Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice
- Standards of Professional Nursing Practice
- Standards of Professional Performance
- Code of Ethics