Professional Practice Questions And Answers

Define caring - Promoting health, healing, and hope in response to the human condition What is the major theme of Watson's Carative Factors? - Creating a climate of healing for patients What does the whole body approach entail? (3) - Physical, psychological, and social If a patient is not included in their own recovery process... - They may feel unmotivated and unimportant What are some ways that a nurse can create an environment that is conducive to healing? - Communication; be aware of patient needs; give importance to basic human needs; privacy and a clean environment; warm, homey environment What was nursing like during the 17th century? - Nurses did not have very good reputations; they cared for the poor in their homes, jail cells, on the streets, in church chapels, and hospital wards; If you were wealthy, it was not your job to take care of the sick; nursing care mainly focused on hygiene and comfort What was nursing like during the 18th century? - Women still avoided the occupation; many nurses were middle aged widows with lower class status, working due to finanical hardship What was nursing like in the 19th century? - NSP began in 1835; the Crimean War occurred in 1853, where Florence Nightingale became highly reknown in nursing Who was the "Lady with the lamp"? - Florence Nightingale What 5 principles of community and public health in nursing practice did Florence Nightingale create? - Hygiene (hand washing), exercise (get patients up and OOB), nutrition (to heal and keep healthy), hydration (to heal, keep healthy, and rid of toxins), ventilation (circulation of fresh air, beginning principles of air flow and isolation)