LPN fundamental concepts and skills for nursing test 1

LPN fundamental concepts and skills for nursing test 1 English woman from the mid-1800s, felt a calling to become a nurse, lowered the death rate from 60%-1%, Founded the first training school for nurses in England at St. Thomas hospital - ANS Florence Nightingale Nutrition is an important part of nursing care, Fresh clean air is beneficial, sick people need recreational and occupational therapy, nurses should identify and meet patient personal and emotional needs, Nursing should be directed towards health and illness, Nursing is distinct and separate from the practice of medicine and should be taught by other nurses, continuing education is important - ANS Florence Nightingale's Curriculum Social worker, during the Civil War, organized women volunteers to provide nursing care for the soldiers - ANS Dorothea Dix Took Volunteers into the field hospitals to care for soldiers of both armies, she also founded the American Red Cross - ANS Clara Barton Took nursing out into the community, and in 1893 she and Mary Brewster established the Henry Street Settlement Service in NYC - ANS Lillian Wald Promote Wellness, Prevent Illness, Facilitate Coping, Restore Health - ANS Four Goals of Nursing An Organized and systematic way to deliver nursing care - ANS Nursing Process Assessment, Diagnosis, Plan, Implement, Evaluate - ANS The Nursing Process actions taken to improve, maintain, or restore health or prevent illness - ANS Interventions to be free of infectious material - ANS Aseptic Preventive, primary, secondary, tertiary, restorative, continuing - ANS Levels of Care the first care delivery system for practical nurses. Performed a series of tasks such as administration of medication and treatments - ANS Functional Nursing An RN was the team leader who coordinated care for a group of patients - ANS Team Nursing one nurse carried out all nursing functions for the patient - ANS Total Patient Care One nurse plans and directs care for a patient over a 24-hour period - ANS Primary Nursing