Nursing 221 Exam 1 (With complete solution)

Characteristics of a Profession: correct answers Has specific body of knowledge, specific skills, administration of the highest care, performing duties and care safely, responsibility, judgement, usually has certifying body or professional organization Characteristics of a Job: correct answers Typically performed w/out "thought," may/may not require advanced knowledge, typically no association linked to it, requires less training, typically pays less, and may/may not have a Scope of Practice Nursing: correct answers The protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations Characteristics of a Profession (5) correct answers Requires an extended education, requires a body of knowledge, provides a specific service, has autonomy, incorporates a code of ethics Florence Nightingale correct answers Author of "Notes on Nursing," established the first nursing philosophy based on health maintenance and restoration, believed that cleanliness was the best thing, developed The Nightingale Training School for Nurses at St. Thomas Hospital in London, first practicing nurse epidemiologist, decreased the soldier mortality rate during the Civil War Clara Barton correct answers Founded the American Red Cross, tended the soldiers on the battlefield, changed dressings, met basic needs and provided care for the dying. Mother Bickerdyke correct answers Developed the first ambulance system for Civil War soldiers Mary Mahoney correct answers First African American professionally trained nurse Contemporary Influences on Nursing correct answers Public Perception: very positive, majority of public see nurses as most honest, trustworthy, and knowledgeable Protect the Public: ensure safety, constantly assess for safety issues, prevention of hospital errors Influences on Nursing correct answers Nurse's Self Care Act: caring for self helps in caring for others prolonged exposure to noise, alarms, chronic illness, social issues, can lead to "Nursing Burnout" resulting in poor job performance, withdraw, physical/psychiatric illness, changing jobs Impact of Nursing on Public Policy correct answers Political Power: the ability to influence or persuade a government official Nursing has a powerful lobby for health care changes Professional nursing organization and state boards of nursing exert a powerful influence over government politics Nursing Unity Day correct answers Opportunity to network with legislators and make a powerful statement in lab coats