NU 131 - Units 1-3 Test Questions With Complete Solutions

NU 131 - Units 1-3 Test Questions With Complete Solutions assessment - ANSWER- gathering & reviewing info about the patient, which is communicated to appropriate members of the healthcare team. define primary prevention & list an example - ANSWER- Occurs before there is any disease or dysfunction. i.e. basic hygiene, nutrition, exercise define secondary prevention & list example - ANSWER- begins w/ diagnosing disease or infectious process i.e. screenings, breast self exam) define tertiary disease & list example - ANSWER- when a permanent disability occurs aka health restoration. i.e. regain lost function, use of a cane. define health - ANSWER- a balance of internal & external forces leading to optimal functioning Florence Nightingale influence in health care - ANSWER- Installed dumbwaiters call bells dropped religion as requirement sanitation standards reduced death rate opened first nursing school created stricter standards for nursing Mary Seacole influence in health care - ANSWER- nurse from Jamaica used her own money to build lodging house to care for soldiers herbs & naturals to treat many diseases Dorothea Lynne dix influence - ANSWER- established hospital for mentally ill organized nurse corps for civil war Clara barton influence - ANSWER- founded American red cross rounded up army supplies what happed to nursing after WWII - ANSWER- was done in hospitals due to the shortage before WWI most nursing was ____ - ANSWER- done from home