Nursing 2300 Final Exam- UTA Leslie Jennings With Complete Solution

1. Discuss how the nursing profession has evolved. - ANSWER From the work of Florence in the Crimea in the mid-1800s to the present, the profession of nursing has been influenced by the social, political and economic climate of the times as well as by the technological advances and the theoretical shifts in medicine and science. 2. Describe how the public sees nurses. - ANSWER -Since 1999, nurses are number 1 in ethnic and honestly every year except for 2001 (firefighters) -95 percent of Americans trust, respect, admire nurses 3. Identify ways in which students and nurses can promote the profession of nursing. - ANSWER -One-patient-at- a-time -Speak out against negative portrayals -ANA can enhance image by offering services as consultants to media and setting professional standards -Confront those responsible for negative portrayals of nursing in the media 4. Describe the influence and contributions of key figures in the history of nursing, including Florence Nightingale. - ANSWER -Florence Nightingale: Famous nurse, affluent. Focused on prisons and military. Reduced mortality rate by 2% by feeding the people and keeping them clean/sanitation/ventilation. Supervised 38 nurses. Founded first nursing school in St. Thomas Hospital in London. -Mary Seacole: (Jamaican) Called Mother Seacole. Expert in Cholera. Manage/Funded for soldiers in Crimea. Was voted the Greatest Black Britain 2003. Did not consider herself a nurse.-Clara Barton: Angel of Battlefield. Founded the Red Cross is 1881. Was not a nurse; campaigned for supplies -Dorothea Dix: Civil War superintendent of union army -Mary E. Mahoney: first african american Nurse. Began her nursing training at the New England Hospital -Lillian Wald: Founded Henry Street Settlement in New York which offered health care and social services to the member of the community -Mary Ann Breckenridge: established the frontier nursing service to provide healthcare to poor/isolated patients in the appalachian mountains of eastern kentucky. Did work as midwife, often on horseback. 5. Describe how nursing has reacted to nursing shortages and how those affect patient outcomes - ANSWER -External shortages: can include changes in demand for nursing services, and increasing age of American population, greater acuity (degree of illness) of the hospitalized indivi