NUFT 202 EXAM #1
Florence Nightingale - ANS"Angel of the Crimea"
1st Person to maintain accurate records
Stressed importance of continuing education
Instituting occupation and recreational therapy
Recognized important of nutrition
Identified personal needs of the client
NURSING IS NOT THE SAME AS MEDICINE
Clara Barton - ANSFounder of the American Red Cross 1882
Lillian Walk - ANSFounder of Public Health Nursing
Mary Adelaide Nutting - ANSBecame the first professor of nursing
Mary Mahoney - ANSFirst African American to graduate with a nursing degree
(Define) Professional Nursing - ANS"Nursing is 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." ANA
Nursing Profession Characteristics - ANS-Well-defined body of specific and unique knowledge
-Strong service orientation
-Recognized authority
-Code of Ethics
-Professional Organization that sets standards
-Ongoing research (EBP)
-Autonomy and self-regulation
Roles of a Professional Nurse - ANS-Caregiver
-Communicator
-Teacher/Educator
-Counselor
-Leader
-Researcher
-Advocate
-Collaborator
Education Routes to Nursing - ANSLPN, Diploma, ADN, RN, RN-BSN, MSN, NP, DNP, PhD
, 6 Standards of Nursing Scope - ANS1) Assessment
2) Diagnosis
3) Outcome Identification
4) Planning
5) Implementation
6) Evaluation
9/10 Standards of Professional Performance - ANS1) Ethics
2) Education
3) EBP and research
4) Quality of practice
5) Communication
6) Leadership
7) Collaboration
8) Professional practice evaluation
9) Resource utilization
10) Environmental health
(Define) Critical Thinking - ANSa systematic way to form and shape one's thinking;
A continuous process characterized by open-mindedness, continual inquiry, and perseverance,
combined with a willingness to look at each unique patient situation and determine which
identified assumptions are true and relevant.
Characteristics/Attitudes of a critical thinker - ANSConfidence
Independence
Responsibility
Discipline
Perseverance
Creativity
Curiosity
Integrity
Humility
Critical thinking using: Confidence - ANSgrows with experience by recognizing your own
strengths and weaknesses. When you aren't confident in performing a nursing skill, you become
anxious about not knowing
Critical thinking using: Independence - ANSlearn to consider all sides of a situation. Does not
accept another persons ideas without question. Challenge the ways others think.
Critical thinking using: Responsibility - ANSresponsible for correctly performing nursing care
activities based on standards of practice. Standards are the minimal level of performance
Critical thinking using: Discipline - ANSMisses few details and follows an orderly approach
Florence Nightingale - ANS"Angel of the Crimea"
1st Person to maintain accurate records
Stressed importance of continuing education
Instituting occupation and recreational therapy
Recognized important of nutrition
Identified personal needs of the client
NURSING IS NOT THE SAME AS MEDICINE
Clara Barton - ANSFounder of the American Red Cross 1882
Lillian Walk - ANSFounder of Public Health Nursing
Mary Adelaide Nutting - ANSBecame the first professor of nursing
Mary Mahoney - ANSFirst African American to graduate with a nursing degree
(Define) Professional Nursing - ANS"Nursing is 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." ANA
Nursing Profession Characteristics - ANS-Well-defined body of specific and unique knowledge
-Strong service orientation
-Recognized authority
-Code of Ethics
-Professional Organization that sets standards
-Ongoing research (EBP)
-Autonomy and self-regulation
Roles of a Professional Nurse - ANS-Caregiver
-Communicator
-Teacher/Educator
-Counselor
-Leader
-Researcher
-Advocate
-Collaborator
Education Routes to Nursing - ANSLPN, Diploma, ADN, RN, RN-BSN, MSN, NP, DNP, PhD
, 6 Standards of Nursing Scope - ANS1) Assessment
2) Diagnosis
3) Outcome Identification
4) Planning
5) Implementation
6) Evaluation
9/10 Standards of Professional Performance - ANS1) Ethics
2) Education
3) EBP and research
4) Quality of practice
5) Communication
6) Leadership
7) Collaboration
8) Professional practice evaluation
9) Resource utilization
10) Environmental health
(Define) Critical Thinking - ANSa systematic way to form and shape one's thinking;
A continuous process characterized by open-mindedness, continual inquiry, and perseverance,
combined with a willingness to look at each unique patient situation and determine which
identified assumptions are true and relevant.
Characteristics/Attitudes of a critical thinker - ANSConfidence
Independence
Responsibility
Discipline
Perseverance
Creativity
Curiosity
Integrity
Humility
Critical thinking using: Confidence - ANSgrows with experience by recognizing your own
strengths and weaknesses. When you aren't confident in performing a nursing skill, you become
anxious about not knowing
Critical thinking using: Independence - ANSlearn to consider all sides of a situation. Does not
accept another persons ideas without question. Challenge the ways others think.
Critical thinking using: Responsibility - ANSresponsible for correctly performing nursing care
activities based on standards of practice. Standards are the minimal level of performance
Critical thinking using: Discipline - ANSMisses few details and follows an orderly approach
