Passed
Nursing - Answers care for people who are ill, injured, or unable to take care of themself
Registered Nurse - Answers Most education required and widest scope of practice; highest nurse
convicts - Answers Who were taught nursing practicing other than doing jail time
Florence Nightingale - Answers Founder of modern nursing; increased status of of nurses, quality of
care, and enhanced nursing education
Clara Barton - Answers Founded the American Red Cross
Diploma Programs - Answers 3 years offered by hospitals; Popular in the 1960s but has decreased; RN
Associates Degree Programs - Answers 2-3 years offered by junior and community colleges
Bachelors Degree Programs - Answers 4 years offered by college and universities; Nursing major with
emphasis on higher level care
Bridge programs - Answers Provide a BSN to those with a diploma or associates
Accelerated masters program - Answers Get a BSN and MSN in 3-4 years
inservice education - Answers on-site education and training programs
Advanced Practice Nursing - Answers RNs with graduate education who work independently or directly
with physicians
Advanced practice nursing is in high demand in - Answers inner city, rural settings, or other medically
unserviced areas
NCLEX-RN - Answers licensing exam for RNs
Nurse practice acts - Answers describe and define the legal boundaries of nursing practice within each
state
Main duty (RN) - Answers Care and treatment of patients
Patient advocates (RN) - Answers Act as intermediary between patient and physician, educate, console,
and counsel
Settings (RN) - Answers ER/ trauma, critical care
Health Conditions (RN) - Answers Addiction management, diabetes
Specific organs/systems (RN) - Answers Cardiovascular, Gastrointestinal