Fundamental nursing skills and
concepts timby chapter 1 Updated
1. Caring skills -- Correct Answer --Nursing interventions restore or maintain person's
health.
2. Comforting Skills -- Correct Answer --Nurse becomes the stabilizing figure, the guide,
companion this supportive relationship evokes trust and reduces fear & worry.
3. Counseling Skills -- Correct Answer --Communicating with pt's actively listening to the
exchange of information, health teaching, demonstrating emotional health.
4. Definition of nursing from Florence Nightingale: -- Correct Answer --"Putting
individuals in best possible condition for nature to restore and preserve health."
5. Evolution of nursing -- Correct Answer --19th century: hospitals were overcrowded: a
place to contract diseases and pressure sores.
6. Florence Nightingale -- Correct Answer --1851 professional nursing, English woman of
wealthy parents said she was called to be a nurse.
7. Florence Nightingale cont. -- Correct Answer --Crimean War 1854, cared for British
soldiers. Death rate was 60% and she brought it down to 1%
8. Henderson -- Correct Answer --Needs theory
9. Introductory Phase -- Correct Answer --Get acquainted
10. Nightingale -- Correct Answer --Environment
11. Nursing -- Correct Answer --An art and a science, skill (college lab, clinical)
12. Knowledge (class lecture, tests)
13. Orem -- Correct Answer --Selfcare
concepts timby chapter 1 Updated
1. Caring skills -- Correct Answer --Nursing interventions restore or maintain person's
health.
2. Comforting Skills -- Correct Answer --Nurse becomes the stabilizing figure, the guide,
companion this supportive relationship evokes trust and reduces fear & worry.
3. Counseling Skills -- Correct Answer --Communicating with pt's actively listening to the
exchange of information, health teaching, demonstrating emotional health.
4. Definition of nursing from Florence Nightingale: -- Correct Answer --"Putting
individuals in best possible condition for nature to restore and preserve health."
5. Evolution of nursing -- Correct Answer --19th century: hospitals were overcrowded: a
place to contract diseases and pressure sores.
6. Florence Nightingale -- Correct Answer --1851 professional nursing, English woman of
wealthy parents said she was called to be a nurse.
7. Florence Nightingale cont. -- Correct Answer --Crimean War 1854, cared for British
soldiers. Death rate was 60% and she brought it down to 1%
8. Henderson -- Correct Answer --Needs theory
9. Introductory Phase -- Correct Answer --Get acquainted
10. Nightingale -- Correct Answer --Environment
11. Nursing -- Correct Answer --An art and a science, skill (college lab, clinical)
12. Knowledge (class lecture, tests)
13. Orem -- Correct Answer --Selfcare
