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Nursing 290 Final Exam Study Guide
79 complete solutions.
Florence Nightingale - ANSWER First practicing nurse epidemiologist
her statistical analyses connected poor sanitation with cholera and dysentery
Mary Nutting - ANSWER instrumental in moving nursing education into universities
clara barton - ANSWER Founded the American Red Cross
Lillian Wald - ANSWER helped to open the henry street settlement
assessment - ANSWER the RN collects comprehensive data pertinent to the patient's health and/or the
situation
diagnosis - ANSWER the RN analyzes the assessment data to determine the diagnoses or issues
planning - ANSWER the RN develops a plan that prescribes strategies and alternatives to attain expected
outcomes
Implementation - ANSWER the RN implements the identified plan
evaluation - ANSWER the RN determines if the expected outcomes were met and adjust the care plan
accordingly
accountability - ANSWER the nurse is responsible, professionally and legally, for the type and quality of
nursing care provided
, Nursing 290 Final Exam Study Guide
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autonomy - ANSWER an essential element of professional nursing that involves the initiation of
independent nursing interventions without medical orders
patient advocate - ANSWER the nurse protexts the patients human and legal rights and provides
assistance in asserting these rights if the need arises
educator - ANSWER the nurse explains concepts and facts about health, describers the reasons for
routine care activities, demonstrates procedures such as self-care activities, reinforces learning or
patient behavior, and evaluates the patient's progress in learning
discharge panning begins - ANSWER the moment a patient is admitted to a health care facility
restorative care - ANSWER patients recovering from an acute or chronic illness or disablity often require
additional services to return to their previous level of function or reach a new level of function limited
by their illness or disability.
restorative care includes - ANSWER -cardiovascular and pulmonary rehab
-sports medicine
-spinal cord injury programs
-home care
preventative care - ANSWER more disease oriented and focused on reducing and controlling risk factors
for disease through activities such as immunization and occupational health programs
secondary acute care - ANSWER involves emergency care, acute med-surg care, and radiological
procedures
tertiary care - ANSWER intensive care and subacute care
what provides secondary and tertiary care? - ANSWER -hospital EDs