LPN fundamental concepts and skills for nursing
English woman from the mid-1800s, felt a calling to become a nurse, lowered the death rate from 60%-
1%, Founded the first training school for nurses in England at St. Thomas hospital - (correct Answer) -
Florence Nightingale
Nutrition is an important part of nursing care, Fresh clean air is beneficial, sick people need recreational
and occupational therapy, nurses should identify and meet patient personal and emotional needs,
Nursing should be directed towards health and illness, Nursing is distinct and separate from the practice
of medicine and should be taught by other nurses, continuing education is important - (correct Answer) -
Florence Nightingale's Curriculum
Social worker, during the Civil War, organized women volunteers to provide nursing care for the soldiers -
(correct Answer) - Dorothea Dix
Took Volunteers into the field hospitals to care for soldiers of both armies, she also founded the
American Red Cross - (correct Answer) - Clara Barton
Took nursing out into the community, and in 1893 she and Mary Brewster established the Henry Street
Settlement Service in NYC - (correct Answer) - Lillian Wald
Promote Wellness, Prevent Illness, Facilitate Coping, Restore Health - (correct Answer) - Four Goals of
Nursing
An Organized and systematic way to deliver nursing care - (correct Answer) - Nursing Process
Assessment, Diagnosis, Plan, Implement, Evaluate - (correct Answer) - The Nursing Process
actions taken to improve, maintain, or restore health or prevent illness - (correct Answer) - Interventions
to be free of infectious material - (correct Answer) - Aseptic
Preventive, primary, secondary, tertiary, restorative, continuing - (correct Answer) - Levels of Care
the first care delivery system for practical nurses. Performed a series of tasks such as administration of
medication and treatments - (correct Answer) - Functional Nursing
An RN was the team leader who coordinated care for a group of patients - (correct Answer) - Team
Nursing
one nurse carried out all nursing functions for the patient - (correct Answer) - Total Patient Care
One nurse plans and directs care for a patient over a 24-hour period - (correct Answer) - Primary Nursing
relationship between caregivers, patient, and the patient family, caregivers relationship with him/herself,
relationship among health team members - (correct Answer) - Relationship based
Safety, effectiveness, patient centeredness, timeliness, efficiency, equitableness - (correct Answer) -
patient centered
, describes nursing care that uses the best scientific research evidence coupled with the clinical expertise
of the clinician considering the values of the patient - (correct Answer) - Evidence based nursing
a statement about relationships among concepts or facts, based on existing information - (correct
Answer) - Nursing Theory
activities in which nurses may engage, state the legal requirements and titles for nursing licensure, and
establish the education needed for licensure - (correct Answer) - Practice Acts
_____________ was created to fill a gap left by nurses who enlished in the military services during WWII
- (correct Answer) - Practical Nursing
created to contain rising health care costs. It means that a hospital receives a set amount of money for a
patient who is hospitalized with a certain diagnosis. - (correct Answer) - Diagnosis-related groups
disease of body or mind - (correct Answer) - Illness
one that develops suddenly and resolves in a short time - (correct Answer) - Acute Illness
tends to develop slowly, can be controlled but not cured, is long lasting - (correct Answer) - Chronic
Illness
one for which there is no cure available; it ends in death - (correct Answer) - Terminal Illness
one that develops without being caused by another health problem - (correct Answer) - Primary Illness
Results from or is caused by a primary illness - (correct Answer) - Secondary Illness
Illness present at birth - (correct Answer) - Congenital Illness
one for which there is no known etiology(cause) - (correct Answer) - Idiopathic Illness
the onset of illness. Vague or nonspecific symptoms. - (correct Answer) - Transitional Stage
denial of illness stops and "sick role" is assumed. withdraw from usual responsibilities. Use of remedies.
Delay of going to primary physician. - (correct Answer) - Acceptance Stage
the process of recovering after the illness and regaining health. - (correct Answer) - Convalescence
the adjustment in structure or habits - (correct Answer) - Adaptation
the lack of adjustment - (correct Answer) - Maladaptation
can be defined as any action undertaken to promote health, prevent disease, or detect disease in an
early stage - (correct Answer) - Health behavior
any activity a person takes to determine her actual state of health and to seek a suitable remedy for a
health problem - (correct Answer) - Illness behavior
to be without symptoms - (correct Answer) - Asymptomatic
considers a persons' biologic, psychologic, sociologic, and spiritual aspects and needs - (correct Answer) -
English woman from the mid-1800s, felt a calling to become a nurse, lowered the death rate from 60%-
1%, Founded the first training school for nurses in England at St. Thomas hospital - (correct Answer) -
Florence Nightingale
Nutrition is an important part of nursing care, Fresh clean air is beneficial, sick people need recreational
and occupational therapy, nurses should identify and meet patient personal and emotional needs,
Nursing should be directed towards health and illness, Nursing is distinct and separate from the practice
of medicine and should be taught by other nurses, continuing education is important - (correct Answer) -
Florence Nightingale's Curriculum
Social worker, during the Civil War, organized women volunteers to provide nursing care for the soldiers -
(correct Answer) - Dorothea Dix
Took Volunteers into the field hospitals to care for soldiers of both armies, she also founded the
American Red Cross - (correct Answer) - Clara Barton
Took nursing out into the community, and in 1893 she and Mary Brewster established the Henry Street
Settlement Service in NYC - (correct Answer) - Lillian Wald
Promote Wellness, Prevent Illness, Facilitate Coping, Restore Health - (correct Answer) - Four Goals of
Nursing
An Organized and systematic way to deliver nursing care - (correct Answer) - Nursing Process
Assessment, Diagnosis, Plan, Implement, Evaluate - (correct Answer) - The Nursing Process
actions taken to improve, maintain, or restore health or prevent illness - (correct Answer) - Interventions
to be free of infectious material - (correct Answer) - Aseptic
Preventive, primary, secondary, tertiary, restorative, continuing - (correct Answer) - Levels of Care
the first care delivery system for practical nurses. Performed a series of tasks such as administration of
medication and treatments - (correct Answer) - Functional Nursing
An RN was the team leader who coordinated care for a group of patients - (correct Answer) - Team
Nursing
one nurse carried out all nursing functions for the patient - (correct Answer) - Total Patient Care
One nurse plans and directs care for a patient over a 24-hour period - (correct Answer) - Primary Nursing
relationship between caregivers, patient, and the patient family, caregivers relationship with him/herself,
relationship among health team members - (correct Answer) - Relationship based
Safety, effectiveness, patient centeredness, timeliness, efficiency, equitableness - (correct Answer) -
patient centered
, describes nursing care that uses the best scientific research evidence coupled with the clinical expertise
of the clinician considering the values of the patient - (correct Answer) - Evidence based nursing
a statement about relationships among concepts or facts, based on existing information - (correct
Answer) - Nursing Theory
activities in which nurses may engage, state the legal requirements and titles for nursing licensure, and
establish the education needed for licensure - (correct Answer) - Practice Acts
_____________ was created to fill a gap left by nurses who enlished in the military services during WWII
- (correct Answer) - Practical Nursing
created to contain rising health care costs. It means that a hospital receives a set amount of money for a
patient who is hospitalized with a certain diagnosis. - (correct Answer) - Diagnosis-related groups
disease of body or mind - (correct Answer) - Illness
one that develops suddenly and resolves in a short time - (correct Answer) - Acute Illness
tends to develop slowly, can be controlled but not cured, is long lasting - (correct Answer) - Chronic
Illness
one for which there is no cure available; it ends in death - (correct Answer) - Terminal Illness
one that develops without being caused by another health problem - (correct Answer) - Primary Illness
Results from or is caused by a primary illness - (correct Answer) - Secondary Illness
Illness present at birth - (correct Answer) - Congenital Illness
one for which there is no known etiology(cause) - (correct Answer) - Idiopathic Illness
the onset of illness. Vague or nonspecific symptoms. - (correct Answer) - Transitional Stage
denial of illness stops and "sick role" is assumed. withdraw from usual responsibilities. Use of remedies.
Delay of going to primary physician. - (correct Answer) - Acceptance Stage
the process of recovering after the illness and regaining health. - (correct Answer) - Convalescence
the adjustment in structure or habits - (correct Answer) - Adaptation
the lack of adjustment - (correct Answer) - Maladaptation
can be defined as any action undertaken to promote health, prevent disease, or detect disease in an
early stage - (correct Answer) - Health behavior
any activity a person takes to determine her actual state of health and to seek a suitable remedy for a
health problem - (correct Answer) - Illness behavior
to be without symptoms - (correct Answer) - Asymptomatic
considers a persons' biologic, psychologic, sociologic, and spiritual aspects and needs - (correct Answer) -
