Nursing Fundamentals Chapter 1 2025:Questions and Answers
AACN - ansAmerican Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) - establishes quality educational standards,
most nursing programs that are accredited are either accredited by the NLN or AACN, the CN is the accrediting
body of the AACN, BSN or Graduate school
aging population (trend) - ansbaby boomer and older people require teaching and nursing interventions. More
disease -prevention interventions -- one floor housing, bathroom for aging.
aims of nursing - anspromote health,
prevent illness,
restore health,
provide coping mechanisms and maximize strengths and weaknesses of patient
deal with death
aims of nursing - ansTo promote health,
to prevent illness,
to restore health,
to facilitate coping with disability or death.
ANA - ansAmerican Nurses' Association is the professional organization for RN's -- public education, clinical
nursing standards lobbying state and federal lawmakers to advance the profession of nursing.
art of nursing - ansis the skilled application of that knowledge to help people reach maximum quality of life and
health.. ie some people can never be healthy due to a terminal illness but a nurse can help them maximize
quality of life.
Articulation of CCRI - ansthe LPN program to the RN program then to get a BSN ,,
Clara Barton - ansSuperintendant of Nurses for the Union Army during the Civil War, founded the American
, Red Cross is 1881. An "angel" in the Civil War, she treated the wounded in the field.
cognitively skilled nurses - ansthink about the nature of things to make sense of their world and to grasp
conceptually what is necessary to achieve goals
using science anatomy,physiology,psychology,sociology biology to help make sense of the patients plan of care
community based nursing (trend) - anscare that takes place in community settings such as the home or a
clinic,where the focus is on the needs of the indiviidual or family to monitor and control healthcare services
and minimize cost.
culturally competent care (trend) - ansbridge cultural gaps, work with culural differences, clients achieve
meaningful supportive care
current trends in nursing - ans1.Nursing Shortage
2.Evidence-Based Practice
3.Community-Based Nursing
4.Decreased Length/Hospital Stay
5.Aging Population
6.Increased Chronic Health Condition
7.Independent Nursing Practice
8.Culturally Competent Care and Complementary Therapies
decreased length/hospital stay (trend) - anshospital stays are shorter acutely injured patients often requiring
complex care by nurses and early release requires teaching the patients and family members how to provide
self care.
Dorothea Dix - ansRights activist on behalf of mentally ill patients - created first wave of US mental asylums --
Super for Corp of Army nurses
AACN - ansAmerican Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) - establishes quality educational standards,
most nursing programs that are accredited are either accredited by the NLN or AACN, the CN is the accrediting
body of the AACN, BSN or Graduate school
aging population (trend) - ansbaby boomer and older people require teaching and nursing interventions. More
disease -prevention interventions -- one floor housing, bathroom for aging.
aims of nursing - anspromote health,
prevent illness,
restore health,
provide coping mechanisms and maximize strengths and weaknesses of patient
deal with death
aims of nursing - ansTo promote health,
to prevent illness,
to restore health,
to facilitate coping with disability or death.
ANA - ansAmerican Nurses' Association is the professional organization for RN's -- public education, clinical
nursing standards lobbying state and federal lawmakers to advance the profession of nursing.
art of nursing - ansis the skilled application of that knowledge to help people reach maximum quality of life and
health.. ie some people can never be healthy due to a terminal illness but a nurse can help them maximize
quality of life.
Articulation of CCRI - ansthe LPN program to the RN program then to get a BSN ,,
Clara Barton - ansSuperintendant of Nurses for the Union Army during the Civil War, founded the American
, Red Cross is 1881. An "angel" in the Civil War, she treated the wounded in the field.
cognitively skilled nurses - ansthink about the nature of things to make sense of their world and to grasp
conceptually what is necessary to achieve goals
using science anatomy,physiology,psychology,sociology biology to help make sense of the patients plan of care
community based nursing (trend) - anscare that takes place in community settings such as the home or a
clinic,where the focus is on the needs of the indiviidual or family to monitor and control healthcare services
and minimize cost.
culturally competent care (trend) - ansbridge cultural gaps, work with culural differences, clients achieve
meaningful supportive care
current trends in nursing - ans1.Nursing Shortage
2.Evidence-Based Practice
3.Community-Based Nursing
4.Decreased Length/Hospital Stay
5.Aging Population
6.Increased Chronic Health Condition
7.Independent Nursing Practice
8.Culturally Competent Care and Complementary Therapies
decreased length/hospital stay (trend) - anshospital stays are shorter acutely injured patients often requiring
complex care by nurses and early release requires teaching the patients and family members how to provide
self care.
Dorothea Dix - ansRights activist on behalf of mentally ill patients - created first wave of US mental asylums --
Super for Corp of Army nurses
