NUR 1290 MIDTERM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
4 frameworks of nursing - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- valuing
- environment
- humanity
- health
sub- concepts of nursing - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- knowledge
- responsibility
- accountability
- leadership/ management
- research
- professional role
humanity - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅unique human being, functioning as an integrated whole, reflecting
bio- psycho- socio- spiritual- cultural dimensions
environment - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅sum total of all internal and external dimensions that influence
human beings
health - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a dynamic state of bio- psycho- spiritual cultural wellbeing
valuing - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅hold in high esteem the inherent worth and dignity of all individuals
knowledge - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅based on liberal arts and sciences and incorporates humanity/
environment health/ valuing
responsibility/ accountability - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅held accountable to maintain standards of
practice and adhere to code of ethics
,Florence Nightingale - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- Established sanitary nursing care units.
- focus of caring for patients
- keeping statistics
- Founder of modern nursing.
- Began professional education of nursing. (theory and critical practice)
- believed women should question role in society
- nurses must care for the mind and body
Clara Barton - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- Founded the American Red Cross
- recognized the need for care and supplies to soldiers during the civil war
Lillian Wald - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- Founder of public health nursing
- interested in health of immigrants who did not have access to health care
Great Depression and Nursing - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- prior to GD nurses worked in homes of people
who could afford private nurses
- during GD nurses worked in hospitals for low wages and poor conditions
Hill-Burton Act of 1946 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅provided funds to construct hospitals which led to an
increased need for nurses
nursing has been criticized because... - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅there is not enough men and minorities
in the profession
the image of nursing - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- may be based on personal experiences
- influences the ability to collaborate with other health care professionals
- it is the way a profession appears to others
- it impacts the ability to recruit students
- introduce oneself to other patients, families, colleagues
, - NOT simple to explain
- important b/c it influences the attitudes of how others perceive nursing
nurses voice is... - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅typically silent
ANA definition of nursing - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the protection, promotion, and optimization of
health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and
treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and
populations
Florence Nightingale definition of nursing - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅change of the personal health of
somebody and what nursing has to do is put the patient in the best condition for nature to act upon him
Nursing Responsibilities - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- perform physical exams and health histories
- provide health promotion and education
- administer medications
- interpret patient information and make critical decisions
- coordinate care with other professionals
- direct and supervise care delivered (delegate to LPN and CNA)
- conduct research
7 essential features of nursing - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. caring relationship
2. attention to range of human experiences
3. integration of assessment data and knowledge
4. application of scientific knowledge and use of judgment
5. advancement of the profession through scholarly inquiry
6. influence on social and public policy to promote social justice
7. assurance of safe, quality, evidence based practice
nursing programs - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- need to understand (conceptualizing)
4 frameworks of nursing - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- valuing
- environment
- humanity
- health
sub- concepts of nursing - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- knowledge
- responsibility
- accountability
- leadership/ management
- research
- professional role
humanity - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅unique human being, functioning as an integrated whole, reflecting
bio- psycho- socio- spiritual- cultural dimensions
environment - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅sum total of all internal and external dimensions that influence
human beings
health - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a dynamic state of bio- psycho- spiritual cultural wellbeing
valuing - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅hold in high esteem the inherent worth and dignity of all individuals
knowledge - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅based on liberal arts and sciences and incorporates humanity/
environment health/ valuing
responsibility/ accountability - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅held accountable to maintain standards of
practice and adhere to code of ethics
,Florence Nightingale - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- Established sanitary nursing care units.
- focus of caring for patients
- keeping statistics
- Founder of modern nursing.
- Began professional education of nursing. (theory and critical practice)
- believed women should question role in society
- nurses must care for the mind and body
Clara Barton - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- Founded the American Red Cross
- recognized the need for care and supplies to soldiers during the civil war
Lillian Wald - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- Founder of public health nursing
- interested in health of immigrants who did not have access to health care
Great Depression and Nursing - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- prior to GD nurses worked in homes of people
who could afford private nurses
- during GD nurses worked in hospitals for low wages and poor conditions
Hill-Burton Act of 1946 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅provided funds to construct hospitals which led to an
increased need for nurses
nursing has been criticized because... - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅there is not enough men and minorities
in the profession
the image of nursing - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- may be based on personal experiences
- influences the ability to collaborate with other health care professionals
- it is the way a profession appears to others
- it impacts the ability to recruit students
- introduce oneself to other patients, families, colleagues
, - NOT simple to explain
- important b/c it influences the attitudes of how others perceive nursing
nurses voice is... - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅typically silent
ANA definition of nursing - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the protection, promotion, and optimization of
health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and
treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and
populations
Florence Nightingale definition of nursing - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅change of the personal health of
somebody and what nursing has to do is put the patient in the best condition for nature to act upon him
Nursing Responsibilities - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- perform physical exams and health histories
- provide health promotion and education
- administer medications
- interpret patient information and make critical decisions
- coordinate care with other professionals
- direct and supervise care delivered (delegate to LPN and CNA)
- conduct research
7 essential features of nursing - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. caring relationship
2. attention to range of human experiences
3. integration of assessment data and knowledge
4. application of scientific knowledge and use of judgment
5. advancement of the profession through scholarly inquiry
6. influence on social and public policy to promote social justice
7. assurance of safe, quality, evidence based practice
nursing programs - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- need to understand (conceptualizing)
