Pass Solutions 2025-2026 Updated.
Florence Nightingale - Answer founder of modern nursing and a reformer of hospital
sanitation methods
-stated that air, light, nutrition, and adequate ventilation were essential in hospitals
Nightingale Home and School for Training Nurses - Answer -Considered first official nursing
program
-Incorporated ideas that light, air, nutrition, and adequate ventilation are essential in hosptials
-so, mortality dropped from 47% to 2%
crimean war nursing - Answer poor care, unsanitary conditions, basic hand washing
introduced, nurses became more important, LEADERS: Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole
-38 nurses addressed needs of soldiers
Dorothea Dix - Answer served as a Superintendent of US Army Nurses
Clara Barton - Answer -nurse during civil war
-provided car in tents set up close to fighting
-worked at american red cross when war was over
Lillian Wald and Mary Brewster - Answer the pioneers public health nursing, founded the
Henry Street Settlement in New York to fight the spread of diseases among poor immigrants
ANA's 1980 definition of nursing - Answer the diagnosis and treatment of human responses
to actual and potential health problems
5 characteristics of registered nursing - Answer -nursing practice is individualized
-nurses coordinate care by establishing partnerships (patients, families, providers, etc.)
-caring is central to the practice of the RN
-RN uses the nursing process to plan and provide individualized care
-a strong link exists between the professional work environment and the RN's ability to provide
quality healthcare and achieve optimal outcomes
ANA's updated definition of nursing - Answer Nursing is the protection, promotion, and
optimization of health and abilities; prevention of illness and injury; facilitation of healing;
,alleviation of suffering thru the diagnosis and treatment of human response; and advocacy in
the care of individuals, families, groups, communities, and populations
The ANA - Answer provides a guideline of acceptable and non-acceptable behaviors of how
nurses should conduct themselves
Nursing as a Profession - Answer -abstract, specialized knowledge
-autonomy
-authority over subordinate occupations
-altruism: benefits others
Nursing as a discipline - Answer -branch of knowledge, typically one studied in higher
education, theories
Nursing as an Occupation - Answer a job or profession
Nursing as a vocation - Answer -a strong feeling of suitability for a particular career or
profession
-a "calling
Pathways to nursing practice - Answer LPN, ADN, BSN, MSN, DNP, PhD
LPN - Answer 18 month diploma
-performs nursing tasks, administers meds, cannot titrate meds or perform initial assessment to
some facilities
Advantages of Organizations - Answer -Networking: gain visibility, leadership, and a resume
builder
-Continuing education: certifications and deeper understanding of your profession
Continuing Education / Required by KBN - Answer -14 contact hours are required a year for
every RN
-license is renewed thru KBN every year (Nov 1 - Oct 31)
-Random audits are performed to assure compliance
CE/Competency earing period and license/renewal period - Answer November 1-October 31
,6 QSEN competencies - Answer 1. Patient-centered care
2. Teamwork and collaboration
3. Evidence-based practice
4. Quality improvement
5. Safety
6. Informatics
patient centered care - Answer providing care that is respectful of and responsive to
individual patient preferences, needs, and values
Teamwork and Collaboration - Answer Function effectively within nursing and inter-
professional teams, fostering open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision-making
to achieve quality patient care.
evidence-based practice - Answer clinical decision making that integrates the best available
research with clinical expertise and patient characteristics and preferences
Quality improvement - Answer Use data to monitor the outcomes of care processes and use
improvement methods to design and test changes to continuously improve the quality and
safety of health care systems.
Safety - Answer Minimizes risk of harm to patients and providers through both system
effectiveness and individual performance.
Informatics - Answer use information and technology to communicate, manage knowledge,
mitigate error, and support decision making
QSEN - Answer Quality and Safety Education for Nurses
-focuses on education, practice, and scholarship to improve quality and safety of healthcare
systems
Kentucky Board of Nursing - Answer regulates nursing practice
Qualities for Nurses - Answer Critical-thinking skills
Caring and compassionate
Detail oriented
Organizational skills
Speaking skills
, Listening skills
Patience
Competence
Emotional stability
Physical stamina
Roles and Functions of Nurses - Answer direct care provider
communicator
educator
advocate
counselor
change agent
leader
manager
When do you start education of patients? - Answer As soon as patient is admitted
Types of care provided - Answer -acute
-long term
-home health
-independent living facilities
Acute care - Answer treats active, sudden, unexpected or urgent episodes of injury or illness
-hospitals
Long term care - Answer regularly or intermittently provides care
-nursing homes, rehabilitation facilities, assisted living
Regulation of Healthcare - Answer Joint Commission establishes standards for hospitals to
promote client safety
-accreditation is tied to reimbursement
-politics can affect healthcare (ex: Affordable Care Act)
-Medicare and Public policy