Nursing Fundamentals with combined commonly set questions and verified answers GUARANTEED TO PASS already graded A+

Nursing Fundamentals with combined commonly set questions and verified answers GUARANTEED TO PASS already graded A+ Who was the founder of modern nursing and made it into a profession? - ANSWER Florence Nightingale Who was the founder of the Red Cross? - ANSWER Clara Barton Who established the Frontier Nursing Service and one of the first midwifery schools in the U.S.? - ANSWER Mary Breckenridge Who was a pioneering crusader for the reform of the treatment of the mentally ill? - ANSWER Dorthea Dix Who founded Planned Parenthood? - ANSWER Margaret Sanger What association defines nursing as "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."? - ANSWER The ANA: American Nurses Association What is the purpose of the American Nurses Association? - ANSWER 1. Provide definition of nursing. 2. Defines scope and standards of practice. 3. Professional regulating body. Assessing - ANSWER Systematic and continuous collection, analysis, validation, and communication of patient data, or information. Database - ANSWER Includes all the pertinent patient information collected by the nurse and other health care professionals. Six Nursing Standards - ANSWER 1. Assessment. 2. Diagnosis 3. Outcome Identification 4. Planning 5. Implementation 6. Evaluation Initial Assessment - ANSWER The type of nursing assessment that is performed during the nurse's initial contact with the patient and involves collecting data about all aspects of the patient's health. Nursing History - ANSWER Identifies the patient's health status, strengths, health problems, health risks, and need for nursing care. Medical Assessments v. Nursing Assessments - ANSWER Medical assessments target data pointing to pathologic conditions; nursing assessments focus on the patient's responses to health problems. Nursing Assessment Characteristics - ANSWER 1. Purposeful. 2. Prioritized. 3. Systematic. 4. Factual and accurate. 5. Relevant. 6. Recorded in a standard manner. Types of Nursing Assessments - ANSWER 1. Initial Assessment. 2. Focused Assessment. 3. Emergency Assessment. 4. Time-lapsed Assessment. Focused Assessment - ANSWER The nurse gathers data about a specific problem that has already been identified. Emergency Assessment - ANSWER When a physiologic or psychological crisis presents, the nurse performs an emergency assessment to identify life threatening problems. Time-Lapsed Assessment - ANSWER Scheduled to compare a patient's current status to the baseline data obtained earlier. Subjective v. Objective Data - ANSWER Subjective: Information perceived by the patient (symptoms). Objective: Observable and measurable data that can be seen, heard, felt or measured by someone other than the person experiencing them (signs). Observation - ANSWER The conscious and deliberate use of the five physical senses to gather information. Interview - ANSWER Planned communication to obtain communication data. The interview occurs in 4 phases: - ANSWER 1. The preparatory phase. 2. Introduction. 3. Working phase. 4. Termination. Purpose of Nursing Assessment - ANSWER It provides information that is critical to the development of a plan of action that enhances personal health status. Rest - ANSWER Condition in which the body is in a decreased state of activity, with the consequent feeling of being refreshed.