NSG 122 - Exam 1 UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
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Florence Nightingale - founder of modern nursing
- established professional education of nursing
Standards of nursing practice allow nurses to carry out professional roles, serving as protection for the nurse,
the patient, and the institution where health care is provided
Nurse Practice Act - laws in each state that regulate the practice of nursing
- sets scope of practice in each state
- sets requirements for nursing school curriculum
Code of ethics for nurses - statements of the professional nurse values and beliefs
- 9 total provisions
- practice with compassion and respect
- primary commitment is to the patient
- promotes, advocates, and protects patients' rights
Social policy statement - contract of nursing with society and society's contract with nursing
- What does society expect from nursing - stay up to date with nursing practice,
continuing education
- What does nursing expect from society - provide facilities, allow nursing to grow
Roles of nurses - caregiver
- communicator
- teacher / educator
- counselor
- leader
- researcher
- advocate
- collaborator
4 aims of nursing - to promote health
- to prevent illness
- to restore health
- to facilitate coping with disability or death
Nursing process - Assessment
- Diagnosis
- Planning
- Implementation
- Evaluation
, Types of assessment - comprehensive
- focused
- emergency
- time-lapsed
- assessment of communities/special populations
Comprehensive assessment - complete health history (medical, surgical, family, social)
- allergies
- medications
- safety
Focused assessment assessment for a specific problem, focuses on pertinent history and body regions
for that problem
Emergency assessment type of rapid focused assessment conducted when addressing a life-threatening
or unstable situation, focus on ABCs
Time-lapsed assessment compares a patient's current status to baseline data obtained earlier
Community assessment helps identify community needs, clarify problems, and identify strengths and
resources (# of hospitals, grocery stores, churches, parks)
Characteristics of assessments - purposeful
- prioritized
- complete
- systematic
- factual and accurate
- relevant
- recorded in a standard manner
subjective data what the patient reports themselves (symptoms)
objective data information that is visible and measurable by someone else, can be seen, heard,
or felt by an observer (signs)
Sources of data collection - primary - patient
- secondary - all people other than the patient, labs, patient records, nursing
literature
How is a nursing diagnosis different from a medical focused on the human response to a health issue or concern
diagnosis?
Types of diagnoses - nursing diagnosis
- medical diagnosis
- collaborative problems
Nursing diagnosis format NANDA Dx (problem), related to (cause/etiology), as evidenced by
(symptoms/signs) . . .
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Florence Nightingale - founder of modern nursing
- established professional education of nursing
Standards of nursing practice allow nurses to carry out professional roles, serving as protection for the nurse,
the patient, and the institution where health care is provided
Nurse Practice Act - laws in each state that regulate the practice of nursing
- sets scope of practice in each state
- sets requirements for nursing school curriculum
Code of ethics for nurses - statements of the professional nurse values and beliefs
- 9 total provisions
- practice with compassion and respect
- primary commitment is to the patient
- promotes, advocates, and protects patients' rights
Social policy statement - contract of nursing with society and society's contract with nursing
- What does society expect from nursing - stay up to date with nursing practice,
continuing education
- What does nursing expect from society - provide facilities, allow nursing to grow
Roles of nurses - caregiver
- communicator
- teacher / educator
- counselor
- leader
- researcher
- advocate
- collaborator
4 aims of nursing - to promote health
- to prevent illness
- to restore health
- to facilitate coping with disability or death
Nursing process - Assessment
- Diagnosis
- Planning
- Implementation
- Evaluation
, Types of assessment - comprehensive
- focused
- emergency
- time-lapsed
- assessment of communities/special populations
Comprehensive assessment - complete health history (medical, surgical, family, social)
- allergies
- medications
- safety
Focused assessment assessment for a specific problem, focuses on pertinent history and body regions
for that problem
Emergency assessment type of rapid focused assessment conducted when addressing a life-threatening
or unstable situation, focus on ABCs
Time-lapsed assessment compares a patient's current status to baseline data obtained earlier
Community assessment helps identify community needs, clarify problems, and identify strengths and
resources (# of hospitals, grocery stores, churches, parks)
Characteristics of assessments - purposeful
- prioritized
- complete
- systematic
- factual and accurate
- relevant
- recorded in a standard manner
subjective data what the patient reports themselves (symptoms)
objective data information that is visible and measurable by someone else, can be seen, heard,
or felt by an observer (signs)
Sources of data collection - primary - patient
- secondary - all people other than the patient, labs, patient records, nursing
literature
How is a nursing diagnosis different from a medical focused on the human response to a health issue or concern
diagnosis?
Types of diagnoses - nursing diagnosis
- medical diagnosis
- collaborative problems
Nursing diagnosis format NANDA Dx (problem), related to (cause/etiology), as evidenced by
(symptoms/signs) . . .
