NURS 100 / NURS100 – Fundamentals of
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Health
A state of optimal functioning or well-being.
Nurse practice acts
Laws established in each state in the United States to regulate the practice of nursing.
Nursing process
One of the major guidelines for nursing practice. Assessing, diagnosing, implementing, and
evaluating.
Acute illness
Usually rapid onset of symptoms and lasts only a short time.
Chronic illness
An illness that causes permanent change, requires special patient education for rehabilitation,
requires a long period of care or support.
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Hierarchy of needs
1. Physiological needs 2. Safety and security 3. Love and belonging 4. Self-esteem needs 5. Self-
actualization needs
Stages of illness
1: experiencing symptoms(pain most significant.) 2. Assuming the sick role (call in sick.) 3.
Assume the dependent role (accept diagnosis and treatment plan, may enter hospital.) 4. Achieve
recovery.
Florence Nightingale
-defined nursing as and art and a science.
-defined and practiced holistic nursing.
-identified personal needs of patient and role of nurse in meeting them.
-established standards for hospital management.
-established nursing education.
-stressed the need for continuing education for nurses.
-recognized 2 components of nursing, health & illness.
-differentiated nursing from medicine.
-recognized nutrition as important to health.
-maintained accurate records/ beginning of nursing research.
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Aims of nursing
-to promote health (teach healthy lifestyles, physically, mentally, emotionally.)
-prevent illness (smoking cessation, prenatal care, fitness classes.)
-restore health (providing direct care, rehab.)
-facilitate coping with disability or death (care to patients & families, hospice, teach quadriplegic
self-care tasks.)
QSEN competencies
-patient centered care
-teamwork & collaboration
-quality improvement
-safety
-evidence based practice
-informatics
NCLEX
National Council licensure examination
Nurse Practice Acts
Laws established in each state. They are all worded different but have common elements such as:
-define legal scope of practice to protect the public. This keeps untrained nurses from practicing.
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-provide legal requirements & titles for RNs & LPNs.
-create a state Board of Nursing, responsible for making & enforcing rules for unprofessional
conduct or felony charges.
-established criteria for education & licensure of nurses.
Roles of the nurse
-communicator
-teacher/educator
-counselor
-leader
-researcher
-collaborator
Types of knowledge
-Science, observing, identifying, describing
-philosophy, the study of wisdom, fundamental knowledge.
-process, a series of actions, changes, or functions. Ex: nursing process.
Steps to implementing evidence based practice
1. Ask a question about a clinical area of interest or an intervention.
2. Collect the most relevant and best evidence.
Nursing | Western Carolina University (WCU)
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Questions & Answers
Health
A state of optimal functioning or well-being.
Nurse practice acts
Laws established in each state in the United States to regulate the practice of nursing.
Nursing process
One of the major guidelines for nursing practice. Assessing, diagnosing, implementing, and
evaluating.
Acute illness
Usually rapid onset of symptoms and lasts only a short time.
Chronic illness
An illness that causes permanent change, requires special patient education for rehabilitation,
requires a long period of care or support.
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2026/ 2027 Update) Questions & Answers
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Hierarchy of needs
1. Physiological needs 2. Safety and security 3. Love and belonging 4. Self-esteem needs 5. Self-
actualization needs
Stages of illness
1: experiencing symptoms(pain most significant.) 2. Assuming the sick role (call in sick.) 3.
Assume the dependent role (accept diagnosis and treatment plan, may enter hospital.) 4. Achieve
recovery.
Florence Nightingale
-defined nursing as and art and a science.
-defined and practiced holistic nursing.
-identified personal needs of patient and role of nurse in meeting them.
-established standards for hospital management.
-established nursing education.
-stressed the need for continuing education for nurses.
-recognized 2 components of nursing, health & illness.
-differentiated nursing from medicine.
-recognized nutrition as important to health.
-maintained accurate records/ beginning of nursing research.
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Aims of nursing
-to promote health (teach healthy lifestyles, physically, mentally, emotionally.)
-prevent illness (smoking cessation, prenatal care, fitness classes.)
-restore health (providing direct care, rehab.)
-facilitate coping with disability or death (care to patients & families, hospice, teach quadriplegic
self-care tasks.)
QSEN competencies
-patient centered care
-teamwork & collaboration
-quality improvement
-safety
-evidence based practice
-informatics
NCLEX
National Council licensure examination
Nurse Practice Acts
Laws established in each state. They are all worded different but have common elements such as:
-define legal scope of practice to protect the public. This keeps untrained nurses from practicing.
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-provide legal requirements & titles for RNs & LPNs.
-create a state Board of Nursing, responsible for making & enforcing rules for unprofessional
conduct or felony charges.
-established criteria for education & licensure of nurses.
Roles of the nurse
-communicator
-teacher/educator
-counselor
-leader
-researcher
-collaborator
Types of knowledge
-Science, observing, identifying, describing
-philosophy, the study of wisdom, fundamental knowledge.
-process, a series of actions, changes, or functions. Ex: nursing process.
Steps to implementing evidence based practice
1. Ask a question about a clinical area of interest or an intervention.
2. Collect the most relevant and best evidence.
