Nursing 104 Exam 1 Questions And Answers
nursing is ✔✔caring, an art, a science, client centered, holistic, adaptive, concerned with health
promotion, health maintenance, and health restoration, helping profession
nursing can be defined as ✔✔science and art
science component of nursing ✔✔uses the nursing process: the quality of patient care is based
on an analytical framework of critical thinking compromised of assessment, diagnosis, and
identification of outcomes, planning, implementation, and evaluation
evidence- based practice ✔✔nurses as scientist rely on evidence to guide their policies and
practices
art component of nursing ✔✔Care, compassion, and advocacy to enhance patient comfort and
well being; involves the human touch
Humanistic-Altruistic Values ✔✔based on caring and respect for human dignity; includes the
attitudes: acceptance, sensitivity, and appreciation
American Nurses Association (ANA) ✔✔Professional organization that represents all registered
nurses.
World Health Organization (WHO) ✔✔a global institution dedicated to the improvement of
human health by monitoring and assessing health trends and providing medical advice to
countries
professional nursing roles ✔✔care provider, educator and counselor, client advocate, change
agent, leader and manager, researcher, coordinator of the interprofessional health care team
, RN demographics as of 2013 ✔✔approximately 3 million RNs in the US;
average age: 44.6;
male RNs increased to 9.1%;
25% of RNs are nonwhite;
55% nurses have a minimum of BSN;
hospital opportunities ✔✔infection control, quality management, specific client services,
coordinator positions
variations on traditional roles in nursing ✔✔- hospice nurse: care for patients with a progressive
terminal disease
- informatics nurse specialist: focuses on management and processing of health care
informantion
- occupational health nurse: nurses the work for specific companies
- quality manager: research and describe findings and look for opportunities to improve care
- case manager: identify the best resources at the lowest cost to achieve the optimal health
outcome for the client
- flight nurse: nurses who work in helicopters and care for patients while transporting them
- telephone triage nurse: asses needs, intervene, and evaluate patient care through technology
- forensic nurse
- school nurse
- travel nurse
- faith community nurse: intentional care of the spirit as the client seeks wholeness in mind,
body, and spirit
- nursing educator
Nurse Educator ✔✔Minimum of master's degree in the specialty area in which they teach
Must be competent in clinical practice at advanced generalist or specialist level
nursing is ✔✔caring, an art, a science, client centered, holistic, adaptive, concerned with health
promotion, health maintenance, and health restoration, helping profession
nursing can be defined as ✔✔science and art
science component of nursing ✔✔uses the nursing process: the quality of patient care is based
on an analytical framework of critical thinking compromised of assessment, diagnosis, and
identification of outcomes, planning, implementation, and evaluation
evidence- based practice ✔✔nurses as scientist rely on evidence to guide their policies and
practices
art component of nursing ✔✔Care, compassion, and advocacy to enhance patient comfort and
well being; involves the human touch
Humanistic-Altruistic Values ✔✔based on caring and respect for human dignity; includes the
attitudes: acceptance, sensitivity, and appreciation
American Nurses Association (ANA) ✔✔Professional organization that represents all registered
nurses.
World Health Organization (WHO) ✔✔a global institution dedicated to the improvement of
human health by monitoring and assessing health trends and providing medical advice to
countries
professional nursing roles ✔✔care provider, educator and counselor, client advocate, change
agent, leader and manager, researcher, coordinator of the interprofessional health care team
, RN demographics as of 2013 ✔✔approximately 3 million RNs in the US;
average age: 44.6;
male RNs increased to 9.1%;
25% of RNs are nonwhite;
55% nurses have a minimum of BSN;
hospital opportunities ✔✔infection control, quality management, specific client services,
coordinator positions
variations on traditional roles in nursing ✔✔- hospice nurse: care for patients with a progressive
terminal disease
- informatics nurse specialist: focuses on management and processing of health care
informantion
- occupational health nurse: nurses the work for specific companies
- quality manager: research and describe findings and look for opportunities to improve care
- case manager: identify the best resources at the lowest cost to achieve the optimal health
outcome for the client
- flight nurse: nurses who work in helicopters and care for patients while transporting them
- telephone triage nurse: asses needs, intervene, and evaluate patient care through technology
- forensic nurse
- school nurse
- travel nurse
- faith community nurse: intentional care of the spirit as the client seeks wholeness in mind,
body, and spirit
- nursing educator
Nurse Educator ✔✔Minimum of master's degree in the specialty area in which they teach
Must be competent in clinical practice at advanced generalist or specialist level
