NURS 222 FAILURE TO THRIVE EXAM
SCRIPT COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
●● ICN definition of nursing
Answer: Nursing encompasses autonomous and collaborative care of
individuals of all ages, families, groups, and communities, sick or well,
and in all settings. Nursing includes the promotion of health; prevention
of illness; and the care of ill, disabled, and dying people. Advocacy,
promotion of a safe environment, research, participation in shaping
health policy and in patient and health systems management, and
education are also key nursing roles.
●● critical thinking and reflection in nursing
Answer: help you gain and interpret scientific knowledge, integrate
knowledge from clinical experiences, and become a lifelong learner
●● Florence Nightingale
Answer: English nurse remembered for her work during the Crimean
War (1820-1910); established 1st organized training for nurses; known
as the "Lady with the Lamp"; used statistics to prove success of her
strategies
●● The civil war
Answer: 1861-1865; stimulated the growth of nursing in the United
States.
,●● Clara Barton
Answer: Founded the American Red Cross during civil war; •Cared for
soldiers on the battlefields, cleansed wounds, comforting them in death
●● Dorothea Lynde Dix and Mary Ann Ball (Bickerdale)
Answer: organized hospitals and ambulances, appointed nurses, cared
for wounded soldiers, and managed supplies during civil war
●● Harriet Tubman
Answer: Former slave who helped slaves escape on the Underground
Railroad; influenced nursing during Civil War; lead more than 300
slaves to freedom
●● Mary Mahoney
Answer: First professionally trained African American nurse; had
compassion for all ethnicities, cultures, and religions
●● Isabel Hampton Robb
Answer: founded the Nurses' Associated Alumnae which became the
American Nurses Association; one of the original founders of the
"American Journal of Nursing"
●● Lillian Wald and Mary Brewster
,Answer: opened Henry Street Settlement, which focused on the health
needs of poor people who lived in tenements in NYC
●● Mary Adelaide Nutting
Answer: First professor of nursing at Columbia university
●● Center for Ethics and Human Rights
Answer: Provides a forum to address the complex ethical and human
rights issues confronting nurses and designs activities and programs to
increase ethical competence in nurses; established by ANA
●● Cognitive skills
Answer: "the what"
●● technical skills
Answer: "the how"
●● Interpersonal skills
Answer: communication
●● Ethical/Legal skills
Answer: how to stay in the nursing practice
, ●● Altruism
Answer: concern for welfare and well being of others, advocate for
patient, demonstrate respect for culture, beliefs, perspectives
●● Autonomy
Answer: right to self determination, honors rights of patient and family,
plan together, provide information
●● Accountability
Answer: professionally and legally responsible for the type and quality
of nursing care provided
●● human dignity
Answer: respect for the work and uniqueness of patients and
populations, culturally competent care, protect privacy and
confidentiality, design care sensitive to needs
●● Integrity
Answer: act within code of ethics and standards, honesty, accountability
of own actions
●● social justice
Answer: upholding moral and humanistic principles, universal access to
healthcare, nondiscriminatory care
SCRIPT COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
●● ICN definition of nursing
Answer: Nursing encompasses autonomous and collaborative care of
individuals of all ages, families, groups, and communities, sick or well,
and in all settings. Nursing includes the promotion of health; prevention
of illness; and the care of ill, disabled, and dying people. Advocacy,
promotion of a safe environment, research, participation in shaping
health policy and in patient and health systems management, and
education are also key nursing roles.
●● critical thinking and reflection in nursing
Answer: help you gain and interpret scientific knowledge, integrate
knowledge from clinical experiences, and become a lifelong learner
●● Florence Nightingale
Answer: English nurse remembered for her work during the Crimean
War (1820-1910); established 1st organized training for nurses; known
as the "Lady with the Lamp"; used statistics to prove success of her
strategies
●● The civil war
Answer: 1861-1865; stimulated the growth of nursing in the United
States.
,●● Clara Barton
Answer: Founded the American Red Cross during civil war; •Cared for
soldiers on the battlefields, cleansed wounds, comforting them in death
●● Dorothea Lynde Dix and Mary Ann Ball (Bickerdale)
Answer: organized hospitals and ambulances, appointed nurses, cared
for wounded soldiers, and managed supplies during civil war
●● Harriet Tubman
Answer: Former slave who helped slaves escape on the Underground
Railroad; influenced nursing during Civil War; lead more than 300
slaves to freedom
●● Mary Mahoney
Answer: First professionally trained African American nurse; had
compassion for all ethnicities, cultures, and religions
●● Isabel Hampton Robb
Answer: founded the Nurses' Associated Alumnae which became the
American Nurses Association; one of the original founders of the
"American Journal of Nursing"
●● Lillian Wald and Mary Brewster
,Answer: opened Henry Street Settlement, which focused on the health
needs of poor people who lived in tenements in NYC
●● Mary Adelaide Nutting
Answer: First professor of nursing at Columbia university
●● Center for Ethics and Human Rights
Answer: Provides a forum to address the complex ethical and human
rights issues confronting nurses and designs activities and programs to
increase ethical competence in nurses; established by ANA
●● Cognitive skills
Answer: "the what"
●● technical skills
Answer: "the how"
●● Interpersonal skills
Answer: communication
●● Ethical/Legal skills
Answer: how to stay in the nursing practice
, ●● Altruism
Answer: concern for welfare and well being of others, advocate for
patient, demonstrate respect for culture, beliefs, perspectives
●● Autonomy
Answer: right to self determination, honors rights of patient and family,
plan together, provide information
●● Accountability
Answer: professionally and legally responsible for the type and quality
of nursing care provided
●● human dignity
Answer: respect for the work and uniqueness of patients and
populations, culturally competent care, protect privacy and
confidentiality, design care sensitive to needs
●● Integrity
Answer: act within code of ethics and standards, honesty, accountability
of own actions
●● social justice
Answer: upholding moral and humanistic principles, universal access to
healthcare, nondiscriminatory care
