Fundamentals Of Practical Nursing Final Exam Study Guide | Complete Exam Prep

Fundamentals Of Practical Nursing Final Exam Study GuideTypes of Nursing Programs: ◆ Associate degree: 2-year program; entry educational level for registered nurses ◆ Baccalaureate degree: 4-year program; focuses more on management and leadership ◆ Diploma: 3-year hospital-based program ◆ Licensed practical or vocational nurse (LPN/LVN): 9 months to 1 year most basic entry-level program Milestones in Nursing History ◆ Ancient times: care provided by family and male priests ◆ 1000 AD: women allowed to study midwifery ◆ 1700–1800: poor, lower class women provided care in unsanitary conditions ◆ 1836: first school of nursing established; nurses referred to as Kaiserworth deaconesses (era of Florence Nightingale) ◆ 1897: Nurses Associated Alumnae of the United States formed to protect against incompetent nurses ◆ 1892: first training program established for practical nurses in New York City ◆ Early 1900s: licensure required in some states ◆ 1955: all states required practical nurses to be licensed Scope of Practice ◆ Limitations and allowances of what a nurse can do ◆ Nurses responsible for knowing their own scope of practice Nurse Practice Act ◆ Law governing nurses’ actions ◆ Written to address each specific level of nursing ◆ Establishes scope of practice for each level of nurse, based on educational preparation ◆ Enforced by the Board of Nursing