LPN to RN Transition Final Review

Accountability in Nursing (227) - Being answerable for the actions or interventions one performs as a nurse; taking responsibility for professional growth; RN is accountable to herself, pt, society, and profession. As a charge nurse, what is the best way to get feedback from the multiple generations of nurses in your unit? - Consider everyone's view-points. Everyone should be involved. IMPUT FEEDBACK. Think: democratic leader. Clara Barton (193) - Nurse during the Civil War; founder of the *American Red Cross* known as the *angel in the battle field* Data Collection - The first step of the nursing process (part of ASSESSMENT) Florence Nightingale (78) - Founder of modern nursing. Established sanitary nursing care units. (Light, cleanliness, ventilation, warmth, diet, and noise) Began professional education of nursing on basis that nursing is both an art and science and is different than other medical knowledge. Focuses on nurse environment/Nurse to pt/Environment to pt relationships