Fundamentals of Nursing Chapter 1, 2, 3,
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Dorothea Orem - Correct Answer Self -care deficit nursing theory; goal is to help client
attain total self-care
Sr. Callista Roy - Correct Answer adaptation model was inspired by the strength and
resiliency of children; model relates to the choices people make as they adapt to illness
and wellness
Madeleine M. Leininger - Correct Answer cultural care diversity and universality theory;
caring theory
Jean Watson - Correct Answer Caring theory; nursing is an interpersonal process
Clara Barton - Correct Answer "angel of the battlefield" during the Civil War, cared for
soldiers both in north and south; first president of American Red Cross
Dorothea Dix - Correct Answer an activist for better mental health care and the
establishment of psychiatric hospitals; Superintendent of Female Nurses in Army in
1861; not a nurse but a retired school teacher
Florence Nightingale - Correct Answer established modern nursing; attended
Kaiserworth School in Germany in 1851; famous for nursing care during the crimean
war;
Mary Mahoney - Correct Answer First african american nurse in the US; established
National Association for Colored Graduate Nurses
Linda Richards - Correct Answer Recognized as the first "trained nurse" in the US; later
went to establish the first nursing school in Japan
Isabel Hampton Robb - Correct Answer Activist for nursing labor reform in late 1800s;
helped get shifts with meal breaks for nurses and worked on establishing a 3-year
training program and for licensure examination and nursing registration
1836; Kaiserworth, Germany - Correct Answer The first school of nursing was
established in what year and where?
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1955 - Correct Answer Year that all states required practical nurses to be licensed.
Texas and California - Correct Answer The title LPN is used in all states except
Nurses Associated Alumnae of the United States - Correct Answer What was formed in
1897 in effort to oversee training to protect patients against incompetent nurses?
LPN/LVN - Correct Answer most basic entry level options for nurses
ADN - Correct Answer entry level educational option for registered nurses; attend
nursing school for a minimum of 2 years
Diploma Program Nurse - Correct Answer educated in a hospital based nursing
education program of which few remain
Baccalaureate Degree Nurse - Correct Answer enter a university to pursue their nursing
education; take all required courses over a course of 4 years
Masters of Science in Nursing allows a nurse to specialize in areas such as (4) - Correct
Answer Clinical nurse specialist
Nurse Practitioner
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
Nurse Midwife
Nurse Practice Act - Correct Answer law governing nurses' actions; law is written to
specifically address each level of nursing; in every state, LPNs are required to practice
under the supervision of an RN or physician, and RNs under a physician; is in each
state
Modern Nursing began in 1836 in Germany by who - Correct Answer Pastor Theodore
Fliedner
evidence-based practice (EBP) - Correct Answer A problem solving approach to
delivering health care; uses best evidence from nursing research studies and patient
care data and considers patient's preferences and values
Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) - Correct Answer established in 2005;
focuses on the knowledge, skills and attitudes (KSAs) needed by nurses to continually
improve the quality and safety of patient care
1) Patient-Centered Care
2)Teamwork and Collaboration
3)Evidence Based Practice
4)Quality Improvement
5)Safety
6)Informatics - Correct Answer QSEN focuses on what 6 areas of prelicensure KSAs?