NUR 115 Test 1 Questions with 100% Correct Answers

Why should we define nursing? Correct Answer - To provide a FRAMEWORK -to clarify its PURPOSES/FUNCTIONS of work and establish BOUNDARIES -DIFFERENTIATE nursing from other health occupations - it GUIDES lawmakes; since they determine by laws what nurses "do" - nurse practice act - describes "WHO' nurses are and "WHAT THEY DO" - aids in developing EDUCATIONAL preparation Scope of Practice Correct Answer with over 200 allied health occupations a nurses SCOPE OF PRACTICE (the boundaries of a practice professions activities as defined by law) has to be set forth so that a nurse does not practice out of those boundaires. Florence Nightingale's Definition of Nursing Correct Answer (1st nurse) in this time FORMAL NURSING had just began; PATIENT-CENTERED, used CONTEMPORARY concepts of HEALTH PROMOTION & MAINTENCE, professional nursing uses a "UNIQUE BODY OF KNOWLEDGE", recognized an importance in OBSERVATIONAL skills & DIFFERENTIATED between CARE GIVEN by a PROFESSIONAL NURSE & that GIVEN by a MOTHER TO A CHILD - recognized IMPORTANCE of OBSERVATIONAL SKILLS WWII Influence & Definition of Nursing Correct Answer more technology increased "things" available to threat people, LPN established, DISCRIMINATION based on RACE decrease, increase in awareness of PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT of CARING (by Hildegard Peplau's influence), recognization of NURSING as a PROCESS (patient is an active participant in the process), INCREASE in EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES (Practical Nursing Programs being, LPNs still used, Associate degree started 1952, Increase in number of BSN and Graduated programs), NURSING ASSISTANTS used in hospital setting. Dorothea Orem Definition of Nursing Correct Answer (1959) self care theory: belief that NURSES only DO for the PATIENT what they CAN'T do FOR THEMSELVES, encouraged PATIENT to DO MORE as their condition IMPROVED, PATIENT has an ACTIVE ROLE. Virginia Henderson Correct Answer (1960) an active nurse since 1930's, FOCUS is both SICK and WELL people, RESPONSIBILITY for CARE is shared by NURSE and PATIENT. GOAL IS INDEPENDENCE of PATIENT