FUNDAMENTAL FOR NURSING EXAM REVIEWES

FUNDAMENTAL FOR NURSING EXAM REVIEWES English woman from the mid-1800s, felt a calling to become a nurse, lowered the death rate from 60%-1%, Founded the first training school for nurses in England at St. Thomas hospital - CORRECT ANSWER-Florence Nightingale Nutrition is an important part of nursing care, Fresh clean air is beneficial, sick people need recreational and occupational therapy, nurses should identify and meet patient personal and emotional needs, Nursing should be directed towards health and illness, Nursing is distinct and separate from the practice of medicine and should be taught by other nurses, continuing education is important - CORRECT ANSWER-Florence Nightingale's Curriculum Social worker, during the Civil War, organized women volunteers to provide nursing care for the soldiers - CORRECT ANSWER-Dorothea Dix Took Volunteers into the field hospitals to care for soldiers of both armies, she also founded the American Red Cross - CORRECT ANSWER-Clara Barton Took nursing out into the community, and in 1893 she and Mary Brewster established the Henry Street Settlement Service in NYC - CORRECT ANSWER-Lillian Wald Promote Wellness, Prevent Illness, Facilitate Coping, Restore Health - CORRECT ANSWER-Four Goals of Nursing An Organized and systematic way to deliver nursing care - CORRECT ANSWERNursing Process Assessment, Diagnosis, Plan, Implement, Evaluate - CORRECT ANSWER-The Nursing Process actions taken to improve, maintain, or restore health or prevent illness - CORRECT ANSWER-Interventions to be free of infectious material - CORRECT ANSWER-Aseptic Preventive, primary, secondary, tertiary, restorative, continuing - CORRECT ANSWERLevels of Care the first care delivery system for practical nurses. Performed a series of tasks such as administration of medication and treatments - CORRECT ANSWER-Functional Nursing An RN was the team leader who coordinated care for a group of patients - CORRECT ANSWER-Team Nursing one nurse carried out all nursing functions for the patient - CORRECT ANSWER-Total Patient Care One nurse plans and directs care for a patient over a 24-hour period - CORRECT ANSWER-Primary Nursing relationship between caregivers, patient, and the patient family, caregivers relationship with him/herself, relationship among health team members - CORRECT ANSWERRelationship based Safety, effectiveness, patient centeredness, timeliness, efficiency, equitableness - CORRECT ANSWER-patient centered describes nursing care that uses the best scientific research evidence coupled with the clinical expertise of the clinician considering the values of the patient - CORRECT ANSWER-Evidence based nursing a statement about relationships among concepts or facts, based on existing information - CORRECT ANSWER-Nursing Theory activities in which nurses may engage, state the legal requirements and titles for nursing licensure, and establish the education needed for licensure - CORRECT ANSWERPractice Acts _____________ was created to fill a gap left by nurses who enlished in the military services during WWII - CORRECT ANSWER-Practical Nursing created to contain rising health care costs. It means that a hospital receives a set amount of money for a patient who is hospitalized with a certain diagnosis. - CORRECT ANSWER-Diagnosis-related groups disease of body or mind - CORRECT ANSWER-Illness one that develops suddenly and resolves in a short time - CORRECT ANSWER-Acute Illness tends to develop slowly, can be controlled but not cured, is long lasting - CORRECT ANSWER-Chronic Illness one for which there is no cure available; it ends in death - CORRECT ANSWERTerminal Illness one that develops without being caused by another health problem - CORRECT ANSWER-Primary Illness Results from or is caused by a primary illness - CORRECT ANSWER-Secondary Illness Illness present at birth - CORRECT ANSWER-Congenital Illness one for which there is no known etiology(cause) - CORRECT ANSWER-Idiopathic Illness the onset of illness. Vague or nonspecific symptoms. - CORRECT ANSWERTransitional Stage denial of illness stops and "sick role" is assumed. withdraw from usual responsibilities. Use of remedies. Delay of going to primary physician. - CORRECT ANSWERAcceptance Stage the process of recovering after the illness and regaining health. - CORRECT ANSWERConvalescence the adjustment in structure or habits - CORRECT ANSWER-Adaptation the lack of adjustment - CORRECT ANSWER-Maladaptation can be defined as any action undertaken to promote health, prevent disease, or detect disease in an early stage - CORRECT ANSWER-Health behavior any activity a person takes to determine her actual state of health and to seek a suitable remedy for a health problem - CORRECT ANSWER-Illness behavior to be without symptoms - CORRECT ANSWER-Asymptomatic considers a persons' biologic, psychologic, sociologic, and spiritual aspects and needs - CORRECT ANSWER-Holistic Approach Breathing, food, water, sex, sleep, homeostasis, excretion - CORRECT ANSWERPhysiological security of body, of employment, of resources, of morality, of the family, of health, pf property - CORRECT ANSWER-Safety friendship, family, sexual intimacy - CORRECT ANSWER-Love/Belonging