CANS Exam 1 With 100% Correct Answers 2024

CANS Exam 1 Benner's stages of nursing proficiency - Correct Answer-1. Novice 2. Advanced Beginner 3. Competent Practitioner 4. Proficient Practitioner 5. Expert Practitioner When did Medicare and Medicaid begin? - Correct Answer-1965 When did mandatory licensing examination begin? - Correct Answer-New Zealand: 1901 U.S.: 1903 Florence Nightingale's research - Correct Answer-1st nurse researcher, used data on morbidity and mortality of soldiers in hospitals in Scutari Ethnicity of Population vs. Ethnicity of Nurses - Correct Answer-Ethnic minority in nurses don't yet meet the same proportions in the profession as in the general population Black's concept on burnout - Correct Answer-A condition associated with intense and prolonged stress in work settings. Reduced with improved nurse staffing... mandate minimum nurse-to-patient ratio in some states. Jean Watson - Correct Answer-Theory of Human Caring 10 carative factors Harmony in mind, body, soul Altruism Sensitivity Trust Interpersonal skills Mary Ann Bickerdyke - Correct Answer--Mother Bickerdyke -Advocate US veterans -Built >300 field hospitals in the civil war - Civil War lay nurse who rallied the soldiers, cleaning up the camps and the soldiers Clara Barton - Correct Answer--Founder of the American Red Cross -obtained and administered supplies and care to the Union soldiers during the American Civil War. Dorothea Dix - Correct Answer-Rights activist on behalf of mentally ill patients - created first wave of US mental asylums Hildegard Peplau - Correct Answer--theory of interpersonal relationships in nursing -first nurse theorist to descriptive nurse-patient relationship as the foundation of nursing practice -Patient as an active collaborator -6 roles of the nurse: counselor, resource, teacher, technical expert, surrogate, leader Lillian Wald - Correct Answer--Founder of Henry Street Settlement House in NY -Founder of Public Health Nursing -Activist for women and minorities rights Virginia Henderson - Correct Answer--Defined nursing "unique function...to assist the individual, sick or well, in the performance of those activities contributing to health or its recovery..." -Fundamental elements of nursing through holistic needs Florence Nightingale - Correct Answer--Founder of modern nursing -Reformer of hospital sanitation methods -1st infection control nurse -Founder of first training schools of nurses at St. Thomas Hospital -"Lady with the lamp" Dorothea Orem's Self Care theory - Correct Answer--Patient's baseline ability to provide adequate self-care is assessed by the nurse to determine the extent to which the pt is limited in providing his or her own effective care -Supportive education Characteristics of a profession - Correct Answer--Professional preparation and commitment distinguish an occupation from a profession -Profession requires a duty to serve -Autonomy to make decisions -Service/altruism -Specialized knowledge -Autonomy/ethics ANA's Hallmark of nursing - Correct Answer-Individual accountability and responsibility Code of Ethics for Nurses - Correct Answer--Values and commitments -Duty and Loyalty -Aspects of duties beyond individual patient encounters -Reminds nurses and the public of nurses' obligations and responsibilities to patients and others Barriers to recognizing nursing as a profession - Correct Answer--Varying levels of preparatory education -"women's work" - gender issues -religion and military bring values of unquestioning obedience -nurses able to provide duties that were formerly a physician's duties -Legality of nursing protected by lobbying and legislation collegiality - Correct Answer--"companionship and cooperation between colleagues who share responsibility" -Standard for professional nurses -Supportive and healthy work environments -Cooperation -Recognition of interdependence among members of the nursing profession -1 of 9 standards of professional performance Reality shock causes - Correct Answer--nursing shortages -staff retention -difficult working conditions -older, more chronically ill pts -no positive reinforcement -lack of frequent communication -lack of preceptorship -lack of support -gap between ideals and actual work seeing -inability to implement desired nursing care Overcoming Reality shock in nurses - Correct Answer--Find support -Find a mentor -Learn more about the profession -Improve self-care informal socialization - Correct Answer--lessons that occur incidentally -unplanned observations participating in a student nurse association and hearing nurses discuss pt care How to help with the nursing shortage - Correct Answer--Increase supply of nurses -Import nurses from English speaking nurses -Travel nursing -Development of associate programs -Shorter training and education