Nursing 221 Exam 1 questions and answers 2024/2025

Nursing 221 Exam 1Characteristics of a Profession: - correct answer Has specific body of knowledge, specific skills, administration of the highest care, performing duties and care safely, responsibility, judgement, usually has certifying body or professional organization Characteristics of a Job: - correct answer Typically performed w/out "thought," may/may not require advanced knowledge, typically no association linked to it, requires less training, typically pays less, and may/may not have a Scope of Practice Nursing: - correct answer The protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations Characteristics of a Profession (5) - correct answer Requires an extended education, requires a body of knowledge, provides a specific service, has autonomy, incorporates a code of ethics Florence Nightingale - correct answer Author of "Notes on Nursing," established the first nursing philosophy based on health maintenance and restoration, believed that cleanliness was the best thing, developed The Nightingale Training School for Nurses at St. Thomas Hospital in London, first practicing nurse epidemiologist, decreased the soldier mortality rate during the Civil War Clara Barton - correct answer Founded the American Red Cross, tended the soldiers on the battlefield, changed dressings, met basic needs and provided care for the dying. Mother Bickerdyke - correct answer Developed the first ambulance system for Civil War soldiers Mary Mahoney - correct answer First African American professionally trained nurse Contemporary Influences on Nursing - correct answer Public Perception: very positive, majority of public see nurses as most honest, trustworthy, and knowledgeable Protect the Public: ensure safety, constantly assess for safety issues, prevention of hospital errors