NUR 215 Exam 2 with Correct Solutions

What is a nurse? - Highly trained, well educated, caring, and competent. Justice - the nurse needs to be impartial and fair to each patient Non-Maleficence - nurse must be non-harming or inflicting the least amount of harm possible to reach a beneficial outcome Veracity - must be honest and tell the truth History of nursing - transformed to a women dominated profession in the 19th and 20th century, had to become licensed in order to work in the profession in 1903 in the US Angel of mercy - religion based and shows nurses as self-sacrificing, moral and noble Battle Ax - showed nurses as cruel torturers, includes the bossy nurse ratchet Naughty nurse - shows nurses as sexy and risqué women, seen as potential dates for physicians Military nurse - shows nurses on battlefield in uniform; straight edges Handmaiden nurse - nurses as just mere assistants that need to help the physician at all costs Florence Nightingale - transformed nursing from battle ax image to nursing as a respected profession, founder of modern nursing and the first nursing school ADPIE - assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation Assessment - gather the information and review patient pmhx, present medical Hx, and family Hx. Diagnosis - identify problems Planning - develop smart goals, desired outcomes and action plans