Nur 228- Exam 1 Questions & 100% Correct
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The ______ is the center of your practice
✓ ~~> -patient
-includes the individual, family &/or community
Nursing
✓ ~~> -the protection, promotion & optimization of health & abilities
-prevention illness & injury
-alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis & treatment of human response
-advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities & populations
-critical thinking skills are key!
Florence Nightingale
✓ ~~> -established 1st nursing philanthropy based on health
maintenance & restoration (1860)
-nursing has charge of somebody's health based on the knowledge of
putting the body in a disease free/ recovery state
-1st organized program for training nurses (Nightingale Training School for
Nurses at St. Thomas' Hospital in London)
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-1st practicing nurse epidemiologist
-sanitation work
Clara Barton
✓ ~~> -American Red Cross
Mary Mahoney
✓ ~~> -1st professionally trained African American nurse
-respect for the individual
-better relationships for culture and races
influences on nursing
✓ ~~> -health care reform
-increase in population
-medically underserved
-threat of bioterrorism
-rising health care costs
-nursing shortage
Nursing shortage
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✓ ~~> -results from insufficient qualified RNs to fill vacant positions & loss
of qualified RNs to other professions
ANA standards of nursing practicing & standards of professional performance
✓ ~~> -describe a comptent level of nursing care
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Code of Ethics
✓ ~~> -philosophical ideals of right and wrong that define the
principles you ill use to provide care to your patients
-important to incorporate your own values and ethics in your practice
registered nurse (RN)
✓ ~~> -completion of an associate (2 years) or baccalaureate (4
years) degree program, then take NCLEX-RN
Nurse educator, nurse administrator, and advanced practice registered
nurse (APRN)
✓ ~~> -master's or doctoral degree... DSN & PhD
-APRN is the most independently functioning
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in-service education
✓ ~~> -instruction or training provided by a health care agency or
institution
-often focused on new technologies
-will always have to do
Nurse Practice Arts (NPA)
✓ ~~> -regulate the scope of nursing practice and protect public
health, safety, and welfare
profession responsibilities and roles
✓ ~~> -provide care and comfort and to emphasize health promotion
and illness prevention
-autonomy & accountability
-caregiver
-patient advocate
-educator
-communicator= essential
-manager
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