Fundamentals of Nursing
1.origination of the word "nurse": from the latin word "nutrix" meaning to
nourish
2.Interrelated roles of nurses: communicator, teacher, counselor,
leader, re- searcher, advocate, collaborator
3.coping with disability and death: nurses use optimal function of
maximum strengths and potentials, refer to community support
systems; provide care to families and patients during end-of-life
care, hospice
4.The Nursing Process: -one of major guidelines for nursing practice
-helps nurses implement their roles
-integrates art and science of nursing
-allows nurses to use critical thinking and clinical reasoning
-defines the areas of care that are within the domain of nursing
5.Nurse Practice Acts: -define legal scope of nursing practice
-create state board of nursing to make and enforce rules and regulation
-define important terms and activities in nursing, including legal
requirements and titles for RNs and LPNs
- established criteria for the education and licensure of nurses
6.5 vital signs: respirations, pulse rate, blood pressure, temperature, and
pain
7.Nursing is recognized as profession based on what criteria: -well
defined body specific and unique knowledge
-strong service orientation
,-recognized authority by a professional group (ANA)
-code of ethics
-professional organization that sets standards
-ongoing research
-autonomy and self-regulation
8.Florence Nightingale: defined nursing as both an art and science,
differentiated nursing from medicine, created freestanding nursing
education, published books; founder of modern nursing
9.Clara Barton: established red cross; volunteered to care for wounds
and feed union soldiers during civil war; served as supervisor of nurses
for the army of James
10.sources of knowledge: -traditional ( passed down from generation to
genera- tion)
-authoritative- comes from an expert, accepted as truth based on
person's perceived expertise
-scientific (obtained through the scientific method-research)
11.objective: you can see the object
12.subjective: coming from that subject
13.types of knowledge: -science (observing, identifying, describing,
investigating, and explaining events and occurences that are perceived
in world)
, -philosophy (the study of wisdom, fundamental knowledge, and the
processes used to develop and construct on perception on life)
-process (a series of actions, changes, or functions intended to bring
about a desired result)
14.goals of nursing research: -improve care in clinical setting
-study ppl and nurse process: education, policy development, ethics,
nursing history
-develop greater autonomy and strength as a profession
-provide evidence-based nursing practice
15.deductive reasoning: examines a general idea and then considers
specific actions or ideas
16.inductive reasoning: one builds from specific ideas or actions to
conclusions about general ideas
17.health: a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being,
not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
18.illness: the unique response of a person to a disease; an abnormal
process involving changed level of functioning
19.wellness: an active state of being healthy by living a lifestyle
promoting good physical, mental, and emotional health
20.nursing theory: differentiates nursing from other disciplines and
activities in that it serves the purposes of describing, explaining,
predicting, and controlling desired outcomes of nursing care practices
21.evidence-based practice (EBP): a problem-solving approach to making
clinical decisions, using the best evidence available; blends both
1.origination of the word "nurse": from the latin word "nutrix" meaning to
nourish
2.Interrelated roles of nurses: communicator, teacher, counselor,
leader, re- searcher, advocate, collaborator
3.coping with disability and death: nurses use optimal function of
maximum strengths and potentials, refer to community support
systems; provide care to families and patients during end-of-life
care, hospice
4.The Nursing Process: -one of major guidelines for nursing practice
-helps nurses implement their roles
-integrates art and science of nursing
-allows nurses to use critical thinking and clinical reasoning
-defines the areas of care that are within the domain of nursing
5.Nurse Practice Acts: -define legal scope of nursing practice
-create state board of nursing to make and enforce rules and regulation
-define important terms and activities in nursing, including legal
requirements and titles for RNs and LPNs
- established criteria for the education and licensure of nurses
6.5 vital signs: respirations, pulse rate, blood pressure, temperature, and
pain
7.Nursing is recognized as profession based on what criteria: -well
defined body specific and unique knowledge
-strong service orientation
,-recognized authority by a professional group (ANA)
-code of ethics
-professional organization that sets standards
-ongoing research
-autonomy and self-regulation
8.Florence Nightingale: defined nursing as both an art and science,
differentiated nursing from medicine, created freestanding nursing
education, published books; founder of modern nursing
9.Clara Barton: established red cross; volunteered to care for wounds
and feed union soldiers during civil war; served as supervisor of nurses
for the army of James
10.sources of knowledge: -traditional ( passed down from generation to
genera- tion)
-authoritative- comes from an expert, accepted as truth based on
person's perceived expertise
-scientific (obtained through the scientific method-research)
11.objective: you can see the object
12.subjective: coming from that subject
13.types of knowledge: -science (observing, identifying, describing,
investigating, and explaining events and occurences that are perceived
in world)
, -philosophy (the study of wisdom, fundamental knowledge, and the
processes used to develop and construct on perception on life)
-process (a series of actions, changes, or functions intended to bring
about a desired result)
14.goals of nursing research: -improve care in clinical setting
-study ppl and nurse process: education, policy development, ethics,
nursing history
-develop greater autonomy and strength as a profession
-provide evidence-based nursing practice
15.deductive reasoning: examines a general idea and then considers
specific actions or ideas
16.inductive reasoning: one builds from specific ideas or actions to
conclusions about general ideas
17.health: a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being,
not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
18.illness: the unique response of a person to a disease; an abnormal
process involving changed level of functioning
19.wellness: an active state of being healthy by living a lifestyle
promoting good physical, mental, and emotional health
20.nursing theory: differentiates nursing from other disciplines and
activities in that it serves the purposes of describing, explaining,
predicting, and controlling desired outcomes of nursing care practices
21.evidence-based practice (EBP): a problem-solving approach to making
clinical decisions, using the best evidence available; blends both
