Dimensions of Nursing-FINAL EXAM
1. "Father of Modern Medicine.
Beliefs focused on harmony with the natural law instead of on appeasing the
gods.
Emphasized treating the whole client, mind, body, spirit, and the environment.
Made diagnosis on the basis of symptoms rather than on an isolated idea of
a disease.
He was concerned with ethical standards for physicians, expressed in the
now-famous Hippocratic Oath.: Hippocrates
2. Founder of modern nursing, in 1851. Nightingale supervised 125 nurses
in several large hospitals, and advocated a program of at least 1 year that
included basic biological science, techniques to improve nursing care, and
supervised practice.: Florence Nightingale
3. Dedicated her life to raising the standards of nursing education in the United
States, and was the first as director of the Illinois Training School for Nurses,
headed the new Johns Hopkins Training School for Nurses.
Formed the American Society of Superintendents of Training Schools for
Nurses and served as chairwoman.
In 1896, she became the first president of a group called the Nurses Associat-
ed Alumnae of the United States and Canada, which would later become the
American Nurses Association (ANA).
Robb helped develop the still the official journal called the American Journal
of Nursing, the first professional journal for nursing.: Isabel Adams Hampton
Robb
4. Opened a storefront health clinic called the Henry Street Settlement in New
York.
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company saw value in her beliefs and asked her
to organize its nursing branch, and she founded the American Red Cross's
Town and Country Nursing Service.
She founded and became the first president of the National Organization for
Public Health Nursing, was the first to place nurses in public schools, and
, Dimensions of Nursing-FINAL EXAM
current proposals for health-care reform often include her ideas about public
health nursing, independent clinics, and health maintenance.: Lillian Wald
5. Credited with founding nurse practitioner practice.
Awarded the Blackwell Award (named for the first female doctor in America)
from Hobart and William Smith Colleges, which is given to a woman whose
life exemplifies outstanding service to humanity.
Ford was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 2011, and still
consults and lectures at the University of Rochester School of Nursing.: Loret-
ta C. Ford
6. a symbol of learning, signs of caring, comfort, and often the difference
between life and death. and a symbol of the ideals and selfless devotion of
Florence Nightingale.: Lamp
7. First modern nursing pin is attributed to Florence Nightingale, a sign of
their legal authority as licensed professionals, and was evidence of their
successful completion of the nursing program.: Nursing Pin
8. Much of history, women were required to keep their heads covered with
some type of garment, a white cap that signified "service to others", for women
to keep their heads covered; it kept the nurse's long hair, up and off her face;
and it kept the hair from becoming soiled.
Capping indicated that the student was now off probation and that she had
earned the right to wear the cap during clinical rotations in the hospital,
first-year students wore plain white caps, second-year students had a vertical
black band added to the edge of the cap, and third-year students were given
a second vertical black band.: Nursing Cap
9. Client-centered care
Teamwork and collaboration
Evidence-based practice (EBP)
Quality improvement (QI)
Safety Informatics: QSEN Competencies
10. Local health needs
Fragmented health-care practices
, Dimensions of Nursing-FINAL EXAM
Present and future health-care needs
Shortages in the health workforce
Collaborative practice
Improved health-care system: Importance of Interpersonal education for nurses
11. Rules and regulations written by the state boards of nursing become
statutory laws under the powers delegated by the state legislature, and define
powers regarding the practice of nursing within the state.: Purpose and needs
for nursing licensure
12. Conviction for a serious crime
Demonstration of gross negligence or unethical conduct in the practice of
nursing
Willful violation of the state's nurse practice act
Failure to renew a nursing license while still continuing to practice nursing
Use of illegal drugs or alcohol during the provision of care for clients or use
that carries over and affects clients' care: Ways a nursing license may be revoked
13. • National nursing organizations need the participation and membership of
all nurses in order to claim that they are truly representative of the profession.
• A large membership allows the organization to speak with one voice when
making its values about health-care issues known to politicians, physicians'
groups, and the public in general.: Importance of nurses to join professional
organizations
14. Is the practice of nursing in which interventions are based on data from re-
search that demonstrates that they are appropriate and successful.: Evidence
based practice
15. Professional unity; joining a professional organization
Political activity: getting involved politically
Accountability and professionalism: demonstrating these traits
Networking: "old boy system" nurse support network system "don't eat your
, Dimensions of Nursing-FINAL EXAM
young"
Future trends in the nursing profession: look at nursing as a profession.: Main
method in which nurses can gain power in nursing
16. Based on recognizing that all human beings are important, for people to
treat others as they would wish to be treated (the Golden Rule): Civility
17. The basis for caring
Promotes emotional health
Creates a positive environment for learning and the promotion of healing
Develops emotional intelligence in nurses
Transforms negative attitudes: Examples of civility in nursing education
18. Bullying
Targets
Lateral violence (horizontal violence)
Vertical violence: Incivility
19. Any behavior that could reasonably be considered humiliating, intimidat-
ing, threatening, or demeaning to an individual or group of individuals.: Bully-
ing
20. Victim of bullying: Target
21. Takes place exclusively in work place setting.
Same characteristics as bullying.
Can be overt/cover.
Overt lateral violence includes name calling, threatening body language, phys-
ical hazing, bickering, fault finding, negative criticism, raised eyebrows, rolling
eyes, verbally abusive, sarcasm, or physical acts of any kind.
Covert is harder to prove (unfair assignments, marginalizing a person, refus-
ing to help someone, ignoring someone, refusing to work w/certain people,
whining, sabotaging). A well-known phenomenon in nursing.: Lateral violence
(horizontal violence)
22. Bullying from a superior.
1. "Father of Modern Medicine.
Beliefs focused on harmony with the natural law instead of on appeasing the
gods.
Emphasized treating the whole client, mind, body, spirit, and the environment.
Made diagnosis on the basis of symptoms rather than on an isolated idea of
a disease.
He was concerned with ethical standards for physicians, expressed in the
now-famous Hippocratic Oath.: Hippocrates
2. Founder of modern nursing, in 1851. Nightingale supervised 125 nurses
in several large hospitals, and advocated a program of at least 1 year that
included basic biological science, techniques to improve nursing care, and
supervised practice.: Florence Nightingale
3. Dedicated her life to raising the standards of nursing education in the United
States, and was the first as director of the Illinois Training School for Nurses,
headed the new Johns Hopkins Training School for Nurses.
Formed the American Society of Superintendents of Training Schools for
Nurses and served as chairwoman.
In 1896, she became the first president of a group called the Nurses Associat-
ed Alumnae of the United States and Canada, which would later become the
American Nurses Association (ANA).
Robb helped develop the still the official journal called the American Journal
of Nursing, the first professional journal for nursing.: Isabel Adams Hampton
Robb
4. Opened a storefront health clinic called the Henry Street Settlement in New
York.
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company saw value in her beliefs and asked her
to organize its nursing branch, and she founded the American Red Cross's
Town and Country Nursing Service.
She founded and became the first president of the National Organization for
Public Health Nursing, was the first to place nurses in public schools, and
, Dimensions of Nursing-FINAL EXAM
current proposals for health-care reform often include her ideas about public
health nursing, independent clinics, and health maintenance.: Lillian Wald
5. Credited with founding nurse practitioner practice.
Awarded the Blackwell Award (named for the first female doctor in America)
from Hobart and William Smith Colleges, which is given to a woman whose
life exemplifies outstanding service to humanity.
Ford was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 2011, and still
consults and lectures at the University of Rochester School of Nursing.: Loret-
ta C. Ford
6. a symbol of learning, signs of caring, comfort, and often the difference
between life and death. and a symbol of the ideals and selfless devotion of
Florence Nightingale.: Lamp
7. First modern nursing pin is attributed to Florence Nightingale, a sign of
their legal authority as licensed professionals, and was evidence of their
successful completion of the nursing program.: Nursing Pin
8. Much of history, women were required to keep their heads covered with
some type of garment, a white cap that signified "service to others", for women
to keep their heads covered; it kept the nurse's long hair, up and off her face;
and it kept the hair from becoming soiled.
Capping indicated that the student was now off probation and that she had
earned the right to wear the cap during clinical rotations in the hospital,
first-year students wore plain white caps, second-year students had a vertical
black band added to the edge of the cap, and third-year students were given
a second vertical black band.: Nursing Cap
9. Client-centered care
Teamwork and collaboration
Evidence-based practice (EBP)
Quality improvement (QI)
Safety Informatics: QSEN Competencies
10. Local health needs
Fragmented health-care practices
, Dimensions of Nursing-FINAL EXAM
Present and future health-care needs
Shortages in the health workforce
Collaborative practice
Improved health-care system: Importance of Interpersonal education for nurses
11. Rules and regulations written by the state boards of nursing become
statutory laws under the powers delegated by the state legislature, and define
powers regarding the practice of nursing within the state.: Purpose and needs
for nursing licensure
12. Conviction for a serious crime
Demonstration of gross negligence or unethical conduct in the practice of
nursing
Willful violation of the state's nurse practice act
Failure to renew a nursing license while still continuing to practice nursing
Use of illegal drugs or alcohol during the provision of care for clients or use
that carries over and affects clients' care: Ways a nursing license may be revoked
13. • National nursing organizations need the participation and membership of
all nurses in order to claim that they are truly representative of the profession.
• A large membership allows the organization to speak with one voice when
making its values about health-care issues known to politicians, physicians'
groups, and the public in general.: Importance of nurses to join professional
organizations
14. Is the practice of nursing in which interventions are based on data from re-
search that demonstrates that they are appropriate and successful.: Evidence
based practice
15. Professional unity; joining a professional organization
Political activity: getting involved politically
Accountability and professionalism: demonstrating these traits
Networking: "old boy system" nurse support network system "don't eat your
, Dimensions of Nursing-FINAL EXAM
young"
Future trends in the nursing profession: look at nursing as a profession.: Main
method in which nurses can gain power in nursing
16. Based on recognizing that all human beings are important, for people to
treat others as they would wish to be treated (the Golden Rule): Civility
17. The basis for caring
Promotes emotional health
Creates a positive environment for learning and the promotion of healing
Develops emotional intelligence in nurses
Transforms negative attitudes: Examples of civility in nursing education
18. Bullying
Targets
Lateral violence (horizontal violence)
Vertical violence: Incivility
19. Any behavior that could reasonably be considered humiliating, intimidat-
ing, threatening, or demeaning to an individual or group of individuals.: Bully-
ing
20. Victim of bullying: Target
21. Takes place exclusively in work place setting.
Same characteristics as bullying.
Can be overt/cover.
Overt lateral violence includes name calling, threatening body language, phys-
ical hazing, bickering, fault finding, negative criticism, raised eyebrows, rolling
eyes, verbally abusive, sarcasm, or physical acts of any kind.
Covert is harder to prove (unfair assignments, marginalizing a person, refus-
ing to help someone, ignoring someone, refusing to work w/certain people,
whining, sabotaging). A well-known phenomenon in nursing.: Lateral violence
(horizontal violence)
22. Bullying from a superior.
