Unit 1 Fundamentals of Nursing
Concepts Questions and Complete
Solutions Graded A+
The profession of nursing is - Answer: an art and a science
ANA Definition of Nursing - Answer: Nursing is the diagnosis and treatment of human responses to
actual or potential health problems
Florence Nightingale's contributions to nursing - Answer: -needs of patient
-standards of hospital management
-respectful occupation for women
-health and illness
-nursing separate and distinct from medicine
Goals of Nursing - Answer: -promote health
-prevent illness
-restore healthy living
-facilitate coping with disability or death
Health - Answer: state of optimal functioning or well being
Health is subjective - Answer: -one may be diagnosed with a clinical disease but still consider themselves
to be a healthy individual
Wellness - Answer: -associated with health
-an active state of being healthy by living a lifestyle that promotes good physical, mental, emotional and
spiritual health
, Healthy people 2020 - Answer: -the ability of patients to obtain, process, and understand the basic
information needed to make appropriate decisions about their health
-establishes health promotion guidelines for the nation
Healthy People 2020 goals: - Answer: -attain high-quality, longer lives free of preventable disease,
disability, injury, and premature death
-achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, and improve the health of all groups
-create social and physical environments that promote good health for all
-promote quality of life, healthy development, and healthy behaviors across all live stages
Prevention - Answer: anticipatory action taken to prevent the occurrence of an event or to minimize its
effects after it has occured
Preventing Ilness - Answer: -reduce risk for illness
-promote good health habits
-maintain optimal functioning
Restoring health - Answer: -performing assessments that detect an illness
-referring questions and abnormal findings to other health care providers
-providing direct care to the person who is ill
-collaborating with other health care providers
-assisting with the rehab process
-working with mental health and chemical dependency
Nursing as a profession - Answer: -uses an organized body of knowledge
-generated from research and theory (provides rational for our nursing intervention actions)
Nursing Theory - Answer: -composed of a group of concepts that describe a pattern of reality
-statement that explains or characterizes a process, occurrence, or an event that is based on observed
facts
Concepts Questions and Complete
Solutions Graded A+
The profession of nursing is - Answer: an art and a science
ANA Definition of Nursing - Answer: Nursing is the diagnosis and treatment of human responses to
actual or potential health problems
Florence Nightingale's contributions to nursing - Answer: -needs of patient
-standards of hospital management
-respectful occupation for women
-health and illness
-nursing separate and distinct from medicine
Goals of Nursing - Answer: -promote health
-prevent illness
-restore healthy living
-facilitate coping with disability or death
Health - Answer: state of optimal functioning or well being
Health is subjective - Answer: -one may be diagnosed with a clinical disease but still consider themselves
to be a healthy individual
Wellness - Answer: -associated with health
-an active state of being healthy by living a lifestyle that promotes good physical, mental, emotional and
spiritual health
, Healthy people 2020 - Answer: -the ability of patients to obtain, process, and understand the basic
information needed to make appropriate decisions about their health
-establishes health promotion guidelines for the nation
Healthy People 2020 goals: - Answer: -attain high-quality, longer lives free of preventable disease,
disability, injury, and premature death
-achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, and improve the health of all groups
-create social and physical environments that promote good health for all
-promote quality of life, healthy development, and healthy behaviors across all live stages
Prevention - Answer: anticipatory action taken to prevent the occurrence of an event or to minimize its
effects after it has occured
Preventing Ilness - Answer: -reduce risk for illness
-promote good health habits
-maintain optimal functioning
Restoring health - Answer: -performing assessments that detect an illness
-referring questions and abnormal findings to other health care providers
-providing direct care to the person who is ill
-collaborating with other health care providers
-assisting with the rehab process
-working with mental health and chemical dependency
Nursing as a profession - Answer: -uses an organized body of knowledge
-generated from research and theory (provides rational for our nursing intervention actions)
Nursing Theory - Answer: -composed of a group of concepts that describe a pattern of reality
-statement that explains or characterizes a process, occurrence, or an event that is based on observed
facts
