Nursing - Answers the practice of caring for others
Science of Nursing - Answers the knowledge base for the care that is given (knowing tylenol will bring a
fever down)
Art of Nursing - Answers the skilled application of that knowledge to help others achieve maximum
health and quality of life (giving tylenol to a patient with a fever)
Florence Nightingale - Answers founder of modern nursing, "lady with the lamp"
Aims of Nursing - Answers - to promote wellness
- to prevent illness
- to restore health
- to facilitate coping
Caregiver - Answers manages disease and symptoms
Communicator - Answers interpersonal skill, communicates with doctors, family, etc
Teacher - Answers explains concept facts about health and describes reasons for doing things
Conselor - Answers provides information and makes referrals
Leader - Answers assertive, self-confident practice of nursing
Researcher - Answers the participation in or conduct of research to increase knowledge in nursing and
improve patient care
Advocate - Answers helps to protect the patients legal human rights and speaks on behalf of them
Rehabilitator - Answers to bring someone or something back to a normal healthy condition after an
injury or illness
American Nurses Association (ANA) - Answers professional organization that represents all registered
nurses., establishes standards of practice, represents nursing for legislative actions
National League for Nursing (NLN) - Answers professional organization whose members represent
multiple disciplines; conducts many types of programs, including accrediting nursing education programs
Dimensions of Wellness - Answers physical, emotional, intellectual, interpersonal, cultural, spiritual,
environmental, financial, occupational
Evidence Based Practice - Answers clinical decision making that integrates the best available research
with clinical expertise to provide the best patient care
, Informatics - Answers use information and technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate
error, and support decision making
Patient-Centered Care - Answers providing compassionate and coordinated care that is respectful of and
responsive to individual patient preferences, needs, and values and ensuring that patient values guide
all clinical decisions
Safety - Answers minimizing risk of harm to patients and providers through both system effectiveness
and individual performance
Teamwork and Collaboration - Answers functioning effectively within nursing and inter-professional
teams, fostering open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision-making to achieve quality
patient care
Quality Improvement - Answers using tools such as flowcharts and diagrams to monitor the outcomes of
care processes and use improvement methods to design and test changes to continuously improve the
quality and safety of health care systems
Genetics - Answers study of inheritance or the way traits are passed down from one generation to the
next
Genomics - Answers the study of all the genes in an individual and their interactions with environmental
factors
Autonomy - Answers initiation of independent nursing interventions without medical orders (having a
patient do deep breathing exercises to prevent respiratory complications)
Advocacy - Answers protecting the patient's human and legal rights and providing assistance in asserting
these rights as needed (helps the patient and family members determine whether or not to accept a
treatment)
Accountability - Answers responsibility, professionally and legally, for the type and quality of the nursing
care provided
Collaboration - Answers nursing interaction with interprofessional healthcare providers to provide the
best possible care to the patient
Nurse Educator - Answers usually specialized nurses that teach patients (especially about at home
management)
Staff Nurse - Answers provides basic care to a group of patients in a hospital setting based on standards
of professional practice
Nurse Administrator - Answers manages the quality of patient care provided by the nurses and the
delivery of specific nursing services within a health care establishment