NUR 3825 Exam 1 Study Guide
Nightingale Pledge - ANS -A pledge, modelled after the Hippocratic Oath, recited by nurses
before graduating from nursing school, indicating their commitment to professionalism and
patient care
Nursing's Social Policy Statement - ANS -important document that describes the profession of
nursing and its professional framework and obligations to society
Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice - ANS -Outlines the expectations of the professional
role within which all RNs must practice . It describes the standards of care and associated
competencies for professional nursing
Code of Ethics for Nurses - ANS -describes nursing's central beliefs and assists the profession
in controlling its practice
Standards of practice - ANS -Assessment
Diagnosis
Outcomes identification
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
Standards of Professional Performance - ANS -1. Ethics
2. Culturally congruent practice
3. Communication
4. Collaboration
5. Leadership
6. Education
7. Evidence-based practice and research
8. Quality of practice
9. Professional practice evaluation
10. Resource utilization
11. Environmental health
mary Seacole - ANS -- Jamaican nurse who was refused the right to work with Nightingale
- Learned many traditional healing techniques from mother
Florence Nightingale - ANS -Established sanitary nursing care units. Founder of modern
nursing. began professional education of nursing. Believed in the healing of the mind, body and
, spirit (later known as holistic health). Helped soldiers connect with home and read books (later
known as mental health nursing)
dorthea dix - ANS -advocated for mental health patients that were treated unfairly. Showed that
mental health illnesses were not incurable.
Clara Barton - ANS -Founded the American Red Cross
Mary Mahoney - ANS -First professionally trained African American nurse. GAve opening
speech at National Association of colored graduate nurses.
Hildegard E. Peplau (1952) - ANS -- "nurse of the century"
- first black nurse to serve ANA exec then president
-emphasized the importance of the patient-nurse relationship
Loretta Ford - ANS -Co-developed 1st Nurse Practitioner program. (integrated traditional
nursing roles with medicine)
Florence Wald - ANS --Leader in establishing hospice care in America
Madeleine Leininger - ANS -promoted transcultural nursing
Professionalism - ANS -The conduct, aims, or qualities that characterize or mark a profession
Nursing - ANS -the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of
illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human
response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations
Autonomy - ANS -capacity of a nurse to determine his/her own actions through independent
choice, including demonstration of competence, within the full scope of nursing practice
Responsibility - ANS -Being entrusted with a particular function
Accountability - ANS -being responsible and accountable to self and others for behaviors and
outcomes included in one's professional role
Code of ethics - ANS -The contract between nursing and society is based on professional and
regulatory requirements, but also on what society expects from healthcare services and
healthcare professionals
Scope of practice - ANS -A statement that describes the who, what, where, when, why, and
how of nursing practice.
Nightingale Pledge - ANS -A pledge, modelled after the Hippocratic Oath, recited by nurses
before graduating from nursing school, indicating their commitment to professionalism and
patient care
Nursing's Social Policy Statement - ANS -important document that describes the profession of
nursing and its professional framework and obligations to society
Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice - ANS -Outlines the expectations of the professional
role within which all RNs must practice . It describes the standards of care and associated
competencies for professional nursing
Code of Ethics for Nurses - ANS -describes nursing's central beliefs and assists the profession
in controlling its practice
Standards of practice - ANS -Assessment
Diagnosis
Outcomes identification
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
Standards of Professional Performance - ANS -1. Ethics
2. Culturally congruent practice
3. Communication
4. Collaboration
5. Leadership
6. Education
7. Evidence-based practice and research
8. Quality of practice
9. Professional practice evaluation
10. Resource utilization
11. Environmental health
mary Seacole - ANS -- Jamaican nurse who was refused the right to work with Nightingale
- Learned many traditional healing techniques from mother
Florence Nightingale - ANS -Established sanitary nursing care units. Founder of modern
nursing. began professional education of nursing. Believed in the healing of the mind, body and
, spirit (later known as holistic health). Helped soldiers connect with home and read books (later
known as mental health nursing)
dorthea dix - ANS -advocated for mental health patients that were treated unfairly. Showed that
mental health illnesses were not incurable.
Clara Barton - ANS -Founded the American Red Cross
Mary Mahoney - ANS -First professionally trained African American nurse. GAve opening
speech at National Association of colored graduate nurses.
Hildegard E. Peplau (1952) - ANS -- "nurse of the century"
- first black nurse to serve ANA exec then president
-emphasized the importance of the patient-nurse relationship
Loretta Ford - ANS -Co-developed 1st Nurse Practitioner program. (integrated traditional
nursing roles with medicine)
Florence Wald - ANS --Leader in establishing hospice care in America
Madeleine Leininger - ANS -promoted transcultural nursing
Professionalism - ANS -The conduct, aims, or qualities that characterize or mark a profession
Nursing - ANS -the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of
illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human
response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations
Autonomy - ANS -capacity of a nurse to determine his/her own actions through independent
choice, including demonstration of competence, within the full scope of nursing practice
Responsibility - ANS -Being entrusted with a particular function
Accountability - ANS -being responsible and accountable to self and others for behaviors and
outcomes included in one's professional role
Code of ethics - ANS -The contract between nursing and society is based on professional and
regulatory requirements, but also on what society expects from healthcare services and
healthcare professionals
Scope of practice - ANS -A statement that describes the who, what, where, when, why, and
how of nursing practice.
