Nursing 205 Exam 1 Content
What are the key characteristics of nursing? - answer1. Holistic Care
2. Specialized knowledge and training
3. Professional organization
4. Code of ethics for nursing
5. Scope and standards of practice
6. ANA definition of nursing
Nursing is seen as ______ care - answer holistic
What is holistic care? - answer looks at physical, mental, emotional, and social well
being of those we are caring for
Nursing is a _____ rather than a job - answer Profession
Profession is an - answeroccupation that has specialized body of knowledge and
training
A profession has a - answerduty to the public good
The standards of practice - answerdescribe the minimum set of criteria for giving quality
care
The standards of practice assure - answercompetency and quality care
Who publishes scope and standards of practice - answerThe American Nursing
Association
The scope of nursing describes - answerwhat the profession of nursing does and how it
is done
ANA definition of nursing - answer-the protection, promotion, and optimization of health
and abilities
-prevention of illness and injury, facilitation of healing
-alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response
-advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations
What is the professional organization for nursing? - answerAmerican Nursing
Association (ANA)
Code of Ethics for Nurses are - answerstatements of the values and belief of nurses,
which are based on ethical principles
,What are the roles and functions of the nurse? - answer1. Care Provider
2. Educator
3. Advocate
4. Leader
5. Change Agent
6. Manager
7. Researcher
8. Collaborator
9. Delegator
What is the primary role of the nurse - answerCare provider
nurse as educator - answer-ensure patient receives sufficient information to base
consent for care and treatments
-focus on discharge planning
Nurse as advocate - answer-interprets information and provides necessary education
-supports the patient's wishes and communicates them to other health care providers
-situations when patient cannot speak for themselves
Nurse as a Leader - answer-provides direction and purpose
-motivates to work toward common goal
nurse as a manager - answer-coordinating all care that a patient needs
-oversee the staff, budget, and resources
nurse as researcher - answer-critique studies
-apply to practice
-problems we identify become research
Nursing research is how - answernursing care is improved
Nurse as a Collaborator - answer-working with other health care providers
-coordination of patient care and communicating
nurse as delegator - answer-entrusting tasks to other health care providers
-knowing the scope of other professionals practice
The profession of nursing developed through - answerwar
Who established American Red Cross - answerClara Barton
Who headed the US Sanitary Commission (Army Nursing Corps) - answerDorothea Dix
, During wars, nurses emerged as _____ and had more ______ and ______ -
answerleaders, autonomy, responsibility
Nursing religious roots come from - answer-nurses (males) in Egypt
-increasing nun and monk work
When did the profession begin and who started it - answer-in the 1850's during the
Crimean War
-Florence Nightingale
What advancements were made after world war II - answer-nursing specialties
-more male nurses
-need for health promotion (nurse practitioners)
What was Nightingale's contribution? - answer-cared for British soldiers during Crimean
war
-assessed patients and collected data
-used statistics
-started the first nursing school
-advocate for general health
-Notes on Nursing
What was Notes on Nursing about - answerNightingales beliefs about nursing and how
to mange the environment in order to improve health
What is a discipline - answerspecific field of study
What is a metaparadigm? - answeroverarching concept of profession, person, health,
and environment
What is the Nursing Paradigm - answerLinks person, health, environment/situation, and
nursing
What is the nursing process? - answerscientific process, multistep process used by
nurses to care for patients
Conceptional framework or model - answercollection of interrelated concepts that
provides direction for nursing practice, research, and education
Nightingale's Environmental Theory - answer- relationship between individual's
environment and health
-put patient in state that nature can heal them
Key concepts of Nightingale's theory - answer-clean air
-clean water
-clean housing
What are the key characteristics of nursing? - answer1. Holistic Care
2. Specialized knowledge and training
3. Professional organization
4. Code of ethics for nursing
5. Scope and standards of practice
6. ANA definition of nursing
Nursing is seen as ______ care - answer holistic
What is holistic care? - answer looks at physical, mental, emotional, and social well
being of those we are caring for
Nursing is a _____ rather than a job - answer Profession
Profession is an - answeroccupation that has specialized body of knowledge and
training
A profession has a - answerduty to the public good
The standards of practice - answerdescribe the minimum set of criteria for giving quality
care
The standards of practice assure - answercompetency and quality care
Who publishes scope and standards of practice - answerThe American Nursing
Association
The scope of nursing describes - answerwhat the profession of nursing does and how it
is done
ANA definition of nursing - answer-the protection, promotion, and optimization of health
and abilities
-prevention of illness and injury, facilitation of healing
-alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response
-advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations
What is the professional organization for nursing? - answerAmerican Nursing
Association (ANA)
Code of Ethics for Nurses are - answerstatements of the values and belief of nurses,
which are based on ethical principles
,What are the roles and functions of the nurse? - answer1. Care Provider
2. Educator
3. Advocate
4. Leader
5. Change Agent
6. Manager
7. Researcher
8. Collaborator
9. Delegator
What is the primary role of the nurse - answerCare provider
nurse as educator - answer-ensure patient receives sufficient information to base
consent for care and treatments
-focus on discharge planning
Nurse as advocate - answer-interprets information and provides necessary education
-supports the patient's wishes and communicates them to other health care providers
-situations when patient cannot speak for themselves
Nurse as a Leader - answer-provides direction and purpose
-motivates to work toward common goal
nurse as a manager - answer-coordinating all care that a patient needs
-oversee the staff, budget, and resources
nurse as researcher - answer-critique studies
-apply to practice
-problems we identify become research
Nursing research is how - answernursing care is improved
Nurse as a Collaborator - answer-working with other health care providers
-coordination of patient care and communicating
nurse as delegator - answer-entrusting tasks to other health care providers
-knowing the scope of other professionals practice
The profession of nursing developed through - answerwar
Who established American Red Cross - answerClara Barton
Who headed the US Sanitary Commission (Army Nursing Corps) - answerDorothea Dix
, During wars, nurses emerged as _____ and had more ______ and ______ -
answerleaders, autonomy, responsibility
Nursing religious roots come from - answer-nurses (males) in Egypt
-increasing nun and monk work
When did the profession begin and who started it - answer-in the 1850's during the
Crimean War
-Florence Nightingale
What advancements were made after world war II - answer-nursing specialties
-more male nurses
-need for health promotion (nurse practitioners)
What was Nightingale's contribution? - answer-cared for British soldiers during Crimean
war
-assessed patients and collected data
-used statistics
-started the first nursing school
-advocate for general health
-Notes on Nursing
What was Notes on Nursing about - answerNightingales beliefs about nursing and how
to mange the environment in order to improve health
What is a discipline - answerspecific field of study
What is a metaparadigm? - answeroverarching concept of profession, person, health,
and environment
What is the Nursing Paradigm - answerLinks person, health, environment/situation, and
nursing
What is the nursing process? - answerscientific process, multistep process used by
nurses to care for patients
Conceptional framework or model - answercollection of interrelated concepts that
provides direction for nursing practice, research, and education
Nightingale's Environmental Theory - answer- relationship between individual's
environment and health
-put patient in state that nature can heal them
Key concepts of Nightingale's theory - answer-clean air
-clean water
-clean housing
