nursing test 1 question and answers
English woman from the mid-1800s, felt a calling to become a nurse, lowered the death rate
from 60%-1%, Founded the first training school for nurses in England at St. Thomas hospital -
ANSWER>>Florence Nightingale
Nutrition is an important part of nursing care, Fresh clean air is beneficial, sick people need
recreational and occupational therapy, nurses should identify and meet patient personal and
emotional needs, Nursing should be directed towards health and illness, Nursing is distinct and
separate from the practice of medicine and should be taught by other nurses, continuing
education is important - ANSWER>>Florence Nightingale's Curriculum
Social worker, during the Civil War, organized women volunteers to provide nursing care for
the soldiers - ANSWER>>Dorothea Dix
Took Volunteers into the field hospitals to care for soldiers of both armies, she also founded the
American Red Cross - ANSWER>>Clara Barton
Took nursing out into the community, and in 1893 she and Mary Brewster established the
Henry Street Settlement Service in NYC - ANSWER>>Lillian Wald
Promote Wellness, Prevent Illness, Facilitate Coping, Restore Health - ANSWER>>Four Goals of
Nursing
An Organized and systematic way to deliver nursing care - ANSWER>>Nursing Process
Assessment, Diagnosis, Plan, Implement, Evaluate - ANSWER>>The Nursing Process
, actions taken to improve, maintain, or restore health or prevent illness -
ANSWER>>Interventions
to be free of infectious material - ANSWER>>Aseptic
Preventive, primary, secondary, tertiary, restorative, continuing - ANSWER>>Levels of Care
the first care delivery system for practical nurses. Performed a series of tasks such as
administration of medication and treatments - ANSWER>>Functional Nursing
An RN was the team leader who coordinated care for a group of patients - ANSWER>>Team
Nursing
one nurse carried out all nursing functions for the patient - ANSWER>>Total Patient Care
One nurse plans and directs care for a patient over a 24-hour period - ANSWER>>Primary
Nursing
relationship between caregivers, patient, and the patient family, caregivers relationship with
him/herself, relationship among health team members - ANSWER>>Relationship based
Safety, effectiveness, patient centeredness, timeliness, efficiency, equitableness -
ANSWER>>patient centered
describes nursing care that uses the best scientific research evidence coupled with the clinical
expertise of the clinician considering the values of the patient - ANSWER>>Evidence based
nursing
a statement about relationships among concepts or facts, based on existing information -
ANSWER>>Nursing Theory