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Tertiary Prevention Occurs when a defect or disability is permanent or irreversible (keep patients at highest function despite disease) examples of primary prevention Health education, Good nurtrition, Marriage counseling and sex education, genetic screening, immunizations, personal hygeine, protection from accidents, avoidance of allergens examples of secondary prevention Self breast exams, yearly cancer screenings, proper management of diabetes examples of tertiary prevention Life...

Health promotion is best represented by which activity? a. Administering immunizations b. Giving a bath c. Preventing accidents in the home d. Performing diagnostic procedures correct answers C The registered nurse is providing nursing care for a client in pain. The nurse administered pain medication, repositioned the client, and dimmed the lights. Twenty minutes later, the nurse returns to check on the client's level of pain. The nurse is performing which standard of practice? a. A...

Why Is Theory Important? correct answers Nursing as a profession is strengthened when nursing knowledge is built on sound theory. Theory is a useful tool for reasoning, critical thinking, and decision-making (Tomey and Alligood, 2010). Philosophies of Nursing correct answers A philosophy is a set of beliefs about the nature of how the world works. A nursing philosophy puts together some or all concepts of the metaparadigm. Nightingale's philosophy Henderson's philosophy Watson's philo...

What is the National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses correct answers a comprehensive survey of the nursisng workforce every 4 years from the US department of human and health services How many RN licenses are held as of 2013 correct answers more than 4 million How much did RNs grow in the 2000s correct answers about 24% What percentage of nurses younger than 50 were employed in nursing either full or part time in 2008 correct answers 90% What gender nominates nursing correct answe...

the nursing workforce is dominated by correct answers women between 2000 and 2008 men in nursing increased by how much correct answers 50% what was the mean age of nurses in the workforce in 2017 correct answers 51 racial and ethnic minorities compromise what percentage of the RN population correct answers 19 what is the entry level education needed to become an RN correct answers completion of basic education, passing the nclex-rn around what percent of professional nurses work i...

A nurse observes a patient lying rigidly in bed taking shallow breaths. The patient reports a 4 out of 5 on the pain scale and says "my leg hurts." The nurse determines that together, the objective and subjective data are: correct answers congruent and support that the patient is in pain A nurse manager tells you, "I am here for you anytime you need me, just stop by" but her door is always closed. Is this congruent or incongruent? correct answers incongruent describe the nursing proces...

demographics: age correct answers -90% of nurses younger than 50 years old were employed in nursing -less than half of the nurses were older than 65 were working in nursing -graduates from BSN programs tend to be younger than graduates from other types of nursing programs -average age of BSN graduate is 28 -average age of graduates from associate-degree and diploma (hospital based programs) is 33 reason for aging nurse workforce correct answers -Recent economic downturn and high unemploy...

median age of nurses correct answers 38 florence nightingale correct answers established the first training schools for nursing, mother of nursing, brought sanitation to nursing margaret sanger correct answers safe contraceptive and family planning in NYC mary breckenridge correct answers organized the Frontier Nursing Service -- first midwifery service clara barton correct answers American Red Cross lillian wald correct answers -Henry Street Settlement -they sought finances and ...

Arterial blood pressure correct answers a measurement of the pressure (mmHg) exerted by the blood as it flows through the arteries Blood pressure _____ as the heart contracts and _____ as the heart relaxes. correct answers rises; falls What is blood pressure measured in? correct answers millimeters of mercury (mmHg) and it's recorded as a fraction What is the systolic number in blood pressure? correct answers -the top photo (numerator) -it is a result of the ventricles of the heart -...

Approaches to defining profession correct answers Process approach Power approach Trait approach Process approach correct answers All are in a state of development Found somewhere along a continuum Not an either/or situation Power approach correct answers How much "power" does the group have? How independent is the group? How did the group get its independence? Money and political influence become critical. Trait approach correct answers Looks at "traits" criteria or charac...