Intro to Professional Nursing Midterm Exam

Role of RNs - provide and coordinate patient care, educate patients and the public about various health conditions, and provide advice and emotional support to patients and their family members credentialing - "clearance" of an individual by an authority of some kind licensure - A type of credentialing involving government or quasi-governmental agencies practice protection - only those who are licensed may do certain kinds of work (nursing is one of these lines of work and many states have laws/regulations limiting what unlicensed people/workers may do) title protection - only those who are licensed may call themselves by a certain title (or may refer to themselves as licensed or registered) NCLEX - National Council Licensure Exam types of advanced practice nurse - CNS (Clinical Nurse Specialist) Nurse Practitioner Nurse Anesthetist Nurse Midwife When was anesthesia discovered? - 1840s health - a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity Sheila - her blood is clotting too easily so she's being given a medication to make it thinner Mr. Hampton - he has a lymphoma, he's on oxygen, he's very tired all of the time. Doesn't want to get out of bed unless he needs to use the bathroom Dorothy - has leukemia and indigestion, seems more worried about the indigestion than the leukemia Accessing - collecting, validating, and communicating of patient data Diagnosing - analyzing patient data to identify patient strengths and problems Planning - specifying patient outcomes and related nursing interventions Interventions - carrying out the plan of care Evaluating - measuring extent to which patient achieved outcomes 3 types of nursing diagnoses - actual, at risk for, wellness acronym for emergency situations - SBAR