nursing 1290 exam 1 study guide 2024

Attributes of a good nurse - 1) Caring ~ "too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around" -Leo Buscaglia 2) Communication skills ~ the ability to speak and listen well A) Use language to clearly communicate a lot of information B) Pertinent to nursing care C) Nurses are never focused on irrelevant or trivial information 3) Emotional stability ~ A persons ability to remain calm when faced with stress; recognition of your personal stress triggers 4) Empathy ~ people will forget what you said, what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel 5) Critical thinking ~ can think quickly and address problems as, or before, they arise; the difference between someone living or dying 6) Good attention to detail ~ to create something exceptional, your mindset must be relentlessly focused on the smallest detail - Giorgio Armani What are the elements of Molloy Humanistic framework - Definiton ~ we believe that valuing the individual in the context of humanity, environment, and health gives meaning to humanistic nursing practice 1) Valuing ~ holding in high esteem the inherent worth and dignity of all individuals 2) Humanity ~ a unique human being, functioning as an integrated whole, reflecting bio-psycho-socio-cultural dimensions 3) Health ~ a dynamic state of bio-psycho-socio-culturlal well being 4) Environment ~ the sum total of all internal and external dimensions that influence human beings State to state analysis forecasted(?) a shortage of registered nurses between . According to the US bureau of Labor Statistics, what was the prediction discussed in class for RNs? - The current total of number of RNs will not meet the demand for the workforce(?) Prior to the modern era, how was safe nursing care provided? - 1) women traditionally provided nurturance at home 2) safest nursing care was provided in ones own home 3) extended to sick and injured community 4) other societies included medicine men, shamans, and other male tribe members 5) no formal training - learned through oral traditions, passed from one generation to another, usually by trial and error. those with success were considered experts Throughout the years, what influences the practice of nursing? - tradition, authority, clinical experience and intuition, logical reasoning, and disciplined research Role of Deconess - The first visiting nurses Kaiserwerth Deaconess Institute - - Hospital and medical school with a 3 year course of study for Protestant deaconesses, including training in nursing, pharmacy, and teaching; - considered the most significant early - Protestant nursing organization. - opened by pastor theodur fliedur Who was the most famous student of Kaiserwerth - Florence Nightingale Mary Breckinridge - Frontier Nursing Service (FNS) A) established in 1925 B) healthcare to women and their families in rural Kentucky C) educated as nurse midwife in england D) started first school of midwifery in the US in 1939 E) between ~ 17053 berths and 11 maternal deaths = well below national average F) beginning of pre-natal care G) inducted into ANA' hall of fame contributions of women, community, and family nursing and rural health care delivery Isabel Robb - 1) competencies needed to be proven in order to receive qualifications 2) first president of ANA 3) organized nursing school superintendents which became the National League of Nurses 4) member of the committee to form the AJN Dorothea Dix - 1) appointed to organize military hospitals, provide trained nurses (nurse recruiter), and disperse supplies 2) received official status and no salary for this position 3) fought for rights of the mentally ill 4) 6 million people hospitalized during the war- one half million surgical cases; 2000 nurses served in the war 5) most effective advice of the 19th century Florence Nightingale - 1) founder of modern nursing 2) established the fort nursing philosophy based on health maintenance and restoration 3) first practicing nurse epidemiologist 4) first nurse researcher 5) changed society's views of nurses 6) traveled to Crimea for the war 7) "notes of nursing" ~ pure air, pure water, efficient drainage, cleanliness, and light 8) body and mood as separate entities and basis of holistic view of health; data and. outcomes; nursing research and evidence based practice 9) the nurse who could improve the health of her patients by increasing airflow and encouraging hand washing