FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING
10TH EDITION BY BY CAROL
TAYLOR, PAMELA LYNN &
JENNIFER L BARTLETT, A+
GUIDE
Nursing - -----------CORRECT ANSWERS--------Combines art and science in specialized care.
Florence Nightingale - -----------CORRECT ANSWERS--------Founder of professional nursing.
Red Cross - -----------CORRECT ANSWERS--------Established in the U.S. by Clara Barton in 1882.
ICN - -----------CORRECT ANSWERS--------International Council of Nurses providing nursing scope.
Health Promotion - -----------CORRECT ANSWERS--------Teaching breast self-examination example.
Technical Skills - -----------CORRECT ANSWERS--------Choosing care plan and interventions.
Ethical/Legal Skills - -----------CORRECT ANSWERS--------Helping patient prepare a living will.
Collaborator Role - -----------CORRECT ANSWERS--------Referring parents to support group for Downs
Syndrome.
Health - -----------CORRECT ANSWERS--------Optimal functioning state, not just absence of illness.
, Healthy People 2010 - -----------CORRECT ANSWERS--------Guidelines for health promotion by U.S.
Department of Health.
Smoking-Cessation Program - -----------CORRECT ANSWERS--------Example of nursing's health
promotion aim.
Aims of nursing - -----------CORRECT ANSWERS--------Includes promoting health, preventing illness,
restoring health, and facilitating coping with disability or death.
Criteria defining nursing as a profession - -----------CORRECT ANSWERS--------Having a strong service
orientation.
Expected responsibility of a nurse with a baccalaureate degree - -----------CORRECT ANSWERS--------
Using research findings to improve practice.
Nursing degree needed to become a geriatric nurse practitioner - -----------CORRECT ANSWERS--------
Masters degree.
Importance of nursing organizations - -----------CORRECT ANSWERS--------To set standards for nursing
education and practice.
Organization establishing standards for clinical nursing practice - -----------CORRECT ANSWERS--------
American Nurses Association.
Primary purpose of standards of nursing practice - -----------CORRECT ANSWERS--------To ensure
knowledgeable, safe, comprehensive nursing care.
Legal right to practice nursing after passing the NCLEX - -----------CORRECT ANSWERS--------Being
licensed by the State Board of Nursing.
Effect of a felony conviction on a nurse's license - -----------CORRECT ANSWERS--------The license may
be revoked or suspended.
Focus of nursing process - -----------CORRECT ANSWERS--------To focus care on human responses to
actual or potential health problems.