Introduction to Nursing Chapter 1
A nurse and an abolitionist; active in the underground railroad movement before joining the
Union Army during the Civil War - ANS-Harriet Tubman
\Allow nurses to carry out professional roles, serving as protection for the nurse, the patient, and
the institution where healthcare is given. - ANS-Standards
\Founded in the late 1800, this professional organization was for registered nurses in the United
States. - ANS-ANA (American Nurses Association)
\Name four broad aims of nursing practice - ANS-To promote health, To prevent illness, To
restore health, to facilitate coping with disability or death.
\Nurses use four essential competencies, what are they? - ANS-Cognitive,Technical,
Interpersonal, and ethical/legal skills.
\One of the major guidelines for nursing practice and integrates both the art and science of
nursing - ANS-Nursing Process
\Provided nursing care to soldiers during the Civil War and worked for the women's movement. -
ANS-Sojourner Truth
\The founder of public health nursing. - ANS-Lillian Wald
\Was a pioneering crusader for the reform of the treatment of the mentally ill. - ANS-Dorothea
Dix
\What are laws established in each state in the United States to regulate the practice of nursing.
- ANS-Nurse Practice Act
\What development had the greatest influence on the development of nursing as a profession
since the 1950s? - ANS-Nursing practice was broadened to include practice in a wide variety of
healthcare settings.
\What is a Description of nursing's role, according to the American Nurses Association (ANA) -
ANS-It is the role of nursing to provide a caring relationship that facilitates health and healing
\What is the most definitions of nursing? - ANS-The nurse as a person who nourishes, fosters,
and protects and who is prepared to take care of sick, injured and aged people.
\What is used by the nurse to identify the patient's healthcare needs and strengths and to
establish and carry out a plan of care to meet those needs? - ANS-Nursing Proccess
\What nursing advocate elevated the status of nursing to a respected occupation, improved the
quality of nursing care, and founded modern nursing education? - ANS-Florence Nightingale
\What Organization was founded 1899, and was the first international organization of
professional women. - ANS-ICN (International Council fo Nurses)
\When a nurse helps a patient make an informed decision about his/her own health and life,
what nursing role is being perfomed? - ANS-Advocate
\Who established the Red Cross in the states in 1882? - ANS-Clara Barton
\Who was Mary Elizabeth Mahoney? - ANS-America's First African American nurse to graduate
from a school of nursing.
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A nurse and an abolitionist; active in the underground railroad movement before joining the
Union Army during the Civil War - ANS-Harriet Tubman
\Allow nurses to carry out professional roles, serving as protection for the nurse, the patient, and
the institution where healthcare is given. - ANS-Standards
\Founded in the late 1800, this professional organization was for registered nurses in the United
States. - ANS-ANA (American Nurses Association)
\Name four broad aims of nursing practice - ANS-To promote health, To prevent illness, To
restore health, to facilitate coping with disability or death.
\Nurses use four essential competencies, what are they? - ANS-Cognitive,Technical,
Interpersonal, and ethical/legal skills.
\One of the major guidelines for nursing practice and integrates both the art and science of
nursing - ANS-Nursing Process
\Provided nursing care to soldiers during the Civil War and worked for the women's movement. -
ANS-Sojourner Truth
\The founder of public health nursing. - ANS-Lillian Wald
\Was a pioneering crusader for the reform of the treatment of the mentally ill. - ANS-Dorothea
Dix
\What are laws established in each state in the United States to regulate the practice of nursing.
- ANS-Nurse Practice Act
\What development had the greatest influence on the development of nursing as a profession
since the 1950s? - ANS-Nursing practice was broadened to include practice in a wide variety of
healthcare settings.
\What is a Description of nursing's role, according to the American Nurses Association (ANA) -
ANS-It is the role of nursing to provide a caring relationship that facilitates health and healing
\What is the most definitions of nursing? - ANS-The nurse as a person who nourishes, fosters,
and protects and who is prepared to take care of sick, injured and aged people.
\What is used by the nurse to identify the patient's healthcare needs and strengths and to
establish and carry out a plan of care to meet those needs? - ANS-Nursing Proccess
\What nursing advocate elevated the status of nursing to a respected occupation, improved the
quality of nursing care, and founded modern nursing education? - ANS-Florence Nightingale
\What Organization was founded 1899, and was the first international organization of
professional women. - ANS-ICN (International Council fo Nurses)
\When a nurse helps a patient make an informed decision about his/her own health and life,
what nursing role is being perfomed? - ANS-Advocate
\Who established the Red Cross in the states in 1882? - ANS-Clara Barton
\Who was Mary Elizabeth Mahoney? - ANS-America's First African American nurse to graduate
from a school of nursing.
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