Nursing

Fundamentals of Nursing


origination of the word "nurse" - Correct Answers-from the latin word "nutrix" meaning to
nourish



Interrelated roles of nurses - Correct Answers-communicator, teacher, counselor, leader,
researcher, advocate, collaborator



coping with disability and death - Correct Answers-nurses use optimal function of maximum
strengths and potentials, refer to community support systems; provide care to families and
patients during end-of-life care, hospice



The Nursing Process - Correct Answers--one of major guidelines for nursing practice

-helps nurses implement their roles

-integrates art and science of nursing

-allows nurses to use critical thinking and clinical reasoning

-defines the areas of care that are within the domain of nursing



Nurse Practice Acts - Correct Answers--define legal scope of nursing practice

-create state board of nursing to make and enforce rules and regulation

-define important terms and activities in nursing, including legal requirements and titles for RNs
and LPNs

- established criteria for the education and licensure of nurses



5 vital signs - Correct Answers-respirations, pulse rate, blood pressure, temperature, and pain

,Nursing is recognized as profession based on what criteria - Correct Answers--well defined body
specific and unique knowledge

-strong service orientation

-recognized authority by a professional group (ANA)

-code of ethics

-professional organization that sets standards

-ongoing research

-autonomy and self-regulation



Florence Nightingale - Correct Answers-defined nursing as both an art and science,
differentiated nursing from medicine, created freestanding nursing education, published books;
founder of modern nursing



Clara Barton - Correct Answers-established red cross; volunteered to care for wounds and feed
union soldiers during civil war; served as supervisor of nurses for the army of James



sources of knowledge - Correct Answers--traditional ( passed down from generation to
generation)

-authoritative- comes from an expert, accepted as truth based on person's perceived expertise

-scientific (obtained through the scientific method-research)



objective - Correct Answers-you can see the object



subjective - Correct Answers-coming from that subject



types of knowledge - Correct Answers--science (observing, identifying, describing, investigating,
and explaining events and occurences that are perceived in world)

, -philosophy (the study of wisdom, fundamental knowledge, and the processes used to develop
and construct on perception on life)

-process (a series of actions, changes, or functions intended to bring about a desired result)



goals of nursing research - Correct Answers--improve care in clinical setting

-study ppl and nurse process: education, policy development, ethics, nursing history

-develop greater autonomy and strength as a profession

-provide evidence-based nursing practice



deductive reasoning - Correct Answers-examines a general idea and then considers specific
actions or ideas



inductive reasoning - Correct Answers-one builds from specific ideas or actions to conclusions
about general ideas



health - Correct Answers-a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not merely
the absence of disease or infirmity



illness - Correct Answers-the unique response of a person to a disease; an abnormal process
involving changed level of functioning



wellness - Correct Answers-an active state of being healthy by living a lifestyle promoting good
physical, mental, and emotional health



nursing theory - Correct Answers-differentiates nursing from other disciplines and activities in
that it serves the purposes of describing, explaining, predicting, and controlling desired
outcomes of nursing care practices