NSC 242 final exam
Comprehensive Questions with
Verified Answers Graded A+
Historical and contemporary dynamics of nursing communication - Answer:
Florence Nightingale - Answer: -invented nursing
-very wealthy
-connected with British parliament
typis - Answer: -infectious disease carried by lice
Florence volunteers to help even though.... - Answer: -was not socially acceptable and in the
middle of a war
-writes back to parliment
-would clean and feed the patients
-begin collecting data on deaths and survivors (evidence based practice)
-"notes on nursing"
discipline of nursing - Answer: -makes a difference on how well the patient does
,knowledge - Answer: -how to comfort the patient and know their behavior
skill - Answer: -not just physical skill but mental as well
nursing is a profession - Answer: -education
-service
-research based
-ethics
-autonomous and self-regulating (board of nursing)
autonomous - Answer: -patient makes the decisions for their self
-we do not work for someone
-in the hospital it is no longer about you but the patient
nurses - Answer: -listening is a big part of the job
-advocates
-counselors
-change agent
-always learning
-help make decisions for the best outcome
change agent - Answer: -help fix something that is wrong
every time you go into a patients room, you have an opportunity - Answer: -listening without
feeling the need to talk
,nursing paradigm - Answer: -emphasizes
-person
-environment
-health
-wellness
-everybody have the same chance as wellness
-dont just follow orders
emphasizes - Answer: -treat the whole person
-mind, body & spirit
person - Answer: -recipient of nursing care
-does not matter who they are
-worth or care
environment - Answer: -context of client
-poverty
-education
-community & culture
-access to resources
health - Answer: -state of physical, psychological, sociocultural, developmental & spiritual
wholeness
wellness - Answer: -a dimension of health evidence in satisfaction with a persons quality of life
-"are you satisfied with you?"
, ways of knowing in nursing - Answer: -nursing is an art and science
-more than just numbers
-seamless, interactive process in which nurses blend their knowledge, skills and scientific
understanding to bridge the space between science and client-centered needs
-empirical, personal, aesthetic, ethical a& emancipatory
empirical knowing - Answer: -objective & observable knowledge
-numbers
-verifiable from data
-helps with research
personal knowing - Answer: -pattern of knowing about self and other that occurs when nurses
connect with the humanness of the client experience
-how can you use your experience to connect
aesthetic knowing - Answer: -humanistic understanding of the experience of the client
-leads to a deep understanding of the clients actions and experience
-sees the clients experience as a part of a larger whole
-blend of empirical and personal knowing
-creates a new understanding
-develops over time (more experience)
-i.e. death
ethical knowing - Answer: -moral aspect of knowing
-principled care when confronted with moral issues
-doing the right thing
Comprehensive Questions with
Verified Answers Graded A+
Historical and contemporary dynamics of nursing communication - Answer:
Florence Nightingale - Answer: -invented nursing
-very wealthy
-connected with British parliament
typis - Answer: -infectious disease carried by lice
Florence volunteers to help even though.... - Answer: -was not socially acceptable and in the
middle of a war
-writes back to parliment
-would clean and feed the patients
-begin collecting data on deaths and survivors (evidence based practice)
-"notes on nursing"
discipline of nursing - Answer: -makes a difference on how well the patient does
,knowledge - Answer: -how to comfort the patient and know their behavior
skill - Answer: -not just physical skill but mental as well
nursing is a profession - Answer: -education
-service
-research based
-ethics
-autonomous and self-regulating (board of nursing)
autonomous - Answer: -patient makes the decisions for their self
-we do not work for someone
-in the hospital it is no longer about you but the patient
nurses - Answer: -listening is a big part of the job
-advocates
-counselors
-change agent
-always learning
-help make decisions for the best outcome
change agent - Answer: -help fix something that is wrong
every time you go into a patients room, you have an opportunity - Answer: -listening without
feeling the need to talk
,nursing paradigm - Answer: -emphasizes
-person
-environment
-health
-wellness
-everybody have the same chance as wellness
-dont just follow orders
emphasizes - Answer: -treat the whole person
-mind, body & spirit
person - Answer: -recipient of nursing care
-does not matter who they are
-worth or care
environment - Answer: -context of client
-poverty
-education
-community & culture
-access to resources
health - Answer: -state of physical, psychological, sociocultural, developmental & spiritual
wholeness
wellness - Answer: -a dimension of health evidence in satisfaction with a persons quality of life
-"are you satisfied with you?"
, ways of knowing in nursing - Answer: -nursing is an art and science
-more than just numbers
-seamless, interactive process in which nurses blend their knowledge, skills and scientific
understanding to bridge the space between science and client-centered needs
-empirical, personal, aesthetic, ethical a& emancipatory
empirical knowing - Answer: -objective & observable knowledge
-numbers
-verifiable from data
-helps with research
personal knowing - Answer: -pattern of knowing about self and other that occurs when nurses
connect with the humanness of the client experience
-how can you use your experience to connect
aesthetic knowing - Answer: -humanistic understanding of the experience of the client
-leads to a deep understanding of the clients actions and experience
-sees the clients experience as a part of a larger whole
-blend of empirical and personal knowing
-creates a new understanding
-develops over time (more experience)
-i.e. death
ethical knowing - Answer: -moral aspect of knowing
-principled care when confronted with moral issues
-doing the right thing
