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NURS 201: Final Exam - Intermediate Medical and
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1. health literacy: a person's capacity to learn about and understand basic health
information and services, and to use these resources to promote one's health and
wellness
2. example of promoting health: teaching self-care activities to patients to achieve
maximum wellness
3. prevent illness: reduce risk for illness. promote good health habits, maintain optimal
functioning
4. example of preventing illness: health assessments for identifying risk
5. restoring health: Performing assessments that detect an illness
Referring questions and abnormal findings to other health care providers, as appropriate
Providing direct care to the person who is ill
Collaborating with other health care providers in providing care
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Planning, teaching, and carrying out rehabilitation for illnesses such as heart attacks,
arthritis, and strokes
Working in mental health and chemical-dependency programs
6. example of restoring health: giving physical care (giving insulin)
7. facilitating coping with disability and death: Maximizing person's strengths and
potentials Patient teaching
Referral to community support systems
Providing end-of-care
Hospice programs
8. example of facilitating coping with disability and death: hospice care
9. practical and vocational nursing: - most are 1 year in length, divided into 1/3 classroom
and 2/3 lab hours
- graduates take the NCLEX-PN for licensure as an LPN
- focus on bedside care
10. diploma in nursing: - - 3 year, hospital-based diploma school of nursing
- oldest nursing education form
- sound foundation in the biologic and social sciences
11. associate degree in nursing: - offered by community or junior colleges
- 2 years in length
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- technically skilled graduates
12. baccalaureate in nursing: - most graduates receive a BSN
- major is built on a general education base, with concentration on
nursing at the upper level - can do RN-BSN or ABSN
13. Nurse Practice Act: defines the legal parameters of professional and practical nursing
and terms(LPN and
RN)
create a state board of nursing to make and
enforce rules and regulations establish criteria for
education and licensure of nurses all states are
different
14. Code of Ethics and professional values: foundation for nursing practice and will
guide interac-
tions with PTs, colleagues, and public
15.assessment: evaluation
16.diagnosis: Identification of an injury or disease
17.Planning: determining organizational goals and a means for achieving them
18.Diagnosis-related groups (DRGs): System that categorizes into payment groups
patients who are
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medically related with respect to diagnosis and treatment and statistically similar with
regard to length of stay
19.Nursing Process: Assessment
Diagnosis
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
20.current trends in nursing: - population older and more acutely ill
- increasing healthcare costs
- nursing shortage
- nursing employment expanding outside the hospital
- nurses collaborate more with other healthcare providers
21.traditional nursing knowledge: - passed down from generation to generation - "how
we've always done it"
22.example of traditional nursing knowledge: changing linens every day
23.authoritative nursing knowledge: - comes from an expert and is accepted as truth
based on that person's area of expertise - generally remains unchallenged
24.example of authoritative nursing knowledge: a senior staff nurse teaches a new
grad nurse how to more efficiently and effectively perform a skill
NURS 201
NURS 201
NURS 201: Final Exam - Intermediate Medical and
Surgical | Questions and Answers | 100% Correct (Latest
Update ).
1. health literacy: a person's capacity to learn about and understand basic health
information and services, and to use these resources to promote one's health and
wellness
2. example of promoting health: teaching self-care activities to patients to achieve
maximum wellness
3. prevent illness: reduce risk for illness. promote good health habits, maintain optimal
functioning
4. example of preventing illness: health assessments for identifying risk
5. restoring health: Performing assessments that detect an illness
Referring questions and abnormal findings to other health care providers, as appropriate
Providing direct care to the person who is ill
Collaborating with other health care providers in providing care
NURS 201
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NURS 201
Planning, teaching, and carrying out rehabilitation for illnesses such as heart attacks,
arthritis, and strokes
Working in mental health and chemical-dependency programs
6. example of restoring health: giving physical care (giving insulin)
7. facilitating coping with disability and death: Maximizing person's strengths and
potentials Patient teaching
Referral to community support systems
Providing end-of-care
Hospice programs
8. example of facilitating coping with disability and death: hospice care
9. practical and vocational nursing: - most are 1 year in length, divided into 1/3 classroom
and 2/3 lab hours
- graduates take the NCLEX-PN for licensure as an LPN
- focus on bedside care
10. diploma in nursing: - - 3 year, hospital-based diploma school of nursing
- oldest nursing education form
- sound foundation in the biologic and social sciences
11. associate degree in nursing: - offered by community or junior colleges
- 2 years in length
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- technically skilled graduates
12. baccalaureate in nursing: - most graduates receive a BSN
- major is built on a general education base, with concentration on
nursing at the upper level - can do RN-BSN or ABSN
13. Nurse Practice Act: defines the legal parameters of professional and practical nursing
and terms(LPN and
RN)
create a state board of nursing to make and
enforce rules and regulations establish criteria for
education and licensure of nurses all states are
different
14. Code of Ethics and professional values: foundation for nursing practice and will
guide interac-
tions with PTs, colleagues, and public
15.assessment: evaluation
16.diagnosis: Identification of an injury or disease
17.Planning: determining organizational goals and a means for achieving them
18.Diagnosis-related groups (DRGs): System that categorizes into payment groups
patients who are
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medically related with respect to diagnosis and treatment and statistically similar with
regard to length of stay
19.Nursing Process: Assessment
Diagnosis
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
20.current trends in nursing: - population older and more acutely ill
- increasing healthcare costs
- nursing shortage
- nursing employment expanding outside the hospital
- nurses collaborate more with other healthcare providers
21.traditional nursing knowledge: - passed down from generation to generation - "how
we've always done it"
22.example of traditional nursing knowledge: changing linens every day
23.authoritative nursing knowledge: - comes from an expert and is accepted as truth
based on that person's area of expertise - generally remains unchallenged
24.example of authoritative nursing knowledge: a senior staff nurse teaches a new
grad nurse how to more efficiently and effectively perform a skill
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