Fundamentals of Nursing 9th ed. Ch. 1 Test Bank Questions with Guaranteed Pass Solutions.

What are the social influences on nursing practice? - Answer Consumers of Health care are now more informed because of resource access (internet), media, and publications. What are the political influences on nursing? - Answer Lobbyists have begun working on behalf of nursing through organizations such as the AACN, American Public Health Association, and American College of Nurse-Midwives. What are the economic influences on Nursing? - Answer Uninsured, new technologies, new medications; Mainly trying to reduce health care cost while maintaining quality patient care. Who are the historical influences on nursing practices? - Answer Florence Nightingale - saw the role of nursing as being in charge of a pt health based on the knowledge of how to put the body in such a state as to be free of disease or to recover from disease. Clara Barton - Red Cross Mother Bickerdyke - Ambulance Harriet Tubman - Slavery Mary Mahoney - First professionally trained African- American Nurse. Lillian walk and Mary Brewster - Opened the Henry street Settlement, focusing on the health needs of the poor. Mary Adelaide Nutting - Instrumental in moving nursing education into universities. Describe the roles for nurses: - Answer Autonomy and Accountability Caregiver advocate educator communicator manager Autonomy and Accountability - Answer independent nursing interventions and implementation with responsibility and accountability for actions taken ex. breathing exercises after surgery, etc.