Ch . 1 Nursing Today

Question 1

How did Florence Nightingale see the role of the nurse in the early 1800s?

Answer 1

She saw the role of the nursing as being in charge of a patient’s 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.

Question 2

Describe nursing’s code of ethics?

Answer 2

Is the philosophical ideals of right & wrong that define the principles you will use.

Question 3

Clara Barton

Answer 3

Founder of the American Red Cross

Question 4

Lillian Wald and Mary Brewster

Answer 4

Opened the Henry Street Settlement, focusing on the health needs of the poor

Question 5

Mary Adelaide Nutting

Answer 5

Instrumental in moving nursing nursing education into universities. First nursing professor at Columbia Teacher’s College.

Question 6

Mary Mahoney

Answer 6

First professionally trained African American nurse.

Question 7

Define Autonomy

Answer 7

Independent nursing interventions that the nurse initiates without medical orders.

Question 8

Define Caregiver

Answer 8

Helps the patient maintain and regain health, manage disease and symptoms, and attain a maximal level of function and independence.

Question 9

Define Advocate

Answer 9

Protects patients’ human and legal rights and provides assistance in asserting these rights.

Question 10

Define Educator

Answer 10

Explains, demonstrates, reinforces, and evaluates the patient’s progress in learning.

Question 11

Define Communicator

Answer 11

Is central to the nurse-patient relationship

Question 12

Define Manager

Answer 12

Has personnel, policy, and budgetary responsibility for a specific nursing unit.

Question 13

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN)

Answer 13

Four core roles: Certified nurse-midwife, certified nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist, and certified registered nurse anesthetist.

Question 14

Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS)

Answer 14

Expert clinician in a specialized area of practice.

Question 15

Nurse Practitioner

Answer 15

Detects and manages self-limiting acute and chronic stable medical conditions.

Question 16

Certified Nurse-Midwife (CNM)

Answer 16

Involves the independent care for women in normal pregnancy, labor, and delivery and care of newborns.

Question 17

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Answer 17

Provides surgical anesthesia.

Question 18

Nurse Educator

Answer 18

Works primarily in schools of nursing and staff development.

Question 19

Nurse Administrator

Answer 19

Manages patient care and the delivery of specific nursing services within a health care agency.

Question 20

Nurse Researcher

Answer 20

Investigates problems to improve nursing care and to expand the scope of nursing practice.

Question 21

Novice 1

Answer 21

Nursing students or any nurse with no previous experience and they learn from a specific set of rules or procedures.

Question 22

Advanced Beginner 2

Answer 22

Experience may only be observational, but the nurse is able to identify different aspects of care.

Question 23

Competent 3

Answer 23

In the same position for 2 to 3 years and understands the organization and specific care required by certain patients. The nurse has experience with all types of psychomoter skills needed for certain groups.

Question 24

Proficient 4

Answer 24

In the same position for more than 2 or 3 years. Looks at the situation as a whole and able to transfer knowledge gained from many previous experiences to a situation. Focused on managing care as opposed to managing performing skills.

Question 25

Expert 5

Answer 25

Has a grasp of an existing or potential clinical problem. Able to identify problems and focus on focus on dimensions of the situation. Skills at identifying both patient centered problems and problems.

Question 26

Assessment

Answer 26

Collect data pertaining to the patient.

Question 27

Diagnosis

Answer 27

Analyze data to determine the diagnosis.

Question 28

Outcome Identification

Answer 28

Identifies expected outcomes for a plan

Question 29

Planning

Answer 29

Develops a plan that include strategies to get the outcomes.

Question 30

Implementation

Answer 30

Implement the identified plan.

Question 31

Evaluation

Answer 31

Evaluates progress and outcomes.

Question 32

Define Nursing according to ANA

Answer 32

Is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities; preventing of illness and injury; alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response; and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations.

Question 33

Identify ANA Standards of Professional Performance

Answer 33

Ethics, Education, Evidence-Based Practice, Quality of practice, Communication, Leadership, Collaboration, Professional practice evaluation, Resources, Environmental Health.

Question 34

Two Health Care Advocacy Groups

Answer 34

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Future of Nursing: Campaign of Action. Institute of Medicine (IOM) publication on the Future of Nursing.

Question 35

Compassion Fatigue

Answer 35

Term used to describe a state of burnout and secondary traumatic stress. May contribute to lateral violence such as withholding information, making snide remarks, and demonstrating nonverbal expressions such as making faces. Burnout and secondary traumatic stress

Question 36

Contemporary Influences

Answer 36

Importance of Nurses’ self care, the affordable care act and rising health care, demographic changes, medically undeserved, human rights (unemployment, low paying jobs, mental illness, homelessness, and rising health care costs).

Question 37

Quality and Safety Education for Nurses

Answer 37

Addresses the challenge to prepare nurses with the competencies needed to continuously improve the quality of care in their work environments.

Question 38

QSEN Patient-Centered Care

Answer 38

Recognize the patient as the source of control and full partner in providing compassionate and coordinated care based on patient’s values. Example: involving family and friends in care.

Question 39

QSEN Teamwork and collaboration

Answer 39

Function effectively in teams, foster open communication, respect, and shared decision making. Example: Recognize the contributions and patient’s family members. Resolve conflict.

Question 40

QSEN Evidence-Based Practice

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Practice best current evidence with clinical expertise and patient family preferences and values.

Question 41

QSEN Quality Improvement

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Use data to improve outcomes of care and improve methods to test changes.

Question 42

QSEN Safety

Answer 42

Minimize risk of harm to patients and providers through effective performance.

Question 43

QSEN Informatics

Answer 43

Use technology to communicate, mange knowledge, mitigate errors, and support decision making. For example: Navigate an electronic health record.

Question 44

Continuing Education

Answer 44

Involves formal, organized educational programs offered by universities, hospitals, state nurses associations, professional nursing organizations, and educational and health care institutions.

Question 45

Nurse Practice Acts

Answer 45

Overseen by State boards, of nursing. Regulate the scope of nursing practice and protect public health, safety, and welfare. Protect the public health, safety, and welfare.