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CH 1 and 2 Flashcards

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Nursing definition

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Nursing is:
caring
art
science
client centered 
holistic adaptive
helping profession
concerned with health promotion, maintenance,restoration
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change agent

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assist client to make modifications in their behavior

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Standards of Practice

responsibilities

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Assessment
Diagnosis
Outcomes Identification
Planning
Implementation(coord of care/teaching/consult./prescript.)
Evaluation
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Standards of Professional Performance

expected behaviors

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Ethics
Education
Evidence-Based Practice
Quality of Practice
Communication
Leadership
Collaboration
Professional Practice Eval.
Resource Utilization
Environmental Health (safe manner)
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client advocate

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protect the client and represent client’s needs, wishes and rights

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governance

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the establishment and maintenance of social, political and economical arrangements by which practitioners control their practice, self-discipline, working conditions, and professional affairs

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Stages of Nursing Expertise

Benner’s

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I - Novice - no exp., student, limited, inflexible performance
II - Adv Beginner - recognizes aspects of real situation
III - Competent - 2-3 yrs of exp., has organ. and planning abilities
IV - Proficient - 3-5 yrs exp, holistic understanding, perceives whole situation
V - Expertfluid, flexibe performance, highly intuitive and proficient

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DRG

diagnostic-related groups

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Medicare pymt system to hospitals that links fees according to Dx

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PSDA

patient self-determination act

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legislation requiring that every competent adult be informed in writing on admission to a health care institution about his or her rights to accept or refuse medical care and to use advance directives

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Which women made significant contributions to the nursing care of soldiers during Civil War? SATA

  1. Harriet Tubman
  2. Florence Nightingale
  3. Fabiola
  4. Dorothea Dix
  5. Sojournor Truth
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Harriet Tubman
Dorothea Dix
Sojournor Truth

(Nightingale was Crimean War and Fabiola was Roman Empire)

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Curricula for nursing education are strongly influenced by which of the following? SATA

  1. Physicians groups
  2. Professional nursing organ.
  3. Individual state boards of nursing
  4. Hospital administrators
  5. Nat.’l Council of State Boards of Nursing
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Professional Organizations
Individual Stateboards
Nat.’l Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCLEX)

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Which is an example of continuing education for nurses?

  1. attending the hospitals orientation
  2. completing a workshop on ethical aspects
  3. obtaining info about the facility’s new computer system
  4. Talking with a rep about a new piece of equipment
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2 - completing a workshop, a formal experience

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Health promotion is best represented by which activity?

  1. administering immunizations
  2. giving a bath
  3. preventing accidents in the home
  4. performing diagnostic procedures
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Preventing accidents at home

administering immuniz = illness prevention
bath = not needed for disease prevention or promotion
diagn. procedures = disease detection

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Who were America’s first two trained nurses?

  1. Barton and Wald
  2. Dock and Sanger
  3. Richards and Mahoney
  4. Henderson and Breckinridge
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Richards and Mahoney

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A nurse with 2-3 years experience who can coord. multiple complex nursing care demands is at what nursing expertise stage (Benner’s)?

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Stage III -Competent

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Which professional organization developed a code for nursing students?
ANA
NLN
AACN
NSNA
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National Student Nurses Association developed the Code of Academic and Clinical Conduct for Nursing

17
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Which of the following social forces is most likely to significantly impact the future supply and demand for nurses?

aging
economics
science/technology
telecommunications

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aging population

18
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A RN is interested in functioning as a health care advocate for individuals whose lives are affected by violence . The nurse will be investigating which expanded career role?

clinical nurse specialist
forensic nurse
nurse practitioner
nurse educator

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forensic nurse specifically integrates forensic skills into nursing practice

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An RN is caring for a client in pain and has given pain meds, repositioned, dimmed lights. Twenty minutes later the RN returns to check on the pain level, what standard of practice is being performed?

assessment
planning
implementation
evaluation

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Evaluation of progress toward attainment of outcomes

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