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Chapter 1 Flashcards

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According to Benner, an expert nurse goes through five levels of proficiency. Identify them.

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  1. Novice
  2. Advanced Beginner
  3. Competent
  4. Proficient
  5. Expert
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What are the American Nursing Association (ANA) Standards of Nursing Practice?

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  1. Assessment
  2. Diagnosis
  3. Outcomes
  4. Planning
  5. Implementation: Coordination of Care and Health teaching in the health profession
  6. Evaluation
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Define NURSING (according to ANA):

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

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Identify the ANA Standards of Professional Performance

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  1. Ethics
  2. Culturally congruent care
  3. Communication
  4. Collaborations
  5. Leadership
  6. Education
  7. Evidence-Based Practice and Research
  8. Quality of Practice
  9. Professional Practice Evaluation
  10. Resources Utilization
  11. Environmental Health
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Describe ANA’s Nursing Code of Ethics

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Statement of philosophical ideals of right and wrong that define the principles you will use to provide care to your patients

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Autonomy

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Independent Nursing interventions that the nurse initiates without medical orders

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Caregiver

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

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Advocate

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

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Educator

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Explains concepts and facts about health, describes the reason for activities, demonstrates, reinforces, and evaluates the patient’s progress in learning

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Communicator

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

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Manager

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

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Advanced Practice RN

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Four Roles: Certified nurse-midwife, certified nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist, and certified registered nurse anesthetist

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Clinical Nurse Specialist

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Expert clinician in a specialized area of practice

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Nurse Practitioner

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Provides comprehensive health care to a group of patients in an inpatient, outpatient, ambulatory care, or community-based setting

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Certified Nurse-Midwife

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

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Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

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Provides surgical anesthesia

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Nurse Educator

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works primarily in schools of nursing, staff development, departments of health care agencies, and patient educational departments

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Nursing Administrator

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Is essential for all nursing roles and activities

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Nurse Researcher

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Conducts evidence-based practice and research to improve nursing care and to explant the scope of nursing practice

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

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In charge of someone’s health.

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Clara Barton

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Founder of the American Red Cross

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Lillian Wald and Mary Brewster

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

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Mary Adelaide Nutting

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Instrumental in moving nursing education into universities

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Mary Mahoney

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First Professional trained African-American Nurse

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What are the external forces that have affected nursing practice in the 21st century

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  1. Society
  2. The Aging Population
  3. Bioterrorism
  4. Emerging Infections
  5. Disaster Management
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Explain COMPASSION FATIGUE

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the state of burnout and secondary traumatic stress

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Identify the competencies of the Quality and safety education for nurses initiative (QSEN)

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  1. Patient-Centered Care
  2. Teamwork and Collaboration
  3. Evidenced-Based practice
  4. quality improvement
  5. safety
  6. informatics
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Define the term GENOMICS

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study of all the genes in a person and interactions of these genes with one another and with that person’s environment

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Associates Degree

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Focuses on the basic sciences and theoretical and clinical courses related to the practice of nursing

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Baccalaureate Degree

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A 4 - Year program that focuses on basic sciences theoretical and clinical courses and courses in social sciences, art, and humanities

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Master’s Degree

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Emphasizes advanced knowledge in basic sciences and research-based clinical practice

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Doctor of Philosophy

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Rigorous research and theory of development

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Doctor of Nursing Practice

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A practice-focuses doctorate

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IN-service education

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Instruction or training provided by healthcare agencies

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Continuing Education

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Educational programs by caries institutions and organizations

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What is the purpose of the nurse practice act

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regulates the scope of nursing practice for the state and protects public health, safety, and welfare

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The examination for RN’s licensure provides

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standardized minimum knowledge base for nurses

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the value of certification is

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growing in autonomy and specializing in a specific area of the nursing practice. It will enhance your career and knowledge

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the goals of any professional nursing organization are to

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improve the standards of practice, expand nursing roles, and foster the welfare of nurses within the specialty areas. Also, present educational programs and publish journals

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Tony, a nursing student, is preparing to participate in a team care conference for his patient. He listens to the registered dietitian and physical and occupational therapists detail the plan for the patient. Tony describes the patient’s concerns about walking to the group. Explain the QSEN competence here

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To ensure proper patient-centered care, this would be an example of collaboration and teamwork.

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The factor that best advanced the practice of nursing in the 21st century was:

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better education of nurses

42
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Graduate nurses must pass a licensure examination administered by the:

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State Board of Nursing

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A group that lobbies at the state and federal levels for the advancement of nurses’ role, economic interests, and health care is the:

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American Nurses Association

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