Chapter 1 Nursing Foundation

Question 1

Five Rights of Delegation

Answer 1

Right task
Right Circumstance
Right Person
Right direction
Right supervision and evaluation

Question 2

Six essential features that characterize nursing

Answer 2

1) Provisions of a caring relationships that facilitates health and healing.
2) Attention to the range of human experiences and responses to health and illness within the physical and social environments.
3) Integration of objective data with knowledge gained from an appreciation of the clients or groups subjective experience.
4) Application of scientific knowledge to the processes of diagnosis and treatment through the use of judgment and critical thinking (nurses are not bound by the health care provider’s directions, but should be aware of factors which may affect the client of which the health care provider is not aware of)

Question 3

Which factor should the nurse be sure to prioritize when beginning to interact with clients?

Answer 3

1) Protection
2) Promotion
3) Optimization of health and abilities
4) Prevention of illness or injury
alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations.

Question 4

Name several key figures in the development of nursing as a profession.

Answer 4

+ Florence Nightingale
+ Clara Barton (founded the American Red Cross)

Question 5

How do you know what is in your scope of practice?

Answer 5

State Nurse Practice Act

Question 6

Where would you go for resources about whether something is in your scope?

Answer 6

Arizona Board of Nursing