Chapter 1. Nursing Foundations

Question 1

Active listening

Answer 1

Demonstrating full attention to what is being said; hearing both the content being communicated and the unspoken message

Question 2

Activities of daily living

Answer 2

Acts that people normally do everyday

Question 3

Advanced practice

Answer 3

Specialized areas of nursing expertise, such as nurse practitioner and nurse midwife

Question 4

Art

Answer 4

Ability to perform an act skillfully

Question 5

Assessment skills

Answer 5

Act that involves collecting data

Question 6

Capitation

Answer 6

Strategy for controlling health care costs by paying a fixed amount per number

Question 7

Caring skills

Answer 7

Nursing interventions that restore or maintain a person’s health

Question 8

Clinical pathways

Answer 8

Standardized multidisciplinary plans for a specific diagnosis or procedure that identifies specific aspects of care to be performed during a designated length of stay

Question 9

Comforting skills

Question 10

Counseling skills

Question 11

Cross-trained

Question 12

Discharge planning

Question 13

Empathy

Question 14

Evidence-based practice

Question 15

Managed care practices

Question 16

Multicultural diversity

Question 17

Nursing skills

Question 18

Nursing theory

Question 19

Quality assurance

Question 20

Science

Question 21

Sympathy

Question 22

Theory

Question 23

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