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This person had a sanitation theme. Wanted to put clients in a better environment for nature to act. Focused on improving patients by clean air, water, food, rest

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Florence Nightinggale

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This person believed that it was important for the nurse to assist the person in activities they would do if not sick and had the strength

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Virginia Henderson

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This person advocated for mental health treatment. She volunteered as a nurse in the civil war.

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Dorothea Dix

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This person spoke about relationship of training schools for nurses to hospitals. National league of nursing and wrote several books on the history of nursing.

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Lavina Dock

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1 Liter = how many ml?

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1000mL

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1kg = how many grams?

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1000 grams

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1 mg = how many micrograms

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1000 mcg

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1oz= how many mL

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30mL

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1tsp=how many ml?

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5 mL

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1tbsp= how many mL

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15ml

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1kg= how many lbs

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2.2 lbs

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1inch = how many cm

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2.54 cm

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1 unit = how many mu

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1000 mu

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What are the formulas for converting temperature?

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F you’re going up so add 32 (C x 1.8) + 32

C you’re going down so divide by 1.8
(F-32)/1.8

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Failure to exercise degree of care

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Negligence

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Professional negligence. Liability from improper practice based on standards required by profession

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Malpractice

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Relates to people responding to emergencies

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Good Samaritan act

18
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How do we mix 2 insulin’s in one syringe?

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Always draw regular insulin 1st total number of syringe=2 insulin orders together added “clear before cloudy”

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The act of doing or producing good

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Beneficence

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Right to freedom of choice, independence

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Autonomy

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Obligation to be “faithful” to the agreements, commitments, responsibilities that one has made to himself and others

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Fidelity

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Fairness, conformity to truth, moral rightness in action

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Justice

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Telling the truth or not intentionally misleading clients

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Veracity

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DNR

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Do not perform CPR

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Dramatically changed the form and direction of nursing
●Set standards for nursing education and made significant recommendations for changes in how hospitals operated and how nursing was practiced
●Many of her recommendations are valid today
●Wrote Notes on Nursing

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Florence nightingale

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●When were early schools of nursing established?
A.During American Revolution
B.During Crimean War
C.After Civil War
D.Spanish American War

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After the civil war

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What were nursing schools like in the beginning?

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●Established shortly after Civil War
●Curriculum fashioned after Nightingale School in England
●Early programs primarily apprenticeships, with long hours during which students provided much of the workforce of the hospital with little time left for study

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●Is the following statement true or false?
The wars in which the United States have been involved have had a significant impact on nursing.

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The wars in which the United States have been involved have had a significant impact on nursing. Nurses have always played an important role in the care of the wounded and dying, and over the years have taken increasingly important roles.

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Is the following statement true or false?
Nursing deals with diagnosis and treatment of disease.

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False, medicine does this. Nursing is concerned with caring for the person

30
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Is the following statement true or false?
Always draw up the regular insulin into the syringe first.

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True. Clear before cloudy

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Regular Humulin insulin 20 units and NPH Humulin insulin 12 units every day subcutaneously
Supply: Regular Humulin insulin 100 units/mL and NPH Humulin insulin 100 units/mL
What will be the total units in the syringe?
A.12 units
B.20 units
C.32 units
D.42 units

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32 units

32
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Justice: patient/client’s right to receive a high standard of care.

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Justice

33
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Fidelity: Keep promises made to the patient/client.

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Fidelity

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