Intro to Nursing Flashcards
Terms
Florence Nightingale
Challenged prejudices against women and elevated the status of all nurses
Established the first training school for nurses
What happened during World War II
Large numbers of women worked outside the home and became more independent
Explosion in medicine and technology broadened the profession
Growth of nursing as a profession
QSEN Competencies
Quality Improvement
Safety
Evidence-Based Practice
Informatics
EBP
Evidence-Based Practice
Nurses Interrelated Roles
Communicator
Teacher
Counselor
Leader
Researcher
Advocate
Collaborator
Healthy People 2030
Healthy People 2030 is a Department of Health and Human Services project to set data-driven national objectives to improve health and well-being over the next decade
ANA
American Nurse Association
NLN
National League for Nurses
AACN
American Association of Colleges of Nurses
AAN
American Academy of Nursing
NSNA
National Student Nurses Association
Theory
Group of concepts that describe a pattern of reality
Concepts
Abstract impressions organized into symbols of reality; describe objects, properties, and events and relationships among them
Deductive Reasoning
Examines general ideas and considers specific actions or ideas