Midterm

Question 1

Nightingale pledge

Answer 1

Written by Lystra E. Fowler
For a Detroit nursing school

Meant to inspire new nurses and honer Florence nightingale the founder of modern nursing

Question 2

Videos

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Nightingale

Answer 3

Mother of nursing

Question 4

Clara Barton

Answer 4

Supported soldiers in the civil war. She risked her life to help those dying on the battle field

She traveled to Europe and was introduced to the Red Cross

Later she founded the American Red Cross in 1881 at age 59

Question 5

Lillian wald

Answer 5

American nurse and humanitarian and author, contributed to human rights and was the founder of community nursing and home nursing

Worked at the Henry street settlement in NYC and advocated to place nurses in public schools

Question 6

Wars impact on nursing

Answer 6

War has emphasized the importance of nursing. During war time we have seen innovations in nursing procedures like hygiene and sterilization. Other technologies like antibiotics and ambulances were first used at war

Question 7

Healthcare inventions

Answer 7

There have been many health care inventions ie…

Antibiotic
Sterilization
Anesthesia
X-ray / Cat scan / MRI

Question 8

Medicare v Medicaid

Answer 8

Medicare is federal health insurance for those 65 and older or those younger then 65 with a disability no matter the age

Medicaid is a state and federal program the provides health care to families and individuals with low income

Question 9

Globalization

Answer 9

A

Question 10

ACÁ

Answer 10

The affordable Care act or ACÁ (Obamacare)

Cost sharing

Health insurance exchange

Insurance market reform

Medicaid expansion

Medicaid part D donut whole

Question 11

Telehealth v telemedicine

Answer 11

Telehealth refers to a more broader scope of remote health care services
Non clinical

Telemedicine refers to remote clinical services

Question 12

Telemedicine

Answer 12

A

Question 13

BSN

Answer 13

Bachelor of science in nursing

4 year bachelors degree

Improves quality of care
Higher recovery rates
Lower mortality rates

RN

Question 14

National patient safety goals

Answer 14

Goals designed to improve health care as a whole

Goals include
Identify patients correctly

Improve staff communication

Use medicines safely

Use alarms safely

Prevent infection

Identify patient safety risks

Prevent mistakes in surgery

Question 15

Hand hygiene

Answer 15

Hand washing
5 moments / before touching a patient, before clean/ aseptic procedures, after body fluid exposure/ risk, after touching patient
After touching patients surroundings
20seconds

Hands sanatizer
Use unless hands are visibly soiled
Rub in the hands until the hand sanatizer is dry

Question 16

Incident report

Answer 16

A strictly objective report designed to help facilities to see systematic problems

Only facts

Not to go on chart

Question 17

Root cause analysis

Answer 17

Systematic causes are identified and changes by studying incident reports in order to improve both safety and patient outcomes

Question 18

Subjective vs objective data

Answer 18

Subjective data : what someone feels or someone says

Objective data : observations or measurements, such as Vidal signs or visual characteristics

Question 19

Defined outcomes/ goals for the patients

Answer 19

A defined outcome or goal has both a specific measurement and goal in order to help the goal be more easily achieved

Question 20

Nursing interventions

Answer 20

Interventions or actions nurses can take such as treatments , preventative care, and comfort which allows patients to achieve goals / outcomes

Question 21

Critical thinking

Answer 21

Thinking critically

Question 22

Conversión chart

Answer 22

1 g = 1000 mg

1 L = 1000ml

5ml = 1tsp

15ml = 1 Tbsp

30 ml = oz

28 g = oz

1 kg = 2.2 lb