The Nursing Profession

Question 1

What is a comforter?

Roles of the nurse

Answer 1

Help patient with pain, emotion, etc

Question 2

What is a caregiver?

Roles of the nurse

Answer 2

Provide pt with necessary treatments that are ordered

Question 3

_________ in class, in hospitals/stages.

What is this role of the nurse?

Answer 3

Teacher

Question 4

_______ somebody to regain what they lost.

What is the role of the nurse here?

Answer 4

Rehabilitator

Question 5

What is a case manager?

Answer 5

Work for insurance companies, hospitals

Question 6

What is a communicator?

Answer 6

Listen, teach, empathize, and asking how they are doing to the client

Question 7

__________ for their rights (if something happens).

What role of the nurse is this?

Answer 7

Client advocate

Question 8

What are the different settings for Health Care Deliveries?

Answer 8

Institutional Sector (Hospitals) —> severe illnesses/complex problems
Long term care (CHSLD) —> long term chronic illnesses/disabilities
Rehabilitation facilities —> provide therapy/restorative training (intermediate - between hospital and home)
Psychiatric facilities (in hospital units)
Community sectors (CLSC) —> family, community, individual services (health promo. Diseases prevention)
—> school (vaccination), home care
—> hospice and palliative care
—> private/public clinics
—> physician officeS
—> community/voluntary agencies

Question 9

What is a clinical practice (nurse clinician)

Answer 9

• Direct pt care
• focus: returning client to their home and initiate state of health
• ICU, ED, REHAB, ONCOLOGY

Question 10

• In_____ of nursing
• Staff development
• Client __________ departments
  Which career is this?

Answer 10

Nurse educator

Question 11

• Function independently
• Graduate who provides primary care
• 3 types
  Which career is this?

Answer 11

Advanced Practice Nurse

Question 12

What are the three types of advanced practice nurse?

Answer 12

• Clinical nurse specialist —> clinical expertise in an area (masters degree)
• Nurse Practitioner —> Provides primary care with doctor (masters degree- neonatology, cardio, nephro, onco)
• Certified nurse midwife —> related with pregnancies/babies (4 year university program)

Question 13

_______ health care team and delivery of specific nursing services —> nurse manager, supervisor, director

Answer 13

Nurse administrator

Question 14

What is a Nurse researcher?

Answer 14

• Look at ways to improve CT’s care
• Look at funding, ethics, facilitating research, implementing research
• Masters prepared but PhD preferred