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1
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Licensed practical nurse

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1 year in length

Work under RN

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Multi exit programs

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Provide opportunity to discontinue education at certain points in a program and work

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3
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Name the three types of RN programs

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Diploma
Associate degree
Baccalaureate

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Articulation

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Have an agreement with other colleges to accept the credits to continue on with higher education

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Graduate nursing

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Specialization occurs

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CEU

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Continuing education

30 hrs needed to maintain your RN

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Credentialing

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Necessary to maintain credentials

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Licensure

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Legal permit based upon standards

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Registration

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Given status recorded in a registry

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Certification

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Recognition of meeting standards of competency in specialty area

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Accreditation

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Recognizes institutions/programs meet standards

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12
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Who does the accreditation for hospitals?

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Joint commission

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13
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Evidence based practice

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Base practice on scientific evidence

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14
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Benners stages of nursing expertise

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Novice
Advanced beginner
Competent
Proficient
Expert
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15
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Career ladder

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Progression from one degree to another

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16
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Why have healthcare costs sky rocketed?

A 
Malpractice
New technology
Aging population
Cost shifting
Increased cost of prescription drugs
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Cost shifting

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Paying for those who can’t pay

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18
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Medicare

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Insurance for those over 65 years

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Medicaid

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Insurance for those of low income and disability

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20
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DRG

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Diagnostic related groups

Est. pretreatment diagnosis billing

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21
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Managed care

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Focus on prevention

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22
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3 leading causes of death & disability?

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CAD
CVA
Cancer

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23
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Telemedicine

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Long distance healthcare, w/out state boarders

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24
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Patient Bill of Rights

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The Right to:
Choose
Access emergency services
Be a full partner in healthcare decisions
Care w/out discrimination
Privacy
Speedy complaint resolution
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25
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HIPAA

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Healthcare insurance portability and accountability Act

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26
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Why is there a nursing shortage?

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Aging workforce

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27
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Avg. age of a nurse?

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48

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28
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Criteria for a professional

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Utilizes a body of specialized knowledge

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29
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5 essential characteristics of a profession

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Code of ethics
Altruism 
Specialized education
Research
Autonomy
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Altruism

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Selflessness

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31
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Autonomy

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Own profession

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32
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Code of ethics

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Formal statement of a groups ideals and values

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33
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Advocate

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Looking out for patients rights

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34
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Inpatient

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Pt physically stays at facility (more than 24 hours)

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35
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Outpatient

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Less than 24 hour stay

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36
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Most important member of the healthcare team

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The patient

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37
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Roles of caregiver

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Restore physical, psychological and social well being

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38
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Goal of rehabilitation

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To assist clients with injury or illness to achieve maximum functioning

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39
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Framework

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Underlying structure of healthcare for continuity of care and cost effectiveness

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40
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Patient focused care

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Focus on bringing all services to the client

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41
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Case method

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One on one care
RN manages total care
ICU

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42
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Team nursing

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RN heads team

Delegates tasks

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43
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Primary nursing

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RN responsible for overseeing care of clients 24/7

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44
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HMO

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Health maintenance organization

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45
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Functions of the law in nursing

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Provide a framework for est. what nursing actions are legal

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46
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Nurse practice act is under which law?

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Statutory law (legislative)

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47
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State of board of nursing falls under which law?

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Executive

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48
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Name the three sources of law

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Statutory
Executive
Judicial

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49
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Judicial law is aka?

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Common law

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50
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Judicial law

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To resolve disputes between two parties

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51
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Criminal law

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Deals with actions harmful to the public and the individual

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52
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Civil law

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Has two subdivisions
Contract
Tort

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53
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Tort

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Civil wrong committed by a person against another person or his property

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54
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The most common law affecting nursing practice

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Tort law

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55
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Tort liability

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Seeks compensation for damages

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56
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Negligence

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No intent to do harm

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57
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Intentional torts are

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Invasion of property
Breach of confidentiality
Fraud
HIPAA

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58
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Fraud

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False presentation of facts

59
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Assault

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Threat of bodily injury

Am act to invoke fear

60
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Battery

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Touching of another’s body w/o consent

61
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False imprisonment

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Unlawful restraint against wishes

62
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Defamation of character

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False communication

63
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Slander

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Spoken work

64
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Libel

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Printed written word

65
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Malpractice

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Negligent acts of people with speaclized education

66
Q

How too you have to prove malpractice?

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Breach has to cause harm

67
Q

What defines the practice of professional nursing?

A

Nurse practice act

68
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Who establishes standards for nursing practice

A

State board of nursing

69
Q

Is licensure mandatory to practice nursing as RN

70
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Treating a patient in a manner considered unethical

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Unprofessional conduct

71
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Good Samaritan law

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Protects hcw who provide care at accident scenes against willful wrong doing

72
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Agreement by pt to accept a treatment or procedure after being provided complete information

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Informed consent

73
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Implies consent

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Pt’s non verbal behavior indicates agreement

74
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Delegation

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Transferring responsibility of performance for a task from one person to another

75
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During delegation, who remains responsible for the pt?

76
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HIPAA applies to electronic transfer of information among organizations

77
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Advanced directives

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Legal document allowing a person to specify aspects of care they wish to have should they become unable

78
Q

Name the two types of advanced directives

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Living will
Healthcare proxy (power of attorney)
79
Q

What are the legal actions of a student nurse?

A

Responsible for own actions & negligence

80
Q

Ethics

A

Branch of philosophy dealing with standards of conduct and moral judgement

81
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Values

A

Ideas or beliefs

82
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Beneficence

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Duty to do good

83
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Nonmaleficence

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Duty to do no harm

84
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Veracity

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Duty to tell truth

85
Q

Justice

A

Principle of fairness

86
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Fidelity

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Duty to keep ones promise

87
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Theoretical framework

A

Can be used to explain ethical decisions and actions

88
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Utilitarian

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Consequence based

89
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Deontologic

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Principle based

90
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Dilemma

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Conflict of basic human rights

91
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Wellness

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Healthy balance of mind body spirit

92
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Continua

93
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Health illness continua

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Scale measures perceived health from good to poor

94
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Agent host environment model

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How factors predict illness

95
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Eudemonistic model

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Health is actializarion or reaching full potential

96
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Adaptive model

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Disease fail to adapt

97
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Clinical model

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Health is the absence of illness

98
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Illness

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Abnormal process in which any aspect of a persons functioning is diminished or impaired as compared with his previous condition

99
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Culture

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The learned, shared, and transmitted values, beliefs, norms and life way practices of a particular group that guide thinking

100
Q

Transcultural nursing

A

Study of different cultures and subcultures with respect to nursing and health, illness, caring practices, beliefs and values

101
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Spirituality

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Dealing with the unknown or uncertainties in life

102
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Complimentary therapy

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Used in addition to conventional treatment

103
Q

Alternative therapy

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Therapy used in place of conventional treatment

104
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Biofeedback

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Process for monitoring body functions through relaxation or imagery

105
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Naturopathic medicine

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Remedies from nature

106
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Therapeutic touch

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Massage and reflexology

107
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Holistic care

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Mind, body and spirit

The whole or

108
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Professionalism

A

Set of attributes

Way of life

109
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Client centered care

A

Most important

Everything we do is for the pt

110
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Health promotion

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Promoting wellness

111
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Health maintenance

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Preventing illness

112
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Health restoration

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Early detection & recovery

113
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American nurses association definition of nursing

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A diagnosis and treatment of human responses to actual and potential problems

114
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3 essential components of professional nursing

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Care
Cure
Coordination

115
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Modern nursing theorist

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Seek to define the basis and principles of nursing practice systematically and uniquely

116
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4 major concepts central to nursing theory

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Health
Person
Environment
Nursing

117
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Nightingale theory

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Act of utilizing the enviornment

118
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Henderson theory

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Assist ppl who can’t help themselves

119
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Orem theory

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Self care/ self care deficit model

120
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What influences nursing?

A

Religion
War
Societal views
Women’s roles

121
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When did nursing start

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Begging of man kind

122
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Apprentice

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On job training

No formal education

123
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500-1500

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Built hospitals

124
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1400-1800

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Medical education ignored

125
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Who was founder of nursing?

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Florence nightingale

126
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What did Florence Nightingale do for nursing?

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Improved enviornment that pt’s were in, education

127
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Lady of the lamp

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Florence nightingale

128
Q

When was nightingale school of nursing est?

129
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Clara Barton

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Est red cross

Volunteered in civil war as nurse

130
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Dorothea Dix

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Nurse in civil war, unions supervisor of nurses in army hospitals

131
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World war one influenced nursing, how?

A

Treated injuries never seen before

Progressed health care

132
Q

World war II influenced nursing, how?

A

Bc of lack of nurses, CNA & LPNs were developed

133
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Linda Richards

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America’s first professional nurse

134
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Mary Mahoney

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First africian American nurse

135
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Lillian wald

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Created Henry street settlement

136
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Clara Maas

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Volunteered as test subject for yellow fever, on postage stamp

137
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Margaret Sanger

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Planned parenthood

Birth control

138
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Mary Breckinridge

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Est. frontier nursing

Began first midwifery school

139
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1910

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Flexor Report

Nursing a profession

140
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1965

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ANA Position paper

BSN still debating

141
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Compact licensure

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Multi state license

142
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Beebe hospital founded

143
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Beebe school of nursing established?

144
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Nursing education is controlled by?

A

States board of nursing

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