NU 303 - Fundamentals EXAM 1 Blueprint.

Test will consist of a total of 50 questions; these questions will be a combination of multiple choice and select all that apply. Use this as a guide for studying. Time limit for exam: 60 minutes Nursing Role/Theory Overview of nursing theorists - Florence Nightingale - first practicing epidemiologist and first to develop the philosophy of nursing o Improved sanitation in battlefield hospitals o Petitioned to go to Crimea during the war o Environmental theory - o Established the Nightingale school of nursing at St. Martin hospital; her practices remain a basic party of nursing today. Clara Barton - founder of the American Red Cross (cared for soldiers during the civil war) Mother Bickerdyke - organized ambulance services and walked battlefields looking for soldiers who were wounded Harriet Tubman - active in the underground railroad movement leading slaves to freedom Mary Mahoney - first professionally trained African American nurse; brought cultural awareness. Lillian Walk and Mary Brewster - focused on community needs and health care for the poor Theorists - Orem - overall theory of self-care. Person includes physical, psychological, interpersonal and social aspects. interventions geared at overcoming or preventing self-care limitations. Also includes providing care for those who cannot. health is internal and external conditions that permit self-care needs to be met. the environment is anything outside of the person. nursing assesses what can the person do and what do I need to do for them. Rogers - believed person and environment are one thing and cannot be separated. Unitary man. the person is an energy field. health is a pattern of energy fields. nursing assists with the person/environment to achieve maximum health Johnson - made up of 7 subsets of behavior. a person is a behavioral and biological system balance. environment is anything outside of the person. health is balance. nurses restore or maintain balance. 1. achievement, affiliative, aggressive, dependence, elimination, ingestive and sexual Roy - person is a biopsychosocial being seeking balance. adaptation is key point. nursing assists with coping. health is defined by ability to adapt and cope with stressors Betty Neuman - systems model. focuses on prevention or prevention as intervention in response to stressors. flexible and normal lines of defense. lines with resistance King - goal attainment model. person interacts with the environment. health is a dynamic state of well-being. nurse interacts with the patient to set goal Watson - theory of human caring. Person is a mind body and soul connections. caring occasions or caring movement. Leininger - culture care theory. Nursing is a transcultural caring discipline and profession. health is culturally defined. Components of theory in practice - phenomenon - explain, describe or predict a phenomenon, concepts - words and phrases, definitions (theoretical/conceptual, operational), assumption - points to something that is assumed to be true, propositions - Purpose of concept maps - provide a method t.....................................continued