UNIT 1: Foundations of Nursing Prep Exam Questions And Answers(Revised And Verified).
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Nursing foundations
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Nursing Foundations
Nursing . . . - Answer predates written history.
Who is the founder behind the profession of nursing? - Answer Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale did many significant things in her lifetime, some of those include: - Answer Challenged prejudices against women.
Elevated the sta...
UNIT 1: Foundations of Nursing Prep
Exam Questions And Answers(Revised
And Verified).
Nursing . . . - Answer predates written history.
Who is the founder behind the profession of nursing? - Answer Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale did many significant things in her lifetime, some of those include: - Answer
Challenged prejudices against women.
Elevated the status of nurses
Established the first "proper" training of nurses.
*Based nursing practice on evidence.*
Helped distinguish nursing from medicine.
Since Florence Nightingale, nursing has . . . - Answer broadened in all areas.
In what ways has nursing evolved? - Answer Nursing is no longer considered a "less than" job and
instead is recognized as a highly respected profession.
Practice has widened to cover a wide variety of health care settings.
Nurses have a specific body of knowledge.
Nurses have an ethical conduct.
Nurses value research and continuously publish scholarly research.
Nurses don't just "care for sick people;" nurse promote health as well.
Nursing is continuously growing as a highly professional discipline.
ICN = - Answer International Council for Nurses
, What is the ICN definition of nursing? - Answer Nursing encompasses autonomous and collaborative
care of individuals of all ages, families, groups, & communities, sick or well in all settings.
The ICN also says that nursing care includes: - Answer the promotion of health, prevention of illness, &
the care of ill, disabled, & dying.
In a nutshell, the ICN's key values of nursing are: - Answer Advocacy, promotion of a safe environment,
research, education, and participation in shaping health policy and in patient and health systems
management.
Autonomy = - Answer Standing alone; independence; right to self-determination
Advocacy = - Answer Standing up for someone, other than oneself, when they are unable, or not
prepared, to make a decision, or action, for themselves.
ANA = - Answer American Nursing Association
What's the ANA's definition of nursing? - Answer The protection, promotion, and optimization of
health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and
treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and
populations.
Regardless of the various definitions of nursing, what is the central focus of *ALL* definitions? - Answer
The patient.
What are the six essential features of professional nursing? (Generally speaking). - Answer 1. Caring
relationships that facilitate health and healing.
2. Being aware of the range of human responses to health and illness in their various environments.
3. Integrating objective date with the patient's or groups subjective experience.
4.Applying scientific knowledge to care for the patient, through the use of critical thinking.
5. Learning through scholarly inquiry.
6. Influence on the promotion of social justice.
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