NUR1020 Exam 1 Latest Update
who was the founder of modern nursing? (crimean war) - Answer Florence Nightengale
who was the founder of the red cross - Answer clara barton
who is responsible for racial equality in nursing? - Answer mary mahoney
who is the founder of public health nursing to provide for the poor? - Answer lillian wald
who contributed to develop nursing as a profession? - Answer lavinia dock
who was the sex education pioneer in nursing? - Answer margaret sanger
who founded the Frontier nursing service? - Answer mary breckenridge
who are the recipients of nursing? - Answer consumer
patients
clients
families
define the primary level of preventative care and example - Answer health promotion
(weight loss, quit smoking)
define the secondary level of critical care - Answer activities to diagnose or prompt
intervention (mammograms, prostate exams)
define the tertiary level of critical care - Answer rehabilitation (occupational, PT,
speech)
what is an open system and a closed system? - Answer interacts with the environment
or does not interact with the environment
what is a paradigm? - Answer the way you think
how often should you check an institutionalized patients hygiene? - Answer at least
every two hours
what is the softening or breaking down of skin from constantly being in a moist
environment? - Answer maceration
what are the components of hygiene? - Answer bathing dressing toileting
what kind of patients rely on someone else to bathe, dress, groom, and toilet them? -
Answer totally dependent
What are the 5 vital signs? - Answer Heart Rate (apical pulse) (HR), Blood Pressure (BP),
Respiratory Rate (RR), Temperature [*C or *F] (T), Oxygen Saturation [%] (SaO2)
, what are the 5 areas of the heart to listen to? - Answer aortic, pulmonic, erb's, tricuspid,
mitral (apical)
what are the auscultation fields of the abdomen? - Answer abdominal aortic, bilateral
renal arteries, bilateral iliac arteries, bilateral, femoral arteries
why do we auscultate the abdominal fields? - Answer bruits
abnormal sound generated by the narrowing of major blood vessels and disruption of
blood flow - Answer bruits
what part of the stethoscope is used to auscultate trunk sounds? - Answer both bell and
diaphragm
what is the number one protection against the environment? - Answer skin
what position is used for rectal temperature? - Answer left sims
how far do you insert a rectal thermometer and in what direction should it be inserted? -
Answer 1.5 inches towards the umbilicus
what position involves a patient lying flat on their posterior? - Answer supine
what position involves a patient lying flat on their anterior? - Answer prone
what three things should be asked when a patient presents with pain? - Answer onset,
duration, and intensity
What are the ANA Standards of Practice? - Answer a. Assessment
b. Diagnosis
c. Outcomes Identification
d. Planning
e. Implementation
f. Evaluation
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what is the initiation of independent nursing interventions without medical orders? -
Answer autonomy
what is a statement of philosophical ideals of right and wrong? - Answer code of ethics
what nursing role conducts evidence-based practice, performance improvement, and
research to improve nursing care? - Answer nurse researcher
what nursing role is responsible for the management of the nursing staff in a health care
agency? - Answer nurse administrator
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