NUR1020 Nursing Today Study Set
Exam
Nursing - Answer the practice of caring for others
Science of Nursing - Answer the knowledge base for the care that is given (knowing
tylenol will bring a fever down)
Art of Nursing - Answer the skilled application of that knowledge to help others achieve
maximum health and quality of life (giving tylenol to a patient with a fever)
Florence Nightingale - Answer founder of modern nursing, "lady with the lamp"
Aims of Nursing - Answer - to promote wellness
- to prevent illness
- to restore health
- to facilitate coping
Caregiver - Answer manages disease and symptoms
Communicator - Answer interpersonal skill, communicates with doctors, family, etc
Teacher - Answer explains concept facts about health and describes reasons for doing
things
Conselor - Answer provides information and makes referrals
Leader - Answer assertive, self-confident practice of nursing
Researcher - Answer the participation in or conduct of research to increase knowledge
in nursing and improve patient care
Advocate - Answer helps to protect the patients legal human rights and speaks on
behalf of them
Rehabilitator - Answer to bring someone or something back to a normal healthy
condition after an injury or illness
American Nurses Association (ANA) - Answer professional organization that represents
all registered nurses., establishes standards of practice, represents nursing for
legislative actions
National League for Nursing (NLN) - Answer professional organization whose members
represent multiple disciplines; conducts many types of programs, including accrediting
nursing education programs
Evidence Based Practice - Answer clinical decision making that integrates the best
available research with clinical expertise to provide the best patient care
Informatics - Answer use information and technology to communicate, manage
knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision making
Patient-Centered Care - Answer providing compassionate and coordinated care that is
respectful of and responsive to individual patient preferences, needs, and values and
ensuring that patient values guide all clinical decisions
Safety - Answer minimizing risk of harm to patients and providers through both system
effectiveness and individual performance
Teamwork and Collaboration - Answer functioning effectively within nursing and
inter-professional teams, fostering open communication, mutual respect, and shared
decision-making to achieve quality patient care
Quality Improvement - Answer using tools such as flowcharts and diagrams to monitor
the outcomes of care processes and use improvement methods to design and test
changes to continuously improve the quality and safety of health care systems
Genetics - Answer study of inheritance or the way traits are passed down from one
generation to the next
Genomics - Answer the study of all the genes in an individual and their interactions with
environmental factors
Autonomy - Answer initiation of independent nursing interventions without medical
orders (having a patient do deep breathing exercises to prevent respiratory
complications)
Advocacy - Answer protecting the patient's human and legal rights and providing
assistance in asserting these rights as needed (helps the patient and family members
determine whether or not to accept a treatment)
Accountability - Answer responsibility, professionally and legally, for the type and
quality of the nursing care provided
Collaboration - Answer nursing interaction with interprofessional healthcare providers
to provide the best possible care to the patient
Nurse Educator - Answer usually specialized nurses that teach patients (especially
about at home management)
Staff Nurse - Answer provides basic care to a group of patients in a hospital setting
based on standards of professional practice
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