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2024/2025 Nur 228- Exam 1 Questions and Answers
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2024/2025 Nur 228- Exam 1 Questions andAnswers
The ______ is the focus of your practice. - Patient refers to the individual, their
family, and/or the community.
Nursing - ANSWER: the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and
abilities.
- preventing disease and damage.
-relief of misery by diagnosing and treating human responses
- Advocacy for the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations
-Critical thinking skills are essential!
ANSWER: Florence Nightingale created the first nursing philanthropy focused on
health maintenance and rehabilitation (1860).
- Nursing is responsible for someone's health based on the understanding of putting
the body in a disease-free/recovery state.
The Nightingale Training School for Nurses at St. Thomas' Hospital in London was
the first organized nursing training program.
- First practising nurse epidemiologist
- Sanitation work
Clara Barton – ANSWER American Red Cross
,ANSWER: Mary Mahoney was the first professionally educated African American
nurse
-Respect for individuals
-improved ties between cultures and races.
Influences on Nursing - ANSWER: Healthcare reform.
-Increase in population
-Medically underserved.
The threat of bioterrorism
-Increasing healthcare costs
- Nursing shortage
Nursing shortage - ANSWER - resulted by insufficient qualified RNs to cover
empty positions and loss of qualified RNs to other professions.
ANA standards of nursing practice and standards of professional performance -
ANSWER: describe a competent level of nursing care.
-Read about this.
Code of Ethics - ANSWER -philosophical concepts of right and wrong that define
the standards you'll employ to care for your patients.
-It is crucial to include your personal values and ethics into your practice.
Registered Nurse (RN) - ANSWER - Completing an associate (2 years) or bachelor
(4 years) degree program, then taking the NCLEX-RN
, ANSWER: A master's or doctoral degree is required for nurse educators,
administrators, and advanced practice registered nurses. DSN and PhD
-APRN functions the most independently.
in-service education - ANSWER: teaching or training offered by a health care
agency or institution.
-often concentrated on emerging technologies.
-Will always have to
Nurse Practice Arts (NPA) - ANSWER - govern the scope of nursing practice
while protecting public health, safety, and welfare
Professional obligations and roles. - ANSWER: Provide care and comfort while
emphasizing health promotion and sickness prevention.
-Autonomy and accountability.
-caregiver
-Patient advocate
-educator
-Communicator = necessary
-manager
Caregivers can assist patients maintain and restore health, manage sickness and
symptoms, and achieve maximum function and independence through the healing
process.
-provide healing using both physical and interpersonal skills.
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