FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING CARE
4TH EDITION (CHAPTERS 1-2)
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS 2024
Licensed practical or vocational nurse - ANSWER LPN/LVN (used in CA & TX)
Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) - ANSWER Most basic of all the entry level options for nurses with full-
time programs lasting from 9 months to 1 year
associate degree nurse - ANSWER Entry-level education of registered nurses; minimum of 2 years at a
community college
Nurse Practice Act - ANSWER The law in each state that governs nurses' actions; addresses each level of
nursing
Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) - ANSWER national organization specifically for students
in health occupations educational programs
scope of practice - ANSWER limitations and allowances of what a nurse can do
Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) - ANSWER Project that focuses on the knowledge, skills,
and attitudes needed by nurses to continually improve the quality and safety of patient care
evidence based practice (EBP) - ANSWER problem solving approach using best evidence from nursing
research studies, patient data, and patient's preferences and values
NCLEX-PN - ANSWER National Council Licensure Examination for Practical Nursing
NALPN - ANSWER National Association of Licensed Practical Nursing
, Clara Barton - ANSWER nurse in the US Civil War; 1st president of the Red Cross Association
Dorothea Dix - ANSWER activist for mental health and establishment of psychiatric hospitals; appointed
Superintendent of Female Nurses in Army in 1961 - not a nurse or military officer
Florence Nightingale - ANSWER Founder of modern nursing
Mary Mahoney - ANSWER 1st African American nurse in the USA; established and was 1st president of
National Association for Colored Graduate Nurses
Linda Richards - ANSWER 1st trained nurse in the US (1872) founded modern nurses notes
Isabel Hampton Robb - ANSWER activist for nursing labor reform; made 12-hr shifts w/meal breaks;
established 3 year training program for nurses and worked for licensure examinations and nursing
registration (1800s)
The Great Trio - ANSWER Mary Adelaide Nutting, Lillian Wald, Annie Goodrich
Kaiserswerth deaconesses - ANSWER nurses trained at the Kaiserswerth Institute in Germany; Florence
Nightingale was one
6 areas QSEN focuses on - ANSWER Quality Improvement
Safety
Evidenced-Based Practice
Patient Centered Care
Teamwork & Collaboration
Informatics
Patient Centered Care - ANSWER emphasizes the patient and their family as the center of care and full
partner; respects for patient's preferences, values and needs.
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