NUR 200: Exam 1 (Units 1-3) Questions With
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Angel of mercy - answer✔1. influence of religion
2. serene/content
3. halo
Battle-ax - answer✔1. "One who flew over the CoCkoo's Nest"
2. Nurse Ratched
3. Torture/cruel
Professional - answer✔1. Florence Nightingale
2. Advocating/ documenting
3. Statistics/changes
Military - answer✔1. Battlefield
2. Warriors
3. Caring for the sick/wounded
Handmaiden - answer✔1. female/physician dominant
Full spectrum - Today's RN - answer✔1. Critical thinking, leadership, advocate, organized,
providing safe and effective cares
Why is it necessary to understand the historical influences as you become a professional nurse? -
answer✔An understanding of the past can lead insight into the customs, values, and future of
nursing
Television shows or movies that depict nurses as mean, cruel torturers are reflective of which
"image" of a nurse? - answer✔Battle-ax
Florence Nightingale - answer✔made a tremendous difference in the care soldiers received
which resulted in improved outcomes (made advances in disease control and documentation)
Patricia Benner - answer✔Described the process by which a nurse acquires clinical skills and
judgement
Clara Barton - answer✔- provided care in tents set up close to fighting
- continued universal care through the establishment of the American Red Cross
Dorothea Dix - answer✔- Served as super intendent for US army nurses
Mary Brewster - answer✔- pioneer public health nursing
- founded Henry Street in New York to fight the spread of disease among poor immigrants
Lavinia Dock - answer✔- Nurse, feminist, and activist
- Complied first drug manual
- American Journal of nursing
- Established the American Society of superintendents of training schools for nurses
Mary Breckenridge - answer✔- Founder of frontier nursing service
Margaret Sanger - answer✔- Founded planned parenthood
Clinical judgement - answer✔- observing, comparing, contrasting, and evaluating the client's
condition
Critical thinking, reflective thinking - answer✔involves collecting and analyzing information and
carefully considering option for action
Problem solving - answer✔considering an issue and attempting to find a satisfactory solution
Direct care provider - answer✔Addressing the physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs of
the client
Communicator - answer✔Using interpersonal and therapeutic communication skills to address
the needs of the client, to facilitate communication in the healthcare team, and to advise the
community about health promotion and disease prevention
Client/Family educator - answer✔Assessing and diagnosing the teaching needs of the client,
group, family, or community. Once the diagnosis is made, nurses plan how to meet these needs,
implement the teaching plan, and evaluate its effectiveness.
Client advocate - answer✔Supporting clients' right to make healthcare decisions when they are
able to voice their opinions and protecting clients from harm when they are unable to make
decisions
Counselor - answer✔Using therapeutic communication skills to advise clients about health-
related issues
Change agent - answer✔Advocating for change on an individual, family, group, community, or
societal level that enhances health. The nurse may use counseling, communication, and educator
skills to accomplish such change.
Leader - answer✔Inspiring others by setting an example of positive health, assertive
communication, and willingness to improve
Manager - answer✔Coordinating and managing the activities of all members of the team
Case manager - answer✔Coordinating the care delivered to a client
Research consumer - answer✔Applying evidence-based practice to provide the most appropriate
care, to identify clinical problems that warrant research, and to protect the rights of research
subjects.
Stages of Benner's model - answer✔Stage 1: novice; begins with the onset of your education
Stage 2: Advanced beginner - new graduate
Stage 3: Competence - nurses achieve after 2-3 years of practice in the same area
Stage 4: proficient; ability to see the "bigger picture"
Stage 5: Expert - are able to see what needs to be achieved and how to do it; they trust their
intuition
What is nursing according the the ANA - answer✔the diagnosis and treatment of human
responses to actual and potential health problems
What is nursing PRACTICE according to the ANA - answer✔1. nursing practice is
individualized
2. Nurses care by establishing partnerships
3. Caring is central to the practice of the RN
4. RNs use the nursing process to plan and provide individualized care to the healthcare
consumers
5. A strong link exists between the professional work environment and the RN's ability to
provide quality healthcare and achieve optimal outcomes
Why define nursing? - answer✔- helps the public understand the value of nursing
- helps differentiate activities of nursing from those of medicine
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