Nurs 350 Exam Questions And Answers
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Professionalism: position - answer✔a group of tasks assigned to one individual
Professionalism: job - answer✔a group of positions that are similar in type and level of work
Professionalism: occupation - answer✔a group of jobs that are similar in type of work and are
found throughout an industry
Traits nursing does not meet completely: Trait 7 - answer✔Members have a relatively high
degree of independence in practice
•independence in practice is increasing slowly
•It will be difficult to gain more independence until a bachelor of science degree is the minimal
entry level for the profession
Traits nursing does not meet completely: Trait 9 - answer✔Members see it as their life's work
or career
•many nurses lack professional commitment
•how many belong to their professional organizations(s)?
•do you belong to your professional nursing organization?
Where does power come from? - answer✔There are 6 primary sources for power or types of
power
•Reward (reward power)
•Coercion (coercive power)
•Legal act (legitimate power)
•Close personal relationships(referent power)
•Knowledge (expert power)
•Use of media (informational power); can influence opinions
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Prehistory: Health Care - answer✔Religion and health care were often the same thing
Health-care providers were also religious leaders:
•They attributed illness to the effects of evil spirits
•Most remedies were aimed at ridding the body of evil spirits or returning to the body a good
spirit that had left it
No hospitals—all care was given at home, usually by the women of the culture
Asian Civilizations (3500 BC-AD 500) - answer✔•In Toaism, health is the state of balance
•Illness occurs when the balance no longer exists
Southern Asian Civilizations (3000 BC-AD 1000) - answer✔•Religious beliefs and practices
(codes of conduct) were written down in four books (Vedas) that also served as a historical
record of this civilization.
•Intermingled with the religious creeds in these books were rules that affected the health and
well-being of the culture.
•There was a strong emphasis on good hygiene, as well as descriptions for the use of magic
charms and rituals for the cure of disease, treatment of trauma, and promotion of fertility
•Buddhism took over in 530 BC.
•The chief goal of all people was to achieve total inner peace of nirvana (nothingness) through
prayer, meditation, and penance.
•Public hospitals were established, and both physicians and nurses were held to high standards
of conduct.
•A primitive form of licensure for physicians required they demonstrate both competence in
medical practice and high moral character
Southeast Mediterranean Civilizations (2000 BC-AD 500) - answer✔•A major element of the
Hebrews' health-care practices was aimed at appeasing God through animal sacrifices and
purification rituals
•Mosaic Law also included very specific rules governing hygiene, food preparation, isolation of
individuals with diseases, menstruating and pregnant women, and childbirth
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