INTRODUCTION TO NURSING
CONCEPTS STUDY EXAM PREP
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
KSAS - Knowledge, skills, and attitude
Dorothea L. Dix - Superintendent of women nurses of army 1861-1873. Created a
month long training at 2 hospitals.
Lillian Wald - Founder of Henry Street Settlement. Established first formalized public
health nursing practice.
Mary Breckinridge - Established frontier nursing service in 1924 first known as Kentucky
committee for mothers and babies.
Elements of a profession - Education at a college/university, education is prolonged,
science/theological constructs, workers autonomous, accountability in individuals.
Characteristics of a profession - civil, ethic, honest, best, consistent, accountable,
communicator, collaborative, forgiving, current, involved, responsible for self, prepared.
Nursing Profession Definition - Nursing is a profession focused on assisting individuals,
families, and communities in attaining, maintaining, and recovering optimal health and
functioning.
Nursing elements - patient centered/ holistic, caring oriented, combination of science/
humanism, therapeutic interpersonal process, practice based profession, focused on
enhancing patient health, collaborative.
Benner's stages of nursing proficiency - Novice- entering nursing school
advanced beginner- marginally competent can use theory/principle
competent practitioner- 2-3 years organized and efficient majority of the time
proficient practitioner- 3-5 years view patients holistically, long term focus.
expert practitioners- grab patients needs automatically.
Socialization to work setting - Reality shock, nurse preceptor/mentor, nurse residency
programs.
Nursing Practice Act Objectives - 1. defines practice of nursing