Nursing 246 exam 1 Questions With Complete Solutions.

American Nurses Association (ANA) definition of nursing correct answer: the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations to put the patient in the best condition for nature to act upon him correct answer: Florence Nightinggale's definition of nursing? Virginia Henderson's definition of nursing correct answer: the unique function of the nurse is to assist the individual, sick or well, in the performance of those activities contributing to health or its recovery (or to peaceful death) that he would perform unaided if he had the necessary strength, will or knowledge. And to do this in such a way as to help him gain independence as rapidly as possible Florence Nightingale correct answer: 1860's Notes on Nursing, noted for her work in Crimean war. Epidemiology- she linked poor sanitation to cholera and dysentery Clara Barton correct answer: Founder of Red Cross; nurse in civil war Dorothea Dix correct answer: superintendent of Women Nurses for the Union Army; advocate for mentally ill. Harriet Tubman correct answer: Civil war nurse/spy; advocate of her time for black community Mary Mahoney correct answer: first to introduce cultural diversity into the nursing profession Isabella Hampton Robb correct answer: Founder of the ANA and the first nurse author of a nursing textbook Virginia Henderson correct answer: Nursing Theorist Metaparadigm Philosophy Conceptual framework/model Nursing Theory correct answer: What are the different levels of nursing education Metaparadigm correct answer: Most abstract level of knowledge, is defined as a global set of concepts that identify and describe the central phenomena of the discipline and explain the relationship between those concepts. Ex: Focuses on the concepts of the person, environment, health, and nursing. Philosophy correct answer: A statement about the beliefs and values of nursing in relation to a specific phenomenon such as health. Provides guidance in practice