Profession nursing roles/practice settings, professional
standards/guidelines, image of nursing, critical thinking + developing
clinical judgment.
Benner's stages of nursing proficiency: Correct Ans - - Novice
- Advanced beginner
- Competent
- Proficient
- Expert
define the Standards of Practice: Correct Ans - competent level of
nursing care (demonstrated by the critical thinking model- nursing process
model)
define scope of practice: Correct Ans - the activities a qualified
nurse may perform
goal of scope & standards of practice: Correct Ans - provide care
that promotes the well-being of patients & communities
the ________ is the foundation of clinical decision making; it includes all
significant actions taken by nurses in providing care to patients
Correct Ans - nursing process
define code of ethics: Correct Ans - philosophical ideals of right &
wrong
6 professional roles: Correct Ans - - autonomy
- accountability
- advocate
- communicator
- manager
- educator
nursing is defined as a profession because nurses _____ Correct Ans -
practice autonomy
, ________ believed that the role of nurses was to help the body recover &
remain free from disease Correct Ans - Florence Nightingale
_____ was the first practicing epidemiologist Correct Ans - Florence
Nightingale
3 characteristics of Florence Nightingale: Correct Ans - - first
practicing epidemiologist
- first school of nursing
- improved sanitation in battlefield hospitals
4 essential "patient contact" skills: Correct Ans - - time
management
- therapeutic communication
- patient education
- bedside skills
_____ is the founder of the American Red Cross; she tended soldiers on the
battlefields Correct Ans - Clara Barton
_____ organized ambulance services & walked abandoned battlefields at
night looking for wounded soldiers Correct Ans - Mother
Bickerdyke
______ was the first professionally trained African-American nurse; she was
concerned with the relationship between cultures and races Correct
Ans - Mary Mahoney
______ and ______ opened the Henry Street Settlement, which focused on the
health needs of poor people who lived in tenements in New York City
Correct Ans - *Mary Brewster*; Lillian Wald
______ first nursing professor at Columbia Teacher's College Correct Ans
- Mary Adelaide Nutting
when did nursing specialization begin? Correct Ans - 1920s
4 changes in society that lead to changes in nursing: Correct Ans - -
affordable care act (ACA)
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