NUR2115- Fundamentals of Professional Nursing, Exam #1 Concept Guide,100% CORRECT
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NUR2115- Fundamentals of Professional Nursing, Exam #1 Concept Guide
Module 1- Wellness, Illness, Client-Centered Care and Evidence-Based Practice:
Chapters 1 - 4, 13, 21, and 23
1) Types of wellness, including spiritual, physical, emotional, and sociocultural.
• SPIRITUAL: Having peace and...
NUR2115- Fundamentals of Professional Nursing, Exam #1
Concept Guide
Module 1- Wellness, Illness, Client-Centered Care and Evidence-Based Practice:
Chapters 1 - 4, 13, 21, and 23
1) Types of wellness, including spiritual, physical, emotional, and sociocultural.
• SPIRITUAL: Having peace and harmony in life, in congruence with
values and actions.
• PHYSICAL: Airway, breathing, elimination, food/drink, and mobility.
• EMOTIONAL: Feelings of self-esteem, fear, sadness, loneliness, or
acceptance of self.
• SOCIOCULTURAL: Feelings of love and belonging.
2) Review WHO (World Health Organization) and their definition of health:
Includes physical, social, and mental components and is not merely the
absence of disease or infirmity
3) Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
• Physiological: Physical needs, such as airway, breathing, circulation,
elimination, food / drink, and mobility.
• Safety: Environmental, security, housing, and climate.
• Love & Belonging: Sociocultural, family, friends, and coworkers.
• Esteem: Emotional, ear, sadness, loneliness, self-acceptance, and self-
esteem
• Self-actualization: Intellectual, having peace and harmony.
4) Evidence-based practice (EBP) Before developing a procedure, a group of
nurses on a practice committee review all current research-based
literature on insertion of a urinary Catheter. What type of nursing will be
practiced based on this review? EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING
A problem-solving approach to making clinical decisions, using the best
evidence available. Blends both the science and art of nursing so that
the best patient outcomes are achieved.
5) Asking Clinical Questions in PICO format Know each segment of PICO
• P: Patient, population, or problem of interest
• I: Intervention of interest
• C: Comparison of interest
, • O: Outcome of interest
6) Sources of knowledge: traditional, scientific and authoritarian
Traditional: Knowledge passed down from generation to generation.
Scientific: Knowledge obtained through scientific method and implied
through research. Authoritarian: Knowledge that comes from an expert and
is accepted as truth based on the person's perceived expertise.
7) Evolution of nursing research and credible resources which can be used
KNOW CREDIBLE SOURCES NOT WIWKIPEDIA.
-Florence Nightingale kept objective records during the Crimean War, and later
went back to see which interventions were most effective to the patients.
, -As advances were made in technology and medical research during the 20th
century, nursing leaders realized that research about the practice of nursing was
necessary to meet the health needs of modern society.
-During the 1950s and 1960s, nursing research was increasingly recognized as
important. Earlystudies provided the basis for the development of nursing
practice standards and the most effective educational preparation for registered
nurses.
-The 1970s and 1980s focused on clinical research, with published
studies of clinical interventions, such as vital signs and treatment
procedures.
-Credible sources: Journal articles that are peer - reviewed. Nursing research is
conducted by quantitative and qualitative methodologies.
8) Common concepts in all nursing theories:
Four concepts common in nursing theory that influence and determine nursing
practice are (1) the person (patient), (2) the environment, (3) health, and (4)
nursing. The focus of nursing, regardless of definition or theory, is the person
9) Stages of illness behavior KNOW THESE
STAGE 1: EXPERIENCING SYMPTOMS
STAGE 2: ASSUMING THE SICK ROLE
STAGE 3: ASSUMING A DEPENDENT ROLE
STAGE 4: ACHIEVING RECOVERY AND REHABILITATION
10) Health promotion and illness prevention, including primary,
secondary and tertiary prevention
• Primary: promoting health & preventing development of disease or injury
• Immunizations
• family planning
• poison-control info
• fall prevention education
• Secondary: screening for early detection of disease for prompt diagnosis &
treatment
• Child wellness visits for normal growth & development, routine
medical & dental checks
• Tertiary: reducing disability after an illness is diagnosed & treated to
help achieve maximum level of functioning
• Teaching diabetic clients how to prevent diabetic foot ulcers
• physical therapy to prevent contractures in an immobile patient
• referral to a cancer support group after breast cancer diagnosis
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