Nursing Concepts Module 3 questions and answers.

Health state of optimal functioning or well-being Licensure to be given a license to practice nursing in a state or province after successfully meeting requirements nurse practice law law established to regulate nursing practice nursing profession that focuses on the holistic person receiving health care services and provides unique contribution to the prevention of illness and maintenance of health nursing process five-step systematic method for giving patient care; involves assessing, diagnosing, planning, implementing and evaluating profession an occupation that meets specific criteria including a well-defined body of specific and unique knowledge, a cod of ethics and standards, ongoing research and autonomy reciprocity process allowing a nurse to apply for and be endorsed as a registered nurse by another state standards acceptable, expected level of performance established by authority, custom, or consent Theory of animism was based on the belief that everything in nature was alive with invisible forces endowed with power; good spirits brought health and evil spirits brought sickness and death; the physician was the medicine man and the nurse was the mother who cared for her family Florence Nightingale defined nursing as an art and science; challenged prejudices of against women and elevated the status of all nurses; when she returned to England she established the first training school for nurses and wrote books about health care and nursing education Clara Barton Established the Red Cross in the US Dorothea Dix Pioneer for the reform of treatment of the mentally ill Mary Ann Bickerdyke Organized diet kitchens, laundries, and an ambulance service, and supervised nursing staff during the Civil War Louise Schuyler a nurse during the Civil War; organized the NY charities aid assoc. to improve care of the sick in Bellevue Hospital; recommended standards for nursing education Linda Richards Began the practice of keeping records and writing orders Jane Adams Recipient of the 1931 Nobel Peace Price Lillian Wald Founder of public health nursing Mary Elizabeth Mahoney First African American Nurse Harriet Tubman a nurse and an abolitionist Nora Gertrude Livingston Established a training program for nurses at the Montreal General Hospital Mary Agnes Snively One of the founders of the Canadian Nurses Sojourner Truth Provided nursing care to soldiers during the Civil War and worked for the women's movement Isabel Hampton Robb A leader in nursing and nursing education; organized the nursing school at John Hopkins Hospital Mary Adelaide Nutting First Professor of nursing at Teacher's College Elizabeth Smellie Organized the Canadian Women's Army Corps during WW II Lavina Dock Nurse leader and woman's activist Mary Breckenridge Established the 1st Midwifery schools in the US Margaret Sanger Founder of Planned Parenthood 4 Nursing Aims and competencies To promote health; to prevent illness; to restore health; facilitate coping with disability or death Nursing as a professional discipline well-defined body of specific and unique knowledge, strong service orientation, recognized authority by a professional group, code of ethics, professional organization that sets standards, ongoing research, and autonomy and self-regulation Practical Nursing Programs vocational; teach graduates to give bedside nursing care to patients LPN's I year in length; 1/3 classroom hours and 2/3 clinical laboratory hours; take NCLEX; work under the direction of a physician or RN to give direct care to patients, focusing on meeting health care needs in hospitals, long-term care facilities and home health agencies 3 types of RN educational programs diploma, associate degree, and baccalaureate; all three take the NCLEX-RN exam Two types of graduate Education in Nursing Master and Doctoral Critical challenges to nursing practice in the 21st century a growing population of hospitalized patients who are older and more acutely ill, increasing health care costs, and the need to stay current with rapid advances in medical knowledge and technology Nurse practice acts are established in each state to regulate the practice of nursing by defining the legal scope of nursing practice, creating a state board of nursing to make and enforce rules and regulations, define important terms and activities in nursing and establish criteria for the education and licensure of nurses aggressive behavior standing up for one's rights in a negative manner that violates the rights of others body language nonverbal communication bullying negative, often repetitive, disruptive behavior; also referred to as horizontal violence, lateral violence, and professional incivility channel term used in communication theory to denote the medium selected to convey the message; channel may target any of the receiver's senses