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NURSING.
Institution
NURSING.
Functions of a nurse, day to day requirements - correct answer -understand complex data
-analyze symptoms that signal a rapidly changing condition
-intervene
Competence - correct answer -promoting hea...
Functions of a nurse, day to day requirements - correct answer -understand
complex data
-analyze symptoms that signal a rapidly changing condition
-intervene
Competence - correct answer -promoting health
-decreasing risks
-preventing disease
Work of nurses - correct answer -constantly changes, consumes every source
of energy and skill that can be mobilized
-motivational and fascinating with intellectual demands like that of no other profession
-diverse and demands incredible knowledge and ability to respond to many kinds of illnesses and life
threatening events
Patients and work days - correct answer -patients are never alike and work is
sometimes not so satisfying
-nurse is like being a detective
-no such thing as a typical work day
Defining nursing - correct answer -establishes parameters of the profession
and clarifies the purposes and functions of the work of nursing
-clear definition makes the work of nursing visible and valuable to the public and to policy makers who
determine when, where, and how nurses can practice
-definition guides educational preparation of aspiring practitioners and guides nursing research and
theory development
, Florence Nightingales definition - correct answer -and what nursing has to
do... is put the patient in the best condition for nature to act upon him
-I use the word nursing for want of a better. It has been limited to signify little more than the
administration of medicines and application of poultices. It ought to signify the proper use of fresh air,
light, warmth, cleanliness, quiet, and the proper selection and administration of diet- all at the least
expense of vital power to the patient.
Central concepts in all definitions of nursing - correct answer patient--->
physical, emotional, social, spiritual
Nursing workforce surveys: national sample survey of registered nurses (NSSRN) - correct answer
-comprehensive survey of nursing workforce every 4 years
-1988-2008
-findings allowed informed decisions regarding allocation of resources, development of programs, and
recruitment of nurses
Nurses in the workforce - correct answer -2000s RN grew 24.1%
-2013- more than 4,000,000 held licenses as RNs, 2.8 million were working
-2008 NSSRN data: 90% of nurses younger than 50 employed in nursing either full or part time and
fewer than half of nurses older than 65 were working, significant amount of nurses held 2 jobs
Nurses in the workforce: gender - correct answer -dominated by women
-200-2008: men in nursing increased by 50%
*overall, 7% of nurses are men, before 2000 5%, 2010-2013 11% men
-men are likely more to have a bachelors degree or higher in nursing than women
-76% of men and 62% of females work in hospitals
Workforce - correct answer -economic downturn influences median age of
nurses
-foreign-educated nurses readily adapt to care settings
-male nurses are more likely to have higher degrees
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