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NUR 340 Exam 1 ch. 1,2,4,5,22 With Actual Verified Questions And Correct Answers
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NUR 340 Exam 1 ch. 1,2,4,5,22 With Actual Verified Questions AndCorrect Answers
Theory of Animism
Good spirits brought health; evil spirits brought sickness and death.
16th century nursing
Shift from religious orientation to focus on warfare, exploration, and expansion of
knowledge
Shortage of religious caring for the ill lead to filling "nursing" role with female prisoners
Poor reputation, low pay, long hours, unfavorable conditions
19th-21st Century Nursing
WWII impressed upon the world's populace the need for nursing. Nightingale expressed
the need for education, hospital-based nursing schools became the rage. Knowledge,
nursing research, role of nursing, and EBP.
dimensions of the patient
physical, emotional, social, spiritual
nursing role in all settings
caregiver, communicator, educator, counselor, leader, researcher, advocate,
collaborator
four blended competencies of nursing
cognitive, technical, interpersonal, ethical/legal
4 Nursing Aims
To promote health
To prevent illness
To restore health
To facilitate coping with disability or death
American Nurses Association (ANA)
sets standards for nursing practice in US, made up of state nurses associations. They
, create standards of practice and standards of professional performance
ANA Standards of Practice
evaluation, diagnosis, identification of outcomes, planning, implementation,
coordination of care, health teaching and health promotion, evaluation
ANA Standards of Professional Performance
ethics, culturally congruent practice, communication, collaboration, leadership,
education, EBP and research, quality of practice, processional practice evaluation,
resource utilization, environmental health
Nurse Practice Acts
laws passed in each US state to regulate the practice of nursing, establish a state board
of nursing and develop rules for the education and licensure of nurses
National League for Nursing (NLN)
advances quality in nursing education to prepare the nursing workforce to meet the
needs of a diverse health care population in a changing health care environment
source of knowledge: historical
passed down through generations
source of knowledge: authoritarian
comes from an expert, accepted as truth based on persons perceived expertise
source of knowledge: scientific
obtained through the scientific method-research
Theory
a group of concepts that describe a pattern of reality. Can be tested, changed, or used
to guide research
Concepts
abstract impressions organized into symbols of reality. conceptual framework or model
General Systems Theory
theory for universal application; break whole things into parts to see how they work
together in a system
Adaptation Theory
adjustment of living matter to other living things and environment
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