Chapter 1 - Introduction to nursing ALL EXAM REVISION QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS (ALREADY GRADED A+) (2024 UPDATE) 100%
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Introduction to nursing
Institution
Introduction To Nursing
Define the role of the nurse in the early Christian period? - ANSWER- Women called
deaconesses made the first organized visits to the sick, and members of male religious groups
gave nursing care and buried the dead.
Who was the nursing advocate that elevated the status of nursing to a respected ...
against women and elevated the status of all nurses. After the
war, she returned to England, where she established a training
school for nurses and wrote books about healthcare and nursing
education.
Florence Nightingale elevated the status of nursing to a respected occupation, improved the
quality of nursing care, and founded modern nursing education.
Florence Nightingale's contributions include: - ANSWER- • Identifying the personal needs of
the patient and the role of the nurse in meeting those needs
• Establishing standards for hospital management
• Establishing a respected occupation for women
• Establishing nursing education
• Recognizing the two components of nursing: health and illness
• Believing that nursing is separate and distinct from medicine
• Recognizing that nutrition is important to health
• Instituting occupational and recreational therapy for sick
people
, • Stressing the need for continuing education for nurses
• Maintaining accurate records, recognized as the
beginnings of nursing research
The word nurse originated from - ANSWER- the Latin word nutrix, meaning
"to nourish."
Nursing encompasses autonomous and collaborative care of individuals of all ages, families,
groups, and communities, sick or well and in all settings. Nursing includes the promotion of
health, prevention of illness, and the care of ill, disabled, and dying people. Advocacy, promotion
of a safe environment, research, participation in shaping health
policy and in patient and health systems management, and education are also key nursing roles.
How would you accurately describe the nursing's role, according to the American Nurses
Association (ANA)? - ANSWER- It is the role of nursing to provide a caring relationship that
facilitates health and healing.
(The central focus in all definitions of nursing is the patient (the person receiving care) and
includes the physical, emotional, social, and spiritual dimensions of that person)
Aims of Nursing: - ANSWER- 1. To promote health
2. To prevent illness
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