NURS246 EXAM 1 (100% Accurate Solutions)

Define nursing correct answers the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities; prevention of illness and injury; alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response; and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations Briefly describe the contributions of Florence Nightingale correct answers Philosophy of nursing based on health maintenance and restoration, wanted sanitation and ventilation (manipulated the environment of the patients), the mortality rate of her patients went from 46% to 2% Briefly describe the contributions of Clara Barton correct answers Founded the American Red Cross, civil war nurse Briefly describe the contributions of Dorothea Dix correct answers Superintendent of the union of nurses, civil war nurse Briefly describe the contributions of Harriet Tubman correct answers Civil war nurse and spy Briefly describe the contributions of Mary Mahoney correct answers First professionally trained African American nurse, introduced diversity into the nursing field Briefly describe the contributions of Isabella Hampton Robb correct answers Founder of ANA, first to author her own nursing textbook (previous textbooks were not written by nurses) Briefly describe the contributions of Virginia Henderson correct answers Nursing theorist Differentiate the different levels of nursing education correct answers RN: registered nurse ASN: associates BSN: bachelors MSN: masters science PhD, DNP, DSN: doctoral LPN: own a license but are not registered, must be supervised by an RN Summarize the rolls of each MSN prepared APRN correct answers CNS: certified nurse specialist CNP: certified nurse practitioner CNM: certified nurse midwife CNA: certified nursing assistant Nurse educator, administrator, and researcher Define and differentiate responsibility and accountability correct answers Responsibility: the way you act/respond Accountability: having a reason behind what you do so you can defend what you say and do