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Nursing definition - A professional discipline which offers a valuable service to the public by working with individuals, families, groups and communities to develop and implement strategies to meet health care needs. (UNBC, BSN Philosophy) Nursing function - The unique function of the nurse is to assist the individual, sick or well, in the performance of those activities contributing to health or its recovery. (Virginia Henderson-Nursing theorist, Needs Theory|) Health definition - Health...

ad lib - as desired alert - Referring to a state in which an individual is awake and appropriately answers all questions ambulate - Walk; move about anemic - someone who has a decreased number of red blood cells anorexia - an obsessive fear of gaining weight in which a person refuses to eat aphasia - impairment of language, usually caused by left hemisphere damage either to Broca's area (impairing speaking) or to wernicke's area (impairing understanding) asepsis - the process of removi...

ad lib - as desired alert - Referring to a state in which an individual is awake and appropriately answers all questions ambulate - Walk; move about anemic - someone who has a decreased number of red blood cells anorexia - an obsessive fear of gaining weight in which a person refuses to eat aphasia - impairment of language, usually caused by left hemisphere damage either to Broca's area (impairing speaking) or to wernicke's area (impairing understanding) asepsis - the process of removi...

Florence Nightingale - Person is influenced by the environment = overall theme Florence Nightingale - Nursing = a calling to help patients in a repetitive process directly working with the patient or by affecting the environment to improve health or recovery from illness Virginia Henderson - 14 basic needs basic nursing care involves 14 activities: physiological, spiritual and sociological. Pay attention and listen to person Dorothy Johnson - Behavioral systems Behavioral subsystems: atta...

Acute Illness - A sudden illness from which the person is expected to recover Assisted Living Residence (ALR) - provides housing, personal care, support services, health care, and social activities in a home-like setting to persons needing help with daily activity Board and care home - provides a room, meals, laundry, and supervisors chronic illness - an on-going illness that is slow or gradual in onset; it has no known cure; it can be controlled and complications prevented with proper trea...

Nurses who work with children and infants are called: - Pediatric nurses As part of their educational program, nursing students must take classes in and gain a thorough understanding of the following areas, except: - Renaissance literature In a nurses educational and training program, they are required to experience many different settings. This is important because: - It helps them to decide the area on which to focus for specialized training ______ ________is any disorder that affects th...

How do Americans rate nurses on their honesty and ethical standards? - Americans named nurses the most honest and ethical every year since 1999 when nurses were included in the list (except after 9/11) Where were members of Congress and car salespeople ranked? - They were ranked the lowest on the honesty and ethical standards How is nursing viewed based off of the Gallup Honesty and Ethics poll? - Nursing is the most trustworthy profession! How do nurses capture patient and public trust? ...

Personality Traits - To be successful, health assistants, like all other health care workers, must demonstrate certain personality traits. Some of these traits may not be natural for every health assistant. All health assistants must be committed to developing these attitudes and personal characteristics. Desirable traits for health assistants include: - - Having a positive attitude - Interacting appropriately - Following rules - Solving problems - Managing stress effectively Have a Pos...

salary - $64,690 per year $31.10 per hour what do they do? - provide and coordinate patient care, educate patients and the public about various health conditions, and provide advice and emotional support to patients and their family members. work environment - work in hospitals, physicians' offices, home healthcare services, and nursing care facilities. They also work in correctional facilities, schools, summer camps, and with the military. education requriments - Associate's degree ho...

Critical thinking skills that assist the nurse in appropriately setting priorities are which type of nursing skill a) Intellectual b) Interpersonal c) Technical d) Mechanical - A Culturally safe nursing practice involves a) Relating to all clients in a neutral manner regardless of their cultural heritage b) Asking clients about knowledge of their own cultural heritage c) Ensuring clients are nursed by nurses from their own culture d) Using appropriate resources to meet clients identifi...