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Adult Health I

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what is the center of your practice as a nurse? the patient
what does professional practice include? knowledge from social and behavioral sciences, biological and physiological sciences, and nursing theories
what does the nursing practice include? social values, professional autnomy, a sense of commitment and community, and a code of ethics
what is the foundation for nursing and is the basis for the advancement of nursing practice and the development of nursing science? your ability to interpret clinical situations and make complex decisions
_____ ______ skills are essential to nursing critical thinking
Florence Nightingale studied and implemented methods to improve ______, which reduced ______ battlefield sanitation...< illness, infection, and mortality
nursing is a combination of knowledge of the _____, ____, _____, and ______ physical sciences, humanities, social sciences, and clinical competencies
Florence Nightingale saw the role of nursing as ____ taking charge of someone's health
what did Nightingale develop for nurses? a training program--Nightingale Training School for Nurses at St. Thomas' Hospital in London
___ was the first practicing nurse epidemiologist Nightingale
what did Nightingales poor sanitation analysis connect to? cholera and dysentery
who was the founder of the red cross? Clara Barton
___ lobbied for the red cross for ___ years Clara Barton....10
superintendfent of the female nurses during the civil war for the union army Dorothea Lynde Dix
organized ambulance services, supervised nurses, and walked abandonded battlefields at night looking for wounded soliders Mary Ann Ball (Mother Bickerdyke)
active in the underground railroad movement and assisted in leading over 300 slaves to freedom Harriet Tubman
first professionally trained African American nurse Mary Mahoney
helped found the Nurse's Association Alumnae of the USA and Canada in 1896, which became the American Nurses Association in 1911 Isabel Hampton Robb
who was known as the lady with the lamp and why? Florence Nightingale--b/c walked around battlefields with a lamp volunteering as a nurse
who was one of the orinigal founders of the American Journal of Nursing? Isabel Hampton Robb
Who opened the Henry Street Settlement in NYC Lillian Wald and Mary Brewster
what are 4 external forces that affect nursing? demographic changes in the population, human rights, > # of medically underserved, and threat of bioterrorism
recent decades the population shidt from rural to urban centers, > life span, > incidence of chronic illness are all ___ demographic changes
there is a greater sensitivity to health care needs of a women and the role of women in health care research women's health care issues
nurses advocate the rights of all clients and recognize the special needs of some groups human rights movement
what are the 2 biggest safety problems? client falls and medication errors
problem-solving approach to clinical practice that uses the best available evidence along with your expertise and client preferences and values in making decisions about care evidenced based practice (most of what we do as nurses)
what is a professional? --requires an extended education of members and a basic liberal foundation --has a theoretical body of knowledge leading to defined skills, abilities, and norms --provides a specific service --have autonomy in decision-making and practice
is the ideals of right and wrong that define the principles used to provide care to your clients code of ethics
6 standards of nursing practice assessment, diagnosis, outcome identifications, planning, implentation, and evaluation
involves formal, organized educational programs offered by universities, hospitals, state nurses ass, pro nursing org, and ed and health care institutions continuing education
help the client regain health and a max level of independent function through the healing process caregiver
you protect your client's human and legal rights and provide assisstance in asserting those rights if the need arises advocate
you explain concepts and facts anout health, demonstrate procedures such as self-care activites, reinforce learning or client behavior, and evaluate the client's progress in learing educator
is central to the nurbse-client relationship. helps you to know the clients strenghts, weaknesses, needs and fears communicator
establish an environment for collaborative care to provide quality care and good client outcomes manager
Created by: TayBay15
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