NURS 201 - Chapter 1 Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| The client’s plan of care is created by the nurse using which guideline for nursing practice? | Nursing process |
| Which organization has established standards that help the nurse determine which clinical actions fall under the scope of nursing practice? | American Nurses Association |
| What are the aims of nursing? | -Promoting health -Preventing illness -Restoring health -Facilitating coping with death or disability |
| The American Nurses Association (ANA) Standards of Professional Nursing Practice provides standard of care for all nurses. Which statement on the assessment of the nursing process is accurate? | The nurse collects comprehensive data pertinent to the client's health or situation |
| Florence Nightingale was a nursing pioneer who challenged prejudices against women and elevated the status of all nurses. Which statement accurately describes one of her accomplishments? | She promoted the publication of books about nursing and health care. |
| A graduate nurse is joining the National League for Nursing (NLN) prior to furthering education in the field of nursing. What actions by the graduate when becoming a member will assist the student in attaining educational goals? Select all that apply. | -Research surveys of new schools for furthering education goals -Determining which schools are nationally accredited |
| The nurse asks a client about his spiritual health. Which statement best explains the standard of care utilized by the nurse? | The RN collects comprehensive data |
| Although all of the following are nursing responsibilities, which one would be expected of a nurse with a baccalaureate degree? | Using research findings to improve practice |
| Historical time markers after Crimean War (1853-1856) | -Florence Nightingale kept records while caring for Crimean War victims -Nursing research deemed important; nursing standard practices formed -Clinical research becomes emphasized in nursing research, like vital signs and treatments -NIofNR is funded |
| Why do nurses need to care for their own health needs? Select all that apply. | -To allow them to give effective nursing care to others -To enable them to practice more efficiently -To help them serve as role models for clients |
| Together the nurse and a client with hypertension set a goal that states that the client will be able to identify foods to avoid on a low-sodium diet. The nurse completes this action as a part of which American Nurses Association Standard of Care? | The RN identifies client outcomes |
| What are the ANA Standards of Practice? | -Assessment -Diagnosis -Outcomes Identification -Planning -Implementation -Evaluation |
| Which nursing actions demonstrate the aim of nursing to facilitate coping? Select all that apply. | -Teaching a client and her family how to live with diabetes -Assisting a client and his family to prepare for death -Providing counseling for the family of an adolescent with an eating disorder |
| Which individual provided community-based care and founded public health nursing? | Lillian Wald |
| The nursing process is: | A critical thinking method used by nurses to provide nursing care that is individualized and holistic |
| Using knowledge and applying it to each patient is the: | Art of Nursing |
| The nurse is utilizing knowledge about a blood pressure medication's actions and side effects to determine whether or not to give a client, whose blood pressure is low, the prescribed blood pressure medication. What aspect of nursing is demonstrated? | Science of nursing (gaining scientific knowledge) |
| A prospective nursing student desires a career that will allow the opportunity to provide client care and to assist professional nurses with routine technical procedures. What nursing program would be best? | Licensed or vocational nursing program |
| The nurse going back to school for nurse midwifery can trace education for nurse midwifery to which nursing leader? | Mary Breckinridge |
| Nursing through time (historical time markers) | -Nurses portrayed as a mother/caretaker of family -Nurses viewed as slaves for priest's orders -Shortage of nurses, criminals were recruited (nurses got bad rep) -Efforts made to upgrade nursing education -Nursing gains respect, viewed as profession |
| What did Clara Barton do? | -Cared for soldiers with wounds in Civil War -Served as the supervisor of nurses for the Army of the James -Established the Red Cross in 1882 |
| What did Dorothea Dix do? | -Served as superintendent of the Female Nurses of the Army during the Civil War -Given the authority and the responsibility for recruiting and equipping a corps of army nurses -Pioneered mental illness treatments |
| What is significant about Mary Elizabeth Mahoney? | She was America's first black nurse |
| What are the competencies, or skills/knowledge of nursing? | -Cognitive -Technical -Interpersonal -Ethical/Legal |
| What is the definition of health? | The state of optimal functioning and well-being |
| What is the definition of wellness? | Living out healthy lifestyle/activities |
| Promoting Health includes: | -Facilitating health care access -Patient education -Health literacy |
| Preventing Illness includes: | -Reducing risk of illness -Promoting good health habits -Maintaining optimal functioning -Nurses educating their patients |
| Restoring Health includes: | -Teaching a patient a dressing wound change -Performing assessments -Showing diabetic patient how to insert their IV -HUGE responsibility of a nurse |
| Facilitating Coping with Disability and Death includes: | -Maximizing patients strengths and potentials -Giving patients highest quality of life -Providing end-of-life care |
| What are the Standards of Nursing Practice? What do they matter? | A document that outlines the expected skills that nurses should have ; they protect our roles and our patients |
| What are the Nurse Practice Acts and Licensure? | Laws in each state that dictate what it means to be a nurse in that state ; define legal scope of nursing ; establish criteria for education and licensure |
| What is the Code of Ethics and the professional values with them? | How we should carry out ethical care ; altruism, autonomy, social justice, integrity, and human dignity |
| What is the Nursing Process? | The systematic method that directs the nurse, with the patient’s participation, to accomplish the ANA Standards of Practice (assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implemention, evaluation) |
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