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Which organization took over nursing services in many european hospitals?
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Sisters of Charity
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Florence Nightingale established nursing as a profession with which 2 missions?
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Sick nursing and Health Nursing
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America's first trained nurse.
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Linda Richards
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Key woman in community health nursing
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Lillian Wald
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Opened first birth control clinic in Brooklyn
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Mary Higgins Sanger
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Federal aid to pay for nursing tuition in 1943
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Bolton Act
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Study that recommended building basic schools of nursing
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Brown Report
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Study that investigated proper training of public health nurses
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Goldmark Report
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Study that established 2 year programs leading to ADN
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Community College Education for Nurses
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Greatest future population growth
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old-old (over 85)
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Immigrants to US primarily from where?
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Asis and Latin america
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Most common cause of premature death
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Hazardous lifestyles
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2 major types of long term care facilities
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chronic disease hospitals and nursing homes
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Most controlled managed care
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Staff HMO
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Credentialling of many allied health education programs
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CAAHEP
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A health care worker that helps to restore function to an injured or diseased part of a patient's body is called
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a physical therapist.
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The NANDA diagnoses are set up into ___ sections with over _____ diagnoses
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9; 158
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Nursing is the diagnosis and treatment of human responses to actual or potential health problems is ____________'s definition of nursing.
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the ANA
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Which theorist believed in the patient-environmental theory?
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Florence Nightingale
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This theorist developed the adaptation model
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Sister Callista Roy
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Who believed in the science of unitary human beings theory?
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Martha Rogers
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Who developed the self-care model?
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Dorothea Orem
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general definition of _________ is "the reasoned analysis and disciplined inquiry of relationships underlying the moral code of a particular group."
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ethics
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The Patients' Bill of Rights falls under the moral theory of
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deontology.
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Some of the principles of ethical decision-making are
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autonomy, beneficence, confidentiality, freedom. nonmaleficence, privacy, veracity, obligation.
rights, justice, fidelity. |
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Allowing deformed babies to die rather than becoming a burden on society is a moral theory called
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utilitarianism.
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This code says that the nurse's primary commitment is to the patient, and the nurse promotes, advocates for, and strives to protect the health, safety, and rights of the patient.
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ANA Code for Nurses
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Which code attempts to "enunciate concepts that would be clear, concise, universal, broad enough to be useful to nurses in many cultures but be able to stand the tests of time and social change"?
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ICN Code for Nurses
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Acting on behalf of the patient is called
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patient or client advocate
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The major accrediting organization for nursing educational programs
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NLN
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Open curriculum is
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self-paced study.
the ladder approach. the external degree program. |
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This program is usually a 12- to 18-month course in which participants must then pass state boards.
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Practical nurse certification
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This program consists of course work and supervised clinical practice and is usually taught by a hospital.
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Diploma program
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This program consists of general education courses for half of the program and nursing courses for the other half and is available at a junior or community college taking approximately two years to complete.
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Associate degree
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This program consists of liberal arts, science, and nursing making an individual eligible for public or community health nursing.
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Bachelor's degree in nursing
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Educational preparation for licensure as an RN takes place in which programs?
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Baccalaureate program
Associate program Diploma program |
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This person must be an expert practitioner within a specialized field and should have a master's degree in that field
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Clinical nurse specialist
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considered a first-line manager in charge of a clinical nursing unit?
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Head nurse
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additional knowledge and skills in a broad range of interventions in what is considered to be an exclusive domain of medicine?
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Nurse practitioner
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This position is considered part of middle management and is responsible for several clinical units.
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Supervisor
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Which position is the highest in the nursing service hierarchy
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Chief nurse executive
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In this leadership theory, the leader structures work for subordinates and removes obstacles to their success.
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Path-goal theory
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In which theory is the ability to lead dependent upon the emotional commitment from followers
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Charismatic theory
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This leadership style is based on the maturity of the followers.
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Life cycle theory
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In this style, it is deemed that some are born to lead.
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Great man theory
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This theory believes there are certain traits associated with successful executives, such as the ability to see novel solutions for problems.
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Trait theory
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In Lewin's theory of change, "unfreezing" is
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when motivation to create change occurs
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Negligence is a
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civil law violation
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It has been ruled that sexual harassment is a violation of
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the Civil Rights Act
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Sexual harassment applies to
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everyone
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When preparing a bill for Congress, most of the preparatory work is done by
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committee staffs
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One of the largest contributors of campaign money in congressional races i
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the AMA
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Which is the correct sequence in the process of a bill becoming a law?
1. Committee hearings, mark-up, and committee report written 2. Second reading and debate 3. Bill introduced and referred to a committee 4. Bill goes to a conference committee 5. Third reading 6. Compromised version back to both houses for approval |
3, 1, 2, 5, 4, 6
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A recommended way of reaching your legislator is to
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arrange a personal appointment.
make a phone call. write a letter. |
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This established payment system is based on 467 DRGs.
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DRG Law
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This legislation included major revisions in reimbursement for physician services under Medicare Part B and replaced it with a Medicare fee schedule.
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Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989
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In this decision, the Supreme Court signaled its willingness to reverse its previous decisions on abortion.
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Webster v. Reproductive Health Services
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Which of the following is the federal agency specifically charged with overall responsibility for the promotion and protection of the nation's health?
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PHS
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The National Institute of Nursing Research was lead by
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nurse scientist, Ada Sue Hinshaw
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The law that eliminates unreasonable discrimination on the basis of age is the
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Age in Employment Discrimination Act Amendments of 1975
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