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30 Cards in this Set
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a PERSON COMMITTING AN INTENTIONAL TORT IS CONSIDERED TO...
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Have knowledge of the permitted legal limits of words or acts.
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What was Lillian Wald responsible for?
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Establishing a visitng nurse service, community health nursing.
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The Nurse Practice act is what type of law?
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Statutory Law
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The nursing organization whose membership is limited to nurses only is...
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ANA
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This organization includes both nurses and non nurses in it's membership who join together to foster the development and improvement of nursing services and nursing education.
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National League for Nurses
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The recent trend towards an increased number of clients being discharged from hospitals, which are still requiring care, is largely attributed to...
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Medicare Prospective Payment System
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A controversy surrounding DRG's has been?
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Shorter hospital stays
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The purpose of the national Council of State Boards of Nursing is?
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Develope licensing exams and develope model nursing laws and regulations
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The baccalaureate nurse is viewed as a what?
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Nurse generalist
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The nurse specialist is reserved to those nurses who graduate from?
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Master's Degree Program
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The ADN graduate is considered?
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Technician
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A hospital provides what kind of care?
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secondary
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What is Primary care nursing?
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Preventative, immunizations, B/P screening
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What is Tertiary Care nursing?
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Rehab and Hospice
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The focus of nursing education at the Doctorate level should be?
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Research
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Why is the ANA a federation?
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The ANA is composed of state nursing associations and the individual can only become a member of the ANA by joining her state's nursing association.
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Pt care where different tasks are performed by different nurses is called:
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Functional Nursing
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An RN, two LPNs and four CNA's are caring for a group of pts. this approach is referred to as...
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Team nursing
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Regulates nursing home laws and CNA's
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Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
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Exemption from civil liability when emergency care is given in good faith with due care or without gross negligence.
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Good Samaritan Laws
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Advantages of Functional nursing are...
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It is economically efficient and it allows for specialization.
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A set of ideas and values that guide professional behavior
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A Code of Ethics
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The purpose of the code of ethics is to:
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Provide a frame of reference for making nursing judgements
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A review of the pts. chart to evaluate the outcome of care is referred to as an:
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Nursing audit (retrospective audit
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A nurse files an incident report to
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use to monitor the outcome of the situation and prevent reoccurrence
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Transcultural nursing refers to:
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comparative analysis and study of different cultures and subcultures in the world with respect to their caring behavior, nursing care and health values beliefs and patterns.
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A daughter cares for her disbled mother in her home, she needs a break and she takes her mother to a facility for 6-8 hours so she can run some errands. This is an example of:
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Respite care
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Which assignment pattern is an example of Primary Nursing??
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The RN gies complete care to the assigned patients and directs their care for their entire hospitalization.
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What is the purpose of the ANA Standards of Clinical Nursing Practice?
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To improve the practice of Nursing
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How would nurses let legislators know about health care issues?
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Write a letter
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