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37 Cards in this Set
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a role that has traditionally included those activities that assist the client physically and psychologically
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caregiver
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a nurse who works with the multidisciplinary health team to measure the effectiveness of the case management plan and monitor outcomes
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case manager
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persons (or groups) who initiate change or who assist others in making modifications in themselves or the system
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change agents
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a schoolteacher who volunteered as a nurse during the Civil War. Most notably, she organized the American Red Cross, which linked with the International Red Cross when the US Congress ratified the Geneva Convention in 1882
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Clara Barton
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a person who engages the advice or services of another person who is qualified to provide this service
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client
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the role assumed by the nurse where s/he represents the client's needs and wishes to other health care professionals; the nurse also assists the client in exercising their rights
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client advocate
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nurses identify client problems and then communicate these verbally or in writing to other members of the health team
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communicator
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an individual, a group of people, or a community that uses a service or commodity
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consumer
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the process of helping a client to recognize and cope with stressful psychologic or social problems, to develop improved interpersonal relationships, and to promote personal growth
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counseling
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the study of population, including statistics about distribution by age and place of residence, mortality and morbidity
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demography
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a Medicare payments system to hospitals and physicians that establishes fees according to diagnosis
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Diagnosis-related groups (DRGs)
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a woman leader who provided nursing care during the Civil War
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Dorethea Dix
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a wealthy Roman matron; viewed by some as the patron saint of early nursing who used her position and wealth to establish hospitals for the sick
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Fabiola
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considered the founder of modern nursing, she was influential in developing nursing education, practice, and administration
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Florence Nightingale
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the establishment and maintenance of social, political, and economic arrangements by which practitioners control their practice, self-discipline, working conditions, and professional affairs
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governance
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known as the "Moses of Her People" for her work with the Underground Railroad; during the Civil War she nursed the sick and suffering of her own race
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Harriet Tubman
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an order of knights that dedicated themselves to the care of people with leprosy, syphilis, and chronic skin conditions
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Knights of Saint Lazarus
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a nursing leader and suffragist who was active in the protest movement for women's rights that resulted in the US Constitution amendment allowing women to vote in 1920
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Lavinia L. Dock
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a person who influences others to work together to accomplish a specific goal
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leader
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founder of Henry Street Settlement and Visiting Nurse Service, which provided nursing and social services and organized educational and cultural activities; considered the founder of public health nursing
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Lilian Wald
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America's first trained nurse
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Linda Richards
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one who is appointed to a position in an organization that gives the power to guide and direct the work of others
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manager
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considered the founder of Planned Parenthood, was imprisoned for opening the first birth control information clinic in Baltimore in 1916
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Margaret Higgins Sanger
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a nurse who practiced midwivery in England, Australia, and New Zealand; founded the Frontier Nursing Service in Kentucky in 1925 to provide family-centered primary health care to rural populations
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Mary Breckinridge
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first African American professional nurse
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Mary Mahoney
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a person who is waiting for or undergoing medical treatment and care
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patient
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legislation requiring that every competent adult be informed in writing or admission to a health care institution about his or her rights to accept or refuse medical care and to use advance directives
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Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA)
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an occupation that requires extensive education or a call that requires special knowledge, skill, and preparation
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profession
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a set of attributes, a way of life that implies responsibility and commitment
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professionalism
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the process of becoming professional; acquiring characteristics considered to be professional
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professionalization
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a character in the Charles Dickens book 'Martin Chizzlewit' who represented the negative image of nurses in the early 1800's
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Sairy Gamp
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a process by which a person learns the ways of a group of society in order to become a functioning participate
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socialization
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an abolitionist, Underground Railroad agent, preacher, and women's rights advocate, she was a nurse for more that 4 years during the Civil War and worked as a nurse and counselor for the Freedman's Relief Association after the war
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Sojourner Truth
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descriptions of the responsibilities for which nurses are accountable
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Standards of Practice
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a set by the ANA (American Nurses Association, describe behaviors expected in the professional nursing role
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Standards of Professional performance
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a nurse who helps clients learn about their health and the health care procedures they need to perform to restore or maintain their health
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teacher
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the transmission of information from one site to another, using equipment to transmit information in the form of signs, signals, words, or pictures by cable, radio or other systems
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telecommunications
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