Nursing Concepts

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The ________ of nursing is the knowledge base for care that is provided

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Science

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Who established nursing education?

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Florence Nightingale

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Historic event in the 20th century that led to an increased emphasis on nursing and broadened the role of nurses

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World War II

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ANA's Nursing Social Policy Statement describes

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the values and social responsibility of nursing

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Teaching a class of jr high students about the effects of smoking will meet what aim of nursing?

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Preventing Illness
Education programs, ie: risk of smoking, can reduce the risk of illness and promote good health

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Which nursing degree prepares a nurse for advanced practice as a clinical specialist or nurse practitioner?

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Master's Degree

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Purpose of ANA's Scope and Standards of Practice

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To define the activities that are special and unique to nursing

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What authority regulates the practice of nursing

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State nurse practice acts
These are established in each state to regulate the practice of nursing

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Who are the largest group of healthcare providers in the United States?

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Registered Nurses

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Who established the Red Cross

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Clara Barton

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The central focus of nursing is based on

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The patient receiving care.

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When a nurse helps patient make informed decision about his own health & life, the nurse is performing the role of

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Advocate

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Nursing education program that attracts more men, nontraditional students and prepares nurses to give care to patients in structured settings?

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Associate Degree in Nursing

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What is used by nurses to identify the patients healthcare needs and strengths to establish & carry out a plan of care

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Nursing Process

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Teaching patient how to live w/diabetes, assisting patient to prepare for death, providing counseling for family of teenager w/eating disorder

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Nursing actions that facilitate coping

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Professional organization for registered nurses in the United States

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American Nurses Association
(ANA)

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Laws established in each state in the US to regulate the practice of nursing

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Nurse Practice Acts

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The legal right to practice nursing is termed

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Licensure

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Which of the following needs has the highest priority?

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The need for a balanced intake and output of fluids.

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A change in body image, such as loss of a body part, may affect whah human need?

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Self-esteem need

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What type of needs?
A nurse administers pain medication to post-op patient
A home care practitioner requests a quiet environment so her elderly patient can get some rest

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These are physiologic needs

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What type of needs?
A nurse attains a master's degree in nursing by going to school in the evening.
Student nurse takes a course in communication to improve ability to relate to patients
Nurse subscribes to nursing journals

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Self-Actualization needs

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The most important of all basic human needs

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Oxygen

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According to Maslow's hierarchy of basic human needs, physical activity and rest are

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Physiologic needs

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Relatives such as aunts, uncles, and grandparents are part of what is known as

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Extended Family

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The number and availability of healthcare institutions and services would be considered a

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Community Risk Factor

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Maslow's hierarchy of basic human needs is useful when planning & implementing nursing care as it provides structure for

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Establishing priorities of care

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What is the best broad definition of a family?

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A group of people who live together

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A developmental task of the older adult family may be

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Adjust to loss of spouse

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Where do individuals learn their health beliefs and values?

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In the family

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A shared system of beliefs, values, and behaviors

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Culture

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Minority groups living w/in a dominant culture may lose the cultural characteristics that make them differents. This process is call

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Cultureal assimilation

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The sense of identification with a collective cultural group is defined as

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Ethnicity

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When one assumes that all older adults are too old to learn, this is

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Stereotyping

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Assuming that all members of a group are alike

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Stereotyping

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Nursing is a subculture of ________ larger cultures in our society

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Healthcare System

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Which disorders might you screen for in an African American man?

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Keloid formations
Lactase deficiency
Sickle cell anemia

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Characteristics of culture

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Culture guides behavior into acceptable ways for people in a specific group
Culture influences the way people of a group view themselves
Subcultures exist w/in most cultures

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An overgrowth of connective tissue occuring during the healing process is known as

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keloid formation

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The feelings a person experiences when placed in a different culture; may result in pyschological discomfort

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Culture Shock

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Typically based on specific physical characteristics
Not the same as ethnicity
Skin pigmentation, body stature, facial features, hair texture

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Race

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Cultural Imposition

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Belief that everyone should conform to the majority belief system

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Cultural Blindness

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Ignores differences and proceeds as if he/she did not exist

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Ethnocentristm

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Belief that one's own ideas, practices and beliefs are superior

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Chapter 4
Health & Illness

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Chapter 4
Health & Illness

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Individually defined by each person and is affected by many factors - The state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not merely absent of disease.

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Health

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Medical term meaning that there is a phathologic change in the structure or function of the body or mind

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Disease

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Response of the person to a disease, it is an abnormal process in which the persons level of functioning is changed when compared w/previous level

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Illness

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Acute Illness

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Rapid onset of symptoms and last only a short time

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Stages of Illness Behavior

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Stage 1 - Experiencing Symptoms
Stage 2 - Assuming Sick Role
Stage 3 - Assuming Dependent Rol
Stage 4 - Recovery

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As a nurse, you follow the guidelines for a healthy lifestyle. How does this promote healthy behaviors

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Being a role model for healthy behaviors.

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Which needs are met when a person feels a sense of belonging to a group or community and being loved by others?

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Sociocultural needs

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Characteristics of a chronic illness

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It is a permanant change
It causes, or is caused by irreversible alterations in normal anatomy and physiolgy
It requires special patient education

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Arthritis is an example of a ____________ illness

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Chronic

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Chapter 5
Theory, Research and Evidence-Based Practice

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Chapter 5

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Types of Quantitive Research

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Descriptive Research
Correlational Research
Quasi-experimental Research
Experimental Research

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Experimental Research

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examines cause&effect relationship between variables under highly controlled conditions. Often conducted in a laboratory.

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Descriptive Research

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Explore and describe events in real life situations, identifying relationships between and among events.

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Correlational Research

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examines the type and degree of relationships, between two or more variables.

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Quasi-experimental Research

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Examines the cause and effect relationship between selected variables.

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Evidenced Based Practice

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Nursing care provided that is supported by reliable research-based evidence.