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WGU D439 Exam 1 Foundations of Nursing IWU
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WGU D439 Exam 1 Foundations of Nursing IWUFlorence Nightingale ✔Established sanitary nursing care units on the battlefield. Founder of modern nursing. began professional education in nursing.
Clara Barton ✔Nurse during the Civil War; founder of the American Red Cross
Mary Ann Ball (Mother Bickerdyke) ✔organized ambulance services and walked abandoned battlefields at night, looking
for wounded soldiers.
Harriet Tubman ✔Underground Railroad movement, helping over 300 slaves to freedom and was a nurse, scout, and spy in Union army
Mary Mahoney ✔First professionally trained African American nurse; brought forth an awareness of cultural diversity and respect
Lillian Wald and Mary Brewster ✔started the Henry Street Settlement to serve immigrants living in the tenements of New York city (Early 20th Century) (2 people)
Mary Adelaide Nutting ✔Instrumental in moving nursing education into universities. First nursing professor at Columbia.
What are the characteristics of a profession? ✔Requires an extended education of its members, has a theoretical body of knowledge leading to defined skills, abilities and norms, provides a specific service, maintains autonomy in decision making and practice, and has a code of ethics for practice
How is a BSN nurse different than an ASN nurse (other than time to complete)? ✔An ASN is basic sciences, nursing theory and clinicals. A BSN is the generation education topics in addition to the basic sciences, nursing theory, and clinicals. What are the "Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing" and who wrote them? ✔This is a guide for faculty on the BSN curriculum. It was written by the AACN (American Association of Critical-Care Nurses).
What are nurse practice acts? ✔They are regulations for the scope of nursing practice that protect public health, safety, and welfare by shielding the public from unqualified and unsafe nurses. Each state has its own NPA overseen by State Boards of Nursing.
What is the NCLEX? ✔National Council Licensure Examination. Purpose is to establish a national minimum knowledge standard for nursing
beginning nursing student or any nurse entering a situation in which there is no previous experience. (Benner's 5 levels of nursing competency) ✔Novice
A nurse who has some level of experience with the situation; may be observational, can identify principles of nursing care. (Benner's 5 levels of nursing competency) ✔Advanced beginner
a nurse with 2-3 years of experience in the same clinical position, understands the organization and specific care required. (Benner's 5 levels of nursing competency) ✔Competent
A nurse with more than 2-3 years of experience in the same clinical position, sees the patient's clinical situation as a whole. (Benner's 5 levels of nursing competency) ✔Proficient
A nurse with diverse experience who has an intuitive grasp of an existing or potential
clinical problem. (Benner's 5 levels of nursing competency) ✔Expert
What is the nursing process? ✔Assessment
Diagnosis
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
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