NURS 215: Nursing Theory Exam 2 Study Guide,Questions with 100% Correct Answers
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NURS 215: Nursing Theory Exam 2 Study Guide,Questions with 100% Correct Answers
Florence Nightingale's Background and Accomplishments
- Founder of modern nursing
- Created first educational program for nurses
- Treated British soldiers in Crimean War
- Believed a clean and well-kept environmen...
NURS 215: Nursing Theory Exam 2 Study Guide,Questions with
100% Correct Answers
Florence Nightingale's Background and Accomplishments
- Founder of modern nursing
- Created first educational program for nurses
- Treated British soldiers in Crimean War
- Believed a clean and well-kept environment was crucial to patient healing
- First person to define difficulties in nursing
- Found nursing to be a "calling"
Which war encouraged the move towards formal nursing schools?
Civil War
Where were the first nursing schools in the U.S. located?
NYC; New Haven, CT; Boston, MA (Northeast)
When was the American Nurses Association (ANA) founded?
- 1911
- Goal was to enhance collaboration among practicing nurses and educators
When and how was the public's awareness of the necessity of public health nursing increased?
- Flu pandemic (1917-1919) increased public's awareness
- Second wave: 1919
- Demand for nurses dramatically increased
When did congress first enact legislation to provide support for nursing education?
- During WW2 because there was such a shortage of nurses
- Congress enacted legislation to provide substantial financial support for nursing education
- Cadet Nurse Corps was established
When learning any new role, it comes from a mix of what two types of socialization?
- Formal and informal socialization
Nightingale's influence today extends beyond her undeniable impact on the field of modern nursing to
the areas of:
- Infection control
- Hospital epidemiology
- Hospice care
Social factors that influences the development of personal nursing:
, - Gender
- Image of nursing as a profession
- National population trends
- Technology
- Shortage of nurses
Benner's Stages of Nursing Proficiency
- Proposed the idea that nurses began as novice nurses and worked their way up to being an expert
practitioner with gaining experience
- Novice --> Advanced beginner --> Competent practitioner --> Proficient practitioner --> Expert
practitioner
- Memory trick: You'll become a "benner and benner" nurse with experience
*** KNOW THE DESCRIPTIONS OF EACH ***
Benner's Stages Nursing Proficiency: Novice
- Little background and limited practical skills
- Relies on rules and expectations from others
- Performs fluidly
- Grasps patient needs automatically
- Responses are integrated
- Expertise comes naturally
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