NURS 246 Final Exam
Florence Nightingale contributions - correct answer ✔emphasized illness prevention, clean air, clean water, and clean housing. imbalance between the patient and environment decreases capacity for health
Clara Barton contributions - correct answer ✔created the American Red Cross
Dorothea Dix contributions - correct answer ✔advocated for those with mental health issues
Harriet Tubman contributions - correct answer ✔1st African American nurse
Mary Mahoney contributions - correct answer ✔1st professional trained African American nurse
Isabella Hampton Robb contributions - correct answer ✔1st dean for the school of nursing at John Hopkins
Virginia Henderson contributions - correct answer ✔created the nursing theory
certified nurse midwife - correct answer ✔nurse who has special training in delivering babies during low-risk pregnancies
certified nurse practitioner - correct answer ✔registered nurse who has advanced education and training in a particular area clinical nurse specialist - correct answer ✔Expert clinician in a specialized area of practice
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) - correct answer ✔Administers anesthesia and provides care during procedures under the supervision of an anesthesiologist
nurse educator - correct answer ✔works primarily in schools of nursing, staff development departments of health care agencies, and patient education departments
nurse administrator - correct answer ✔Provides leadership to nursing departments within a health care facility
nurse researcher - correct answer ✔conducts evidence-based practice and research to improve nursing care and further define and expand the scope of nursing practice
autonomy - correct answer ✔independence
accountability - correct answer ✔Willingness to take credit and blame for actions.
National League of Nurses - correct answer ✔The association of nurses employed in the department of health.
American Nurses Association - correct answer ✔Professional organization for RNs in the US. Founded in 1800's. Primary mission is to be involved in public education, clinical nursing standards, and lobbying of state and federal lawmakers to advance the profession of nursing. National Student Nurses Association - correct answer ✔•Organize, represent
and mentor students •promote development of skills that students will need as professional nurses
components of nursing metaparadigm - correct answer ✔person, environment, health, nursing
person (nursing metaparadigm) - correct answer ✔the recipient of nursing care and includes individual patients, groups, families, and communities
nursing (nursing metaparadigm) - correct answer ✔the attributes, characteristics, and actions of the nurse providing care on behalf of, or in conjunction with, the client
environment (nursing metaparadigm) - correct answer ✔internal and external
surroundings affecting client
health (nursing metaparadigm) - correct answer ✔the degree of wellness or well-being that the client experiences
Watson - correct answer ✔transpersonal caring through caring behaviors, nurses assist pts. to attaining unity and harmony within the mind, body, soul
Orem - correct answer ✔self-care deficit
nurses support patients so they can maintain self-care
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