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NURSADN1 Test #1: Study Guide (Questions WithSolutions)
What are the aims of nursing?
*Hint: PPRF* Right Ans - *P*romote health, *p*revent illness, *r*estore
health
and *f*acilitate coping with disability or death
How does a nurse *promote health*? Right Ans - Identifying, analyzing, and
maximizing each patient's individual strengths
How does a nurse *prevent illness*? Right Ans - Reduce risk for illness.
promote good health habits, maintain optimal functioning; Educating patients
How does a nurse *restore health*? Right Ans - Perform assessments that
detect illness; Assess & teach levels of prevention
How does a nurse *facilitate coping with disability or death*? Right Ans -
Maximizing person's strengths and potentials; Patient education; Referral to
community support systems; Providing end-of-life care; Hospice programs
What are the roles of a registered nurse? Right Ans - Advocate, Care
Provider, Researcher, Manager, Delegator, Leader, Collaborator, Change Agent
What are the elements to the nursing process (in order)? *Hint: ADPIE*
Right Ans - Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning, Implementation, Evaluation
Nursing Process: Assessment Right Ans - Gather information about the
patient's condition
Nursing Process: Diagnosis Right Ans - Identify the patient's problems
Nursing Process: Planning Right Ans - Set goals of care and desired
outcomes and identify appropriate nursing actions
Nursing Process: Implementation Right Ans - Perform the nursing actions
identified in planning
,Nursing Process: Evaluation Right Ans - Determine if goals were met,
teaching objectives were met, need for follow-up and successful goal
attainment.
What is the American Nurses Association (ANA)? Right Ans - A professional
organization for nurses that develops various ethical and legal standards of
nursing practice and promotes change through policy development
What is the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN)? Right
Ans - Established in 1978 and developed the NCLEX Exam which sets the
standard for nursing practice and education
What is the International Council of Nurses (ICN)? Right Ans - Professional
organization that represents nurses in countries around the world; Federation
of more than 130 national nursing associations that provides international
standards for nursing practice and education
What is the Joint Commission (JCAHO)? Right Ans - The national
accrediting body of health care organizations with two goals of reducing the
risk of undesirable patient outcomes and encouraging continuous
improvement.
What are patient care policies and procedure manuals? Right Ans -
Guidelines created by individual healthcare organizations that provide
specific criteria for nursing practice within the given organization
What is Evidence Based Practice (EBP)? Right Ans - The integration of the
best research evidence with clinical expertise and the patient's unique values
and circumstances in making decisions about the care of individual patients
What is the *Nursing Practice Act*? Right Ans - Laws set by each state and
territory to govern the practice of nursing. The legislative body gives the
board of nursing the power to discipline nurses who violate the nursing laws
and regulations
What are the *stages to the infection cycle*? (Chain of Infection) Right Ans
- Infectious agent, reservoir, portal of exit, transmission, portal of entry,
susceptibility/host
, What is an infectious agent? Right Ans - Any pathogen that can cause a
disease or illness
What is a *reservoir*?
*Tip: Can be biotic (living) or abiotic (non-living)* Right Ans - A place
where microorganisms survive, multiply, and await transfer to a susceptible
host
What is a *portal of exit*? Right Ans - The method which an infectious
agent leaves its reservoir
What is the *mode of transmission*? Right Ans - How infectious
microorganisms move to another location
What is a *portal of entry*? Right Ans - Sites through which pathogens
enter the body
What is a *susceptible host*? Right Ans - Last link in the chain of infection,
is one whose biologic defense mechanisms are weakened in some way
Once a person is infected, what phases do they go through? (i.e what are the
*four* phases of infection) Right Ans - Incubation, prodromal, full stage
illness, convalescence
*Incubation* Period: Right Ans - The period between exposure to an
infection and the appearance of the first symptoms. The microbe is growing
and multiplying but no symptoms have presented themselves yet
*Prodromal* Period: Right Ans - Nonspecific symptoms are present;
Patient is highly contagious and may not know it yet
*Full Stage* of Illness: Right Ans - Presence of specific signs and symptoms
of disease; Illness is at its most severe and can be localized or systemic
*Convalescent* Period: Right Ans - Recovery from the infection. Patient
symptoms begin to decline and strength starts to return
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