Acute illness - Answers -rapid onset, short duration
Adaptation theory - Answers -adaptation as the adjustment of living matter to other
living things and to environmental conditions
Advocate-role of nurse - Answers -The protection of human or legal rights & the security
of care for all patients based on the belief that patients have the right to make informed
decisions about their own health & lives.
The birth of modern nursing (health & illness) - Answers -Florence Nightingale
Established the Red Corss - Answers -Clara Barton
Reform of treatment of mental ill - Answers -Dorothea Dix
Public health nursing, Henry street settelment - Answers -Lillian Wald
Active in underground RR - Answers -Harriet Tubman
Civil War & women's movement - Answers -Sojourner Truth
Traditional Knowledge - Answers -Passed from one generation to the next.
Authoritative Knowledge - Answers -Comes from an expert & is accepted as truth.
Scientific Knowledge - Answers -Obtained through scientific method.
Steps of the Quantitative Research Process - Answers -1. State Problem.
2. Define purpose of study.
3. Review related literature.
4. Formulate Hypotheses & Variables.
5. Select Research Design.
6. Select Population & Sample.
7. Collect Data.
8. Analyze Data.
9. Communicate Findings & Conclusions.
Qualitative Research - Answers -To gain insight by discovering meaning (reality is
based on perceptions), researcher primarily analyzes words or narratives that numbers.
, Informed consent - Answers -Patients right to consent knowledgeable to participate in a
study
Morbidity - Answers -how frequently a disease occurs
Mortality - Answers -The number of deaths caused by a disease.
Wellness - Answers -Active state
Good health - Answers -Passive state
Chronic illness - Answers -irreversible illness that causes permanent physical
impairment and requires long-term health care
Illness - Answers -response of the person to a disease
Primary - Answers -Reducing risk factors
Secondary - Answers -Screen & catch early
Tertiary - Answers -Treatment
Precontemplation - Answers -no intention of changing behavior
Contemplation - Answers -considering change
Determination - Answers -Decision is made
Action - Answers -Implementing a plan
Maintenance - Answers -Sustain new behavior, 6mon-5years
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - Answers -(level 1) Physiological Needs, (level 2) Safety
and Security, (level 3) Relationships, Love and Affection, (level 4) Self Esteem, (level 5)
Self Actualization
nuclear famiy - Answers -Traditional (2 parent & kids); Recent 2 or more people who
depend on each other.
extended family - Answers -a family that extends beyond the nuclear family, including
grandparents, aunts, uncles, and other relatives, who all live nearby or in one
household.
blended family - Answers -a married couple and their children from previous marriages
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