Test 1 NUR 151 Exam Questions with corerct Answers
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Test 1 NUR 151
CCHINS - Answer- caring, critical thinking, holism, information management & technology, nursing role development, safe practice
nursing is... - Answer- assisting individuals families, and communities in attaining, maintaining, and recovering optimal health. Nursing treats the ...
Test 1 NUR 151
CCHINS - Answer- caring, critical thinking, holism, information management &
technology, nursing role development, safe practice
nursing is... - Answer- assisting individuals families, and communities in attaining,
maintaining, and recovering optimal health. Nursing treats the human response - is
not medicine.
florence nightingale - Answer- began the formalized role of nursing with training and
schooling.
nightingale's theory - Answer- therapeutic environment, empathetic care, confidential
care, care through vital assessment, care that encourages independence and
restoration of health
Linda Richards - Answer- Americas first trained nurse - created the charting system
and a nurse training school at Boston College Hospital.
Clara Barton - Answer- Founder of Red Cross
Mary Breckinridge - Answer- Nurse midwife - frontier nursing service
Dorothea Dix - Answer- Superintendant of nurses in union army - reformed mental
health nursing
Mary Elizabeth Mahoney - Answer- first professionally trained black female nurse
Lilian Wald - Answer- founded Henry Street Settlement - worked in community health
nursing
CANDO program - Answer- nurses who are chemically addicted and in treatment
can keep license if approved to participate in this program
AZBN - Answer- arizona state board of nursing - enforces the Nurse Practice Acts to
hold standards to the nursing care and protect the public, they issue and renew and
revoke licenses
NCSBN - Answer- national council State Boards of Nursing - develops the NCLEX
and regulate uniformity of nursing practice
ANA - Answer- american nursing association - assisting nurses to unite and address
issues that nurses deal with
EMTALA - Answer- emergency medical treatment... ensures that medical treatment
is given to a pt that does not have insurance or money
, ADA - Answer- americans with disabilities act - pt and medical staff do not have to
disclose HIV/AIDS status
Patient self-determination act - Answer- we must provide pt with all options available
The Bill of Rights - Answer- 10 amendments apply to nursing practice for patients
and nurses
HIPAA - Answer- protecting patients rights and privacy
Advance directives - Answer- right to change mind at any time - DNR - do not
resuscitate, Living will - document w/ specifics of what pt desires for pt care, Power
of attorney for healthcare - a person chosen whom knows what you would like done
medically and will enforce that.
Negligence - Answer- failure to perform as a reasonable, prudent nurse would,
failure to follow standards of practice, no intent to harm is present
Malpractice - Answer- professional form of negligence. For one to collect - must
existence of duty, breach of the duty, causation, and damages
Assault/Battery - Answer- assault - threat or attempt to make bodily contact with
someone without consent. Battery is an assault that is carried out
Palliative care - Answer- relieve uncomfortable, provides pain relief and comfort
measures but does not try to prolong the person's life
Hospice care - Answer- treatment of the terminally ill with the goal of helping them to
die comfortably, without pain
Bereavement care - Answer- Support services to friends and family after the patient's
death for up to one year
Respite Care - Answer- a service that provides short-term relief or time off for
persons providing home care to an ill, disabled, or frail older adult
HEENT - Answer- head, ears, eyes, nose, throat
AROM/PROM - Answer- active range of motion, passive range of motion
JVD - Answer- jugular vein distention - may indicate heart problems. pt sitting up at
30-45 degree angle and check for JVD
PERRLA - Answer- Pupils Equal Round Reactive to Light and Accommodate
(distance)
20/20 - Answer- top number is how far away you are/ bottom is how far a perfect
sighted person would be to see it
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