1. Absolute Homelessness vs. Relative Homelessness - ANS-Absolute - people without
physical shelter who sleep outdoors, in vehicles, in abandoned buildings, or in other
places not intended for human habitation
2. Relative - describes those who have a physical shelter but one that does not meet the
standards of health and safety
3. Active Health Promotion Strategies - ANS-Ex. weight reduction, smoking-cessation
4. Activity-Exercise Pattern - ANS-Describes patterns of exercise, activity, leisure, and
recreation; ability to perform activities of daily living
5. Acute Illness - ANS-A sudden illness from which a person is expected to recover
6. Adult Day Care - ANS-A program for impaired adults that attempts to meet their health,
social, and functional needs in a setting away from their homes
7. Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) - ANS-Most independently functioning
nurse; has masters degree in nursing
8. Advocacy - ANS-Refers to the support of a particular cause
9. Alternative family - ANS-Relationships include multi-adult households, "skip-generation"
families (grandparents caring for grandchildren), communal groups with children,
"nonfamilies" (adults living alone), and cohabitating partners
10. ANA definition of nursing - ANS-the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and
abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and
treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families,
communities, and populations
11. ANA Standards of Nursing Practice - ANS-Assessment
12. Diagnosis
13. Outcomes Identification
14. Planning
15. Implementation
16. Coordination of Care
17. Health Teaching + Health Promotion
18. Consultation
19. Prescriptive Authority + Treatment
20. Evaluation
21. ANA Standards of Professional Performance - ANS-Ethics
22. Education
23. Evidence-Based Practice
24. Quality of Practice
25. Communication
26. Leadership
27. Collaboration
28. Professional Practice
, 29. Resources
30. Environmental Health
31. Assisted Living - ANS-A living arrangement for elderly people that combines privacy and
independence with medical supervision
32. Autonomy - ANS-Essential element of professional nursing that involves the initiation of
independent nursing interventions without medical orders.
33. Autonomy - ANS-Refers to the freedom from external control
34. Beneficence - ANS-Refers to taking positive actions to help others
35. Benner's Model of Novice to Expert - ANS-Novice
36. Advanced beginner
37. Competent
38. Proficient
39. Expert
40. Blended family - ANS-Formed when a single parent marries another person, who may or
may not have children
41. Burnout - ANS-Occurs when perceived demands outweigh perceived resources
42. C-LARA - ANS-Calm
43. Listen
44. Affirm
45. Respond
46. Add
47. Casuistry - ANS-Case-based reasoning, turns away from conventional principles of
ethics as a way to determine best actions and focuses instead on an "intimate
understanding of particular situations"
48. Certified Nurse-Midwife (CNM) - ANS-An APRN who is also educated in midwifery and is
certified by the American College of Nurse-Midwifes
49. Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) - ANS-An APRN with advanced
education in a nurse anesthetia accredited program
50. CHAPTER 1 - ANS-Nursing Today
51. CHAPTER 10 - ANS-Caring for Families
52. CHAPTER 16 - ANS-Nursing Assessment
53. CHAPTER 2 - ANS-Health Care Delivery System
54. CHAPTER 22 - ANS-Ethics and Values
55. CHAPTER 6 - ANS-Health and Wellness
56. CHAPTER 9 - ANS-Cultural Awareness
57. Chronic Illness - ANS-Persists longer than 6 months, is irreversible, and affects
functioning in one or more systems
58. Clara Barton - ANS-Nurse during the Civil War; founder of the American Red Cross
59. Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) - ANS-An APRN who is an expert clinician in a
specialized area of practice
60. Code of ethics - ANS-A set of guiding principles that all members of a profession accept
61. Cognitive-Perceptual Pattern - ANS-Describes sensory-perceptual patterns; language
adequacy, memory, decision-making ability
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