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RASMUSSEN DIMENSIONS IN NURSING EXAM 1 CONCEPTS QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
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RASMUSSEN DIMENSIONS IN NURSINGEXAM 1 CONCEPTS QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
Nursing as a profession - Answer-Use assessment skills and knowledge, have the
ability to reason, and make routine judgements based on clients' condition.
Registered Nurse - Answer-Educated at the level of associate, diploma, or
baccalaureate level. Considered the cornerstone of healthcare.
Nurse Practioner - Answer-Provide direct client care in primary care setting, focus on
health promotion, prevention of illness, early diagnosis, and treatment of common
health problems.
Clinical Nurse Specialist - Answer-Practice in secondary or tertiary care, focus on
individuals experiencing acute illness or exacerbation of a chronic condition.
Case Managers - Answer-Coordinate services for clients with high-risk or long-term
health problems.
ADN - Answer-Developed by Mildred Montague to provide quality nursing care
equivalent to BSN in less time, 2 years.
LPN - Answer-Learning of nursing skills and less on theoretical knowledge. Learn how
to do something, not why. 9 to 12 months.
Referent power - Answer-Establishing and maintaining a close relationship with
someone. Nurses est. Therapeutic relationship with client.
Expert power - Answer-Amount of knowledge, skill, or expertise an individual or group
has. Used or withheld to influence behavior of others. Nurses use to teach, counsel,
motivate clients.
Power of rewards - Answer-Ability of one person to grant another a reward for behavior
or changes in behavior. (Behavior modification)
Coercive Power - Answer-Ability to reprimand, withhold rewards, and threaten
punishment. Not good for nursing.
Legitimate Power - Answer-Legislative or legal act that gives the individual or
organization a right to make decisions that they might not otherwise have authority to
make. Nurses licensed by state under provisions of nurse practice act and appointed
positions in health-care agency.
, Collective power - Answer-Large group of individuals who have similar beliefs, desires,
or needs become organized.
Professional Unity - Answer-A way to gain power in nursing. Join a group such as ANA.
Political activity - Answer-A way to gain power in nursing by becoming politically active
to help make decisions that affect nursing.
Accountability and Professionalism - Answer-A way to gain power in nursing where
high-quality care standards are established. Competency in nursing is demonstrated,
peer reviews, and evaluations.
Networking - Answer-A way nursing can gain power by establishing a nurse support
network to help promote and develop the best nurses to the highest positions.
National League for Nursing - Answer-Regulates the quality of nursing programs that
prepare nurses for the practice of nursing. Licensing body for all nursing schools.
American Nurses Association - Answer-Concerned with the quality of nursing practice in
health-care. Nursing code of ethics. Improve healthcare and standards of nursing.
Nursing - Answer-The protection, promotion, and optimization of clients' health and
abilities, the prevention of disease and illness, and the alleviation of suffering through
the diagnosis and treatment of human response to injury.
Ancient Greek medicine - Answer-Focused on appeasing the gods. Included abortion
and infanticide. Hot baths at spas improved health and sick were cared for in clinics.
Hippocrates Father of Medicine - Answer-Focused on harmony of natural law.
Emphasized treating the whole client-mind, body, spirit, environment-making diagnosis
based on symptoms rather than disease. Ethical standards of physicians.
Roman empire - Answer-Had 600 medications derived from plants and herbs. Were
able to distinguish conditions and performed surgeries. Physical therapy for athletes;
diagnosed infections; identified job related dangers of lead, mercury, asbestos;
published medical textbooks.
Early nursing - Answer-Provided in home by a family member or in a roadside hospital.
Major Christian influence. Learned by trial and error and watching others.
Dark ages - Answer-Plagues and diseases rampant. Monasteries and convents centers
for care. Religious rituals combined with home remedies. Cleanliness and hygiene
discovered during this period. Nurses learned from nuns or monks.
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