NSG 252 Exam 1 Questions And Already Passed Answers.
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Course
NURS 552
Institution
NURS 552
Hospice and Palliative Care Goal - Answer To improve or maintain the quality of life until death occurs and caring for physiological/psychological support for clients
Services: medication administration, basic treatments, and grief counseling
Setting: Inpatient, home care, or in extended c...
NSG 252 Exam 1 Questions And Already
Passed Answers.
Hospice and Palliative Care Goal - Answer To improve or maintain the quality of life until death occurs
and caring for physiological/psychological support for clients
Services: medication administration, basic treatments, and grief counseling
Setting: Inpatient, home care, or in extended care facilities
What is Nursing according to the American Association of Nurses? - Answer Nursing is 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
Art of Nursing - Answer Compassion, caring, and respect
Science of Nursing - Answer Based on body of knowledge: constantly changing
What is a profession - Answer A type of occupation that requires prolonged preparation and formal
qualifications and meets certain higher level criteria that raise it above the level of an occupation
Approaches to define profession - Answer Process Approach
Power Approach
Trait Approach
Process approach - Answer -All are in a state of development
-Found somewhere along a continuum
-Not an either/or situation
,Power approach - Answer -How much "power" does the group have?
-How independent is the group?
-How did the group get its independence? Money and political influence become critical.
Trait approach - Answer -Looks at "traits" criteria or characteristics that are found in true professions.
-If the group meets the criteria, then it is considered a profession.
-This is the most common way of defining a profession.
-Who determines what traits are used?
7 critical attributes of a profession - Answer 1. specialized education
2. codes of ethics
3. research of orientation
4. Autonomy
5. Body of knowledge
6. Service orientation
7. Professional organization
What is power - Answer -The capacity to exert influence.
-The ability to influence other people to do things that they may or may not want to do.
6 Primary Sources of Power - Answer Referent
Expert
Reward
Coercive
Legitimate
Collective
Referent - Answer Power is obtained by utilizing close, personal relationship to change the actions of
others
, Expert - Answer Power is obtained through knowledge, skill and expertise of a group/individual
Reward - Answer Power is obtained by the ability to grant others rewards for specific actions
Coercive - Answer Power is obtained through the ability to reprimand/punish others
Legitimate - Answer Power is obtained through legislation that grants an individual or organization the
right to make decisions
Collective - Answer Power is obtained through the group - not individual
How can nurses gain power - Answer 1. Political action
2. Gain experience
3. Learn how to work with higher levels of government.
4. Run for office
5. Influence important policies.
6. Professional unity
7. Accountability and professionalism
8. Establish a nurse support network
Sister of Charity - Answer Originally organized to provide nursing care in the city hospitals, expanded
their services to include home care and orphanages for abandoned children
Florence Nightengale (1820-1910) - Answer -Developed first nursing philosophy for health
maintenance and restoration
-Developed first organized nursing training
-First epidemiologist
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