Differentiate between the various forms of nursing education for LPN's and RN's - Answer-LPN's - practical nurse- a tech school or community college. ADN - 2 yr college-community or private. BSN - college or university 4yr.
Name 4 focuses of nursing care - Answer-Health promotion, Illness preven...
Nursing 1-Exam 1 Questions and
Answers
Differentiate between the various forms of nursing education for LPN's and RN's -
Answer-LPN's - practical nurse- a tech school or community college. ADN - 2 yr college-
community or private. BSN - college or university 4yr.
Name 4 focuses of nursing care - Answer-Health promotion, Illness prevention, Health
restoration, End-of-life Care.
Delineate the forces and trends that are affecting contemporary nursing practice. -
Answer-Demographic, National Economy, Role of the consumer, Women's healthcare
issues, Healthcare marketing, Medically under-served population
Discuss skills & attitudes of Critical Thinking - Answer-Nurses apply knowledge to
provide holistic care, is an applied discipline, uses knowledge from other fields, is fast-
paced. Attitudes: Independent thinkers, intellectual curiosity, intellectual humility,
empathy, courage & perseverance, fair-mindedness.
Discuss the effect that critical thinking has on clinical decision-making. - Answer-
Objectively gathering info on a problem or issue. Recognizing the need for more info.
Evaluating the credibility & usefulness of sources of information. Recognizing gaps in
ones own knowledge. Listening carefully: reading thoughtfully. Separating relevant from
overactive data and important from unimportant data.
List the 6 phases of the nursing process - Answer-Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning
outcomes, Planning interventions, Implementation, Evaluation.
Name the main concepts of the full-spectrum nursing model. - Answer-Thinking, doing,
caring>Patient situation<Patient outcomes
Explain how nursing knowledge, nursing process and critical thinking work together in
full spectrum nursing. - Answer-Nurses use critical thinking in all steps of the nursing
process. They also apply critical thinking to the four kinds of nursing knowledge and
when they are doing for the pat. Caring motivates and facilitates the thinking and doing.
The goal of all this is to have positive effect on a pt's health outcome.
Describe the role of institutions on the development of nursing. - Answer-First location
of health care delivery, 1-10th century -deacons and deaconesses, christian hosp-
below, great risk to won life
Identify concepts of holistic care and its importance in client care. - Answer-Physical,
emotional, spiritual, social, support each component, holism is relationship based!! you
must know your patient to address the multiple facets of their illness.
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