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Unit I: Introduction to Nursing and the Health Care System
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1. Nursing and the Health Care System t t t t t
2. Concepts of Health, Illness, Stress, and Health Promotion
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3. Legal and Ethical Aspects of Nursing
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Unit II: The Nursing Process
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4. The Nursing Process and Critical Thinking
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5. Assessment, Nursing Diagnosis/Problem Identification, and Planning t t t t t
6. Implementation and Evaluation t t
Unit III: Communication in Nursing
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7. Documentation of Nursing Care t t t
8. Communication and the Nurse-Patient Relationship t t t t
9. Patient Education and Health Promotion
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10. Delegation, Leadership, and Management t t t
Unit IV: Developmental, Psychosocial, and Cultural Considerations
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11. Growth and Development: Infancy Through Adolescence
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12. Adulthood and the Family t t t
13. Promoting Healthy Adaptation to Aging t t t t
14. Cultural and Spiritual Aspects of Patient Care t t t t t t
15. Loss, Grief, and End-of-Life Care
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Unit V: Basic Nursing Skills
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16. Infection Prevention and Control: Protective Mechanisms and Asepsis
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17. Infection Prevention and Control in the Hospital and Home t t t t t t t t
18. Safely Lifting, Moving, and Positioning Patients
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19. Assisting with Hygiene, Personal Care, Skin Care, and the Prevention of Pressure
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20. Patient Environment and Safety t t t
21. Measuring Vital Signs t t
22. Assessing Health Status t t
23. Admitting, Transferring, and Discharging Patients t t t t
24. Diagnostic Tests and Specimen Collection t t t t
Unit VI: Meeting Basic Physiologic Needs
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25. Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance
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26. Concepts of Basic Nutrition and Cultural Considerations t t t t t t
27. Nutritional Therapy and Assisted Feeding t t t t
28. Assisting with Respiration and Oxygen Delivery t t t t t
29. Promoting Urinary Elimination t t
30. Promoting Bowel Elimination t t
,31. Pain, Comfort and Sleep
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32. Complementary Health Approaches t t
Unit VII: Medication Administration
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33. Pharmacology and Preparation for Drug Administration
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34. Administering Oral, Topical, and Inhalant Medications
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35. Administering Intradermal, Subcutaneous, and Intramuscular Injections
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36. Administering Intravenous Solutions and Medications
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Unit VIII: Care of the Surgical and Immobile Patient
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37. Care of the Surgical Patient
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38. Providing Wound Care and Treating Pressure Injuries
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39. PromotingMusculoskeletal Function
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Unit IX: Caring for Older Adults
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40. Common Physical Care Problems of the Older Adult
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41. Common Psychosocial Care Problems of the Older Adult
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, Chapter 01: Nursing and the Health Care System
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Williams: deWit's Fundamental Concepts and Skills for Nursing, 6th Edition
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MULTIPLE t CHOICE
1. Florence t Nightingale’s t contributions t to t nursing t practice t and t education:
a. are t historically t important t but t have t no t validity t for t nursing t today.
b. were t neither t recognized t nor t appreciated t in t her t own t time.
c. were t a t major t factor t in t reducing t the t death t rate t in t the t Crimean t War.
d. were t limited t only t to t the t care t of t severe t traumatic t wounds.
ANS: t C
By t improving t sanitation, t nutrition t ventilation, t and t handwashing t techniques, t Florence
tNightingale’s t nurses t dramatically t reduced t the t death t rate t from t injuries t in t the t Crimean
t War.
DIF: t Cognitive t Level: tKnowledge REF: t t p. t 2 OBJ: tTheory
t#1TOP: t t Nursing tHistory KEY: tNursing tProcess tStep: tN/A
tMSC: t NCLEX: t N/A
2. Early t nursing t education t and t care t in t the t United t States:
a. were t directed t at t community t health.
b. provided t independence t for t women t through t education t and t employment.
c. were t an t educational t model t based t in t institutions t of t higher t learning.
d. have t continued t to t be t entirely t focused t on t hospital t nursing.
ANS: t B
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tformalized tthrough tapprenticeships t in tNightingale tschools tthat toffered t independence tto
twomen tthrougheducation tand t employment.
DIF: t Cognitive t Level: tKnowledge REF: t t p. t 2 OBJ: tTheory
t#4TOP: t t Nursing tHistory KEY: tNursing tProcess tStep: tN/A
tMSC: t NCLEX: t N/A