NUR 3212 Professional Development Foundations for Practice (Midterm Exam) 2024/2025 with 100% correct answers
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Florence Nightingale correct answersstaggeringly lowered the mortality rate at the Barrack's hospital in Scutari, Turkey from 42.7% to 2.2% during the Crimean War in 1854 through implementation of sanitary conditions and good nutrition
Nightingale's Environmental Theory correct answersthis theor...
NUR 3212 Professional Development
Foundations for Practice (Midterm
Exam)
Florence Nightingale correct answersstaggeringly lowered the mortality rate at the Barrack's hospital in
Scutari, Turkey from 42.7% to 2.2% during the Crimean War in 1854 through implementation of sanitary
conditions and good nutrition
Nightingale's Environmental Theory correct answersthis theory of nursing describes the role of the nurse
as placing the patient in the best possible environment for healing to occur
Notes on Nursing correct answersa book published by Florence Nightingale in 1860 that outlined the
importance of personal hygiene and providing an ideal environment for a patient to experience healing
(Nightingale's Environmental Theory)
nurse anesthesia correct answersevolved throughout the Civil War in 1861, the first advanced practice
role within nursing that involved the administration of anesthesia during surgeries
Clara Barton correct answersfounded the Red Cross in the United States in 1862
Mary Eliza Mahoney correct answersfirst African American nurse in the United States in 1879
Lillian Wald and Mary Brewster correct answersfounders of the Henry Street Settlement which led to the
development of community nursing in 1893
Jane Rignel, Linnie Leckrone and Irene Robar correct answersfirst three women to receive the Citation
Star (now known as the sliver star) in 1918 (WW1)
Lieutenant Mary Louise Roberts correct answersnicknamed the "Angel of Anzio" and the first woman to
receive the silver star in 1945 (WW2)
,Loretta Ford and Henry Silver correct answersbegan the first nurse practitioner program at the University
of Colorado in 1965
nursing is defined as a profession by: correct answers1. Nurses (including nurse researchers, theorists,
and leaders)
2. Professional nursing organizations such as the American Nurses Association (ANA)
3. Government (Federal and State Legislation)
(a) Laws such as the Nursing Practice Act
(b) Bodies such as the Board of Nursing (BON)
Virginia Henderson correct answersexpansion of the Nightingale's Environmental Theory that describes
14 activities of the nurse that aid in healing:
(1) breathing
(2) eating/drinking
(3) elimination
(4) movement/positioning
(5) sleep/rest
(6) clothing
(7) body temperature
(8) hygiene
(9) safety
(10) communication/socialization/play
(11) practice of faith
(12) learning
, Which organization provided this contemporary definition of nursing?
"Nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and
injury, facilitation of healing, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human
response and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, groups, communities, and populations."
correct answersthe American Nurses Association (ANA), a premiere nurses' professional organization in
the United States
What is the purpose of the Texas Board of Nursing (BON)? correct answersThe purpose of the board of
nursing is to protect the public.
The stated "mission of the Texas Board of Nursing (BON) is to protect and promote the welfare of the
people of Texas by ensuring that each person holding a license as a nurse in the State of Texas is
competent to practice safely."
In other words, the Board of Nursing does not exist to advocate for the interests of nurses, rather to
regulate nursing within the state.
What year was the first Nursing Practice Act passed in Texas? correct answersThe first Nursing Practice
Act (NPA) was enacted in 1909.
The NPA has been regularly updated by the Texas Legislature since the inception of the legislation to
meet changing patient and healthcare needs within the state and to reflect changes within the
profession of nursing (such as recognizing the role of the advanced practice nurse).
Find the Rules and Regulations on the Texas BON website and open the document. Find the section titled
"Standards of Nursing Practice."
What is standard 3-A? correct answersAccording to the Texas BON,
(3) Standards Specific to Registered Nurses. The registered nurse shall assist in the determination of
healthcare needs of clients and shall:
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