English woman from the mid-1800s, felt a calling to become a nurse, lowered the death rate from 60%-1%, Founded the first training school for nurses in
... [Show More] England at St. Thomas hospital correct answers Florence Nightingale
Nutrition is an important part of nursing care, Fresh clean air is beneficial, sick people need recreational and occupational therapy, nurses should identify and meet patient personal and emotional needs, Nursing should be directed towards health and illness, Nursing is distinct and separate from the practice of medicine and should be taught by other nurses, continuing education is important correct answers Florence Nightingale's Curriculum
Social worker, during the Civil War, organized women volunteers to provide nursing care for the soldiers correct answers Dorothea Dix
Took Volunteers into the field hospitals to care for soldiers of both armies, she also founded the American Red Cross correct answers Clara Barton
Took nursing out into the community, and in 1893 she and Mary Brewster established the Henry Street Settlement Service in NYC correct answers Lillian Wald
Promote Wellness, Prevent Illness, Facilitate Coping, Restore Health correct answers Four Goals of Nursing
An Organized and systematic way to deliver nursing care correct answers Nursing Process
Assessment, Diagnosis, Plan, Implement, Evaluate correct answers The Nursing Process
actions taken to improve, maintain, or restore health or prevent illness correct answers Interventions
to be free of infectious material correct answers Aseptic
Preventive, primary, secondary, tertiary, restorative, continuing correct answers Levels of Care
the first care delivery system for practical nurses. Performed a series of tasks such as administration of medication and treatments correct answers Functional Nursing
An RN was the team leader who coordinated care for a group of patients correct answers Team Nursing
one nurse carried out all nursing functions for the patient correct answers Total Patient Care
One nurse plans and directs care for a patient over a 24-hour period correct answers Primary Nursing
relationship between caregivers, patient, and the patient family, caregivers relationship with him/herself, relationship among health team members correct answers Relationship based
Safety, effectiveness, patient centeredness, timeliness, efficiency, equitableness correct answers patient centered
describes nursing care that uses the best scientific research evidence coupled with the clinical expertise of the clinician considering the values of the patient correct answers Evidence based nursing
a statement about relationships among concepts or facts, based on existing information correct answers Nursing Theory
activities in which nurses may engage, state the legal requirements and titles for nursing licensure, and establish the education needed for licensure correct answers Practice Acts
_____________ was created to fill a gap left by nurses who enlished in the military services during WWII correct answers Practical Nursing
created to contain rising health care costs. It means that a hospital receives a set amount of money for a patient who is hospitalized with a certain diagnosis. correct answers Diagnosis-related groups
disease of body or mind correct answers Illness
one that develops suddenly and resolves in a short time correct answers Acute Illness
tends to develop slowly, can be controlled but not cured, is long lasting correct answers Chronic Illness
one for which there is no cure available; it ends in death correct answers Terminal Illness
one that develops without being caused by another health problem correct answers Primary Illness
Results from or is caused by a primary illness correct answers Secondary Illness
Illness present at birth correct answers Congenital Illness [Show Less]