NSC 114 Exam 1 Questions With Correct Answers |
Guaranteed Success
Florence Nightingale - ANSWER Founder of modern nursing
First nurse researcher
First scientist-theorist
Definition of Nursing - ANSWER The act of utilizing the environment of the patient to
assist him in his recovery.
Caring
Art
Science (skill level/research)
Client-centered
Holistic (ALL problems)
Adaptive
Health promotion (prevention, managing illness)
Helping profession
Clara Barton - ANSWER Founder of the American Red Cross
school teacher and volunteer nurse
she obtained and administered supplies and care to the Union soldiers during the
American Civil War.
Lillian Wald - ANSWER Founder of public health nursing
Mary Breckinridge - ANSWER Established the Frontier Nursing Service in Leslie county,
one of the first midwifery training schools
,Mary Mahoney - ANSWER First professionally trained African American nurse
Linda Richards - ANSWER America's first trained nurse
Nursing education levels - ANSWER LPN
Diploma
ASN
BSN
Masters
Doctoral
Continuing nursing education - ANSWER Ongoing education that nurses take part in
after they have achieved basic preparation and licensure
programs normally within each workplace to update on a skill, technology, etc.
3 types of clients - ANSWER Individuals
families (move in)
community - pandemic
Scope of Nursing - ANSWER Promoting Health and Wellness - individual or community,
enhance healthy lifestyles such as improving nutrition and fitness, drug or alcohol use,
smoking, etc.
Preventing Illness - immunizations, prenatal and infant care, prevention of STIs
Restoring Health - consulting with other healthcare workers, focuses on ill client, direct
care to ill patient, diagnostic and assessments.
,Caring for the Dying - helping clients live as comfortably as possible until death,
hospice, homes, hospitals.
Roles of the nurse - ANSWER Caregiver (activities)
Communicator (problems)
Teacher (learn)
Client Advocate (protect)
Counselor (cope)
Change agent (modify behavior)
Leader (work together)
Manager of care (individuals)
Nursing as a profession - ANSWER Requires an extended education (research)
Requires a body of knowledge
Provides a specific service
Has autonomy
Incorporates a code of ethics
Benner's Novice to Expert Model - ANSWER #1 Novice - nursing student or beginning
nurse
#2 Advanced Beginner- marginally acceptable performance (recognizes meaningful
aspects)
#3 Competent - 2-3 years experience
#4 Proficient - 3-5 years experience
, #5 Expert - performance is highly proficient
Nursing Organizations - ANSWER American Nurses Association (ANA)
Kentucky Nurses Association (KNA)
Speciality Organizations
Nursing Student Network
evidence-based practice - ANSWER clinical problem solving strategy (PICOT)
identification of best available evidence (identifying problem)
deemphasizes custom, authority, ritual (know WHY)
key to delivering the highest quality healthcare and ensuring the best patient outcomes
do things based on EBP for better outcomes not just because "thats how we've always
done it"
looking at resources and evidence to solve things (WHY are things done this way)
PICOT - ANSWER P: Population, patient, problem
I: Intervention
C: Comparison
O: Outcome
Guaranteed Success
Florence Nightingale - ANSWER Founder of modern nursing
First nurse researcher
First scientist-theorist
Definition of Nursing - ANSWER The act of utilizing the environment of the patient to
assist him in his recovery.
Caring
Art
Science (skill level/research)
Client-centered
Holistic (ALL problems)
Adaptive
Health promotion (prevention, managing illness)
Helping profession
Clara Barton - ANSWER Founder of the American Red Cross
school teacher and volunteer nurse
she obtained and administered supplies and care to the Union soldiers during the
American Civil War.
Lillian Wald - ANSWER Founder of public health nursing
Mary Breckinridge - ANSWER Established the Frontier Nursing Service in Leslie county,
one of the first midwifery training schools
,Mary Mahoney - ANSWER First professionally trained African American nurse
Linda Richards - ANSWER America's first trained nurse
Nursing education levels - ANSWER LPN
Diploma
ASN
BSN
Masters
Doctoral
Continuing nursing education - ANSWER Ongoing education that nurses take part in
after they have achieved basic preparation and licensure
programs normally within each workplace to update on a skill, technology, etc.
3 types of clients - ANSWER Individuals
families (move in)
community - pandemic
Scope of Nursing - ANSWER Promoting Health and Wellness - individual or community,
enhance healthy lifestyles such as improving nutrition and fitness, drug or alcohol use,
smoking, etc.
Preventing Illness - immunizations, prenatal and infant care, prevention of STIs
Restoring Health - consulting with other healthcare workers, focuses on ill client, direct
care to ill patient, diagnostic and assessments.
,Caring for the Dying - helping clients live as comfortably as possible until death,
hospice, homes, hospitals.
Roles of the nurse - ANSWER Caregiver (activities)
Communicator (problems)
Teacher (learn)
Client Advocate (protect)
Counselor (cope)
Change agent (modify behavior)
Leader (work together)
Manager of care (individuals)
Nursing as a profession - ANSWER Requires an extended education (research)
Requires a body of knowledge
Provides a specific service
Has autonomy
Incorporates a code of ethics
Benner's Novice to Expert Model - ANSWER #1 Novice - nursing student or beginning
nurse
#2 Advanced Beginner- marginally acceptable performance (recognizes meaningful
aspects)
#3 Competent - 2-3 years experience
#4 Proficient - 3-5 years experience
, #5 Expert - performance is highly proficient
Nursing Organizations - ANSWER American Nurses Association (ANA)
Kentucky Nurses Association (KNA)
Speciality Organizations
Nursing Student Network
evidence-based practice - ANSWER clinical problem solving strategy (PICOT)
identification of best available evidence (identifying problem)
deemphasizes custom, authority, ritual (know WHY)
key to delivering the highest quality healthcare and ensuring the best patient outcomes
do things based on EBP for better outcomes not just because "thats how we've always
done it"
looking at resources and evidence to solve things (WHY are things done this way)
PICOT - ANSWER P: Population, patient, problem
I: Intervention
C: Comparison
O: Outcome
