Ohlone NURS 301 Exam 1 (Classes 1-4) – Review
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Discuss the historical development of - Florence Nightingale: 1st practicing nurse
professional nursing, including key epidemiologist/connected poor
contributions of nursing pioneers. sanitation with cholera and dysentery and developed
1st organized nursing schools
in 1860 and her work in Crimean war.
- Clara Barton: Founded the ARC/attended to
soldiers in WWI.
- Harriet Tubman: active in Underground Railroad
movement/assisted over 300
slaves to freedom
- Mary Mahoney: brought forth awareness and
respect of cultural diversity
- Isabel H. Robb: helped found the Nurses
Associated Alumnae of the United States and
Canada in 1896→ later became American Nurses
Association in 1911 (ANA)
- Lilian Wald and Mary Brewster: Opened the Henry
Street Settlement, which focused on the needs of the
poor/ home health nursing?
- Mary A. Nutting: Affiliated with connecting nursing
education with universities; 1st professor at Columbia
University Teachers College in 1906
Explain the five characteristics of a 1. Requires an extended education of its members
profession. and a basic liberal education.
2.Has a theoretical body of knowledge (theory-
based) leading to defined skills, abilities, and norms.
3. Provides a specific service.
4. Members have autonomy in decision-making and
practice.
5. Has a code of ethics for practice.
,Describe the key components of - Describes the central phenomena of interest to the
nursing's metaparadigm. profession.
- Directs the activity of the nursing profession:
knowledge development, philosophy, theory,
educational experience, research, and practice
- The nursing paradigm focuses on person, health,
environment/situation, and nursing. All the elements
interact with one another, with the PATIENT BEING
CENTRAL.
- person: individual patients, groups, families, and
communities; individualized patient-centered care
- health: different meaning for each patient, clinical
setting, and health care profession. As a nurse:
provide the best possible care based on the patient's
level of health and health care needs at the time of
care delivery.
- environment/situation: all possible conditions
affecting patients and the setting in which their health
care needs occur
- nursing: diagnosis and treatment of human
responses to actual or potential health problems.
-
Describe the components of the ANA Nursing protects, promotes and optimizes health and
(American Nurse Association) abilities, prevents illness and injury, alleviates
definition of nursing practice. suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of
human response and advocates for the care of
individuals, families, communities, and populations.
Discuss the purpose of nurse practice - Defines the scope of nursing practice and
acts. expanded nursing roles.
- Sets education requirements for nurses.
- Distinguishes between nursing practice and medical
practice.
- Establishes a regulatory agency (i.e. state board of
nursing) which uses the principles of administrative
law to guide the regulation of nursing practice.
- Permits the state board to set rules, regulations and
guidelines that specifically define the standard of
care in nursing practice.
- Protects public health, safety, and welfare.
,Explain five characteristics of - Legal guidelines for minimally safe and adequate
standards of care/standards of nursing care.
practice. - Outline what the profession expects of its members
- provide a means to determine the quality of care
which an individual receives
- holds a person of exceptional skill or knowledge to
a duty of acting as would a reasonable and prudent
person possessing the same or similar skills or
knowledge under the same or similar circumstances.
Give three examples of breaches of - Failing to PROTECT the patient from harm.
the standard of care that a nurse may - Failing to MONITOR a patient or recognize changes
be held accountable for. in the patient's condition.
- Failure to RECOGNIZE THE SIGNIFICANCE of
changes or to communicate them clearly and
promptly to the attending practitioner.
,
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Terms in this set (111)
Discuss the historical development of - Florence Nightingale: 1st practicing nurse
professional nursing, including key epidemiologist/connected poor
contributions of nursing pioneers. sanitation with cholera and dysentery and developed
1st organized nursing schools
in 1860 and her work in Crimean war.
- Clara Barton: Founded the ARC/attended to
soldiers in WWI.
- Harriet Tubman: active in Underground Railroad
movement/assisted over 300
slaves to freedom
- Mary Mahoney: brought forth awareness and
respect of cultural diversity
- Isabel H. Robb: helped found the Nurses
Associated Alumnae of the United States and
Canada in 1896→ later became American Nurses
Association in 1911 (ANA)
- Lilian Wald and Mary Brewster: Opened the Henry
Street Settlement, which focused on the needs of the
poor/ home health nursing?
- Mary A. Nutting: Affiliated with connecting nursing
education with universities; 1st professor at Columbia
University Teachers College in 1906
Explain the five characteristics of a 1. Requires an extended education of its members
profession. and a basic liberal education.
2.Has a theoretical body of knowledge (theory-
based) leading to defined skills, abilities, and norms.
3. Provides a specific service.
4. Members have autonomy in decision-making and
practice.
5. Has a code of ethics for practice.
,Describe the key components of - Describes the central phenomena of interest to the
nursing's metaparadigm. profession.
- Directs the activity of the nursing profession:
knowledge development, philosophy, theory,
educational experience, research, and practice
- The nursing paradigm focuses on person, health,
environment/situation, and nursing. All the elements
interact with one another, with the PATIENT BEING
CENTRAL.
- person: individual patients, groups, families, and
communities; individualized patient-centered care
- health: different meaning for each patient, clinical
setting, and health care profession. As a nurse:
provide the best possible care based on the patient's
level of health and health care needs at the time of
care delivery.
- environment/situation: all possible conditions
affecting patients and the setting in which their health
care needs occur
- nursing: diagnosis and treatment of human
responses to actual or potential health problems.
-
Describe the components of the ANA Nursing protects, promotes and optimizes health and
(American Nurse Association) abilities, prevents illness and injury, alleviates
definition of nursing practice. suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of
human response and advocates for the care of
individuals, families, communities, and populations.
Discuss the purpose of nurse practice - Defines the scope of nursing practice and
acts. expanded nursing roles.
- Sets education requirements for nurses.
- Distinguishes between nursing practice and medical
practice.
- Establishes a regulatory agency (i.e. state board of
nursing) which uses the principles of administrative
law to guide the regulation of nursing practice.
- Permits the state board to set rules, regulations and
guidelines that specifically define the standard of
care in nursing practice.
- Protects public health, safety, and welfare.
,Explain five characteristics of - Legal guidelines for minimally safe and adequate
standards of care/standards of nursing care.
practice. - Outline what the profession expects of its members
- provide a means to determine the quality of care
which an individual receives
- holds a person of exceptional skill or knowledge to
a duty of acting as would a reasonable and prudent
person possessing the same or similar skills or
knowledge under the same or similar circumstances.
Give three examples of breaches of - Failing to PROTECT the patient from harm.
the standard of care that a nurse may - Failing to MONITOR a patient or recognize changes
be held accountable for. in the patient's condition.
- Failure to RECOGNIZE THE SIGNIFICANCE of
changes or to communicate them clearly and
promptly to the attending practitioner.
,
