COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE WITH
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
◉Florence Nightingale. Answer: "lady with the lamp" put a body in a
state to be free of disease or to recover from disease. Clean dry and
airy.
◉Clara Barton. Answer: Founder of American Red Cross. Tended to
soldiers in Civil War
◉Mary Mahoney. Answer: First pro African American nurse.
Concerned with relationships b/ culture & race. Respect for
everyone
◉Lilian Wald. Answer: Focused on health needs of poor. Autonomy
in practice
◉Isabel Hampton Robb. Answer: Founded Nurses' Associated
Alumnae of the US and Canada--later became American Nurses
Association
,◉Mary Adelaide Nutting. Answer: Nursing education pioneer-
affiliating nursing programs with universities. First nursing
professor at Columbia University
◉Lillian Mood. Answer: Author of Institute of Medicine Report
◉Autonomy. Answer: Independent nursing interventions without
medical orders. (Cough and deep breathing)
◉Collaboration. Answer: Working with other professionals to
develop the best plan of care
◉Accountability. Answer: Responsibility, professional, legal
◉Nursing process. Answer: Assessment, Nursing Diagnosis,
Planning, Implementation, Evaluation
◉Core Values. Answer: Caring, Professionalism, Holistic Care,
Critical Thinking, Safe and competent practice, Communication
◉Caring. Answer: Encompasses comfort, empathy, compassion,
concern & advocacy with a culturally diverse client population.
Enhancing the dignity and integrity of individuals, families and
communities
, ◉Professionalism. Answer: acquired through a complex process,
student internalizes values inherent to the practice of nursing. Pro
role development includes the acquisition of knowledge and skills
through life-long learning
◉Holistic Care. Answer: multidisciplinary approach to managing
care that recognizes the uniqueness of the individual. Goals
enhancement of illness prevention, health promotion, wellness
maintenance, & health restoration across life span
◉Critical Thinking. Answer: complex process that is purposeful,
goal-directed and based on factual evidence. Requires the skill of
collecting, identifying, examining, interpreting, and evaluating data.
◉Safe & Competent Practice. Answer: Implement through clinical,
cultural, and technological proficiency in a variety of health care
settings based on scientifically supported evidence
◉Communication. Answer: essential to the practice of professional
nursing. Includes verbal and non-verbal skills, and information
technologies to enhance client care
◉Q: How do nurses protect selves and pts?. Answer: A: Knowledge
and using appropriate PPE