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interrelated factors - ANSWERS-genetic inheritance, cognitive abilities, educational
level, race and ethnicity, culture , age, and biological sex, developmental level, lifestyle,
environment, and socioeconomic status
Nurses today complete a nursing education program, and practice nursing that identifies
the personal needs of the patient and the role of the nurse in meeting those needs.
Which nursing pioneer is MOST instrumental in this birth of modern nursing? -
ANSWERS-Lilian Wald
Nurses today work in a wide variety of health care settings. What trend occurred during
World War II that had a tremendous effect on this development in the nursing
profession? - ANSWERS-There was a shortage of nurses and an increased emphasis
on education.
A nurse practicing in a primary care center uses the ANA's Nursing's Social Policy
Statement as a guideline for practice. Which purposes of nursing are outlined in this
document? - ANSWERS-A definition of the scope of nursing practice
The establishment of a knowledge base for nursing practice
A description of nursing's social responsibility
,A nurse instructor outlines the criteria establishing nursing as a profession. What
teaching point correctly describes this criteria? - ANSWERS-Nursing is a recognized
authority by a professional group
Nursing has a code of ethics
Nursing is influenced by ongoing research
According to the National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice, what is a
current health care trend contributing to 21st century challenges to nursing practice? -
ANSWERS-Older and more acutely ill patients
cultural assimilation - ANSWERS-process that occurs when a minority group, living as
part of a dominant group within a culture, loses the cultural characteristics that made it
different
cultural blindness - ANSWERS-the process of ignoring differences in people and
proceeding as though the differences do not exist
cultural diversity - ANSWERS-the existence of a variety of cultural or ethnic groups
within a society.
cultural imposition - ANSWERS-tendency of some to impose their beliefs, practices, and
values on another culture because they believe that their ideas are superior to those of
another person or group
culture - ANSWERS-The sum total of the knowledge, attitudes, and habitual behavior
patterns shared and transmitted by the members of a society.
culture conflict - ANSWERS-situation that occurs when people become aware of cultural
differences, feel threatened, and respond by ridiculing the beliefs and traditions of
others to make themselves feel more secure about their own values
,cultural shock - ANSWERS-those feelings, usually negative, a person experiences
when placed in a different culture
illness - ANSWERS-abnormal process in which any aspect of the person's functioning is
altered (in comparison to the previous condition of health)
morbidity - ANSWERS-frequency that a disease occurs
mortality - ANSWERS-number of deaths
remission - ANSWERS-period in a chronic illness when the disease is present, but the
person does not experience symptoms of the disease
risk factor - ANSWERS-Something which increases risk or susceptibility.
wellness - ANSWERS-active process of adopting patterns of behavior that can lead to
improved health and heightened life satisfaction
holistic care - ANSWERS-health care that takes into account the whole person
interacting in the environment
basic human needs - ANSWERS-something essential to the health and survival of
humans; common to all people
blended family - ANSWERS-two single-parent families joined together to form a new
family unit
community - ANSWERS-specific population or group of people living in the same
geographic area under similar regulations and having common values, interests and
needs.
, extended family - ANSWERS-nuclear family and other related people
family - ANSWERS-any group of people who live together and depend on one another
for physical, emotional, or financial support
love and belonging - ANSWERS-understanding and acceptance of others in giving and
receiving love
nuclear family - ANSWERS-family unit, family of marriage, parenthood, or procreation,
and their immediate children
physiologic needs - ANSWERS-need for oxygen, food, water, temperature, elimination,
sexuality, activity, and rest; these needs have the highest priority and are essential for
survival
safety and security needs - ANSWERS-person's need to be protected from actual or
potential harm and to have freedom from fear
self-actualization needs - ANSWERS-highest level on the hierarchy of needs, which
include the need for individuals to reach their full potential through development of their
unique capabilities
self-esteem needs - ANSWERS-need to feel good about oneself and to believe others
hold one in high regard
ischemia - ANSWERS-an inadequate blood supply to an organ or part of the body,
especially the heart muscles.
involution - ANSWERS-decrease in size
hypertrophy - ANSWERS-increase in cell size