NUR 164 CH 1-7 STUDY GUIDE
Acute illness - Answers - rapid onset, short duration
Adaptation theory - Answers - adaptation as the adjustment of living matter to other
living things and to environmental conditions
Advocate-role of nurse - Answers - The protection of human or legal rights & the
security of care for all patients based on the belief that patients have the right to make
informed decisions about their own health & lives.
The birth of modern nursing (health & illness) - Answers - Florence Nightingale
Established the Red Corss - Answers - Clara Barton
Reform of treatment of mental ill - Answers - Dorothea Dix
Public health nursing, Henry street settelment - Answers - Lillian Wald
Active in underground RR - Answers - Harriet Tubman
Civil War & women's movement - Answers - Sojourner Truth
Frontier nursing & nurse midwives - Answers - Mary Breckenridge
Traditional Knowledge - Answers - Passed from one generation to the next.
Authoritative Knowledge - Answers - Comes from an expert & is accepted as truth.
Scientific Knowledge - Answers - Obtained through scientific method.
Steps of the Quantitative Research Process - Answers - 1. State Problem.
2. Define purpose of study.
3. Review related literature.
4. Formulate Hypotheses & Variables.
5. Select Research Design.
6. Select Population & Sample.
7. Collect Data.
8. Analyze Data.
9. Communicate Findings & Conclusions.
, Qualitative Research - Answers - To gain insight by discovering meaning (reality is
based on perceptions), researcher primarily analyzes words or narratives that numbers.
Informed consent - Answers - Patients right to consent knowledgeable to participate in a
study
Morbidity - Answers - how frequently a disease occurs
Mortality - Answers - The number of deaths caused by a disease.
Wellness - Answers - Active state
Good health - Answers - Passive state
Chronic illness - Answers - irreversible illness that causes permanent physical
impairment and requires long-term health care
Illness - Answers - response of the person to a disease
Primary - Answers - Reducing risk factors
Secondary - Answers - Screen & catch early
Tertiary - Answers - Treatment
Precontemplation - Answers - no intention of changing behavior
Contemplation - Answers - considering change
Determination - Answers - Decision is made
Action - Answers - Implementing a plan
Maintenance - Answers - Sustain new behavior, 6mon-5years
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - Answers - (level 1) Physiological Needs, (level 2) Safety
and Security, (level 3) Relationships, Love and Affection, (level 4) Self Esteem, (level 5)
Self Actualization
nuclear famiy - Answers - Traditional (2 parent & kids); Recent 2 or more people who
depend on each other.
extended family - Answers - a family that extends beyond the nuclear family, including
grandparents, aunts, uncles, and other relatives, who all live nearby or in one
household.
Acute illness - Answers - rapid onset, short duration
Adaptation theory - Answers - adaptation as the adjustment of living matter to other
living things and to environmental conditions
Advocate-role of nurse - Answers - The protection of human or legal rights & the
security of care for all patients based on the belief that patients have the right to make
informed decisions about their own health & lives.
The birth of modern nursing (health & illness) - Answers - Florence Nightingale
Established the Red Corss - Answers - Clara Barton
Reform of treatment of mental ill - Answers - Dorothea Dix
Public health nursing, Henry street settelment - Answers - Lillian Wald
Active in underground RR - Answers - Harriet Tubman
Civil War & women's movement - Answers - Sojourner Truth
Frontier nursing & nurse midwives - Answers - Mary Breckenridge
Traditional Knowledge - Answers - Passed from one generation to the next.
Authoritative Knowledge - Answers - Comes from an expert & is accepted as truth.
Scientific Knowledge - Answers - Obtained through scientific method.
Steps of the Quantitative Research Process - Answers - 1. State Problem.
2. Define purpose of study.
3. Review related literature.
4. Formulate Hypotheses & Variables.
5. Select Research Design.
6. Select Population & Sample.
7. Collect Data.
8. Analyze Data.
9. Communicate Findings & Conclusions.
, Qualitative Research - Answers - To gain insight by discovering meaning (reality is
based on perceptions), researcher primarily analyzes words or narratives that numbers.
Informed consent - Answers - Patients right to consent knowledgeable to participate in a
study
Morbidity - Answers - how frequently a disease occurs
Mortality - Answers - The number of deaths caused by a disease.
Wellness - Answers - Active state
Good health - Answers - Passive state
Chronic illness - Answers - irreversible illness that causes permanent physical
impairment and requires long-term health care
Illness - Answers - response of the person to a disease
Primary - Answers - Reducing risk factors
Secondary - Answers - Screen & catch early
Tertiary - Answers - Treatment
Precontemplation - Answers - no intention of changing behavior
Contemplation - Answers - considering change
Determination - Answers - Decision is made
Action - Answers - Implementing a plan
Maintenance - Answers - Sustain new behavior, 6mon-5years
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - Answers - (level 1) Physiological Needs, (level 2) Safety
and Security, (level 3) Relationships, Love and Affection, (level 4) Self Esteem, (level 5)
Self Actualization
nuclear famiy - Answers - Traditional (2 parent & kids); Recent 2 or more people who
depend on each other.
extended family - Answers - a family that extends beyond the nuclear family, including
grandparents, aunts, uncles, and other relatives, who all live nearby or in one
household.
