NR 222: Exam 1 Study guide
What is the primary role of the nurse?
The primary role of a nurse is the delivery of direct services such as health education, flu shots, and
counseling in health promotion. Visible, direct deliver of nursing care is the foundation for the public
image of nursing.
Identify the many roles that the nurse plays in the life of the patients?
Nurse Role Description Example
Advocate Provide guidance for a person A nurse provides orientation
to achieve what they are to a patient and their family
entitled in the health care when they are admitted to the
system hospital.
Care Manager Manages the nursing A nurse is the manager of a
processes to prevent patient and controls all the
duplication of services, actions and medicines given
maintain quality and safdety, to him.
and reduce costs.
Consultant Provide knowledge of the A nurse has specific training
nurse’s area of expertise to and experience in
improve health of patients or gerontology.
community groups
Educator The nurse needs to be A nurse plans and prepares
prepared to be a teacher of classes to a new group of
health care content. nurses joining the hospital.
Researcher Nurses must use existing A nurse uses “Evidence
research literature and actual Based Practices” to suggest a
evidence to define the best care plan for a difficult
health improvement plan. patient-case
Role Model
What are the goals of Healthy People 2020?
Health Promotion and disease prevention efforts.
There are 4 goals of Health People 2020:
1. Attain longer lives with high quality: free of preventable diseases, disability, and
premature death
2. Health equity: improve the health for all groups
3. Promote good health through social and physical environments for all
4. Promote quality of life, healthy development, and healthy behaviors
What are primary, secondary and tertiary interventions? Give examples of each
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, A nursing intervention is defined as a single nursing action - treatment, procedure or activity -
designed to achieve an outcome to a diagnosis, nursing or medical, for which the nurse is accountable.
Define and give examples of: Acute, Sub acute and Hospice care
. Acute care is a branch of secondary health care where a patient receives active but short-term
treatment for a severe injury or episode of illness, an urgent medical condition, or during recovery
from surgery. In medical terms, care for acute health conditions is the opposite from chronic care, or
longer term care.
Subacute care serves patients needing complex care or rehabilitation. Subacute care is defined as
comprehensive inpatient care designed for someone who has an acute illness, injury or exacerbation
of a disease process.
Hospice care provides medical services, emotional support, and spiritual resources for people who are
in the last stages of a serious illness, such as cancer or heart failure. Hospice care also helps family
members manage the practical details and emotional challenges of caring for a dying loved one.
Review factors that institute Lifestyle changes and health promotion
To achieve lifestyle change that promote health, a person need to be willing to implement change.
The nurse can use the following framework for developing interventions for behavioral change
(PAGE 220):
Assess the behavior
Educate about the need for and the benefits of change
Motivate using personalized messages
Assess and increase self-efficacy
Assess and offer resources to decrease barriers to change
Modify behavior
Maintain behavior change
What are the levels of prevention and how are they applied to patient care? Give examples
Primary Prevention: To prevent a disease or condition
Health Promotion
o health education
o marriage counseling
o genetic screening
o good nutrition s
o Selective examinations
o Adequate housing, recreation, working conditions
o Personality development
Specific protection
o Immunization
o Hygiene
o Environmental sanitation
o Protection from accidents
o Specific nutrients
o Protection against carcinogens
o Avoidance of allergens
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What is the primary role of the nurse?
The primary role of a nurse is the delivery of direct services such as health education, flu shots, and
counseling in health promotion. Visible, direct deliver of nursing care is the foundation for the public
image of nursing.
Identify the many roles that the nurse plays in the life of the patients?
Nurse Role Description Example
Advocate Provide guidance for a person A nurse provides orientation
to achieve what they are to a patient and their family
entitled in the health care when they are admitted to the
system hospital.
Care Manager Manages the nursing A nurse is the manager of a
processes to prevent patient and controls all the
duplication of services, actions and medicines given
maintain quality and safdety, to him.
and reduce costs.
Consultant Provide knowledge of the A nurse has specific training
nurse’s area of expertise to and experience in
improve health of patients or gerontology.
community groups
Educator The nurse needs to be A nurse plans and prepares
prepared to be a teacher of classes to a new group of
health care content. nurses joining the hospital.
Researcher Nurses must use existing A nurse uses “Evidence
research literature and actual Based Practices” to suggest a
evidence to define the best care plan for a difficult
health improvement plan. patient-case
Role Model
What are the goals of Healthy People 2020?
Health Promotion and disease prevention efforts.
There are 4 goals of Health People 2020:
1. Attain longer lives with high quality: free of preventable diseases, disability, and
premature death
2. Health equity: improve the health for all groups
3. Promote good health through social and physical environments for all
4. Promote quality of life, healthy development, and healthy behaviors
What are primary, secondary and tertiary interventions? Give examples of each
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, A nursing intervention is defined as a single nursing action - treatment, procedure or activity -
designed to achieve an outcome to a diagnosis, nursing or medical, for which the nurse is accountable.
Define and give examples of: Acute, Sub acute and Hospice care
. Acute care is a branch of secondary health care where a patient receives active but short-term
treatment for a severe injury or episode of illness, an urgent medical condition, or during recovery
from surgery. In medical terms, care for acute health conditions is the opposite from chronic care, or
longer term care.
Subacute care serves patients needing complex care or rehabilitation. Subacute care is defined as
comprehensive inpatient care designed for someone who has an acute illness, injury or exacerbation
of a disease process.
Hospice care provides medical services, emotional support, and spiritual resources for people who are
in the last stages of a serious illness, such as cancer or heart failure. Hospice care also helps family
members manage the practical details and emotional challenges of caring for a dying loved one.
Review factors that institute Lifestyle changes and health promotion
To achieve lifestyle change that promote health, a person need to be willing to implement change.
The nurse can use the following framework for developing interventions for behavioral change
(PAGE 220):
Assess the behavior
Educate about the need for and the benefits of change
Motivate using personalized messages
Assess and increase self-efficacy
Assess and offer resources to decrease barriers to change
Modify behavior
Maintain behavior change
What are the levels of prevention and how are they applied to patient care? Give examples
Primary Prevention: To prevent a disease or condition
Health Promotion
o health education
o marriage counseling
o genetic screening
o good nutrition s
o Selective examinations
o Adequate housing, recreation, working conditions
o Personality development
Specific protection
o Immunization
o Hygiene
o Environmental sanitation
o Protection from accidents
o Specific nutrients
o Protection against carcinogens
o Avoidance of allergens
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