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Fundamentals of Nursing: Exam 1 (Chapters 1, 2, & 4)
Términos de la unidad (51)
1860, School for Nurses St. Thomas' Hospital in London. First nursing
Florence Nightingale epidemiologist, improve quality if sanitization facilities, the mortality rate at the
Barracks Hospital from 42.7% to 2.2 in 6 months.
treated first cholera victim, went to serve in Crimean War, and set up "British Hotel"
Mary Seacole
behind the lines.
Clara Barton Founder of Red Cross
Harriet Tubman Active in underground railroad, 300 Slaves to freedom.
Mary Mahoney First African-American nurse. Brought up diversity issues.
Mary Ann Ball (Bickerdyke) First ambulance services.
Focus on health needs of the poor people that lived in NYC tenements
What is the Henry Street Settlement and what is the
Wald, Brewster 1893
significance to nursing?
-nursing community also increased around this time
-American Association of Colleges of Nursing
What is the purpose of the AACN essentials to -Endorsed a new set of guidelines that parallel the QSEN -Competencies to direct
Baccalaureate Education? to direct the preparation of baccalaureate nurse. Safe, High Quality. Professional
behavior, collaboration and team work are essential to patient-centered care.
Autonomy Ability or tendency to function independently
Accountability State of being answerable for your own actions.
Carrying on duties associated with particular job. Doing you job under your scope
Responsibility
of practice.
term used to describe a state of burnout & secondary traumatic stress that occurs
Compassion Fatigue without warning and results from giving high levels of energy/compassion over a
prolonged period to those who are suffering.
•To protect patient's legal & human rights
•Provide additional info for patient decision
What is the role of the patient advocate?
•Finding interpreter to communicate
•Speak out against policies if they endanger or conflict w/ Pt rights.
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In-service education: training/instruction programs provided by health care
agency to increase knowledge, skills, and competency of employees.
Explain the difference between in-service
Continuing education: formal, organized institutions (universities, hospitals, state
education and continuing education.
assoc.), often required for RN's to keep their education, helps to specialize in
particular area, and teaches new skills/techniques
-Fighting for patients need to be met
Describe the nurse's role in legislation. -Be involved in politics... influence policy decision that work for the universal good
of health care.
-Diagnosis-Related Groups.
-Have a fixed reimbursement amount w/adjustments made based on severity,
DRGs and purpose
location, and teaching costs.
-Goal was to lower healthcare costs while having high standards.
generalized branch, lowers overall costs of health care by reducing incidence of
Define and give an example of primary prevention. disease, minimizing complications, and reducing need for expensive resources.
Examples: schools, nursing homes, physician's offices.
Define and give an example of secondary more specialized than primary, diagnosis/treatment of illness, more expensive and
prevention. increases overall costs. Examples: ER, medical surgical
highly specialized branch of services, care/treatment provided by an institution
Define and give an example of tertiary prevention. specializing in a particular branch of medicine, specialty settings.
Examples: rehabilitation programs, chronic disease programs, etc.
process of enabling people to increase control over and improve their health;
moves beyond focus on individual behavior and towards a wide range of social
and environmental interventions.
Health Promotion
- reduces incidence of disease
- maintain maximal function
- reduce need to use more expensive health care services
-Focuses on improvement health outcomes for an entire population.
Define and give an example of primary care
-Prenatal and well baby-care/ nutrition counseling/ famiy planning/ exercise.
-Diagnosis and treatment of illness.
Define and give an example of secondary care. -Emergency care/ Acute medical-surgery care/ Radiological procedures for acute
problems.
-Diagnosis and treatment of illness.
Define and give an example of tertiary care.
-Intensive care/ Sub acute care/ Psychiatric/ Rural Hospital.
-Help individuals to regain maximal functional status and enhance quality of life
Define and give an example of restorative care.
trough promotion of independency. -Home Care/ Rehab/ Extended care facilities.
- increases the world's connectedness
- prevention & control of emerging infectious diseases
Identify the effects of globalization on healthcare.
- rapid dissemination of information
- improved responses to outbreak situations
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