NU 131 - Units 1-3 Exam Questions and Answers 100% Correct

NU 131 - Units 1-3 Exam Questions and Answers 100% Correct assessment - Answer- gathering & reviewing info about the patient, which is communicated to appropriate members of the healthcare team. define primary prevention & list an example - Answer- Occurs before there is any disease or dysfunction. i.e. basic hygiene, nutrition, exercise define secondary prevention & list example - Answer- begins w/ diagnosing disease or infectious process i.e. screenings, breast self exam) define tertiary disease & list example - Answer- when a permanent disability occurs aka health restoration. i.e. regain lost function, use of a cane. define health - Answer- a balance of internal & external forces leading to optimal functioning Florence Nightingale influence in health care - Answer- Installed dumbwaiters call bells dropped religion as requirement sanitation standards reduced death rate opened first nursing school created stricter standards for nursing Mary Seacole influence in health care - Answer- nurse from Jamaica used her own money to build lodging house to care for soldiers herbs & naturals to treat many diseases Dorothea Lynne dix influence - Answer- established hospital for mentally ill organized nurse corps for civil war Clara barton influence - Answer- founded American red cross rounded up army supplies what happed to nursing after WWII - Answer- was done in hospitals due to the shortage before WWI most nursing was ____ - Answer- done from home This nurse improved lives of immigrants by addressing their needs for healthcare. Formed Henry street settlement - Answer- Lillian Wald define holistic care - Answer- a state of complete physical, mental & social well being not merely the absence of disease define health care disparity - Answer- found in different racial & ethnic differences good nutrition chemical avoidance exercise disease prevention health promotion - Answer- directed towards increasing ones optimal level of wellness roles of the nurse in health promotion (5) - Answer- care gi