Nursing Today 9th 10th Edition Zerwekh Test Bank
is nursing an art or science? - ANSWER: art: dignity/respect/compassion
science: ever-changing body of knowledge
nurse's tasks - ANSWER: 1. respond to needs of patients, 2. participate in policy,
3. respond/adapt to challenges
4. clinical judgments and decisions based on knowledge, experience, and standards of care
nursing care is provided according to: - ANSWER: standards of practice and code of ethics
Florence Nightingale - ANSWER: 1st epidemiologist; nightingale training school; sanitation in
battlefield hospitals; today's nursing practices
nightingale training school for nurses - ANSWER: 1860: 1st school for nursing, St. Thomas hospital,
London
Clara Barton - ANSWER: tended wounded soldiers during civil war (1861-1865);
founded American Red Cross
Dorothea Lynde Dix - ANSWER: supervisor of female nurses in union army
Mother Bickerdyke - ANSWER: organized ambulance service, supervised nurses, and searched for
abandoned soldiers on battle-field
Harriet Tubman - ANSWER: underground railway movement to free slaves
Mary Mahoney - ANSWER: 1st professionally educated African American
Isabel Hampton Robb - ANSWER: 1911: helped found American nurses association; author w/ many
titles
Lillian Wald and Mary Brewster - ANSWER: 1893: Henry Street Settlement; nurses first demonstrate
autonomy
20th century nursing - ANSWER: movement toward scientific, research-based practice and defined
body of knowledge
1901 - ANSWER: Army Nurse Corps established
1906 - ANSWER: Mary Adelaide Nutting, first nursing professor, Columbia University
1908 - ANSWER: Navy Nurse Corps established
1920-1923 - ANSWER: study of nursing education
-specialization
1940s and 1950s - ANSWER: associations emerged
1970 - ANSWER: emergency room nurses organization
21st century nursing - ANSWER: code of ethics;
Δ curriculum;
multiple care settings;
advances in tech and informatics;
, end-of-life care
societal changes that influence nursing: - ANSWER: healtcare reform;
demographic changes;
medically underserved;
threat of bioterrorism;
rising healthcare $$;
nursing shortage
characteristics of profession - ANSWER: extended education, body of knowledge, provides specific
service, has autonomy, and has code of ethics (adheres to norms)
nursing documentation - ANSWER: began in 1960
standards of practice - ANSWER: guidelines for implementing/evaluating nursing care
6 standards of practice - ANSWER: 1. assessment
2. diagnosis
3. outcomes identification
4. planning
5. implementation
6. evaluation
standards of professional performance - ANSWER: 1. ethics
2. education
3. evidence-based practice and research
4. quality of practice
5. communication
6. leadership
7. collaboration
8. professional practice eval
9. resources
10. environmental health
goal of standards-based practice - ANSWER: improve health and well-being of all individ.s,
communities, pop.s through contributions of RNursing
code of ethics - ANSWER: philo ideals of right and wrong that define principles used to provide care
professional RN education - ANSWER: 2-yr associates
4-yr baccalaureate
difference b/w 2 and 4-yr programs - ANSWER: 2-basic sciences, theoretical and clinical practice
4-basic sciences, theoretical and clinical practice, social sciences, arts, and humanities
graduate nursing education - ANSWER: master's degree (APRN, educator, administrator)
doctoral degrees (APRN, expanded clinical roles, informatics)
other types of nursing ed - ANSWER: continuing and in-service education
nursing practice - ANSWER: 1. protect, promote, and optimize patient's health
2. prevent illness and injury
3. alleviate suffering though diagnosis and treatment of human responses
4. advocate for care of patients
Nurse Practice Acts (NPAs) - ANSWER: -overseen by boards of nursing;
-regulate scope of practice;
is nursing an art or science? - ANSWER: art: dignity/respect/compassion
science: ever-changing body of knowledge
nurse's tasks - ANSWER: 1. respond to needs of patients, 2. participate in policy,
3. respond/adapt to challenges
4. clinical judgments and decisions based on knowledge, experience, and standards of care
nursing care is provided according to: - ANSWER: standards of practice and code of ethics
Florence Nightingale - ANSWER: 1st epidemiologist; nightingale training school; sanitation in
battlefield hospitals; today's nursing practices
nightingale training school for nurses - ANSWER: 1860: 1st school for nursing, St. Thomas hospital,
London
Clara Barton - ANSWER: tended wounded soldiers during civil war (1861-1865);
founded American Red Cross
Dorothea Lynde Dix - ANSWER: supervisor of female nurses in union army
Mother Bickerdyke - ANSWER: organized ambulance service, supervised nurses, and searched for
abandoned soldiers on battle-field
Harriet Tubman - ANSWER: underground railway movement to free slaves
Mary Mahoney - ANSWER: 1st professionally educated African American
Isabel Hampton Robb - ANSWER: 1911: helped found American nurses association; author w/ many
titles
Lillian Wald and Mary Brewster - ANSWER: 1893: Henry Street Settlement; nurses first demonstrate
autonomy
20th century nursing - ANSWER: movement toward scientific, research-based practice and defined
body of knowledge
1901 - ANSWER: Army Nurse Corps established
1906 - ANSWER: Mary Adelaide Nutting, first nursing professor, Columbia University
1908 - ANSWER: Navy Nurse Corps established
1920-1923 - ANSWER: study of nursing education
-specialization
1940s and 1950s - ANSWER: associations emerged
1970 - ANSWER: emergency room nurses organization
21st century nursing - ANSWER: code of ethics;
Δ curriculum;
multiple care settings;
advances in tech and informatics;
, end-of-life care
societal changes that influence nursing: - ANSWER: healtcare reform;
demographic changes;
medically underserved;
threat of bioterrorism;
rising healthcare $$;
nursing shortage
characteristics of profession - ANSWER: extended education, body of knowledge, provides specific
service, has autonomy, and has code of ethics (adheres to norms)
nursing documentation - ANSWER: began in 1960
standards of practice - ANSWER: guidelines for implementing/evaluating nursing care
6 standards of practice - ANSWER: 1. assessment
2. diagnosis
3. outcomes identification
4. planning
5. implementation
6. evaluation
standards of professional performance - ANSWER: 1. ethics
2. education
3. evidence-based practice and research
4. quality of practice
5. communication
6. leadership
7. collaboration
8. professional practice eval
9. resources
10. environmental health
goal of standards-based practice - ANSWER: improve health and well-being of all individ.s,
communities, pop.s through contributions of RNursing
code of ethics - ANSWER: philo ideals of right and wrong that define principles used to provide care
professional RN education - ANSWER: 2-yr associates
4-yr baccalaureate
difference b/w 2 and 4-yr programs - ANSWER: 2-basic sciences, theoretical and clinical practice
4-basic sciences, theoretical and clinical practice, social sciences, arts, and humanities
graduate nursing education - ANSWER: master's degree (APRN, educator, administrator)
doctoral degrees (APRN, expanded clinical roles, informatics)
other types of nursing ed - ANSWER: continuing and in-service education
nursing practice - ANSWER: 1. protect, promote, and optimize patient's health
2. prevent illness and injury
3. alleviate suffering though diagnosis and treatment of human responses
4. advocate for care of patients
Nurse Practice Acts (NPAs) - ANSWER: -overseen by boards of nursing;
-regulate scope of practice;
