TEST BANK for Beth Black, Professional Nursing: Concepts &
Challenges 10th Edition
Hospital-based nursing - ANSWER:They provide direct patient care, serve as
educators, managers, and administrators who teach or supervise others and
establish the direction of nursing hospital wide.
Community Health nursing - ANSWER:Work in ambulatory clinics, health
departments, hospice, and a variety of other community-based settings including
homes where they provide nursing care to home bound patients
nurse entrepreneurs - ANSWER:Identifies a need and creates a service to meet the
identified need; Enjoy autonomy
office based nursing - ANSWER:Supervise other office workers, such as practical
nurses, nurse aides, scheduling clerks, and record clerks
occupational and environmental health nursing - ANSWER:Provides basic health care
services, health education, screenings, and emergency treatment to company
employees at the workplace
military nursing - ANSWER:Practice in peacetime and wartime settings in the army,
navy, and air force.
school nursing - ANSWER:A specialized practice of professional nursing that advances
the well-being, academic success, and life-long achievement of students
hospice and palliative care nursing - ANSWER:Dedicated to improving the experience
of seriously ill and dying patients and their families
case management nursing - ANSWER:Growing field in nursing developed as a way of
managing health care costs and patient length of stay; Involves systematic
collaboration with patients, their significant others, and their health care providers
to coordinate high-quality health care services in a cost effective manner with
positive patient outcomes
nursing informatics - ANSWER:Help bridge the gap between information technology
and nursing practice; Combines the nursing science with information management
science and computer science to manage information nurses need and to make that
information accessible
travel nurse - ANSWER:Fixed-term, temporary nurses who usually work at the same
hospital for 13 weeks and are scheduled at least 2 months in advance.
, APN - ANSWER:The umbrella term applied to an RN who has met advanced
educational and clinical practice requirements beyond the 2 to 4 years of basic
nursing education demanded of all RNs; The four categories include: nurse
practitioner, clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse midwife, and certified registered
nurse anesthetist.
NP - ANSWER:Can perform physical examinations, take medical histories, diagnose
and treat common acute and chronic illnesses and injuries, order and interpret
laboratory tests and X-ray films, and counsel and educate clients
CNS - ANSWER:Are experts in a particular field of clinical practice such as mental
health, gerontology, cardiac care, cancer care, community health, or neonatal
health, and they perform health assessments, make diagnoses, deliver treatment,
and develop quality control methods
Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) - ANSWER:Provide well-woman care and attend to or
assist in child birth in various settings, including hospitals, birthing centers, private
practice, and home birthing services
CRNA - ANSWER:Administer anesthetics; Collaborate with a physician or work
independently
CNL - ANSWER:Clinical experts who are involved in the care of a distinct group of
patients and who may, on occasion, actively provide direct patient care themselves;
Coordinate the direct care activities of other nursing staff and health care
professionals, gather and evaluate patient outcomes, and have the authority to
change plans of care when necessary
Dorthea L. Dix - ANSWER:Appointed superintendent of Women Nurses of the Union
Army; Created a month-long training program for nurses
Mary Ann Bickerdyke - ANSWER:Brought order out of chaos and created clean
conditions in a western from hospital camp; Not a formally trained nurse
Clara Barton - ANSWER:Began an independent campaign to provide relief for the
soldiers; Set up a makeshift field hospital and cared for the wounded and dying;
Revolutionized how to sort and care for soldiers; Received the title "Angel of the
Battlefield"; Founded the American Red Cross
Sallie Thompkins - ANSWER:Commissioned a "Captain of the Calvary, unassigned";
Established a hospital in Richmond; Only woman in the Confederacy to hold a
military raking
Mary Eliza Mahoney - ANSWER:First African American professionally educated nurse
Challenges 10th Edition
Hospital-based nursing - ANSWER:They provide direct patient care, serve as
educators, managers, and administrators who teach or supervise others and
establish the direction of nursing hospital wide.
Community Health nursing - ANSWER:Work in ambulatory clinics, health
departments, hospice, and a variety of other community-based settings including
homes where they provide nursing care to home bound patients
nurse entrepreneurs - ANSWER:Identifies a need and creates a service to meet the
identified need; Enjoy autonomy
office based nursing - ANSWER:Supervise other office workers, such as practical
nurses, nurse aides, scheduling clerks, and record clerks
occupational and environmental health nursing - ANSWER:Provides basic health care
services, health education, screenings, and emergency treatment to company
employees at the workplace
military nursing - ANSWER:Practice in peacetime and wartime settings in the army,
navy, and air force.
school nursing - ANSWER:A specialized practice of professional nursing that advances
the well-being, academic success, and life-long achievement of students
hospice and palliative care nursing - ANSWER:Dedicated to improving the experience
of seriously ill and dying patients and their families
case management nursing - ANSWER:Growing field in nursing developed as a way of
managing health care costs and patient length of stay; Involves systematic
collaboration with patients, their significant others, and their health care providers
to coordinate high-quality health care services in a cost effective manner with
positive patient outcomes
nursing informatics - ANSWER:Help bridge the gap between information technology
and nursing practice; Combines the nursing science with information management
science and computer science to manage information nurses need and to make that
information accessible
travel nurse - ANSWER:Fixed-term, temporary nurses who usually work at the same
hospital for 13 weeks and are scheduled at least 2 months in advance.
, APN - ANSWER:The umbrella term applied to an RN who has met advanced
educational and clinical practice requirements beyond the 2 to 4 years of basic
nursing education demanded of all RNs; The four categories include: nurse
practitioner, clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse midwife, and certified registered
nurse anesthetist.
NP - ANSWER:Can perform physical examinations, take medical histories, diagnose
and treat common acute and chronic illnesses and injuries, order and interpret
laboratory tests and X-ray films, and counsel and educate clients
CNS - ANSWER:Are experts in a particular field of clinical practice such as mental
health, gerontology, cardiac care, cancer care, community health, or neonatal
health, and they perform health assessments, make diagnoses, deliver treatment,
and develop quality control methods
Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) - ANSWER:Provide well-woman care and attend to or
assist in child birth in various settings, including hospitals, birthing centers, private
practice, and home birthing services
CRNA - ANSWER:Administer anesthetics; Collaborate with a physician or work
independently
CNL - ANSWER:Clinical experts who are involved in the care of a distinct group of
patients and who may, on occasion, actively provide direct patient care themselves;
Coordinate the direct care activities of other nursing staff and health care
professionals, gather and evaluate patient outcomes, and have the authority to
change plans of care when necessary
Dorthea L. Dix - ANSWER:Appointed superintendent of Women Nurses of the Union
Army; Created a month-long training program for nurses
Mary Ann Bickerdyke - ANSWER:Brought order out of chaos and created clean
conditions in a western from hospital camp; Not a formally trained nurse
Clara Barton - ANSWER:Began an independent campaign to provide relief for the
soldiers; Set up a makeshift field hospital and cared for the wounded and dying;
Revolutionized how to sort and care for soldiers; Received the title "Angel of the
Battlefield"; Founded the American Red Cross
Sallie Thompkins - ANSWER:Commissioned a "Captain of the Calvary, unassigned";
Established a hospital in Richmond; Only woman in the Confederacy to hold a
military raking
Mary Eliza Mahoney - ANSWER:First African American professionally educated nurse
