Chapter 1 (Introduction to Nursing)
Fundamentals of Nursing 8th Edition
Taylor Lillis Lynn
Nursing - Correct answerTo nourish. Profession focused on assisting individuals,
families & communities to attain, recover & maintain optimum health & function from
birth to old age
Florence Nightingale - Correct answerBorn in 1820, England, Crimean War, Turkey,
Training school for nurses in England after the war. Funded modern nursing education
Civil War - Correct answerNurses came to the front; nursing based on
apprenticeship
WW II - Correct answerenormous effect on nursing; upgrade education to university
level
aims of nursing - Correct answerpromote health, prevent illness, restore health,
facilitate coping with disability or death
cognitive skills - Correct answerscientific rationale for patient's plan of care; select
interventions to yield outcomes; use critical thinking to solve problems creatively
technical skills - Correct answermanipulate equipment w/skill; manual dexterity,
good hand & eye coordination; adapt equipment to patient's needs
interpersonal skills - Correct answerestablish & maintain relationships to facilitate
goal achievement for client; team player; work collaboratively with other members of
team
ethical & legal skills - Correct answeradvance the interests of patients; be
accountable; mediate ethical conflicts, practice to professional codes; legal safeguards
caregiver - Correct answermeet other needs; emotional, intellectual sociocultural &
spiritual
communicator - Correct answerestablish & maintain relationships with patients of all
ages
teacher/educator - Correct answerassess, implement & evaluate individualized
teaching plans to meet needs of patients & families
, leader - Correct answerassertive, self-confident practice of nursing; provide care
researcher - Correct answerincrease knowledge in nursing to improve patient care
advocate - Correct answerprotect human or legal rights
collaborator - Correct answerorganized, communicate & advocate to facilitate the
functions of health care team as they provide patient care
health - Correct answerstate of optimal functioning or well-being; framework for
nursing activities. includes physical, social, and mental component and is not merely the
absence of disease or infirmity.
nursing process - Correct answerintegrates art & science; identify healthcare needs
& strengths, establish & carry out plan, evaluate plan to meet outcomes
National League for Nursing(NLN) - Correct answerprimary source of research data
about nursing education and is the professional organization for nurse educators.
American Nurses Association(ANA) - Correct answeris the scope and standards of
practice, which defines the activities to specific and unique to nursing. its primary
mission is to be involved in public education, clinical nursing standards, and lobbying
state and federal law makers to advance the profession of nursing Ex:nurse uses to
determine whether an action is within the scope of nursing practice
Underlies the present and predicted nursing shortage in the US - Correct answer1.
Aging of the American population
2. Increased prevalence and incidence of chronic illness
3. Increased prevalence and incidence of disabilities
nursing - Correct answera blend of science and art.
Priests - Correct answerhighly regarded as physicians
knowledge base for nursing practice - Correct answerdiagnosis, interventions, any
valuation of outcomes from an establish plan of care
central focus in all definition of Nursing is - Correct answerthe patient
Nursing roles and all settings - Correct answercaregiver, communicator, teacher /
educator, counselor, leader, researcher, advocate, collaborator.
Fundamentals of Nursing 8th Edition
Taylor Lillis Lynn
Nursing - Correct answerTo nourish. Profession focused on assisting individuals,
families & communities to attain, recover & maintain optimum health & function from
birth to old age
Florence Nightingale - Correct answerBorn in 1820, England, Crimean War, Turkey,
Training school for nurses in England after the war. Funded modern nursing education
Civil War - Correct answerNurses came to the front; nursing based on
apprenticeship
WW II - Correct answerenormous effect on nursing; upgrade education to university
level
aims of nursing - Correct answerpromote health, prevent illness, restore health,
facilitate coping with disability or death
cognitive skills - Correct answerscientific rationale for patient's plan of care; select
interventions to yield outcomes; use critical thinking to solve problems creatively
technical skills - Correct answermanipulate equipment w/skill; manual dexterity,
good hand & eye coordination; adapt equipment to patient's needs
interpersonal skills - Correct answerestablish & maintain relationships to facilitate
goal achievement for client; team player; work collaboratively with other members of
team
ethical & legal skills - Correct answeradvance the interests of patients; be
accountable; mediate ethical conflicts, practice to professional codes; legal safeguards
caregiver - Correct answermeet other needs; emotional, intellectual sociocultural &
spiritual
communicator - Correct answerestablish & maintain relationships with patients of all
ages
teacher/educator - Correct answerassess, implement & evaluate individualized
teaching plans to meet needs of patients & families
, leader - Correct answerassertive, self-confident practice of nursing; provide care
researcher - Correct answerincrease knowledge in nursing to improve patient care
advocate - Correct answerprotect human or legal rights
collaborator - Correct answerorganized, communicate & advocate to facilitate the
functions of health care team as they provide patient care
health - Correct answerstate of optimal functioning or well-being; framework for
nursing activities. includes physical, social, and mental component and is not merely the
absence of disease or infirmity.
nursing process - Correct answerintegrates art & science; identify healthcare needs
& strengths, establish & carry out plan, evaluate plan to meet outcomes
National League for Nursing(NLN) - Correct answerprimary source of research data
about nursing education and is the professional organization for nurse educators.
American Nurses Association(ANA) - Correct answeris the scope and standards of
practice, which defines the activities to specific and unique to nursing. its primary
mission is to be involved in public education, clinical nursing standards, and lobbying
state and federal law makers to advance the profession of nursing Ex:nurse uses to
determine whether an action is within the scope of nursing practice
Underlies the present and predicted nursing shortage in the US - Correct answer1.
Aging of the American population
2. Increased prevalence and incidence of chronic illness
3. Increased prevalence and incidence of disabilities
nursing - Correct answera blend of science and art.
Priests - Correct answerhighly regarded as physicians
knowledge base for nursing practice - Correct answerdiagnosis, interventions, any
valuation of outcomes from an establish plan of care
central focus in all definition of Nursing is - Correct answerthe patient
Nursing roles and all settings - Correct answercaregiver, communicator, teacher /
educator, counselor, leader, researcher, advocate, collaborator.
