Foundations and Adult Health Nursing Test Bank
Advocacy - An advocate is one who defends or pleads a cause or issue on behalf of another.
Aggressive Communication - Overpowering interaction to meet personal needs.
Altered Nutrition - Nutritional intake less than body requirements.
American Hospital Association's Patient's Bill of Rights - In 1972, the American Hospital
Association (AHA) developed the Patient's Bill of Rights.
American Nurses' Association Code - The American Nurses' Association Code outlines ethical
and professional standards for nurses.
ANA's position paper of 1965 - Defined two levels of nursing: registered nurse and technical
nurse.
Aphasia - A communication disorder that affects a person's ability to process language.
Appeal - An appeal is a request for a review of a decision by a higher court.
Approved - Certified by a state agency for having met minimum standards.
Articulation program - Allows LPN/LVN advanced standing in RN education.
Assault - An intentional act that causes another person to fear imminent harm or offensive
contact.
,3-lb weight loss - A manifestation of inadequate nutritional intake related to vomiting.
Abortion Assignment - The nurse should not abandon the patient, but ask for another
assignment.
Acceptance - The willingness to listen and respond to what the patient is saying without passing
judgment.
Accountability - Accountability is being responsible for one's own actions.
Accredited - Certified by the NLN for having met more complex standards.
Action - Combination of planning and implementation in nursing.
Active Listening - Full attention and feedback to understand the message.
Active listening - The nurse must give full attention and make an effort to understand both the
verbal and nonverbal message.
actual patient problem - A condition that is currently present.
Acute awareness of preventive medicine - Resulted in today's emphasis on education about
health issuesAssertive communication - Takes a patient's feelings and needs into account, yet
honors the patient's rights as an individual.
, Care of the Patient with HIV/AIDS - Chapter 56 in the Foundations and Adult Health Nursing
textbook.
Care plan - Designed to meet the needs of the patient.
Case management - Cost-effective care method involving LPN/LVN and RN.
Characteristics of therapeutic communication - Actively involves the patient in all areas of the
nursing process.
Charting by exception (CBE) - Charting additional treatments done, changes in a patient's
condition, and new concerns during the shift.
Charting Events in Advance - Considered inadequate documentation practice.
Civil battery - A legal charge that can be brought against someone performing an invasive
procedure without the patient's informed consent legally documented.
Civil Battery - Civil battery charges can be brought against someone performing an invasive
procedure without the patient's informed consent legally documented.
Clara Barton - Founded the American Red Cross in 1881.
Closed posture - A posture with crossed limbs indicative of nonacceptance.
closed posture - A posture with crossed limbs, indicative of nonacceptance.
Closed Posture - Formal stance with crossed arms and legs.
Advocacy - An advocate is one who defends or pleads a cause or issue on behalf of another.
Aggressive Communication - Overpowering interaction to meet personal needs.
Altered Nutrition - Nutritional intake less than body requirements.
American Hospital Association's Patient's Bill of Rights - In 1972, the American Hospital
Association (AHA) developed the Patient's Bill of Rights.
American Nurses' Association Code - The American Nurses' Association Code outlines ethical
and professional standards for nurses.
ANA's position paper of 1965 - Defined two levels of nursing: registered nurse and technical
nurse.
Aphasia - A communication disorder that affects a person's ability to process language.
Appeal - An appeal is a request for a review of a decision by a higher court.
Approved - Certified by a state agency for having met minimum standards.
Articulation program - Allows LPN/LVN advanced standing in RN education.
Assault - An intentional act that causes another person to fear imminent harm or offensive
contact.
,3-lb weight loss - A manifestation of inadequate nutritional intake related to vomiting.
Abortion Assignment - The nurse should not abandon the patient, but ask for another
assignment.
Acceptance - The willingness to listen and respond to what the patient is saying without passing
judgment.
Accountability - Accountability is being responsible for one's own actions.
Accredited - Certified by the NLN for having met more complex standards.
Action - Combination of planning and implementation in nursing.
Active Listening - Full attention and feedback to understand the message.
Active listening - The nurse must give full attention and make an effort to understand both the
verbal and nonverbal message.
actual patient problem - A condition that is currently present.
Acute awareness of preventive medicine - Resulted in today's emphasis on education about
health issuesAssertive communication - Takes a patient's feelings and needs into account, yet
honors the patient's rights as an individual.
, Care of the Patient with HIV/AIDS - Chapter 56 in the Foundations and Adult Health Nursing
textbook.
Care plan - Designed to meet the needs of the patient.
Case management - Cost-effective care method involving LPN/LVN and RN.
Characteristics of therapeutic communication - Actively involves the patient in all areas of the
nursing process.
Charting by exception (CBE) - Charting additional treatments done, changes in a patient's
condition, and new concerns during the shift.
Charting Events in Advance - Considered inadequate documentation practice.
Civil battery - A legal charge that can be brought against someone performing an invasive
procedure without the patient's informed consent legally documented.
Civil Battery - Civil battery charges can be brought against someone performing an invasive
procedure without the patient's informed consent legally documented.
Clara Barton - Founded the American Red Cross in 1881.
Closed posture - A posture with crossed limbs indicative of nonacceptance.
closed posture - A posture with crossed limbs, indicative of nonacceptance.
Closed Posture - Formal stance with crossed arms and legs.
