Professional Nursing FINAL EXAM With Cor
Florence cNightingale c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Founder cof cmodern cnursing
Spurred creform cof cthe cBritish cArmy cmedical csystem cbased con cher cefforts cduring cCrimean cWa
She cwrote cNotes con cNursing: cWhat cIt cIs cand cWhat cIt cIs cNot cto cestablish cnursing's cunique cbo
She cfounded cfirst ctraining cschool cfor cnurses cin cLondon c(1860)
Dorothea cDix c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Union cSuperintendent cof cWomen cNurses, cchampion cfor cm
Sojourner cTruth c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔famous cabolitionist
Harriet cTubman c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔leader cof c"underground crailroad"
Mary cAnn c"Mother" cBickerdyke c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔lay cnurse cwho cwas cappalled cby cthe csurg
ccamps cin cCairo, cIllinois. cShe cbrought corder cout cof cthe cchaos cand ccreated ccleaner cconditions
Clara cBarton c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔founded cAmerican cRed cCross
Phoebe cPember c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Confederate chospital cmatron
Current cStatus cof cNursing cin cthe
cUnited cStates c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Age: cAverage cage cof cgraduates cis c31
BSN cmean cage: c28
ASN c& cDiploma cdegree cmean cage: c33
Median cage chas crisen cfrom c38 cyears cin c1988 cto c46 cyears cin c2004, colder cnurses care cremaini
Race, cEthnicity c: c16.8% cof cRN cpopulation, ccompared cto c34.4% cof cthe cgeneral cU.S. cpopulatio
ccompared cto c12% cin c2004
The cpercentage cof cminorities ccurrently cenrolled cis cincreasing, cat c26.8%
The cpercentage cof cRNs cpracticing cin cthe cUnited cStates cwho cwere ceducated cin cIndia cor cthe cP
ccompared cto cgeneral cpopulation
Education c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Three cmechanisms cof cnursing ceducation: c
BSN: cSlightly cover c50% cof cnurses c(4 cyears)
ADN: cMajority cof cnurses creceive cinitial ceducation cthrough cADN cprograms c(2 cyears)
Diploma c: ctypically c3 cyears cof chospital ceducation cearned cby conly c3.1% cof cnurses csince c2004
5.6% cof cU.S. cRNs care ceducated cinternationally
, 8 cCharacteristics cof ca cProfession c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔1. cVital cto chumanity cand cwelfare cof cso
2. cSpecial cbody cof cknowledge cenlarges cover ctime
3. cServices cinvolve cintellectual cactivities
4. cEducation cin cinstitutions cof chigher clearning
5. cPractitioners crelatively cindependent
6. cMotivated cby cservice cand cimportance cof cwork
7. cCode cof cethics cto cguide cpractice
8. cOrganization csupports chigh cpractice cstandards
Barriers cto cProfessionalism cin cNursing c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Varying clevels cof cpreparatory cedu
Gender cIssues: cfemale-dominated cprofessions csuch cas cnursing, csocial cwork, cand cteaching
cSociety cdevalues c"women's cwork"
Historical cinfluences: cReligion c& cmilitary cinculcate cvalues cof cunquestioning cobedience
Altruism ccan cdevalue cautonomy cand cfair ceconomic cvaluation
System cTheory c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔a cset cof cinterrelated cparts cthat ccome ctogether cto cform ca
cfunction c(von cBertalanffy, c1936)
Philosophies cof cNursing c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔built con ca cfoundation cof cpersonal cbeliefs cand cv
cthat care cused cas cbases cfor cthinking cand cacting; cbased con: c
Beliefs cabout cnursing c
Expressions cof cvalues
2 cSources cof cNursing cPhilosophy c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Individual cPhilosophy
Collective cPhilosophy
Individual cPhilosophy c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔developed cby ceach cnurse.
formed cby ceach cnurse cas cshe/he caccumulates cpractice cexperience cin cthe cprofession
. cThese cprinciples cunderlie cone's cthinking cand cconduct
. cThey care cthe cbasis cof cday-to-day cprofessional cbehavior
Collective cPhilosophy c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔developed cby cschools cof cnursing cand chospitals
Holistic cNursing c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔nourishes cthe cwhole cperson: cbody, cmind, cspirit
8 cFactors cof cHolistic cNursing c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔1. cNursing: can copen csystem cthat cinteracts
cforces
2. cNursing: cprovision cof chealth ccare cto cassist cpeople cin cmaintaining chealth, cavoiding cdisease,
cachieving ca cpeaceful cdeath
3. cNursing cinvolves ccollaborating cwith cpatients cand cfamilies c(INCLUDE cTHE cFAMILY; cA cMOT
4. cNursing cis cintegrally cinvolved cat cpoints calong cthe chealth-illness ccontinuum
5. cNursing ccare: cprovided cregardless cof cdiagnosis, cdifferences, cor cother cfactors
6. cNurses crequire cadvanced cknowledge cand cskills
7. cNursing crequires cconcern, ccompassion, crespect, cand cwarmth
8. cNursing clinks ctheory cand cresearch cto canswer cdifficult cquestions
Nursing cTheory c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Metaparadigm
Metaparadigm c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔refers cto cthe cmost cabstract caspect cof cthe cstructure cof cnu
Consists cof cthe cmajor cconcepts cof cthe cdiscipline: cperson, cenvironment, chealth, cand cnursing
Person c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Recipient cof cCare.Each cperson cis can copen csystem cwith cnumero