Nursing 50: Career Opportunities in Nursing - Midterm Exam Study Guide

Nursing Exam Flashcards

Who developed the world's first graduate school of nursing program?

Annie Goodrich

List common settings of employment for nurses.

Residential care centers, MD offices, outpatient/ambulatory care centers, home health care services, hospitals

Who founded the first modern school for nurses at St. Thomas’ Hospital, London?

Florence Nightingale

Who was the first professionally trained black nurse in America?

Mary Eliza Mahoney

Who is known as the Jamaican nurse/businesswoman and cholera expert who helped in the Crimean War?

Mary Seacole

Who co-founded the National League of Nursing and authored the first nursing medical textbook?

Lavinia Dock

Who founded the American Nurses Association (ANA)?

Isabel Hampton Robb

Who advocated for contraception/family planning and opened the first Planned Parenthood?

Margaret Sanger

Who founded the American Red Cross and provided care for soldiers in the Civil War?

Clara Barton

What nurse created a 1-month nurse training program?

Dorothea Dix

What nurse worked with poor immigrant families in the lower East Side, NY, and at the Henry Street Settlement?

Lillian Wald

What report advocated nursing education to be based in colleges or universities?

The Brown Report

According to the ANA, what educational level should be the entry level for nursing?

BSN (Bachelor of Science in Nursing)

What are the 4 Fundamental Responsibilities of Nursing according to the ICN?

Promote health, prevent illness, restore health & alleviate suffering

Which agency accredits ALL nursing programs (diploma, LVN, ADN, BSN, MSN, DNP, PhD)?

Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN)

Name a few barriers to professionalism in nursing.

Varying levels of education, gender issues (female-dominated), historic influences (religious/military background) & obedience, external conflicts (tensions between nursing/medicine), internal conflicts (fragmented power/influence)

What are responsibilities of Nurse Practitioners (NPs)?

Diagnose and treat acute & chronic conditions

What nursing role attends vaginal births?

Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM)

Define Metaparadigm in nursing.

The most abstract aspect of the structure of nursing knowledge (consists of major concepts of the discipline - person, environment, health, and nursing)

Differentiate inductive and deductive reasoning.

Deductive reasoning starts with a general rule or theory and applies it to a specific case. Inductive reasoning starts with specific examples and makes a general conclusion.

Define Grand Theory

A broad conceptualization of nursing phenomena

Define Middle-Range Theory

A narrower focused explanation that merges nursing research & nursing practice

List the levels of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs from top to bottom.

Self-Actualization, Self-Esteem, Love/Belonging, Safety, Physiological

Name the phases of Kubler-Ross Adaptation Model.

Disbelief & denial, Irritability & anger, Attempting to gain control, Depression & grief, Acceptance & participation

Give examples of ACUTE illnesses.

Viral infection, cold

Give examples of CHRONIC illnesses.

Arthritis, long-term COVID, Coronary heart disease, Asthma, Diabetes

Name the fundamental concepts of Nursing.

PERSON, ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH

List the components of a SYSTEM.

INPUT, THROUGHPUT, OUTPUT, EVALUATION, FEEDBACK

What is the WHO definition of Health?

A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity

Define EBP

An approach to the delivery of healthcare that integrates: best evidence from studies, patient care data within clinician expertise, patient preferences

Define cultural competence.

Having the attitudes, knowledge, and skills necessary for providing quality care to diverse populations

Define Stereotyping

Inaccurate belief that all people of a certain group are alike, share the same values/beliefs

Define Ethnocentrism

Inclination to view one’s own cultural group as the standard by which to judge the value of other cultural groups