NURSING FOUNDATIONS - Chapter 1

A comprehensive set of Q&A flashcards covering key concepts from Nursing Foundations Chapter 1 notes, including Florence Nightingale, nursing foundations, delegation, licensure, and essential nursing skills.

Who is the foundational figure in nursing, statistics, and public health, and the founder of modern nursing often called the 'Lady with the Lamp'?

Florence Nightingale

Florence Nightingale is considered the founder of which profession?

Modern nursing

What is the core idea of Nightingale's Environmental Theory?

The environment can promote health and healing.

During the Crimean War, Nightingale led nurses to improve the quality of care and the death rate of which group?

British soldiers

What nickname is given to Florence Nightingale?

The Lady with the Lamp

From what background did Nightingale come?

Affluent family in Victorian England

Name two reforms Nightingale is credited with.

Infection control measures; dignified treatment regardless of social status or disability.

What model of care did Nightingale establish?

An individual-centered model of care.

What is one essential feature of a nurse?

Provision of a caring relationship that facilitates health and healing.

What essential feature involves integrating data with the client’s subjective experience?

Integration of objective data with knowledge from the client’s or group’s subjective experience.

Which essential feature involves the use of judgement and critical thinking in diagnoses and treatment?

Application of scientific knowledge to diagnosis and treatment through judgement and critical thinking.

What essential feature describes advancing nursing knowledge?

Advancement of professional nursing knowledge through scholarly inquiry.

Which essential feature involves influencing social and public policy to promote social justice?

Influence on social and public policy to promote social justice.

What are the three core aims of nursing's mission described in the notes?

Protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities; prevention of illness and injury; alleviation of suffering and advocacy.

What is the first component of the nursing mission related to health?

Protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities.

What is the second component of the nursing mission related to illness?

Prevention of illness and injury.

What is the third component of the nursing mission related to suffering and advocacy?

Alleviation of suffering through diagnosis and treatment; advocacy for individuals, families, communities, and populations.

What is NCLEX?

National licensing exam for nurses.

Who remains accountable in the delegation process?

The delegating nurse.

List the 'Right' elements of delegation.

Right task; Right circumstance; Right person; Right directions/communication; Right supervision/evaluation.

Name two considerations when delegating a task.

Predictable outcome and potential for harm (also complexity, need for nursing assessment, and need for training).

What is continuing education in nursing?

Ongoing education to maintain competency and stay updated.

What does the Nightingale quote on page 12 say?

To stand still is to move backwards.

What are Assessment Skills as listed?

Collecting data; interviewing; observing; examining; patient and family as primary source; medical records and collaboration.

What are Caring Skills as listed?

Nursing interventions; assist with ADLs; use of equipment; nurse-patient relationship; encourage independence.

What are Counseling Skills as listed?

Communication; therapeutic communication; active listening; reserve bias and promote autonomy; empathy vs. sympathy.

What are Comforting Skills as listed?

Security and comfort; support; increased trust; reduced fear and worry.

Which nurse associated with the post-Civil War era is named in the notes?

Dorothea Dix

What nursing development is shown post-Civil War in the notes?

Practical Nurses (LPNs)