Foundations of Nursing- Exam 1

What are some success strategies for nursing school?

Being prepared, participating in the classroom, reviewing over notes, having questions prior to class, ensuring wellness, sitting close to the front of the classroom, etc.

How can students prioritize wellness and self-care?

Proactively seek a healthy state of being, manage stress, maintain physical health, prevent burnout, manage schedule

What profession is the forefront for providing for the public

Nursing

Nursing started off with volunteers of ____ genders

all

Which notable nurse transitioned nursing into a female role

Florence Nightingale

Why were women considered better at assisting sick people

Because they were naturally the nurturers and caregivers for their children and family members

Men who served as a nurse were basically shunned and considered __________

less educated/unsuccessful

True or False: At one point in time, men use to dominate the nursing profession

True

What events in nursing prompted the changes in the nursing profession?

War and spread of bacteria/illness/sickness/infection/black plague

Why would injured people get infection into their wounds?

There were no proper and sterilize way people knew to clean these wounds/injuries

Overtime, less people would ____ because of proper hand-hygiene

passed/die

These events changed the nursing profession for the better. What are some certifications nurses need today to practice?

Nursing education, licensure, accreditation of advanced practice roles, certification, and professional organization

With nursing theories, nurses ARE or ARE NOT able to bring these ideas to the beside and into the profession?

ARE

What is Florence Nigtengale known for?

connecting unclean conditions to wound infections during the Crimean War

What was Florence Nightingale nickname, she acquired?

“Lady with the Lamp” she checked on her patient by carrying a lamp

Who demonstrated evidence-based practice and reported the decrease of wound infections by proper hygiene?

Florence Nightingale

Who started the American Red Cross

Clara Barton

Clara Barton created a center to locate who?

missing soliders

What did Lillian Ward and Mary Brewster do?

Helped the community and school nursing

What is Mary Seacole known for?

Practiced creole healing arts and set up a hotel for soldiers in the Crimean War

What is St. Camillus de Lellis known for?

First ambulance service and helped with alcoholism

What is Edward Lyon known for?

First male nurse to be commissioned in the US army nurse corps

What is James Derham known for?

Born a slave and become a nurse to buy his freedom

What did Florence Nightingale bring to the nursing profession?

Clean hygiene, documentation, data collection, and started nursing school

Who formalized nursing education and founded the American Red Cross

Clara Barton

Which notable nurse volunteered to care for soldiers during the Civil War, organized and training recruits, and advocated for mental health reform and indigenous rights?

Dorothea Dix

What notable nurse provided grant awards to minority students, introudced stem education act in the US house, and first registered nurse to be elected to the US congress

Eddie Bernice Johnson

Which notable nurse earned her doctorate in nursing and founded the National Association of Hispanic Nurses (NAHA)

IIdaura Muriilo Rohde

In the beginning, nurses were not _____ and did not have any professional organization dedicated towards their profession

licensed

As evolved and technology advancing, colleges/universities started to offer ____ and ____ year nursing degrees

two and four

LPNs and LVN practice nursing under a supervisor of an

Registered Nurse (RN)

Can someone who attends college for two years get a RN degree, like someone who goes to college for four years?

Yes, they can

To become a registered nurse, you have to pass the

NCLEX

Who writes the NCLEX?

The National Council of State Board of Nursing

Who licenses and authorizes for nurses to become registered and practice in a state?

By the State Board of Nursing

Having guidelines of rules and regulations on how to practice within a state?

Nurse Practice Act

Who many roles does nurses have?

Seven?

Who does case providers communicate with?

patients and other coworkers

What do case providers for their patients and families?

advocate for their needs

Case Provider has to show empathy all clients, regardless of their….

race, illness, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, religion, and level of education

Successful client outcomes are more often achieved by nurses who make the effort to ___ themselves about their client’s cultural preferences and neds

educate

Clients’ safety and health outcomes depend on the nurse being a ____ care provider

competent

Who does the case manager works with?

client, family, and the health care team

What does the case manager ensures for the patient?

that they receives the needed services that are required for them

Case Manager manage the care of the client by communicating with the appropriate _____ to create a plan of care that will meet the needs of the whole client

interprofessional team members

What type of degree might be required for a case manager?

a MSN or certification in case management

Case managers assist in coordinating the needed services once the patient is

discharged

Case managers DO or DO NOT provide direct care for the patient

DON’T

Normally, case managers ensure the patient’s ______ is being covered

insurance

Nurses utilizes ___ to provide evidence-based care

research

Evidence-based practices is

delivery of care (procedures, assessments, interventions)

Nurses develop nursing knowledge by

conducting research (leading into developing nursing theories

What role is a nurse doing when they educate their patients on critical intervention that nurses implement on the daily?

Educator

As nurses educate their patients they increases

their knowledge, employ appropriate self-care management techniques, make care decisions, and improve quality of life

What role does a nurse play when they inspire, motivate, and empower individuals to work together toward shared objectives/goals

Leader

What roles does a nurse play when they are responsible for a team of nurses and have a significant impat on their team’s job satisfaction

Manager

What role does a nurse play when they recognized the need for and take steps to make a change to do so

Change Agent

Change agents are required to be both

credible and reliable

Change agents have to embrace ____ for their nurses and faciliate

change

Change agent facilitates the change and responsibility to assist others in

making a transition

How many competencies are there in nursing?

Four

What competency does a nurse play by voicing the patient’s needs and concerns about their wellbeing?

advocacy

What nurse competency is similar to a role of a nurse (nursing manager)

change management

What nurse competency improves patient care, staff processes, and the coordination of the teams on the unit

Change Management

Change managers are challenged to listen to the needs of the ___ and address their concerns, while working with the administration and executive leaders to enact the change

staff

What nurse competency requires for the patient and nurse to have the same understanding for the patient’s well-being/needs

communication

What competency does a nurse have when they share ideas, policy, practices, and research with peers and interprofessional team members to provide quality professional care

collaboration

What nursing organization created the Code of Ethics for Nurses?

The ANA

What nursing organization supports nurses’ health and wellness, high standards, promotes environments that are safe, and advocates for nurses and the public health?

The ANA

Which nursing organization prepares the nursing students, across all program levels for initial licensure, and to educate students about standards of nursing practices and professionalism?

The National Student Nurses Association (NSNA)

What nursing organization promotes excellence in nursing education to effectively build a strong and diverse nursing workforce that will advance the health of the national global community?

The National League for Nursing (NLN)

What nursing organization is organized to secure nursing licensure to protect the citizens/residents of Indiana and to represent RN and LPN professions

Indiana State Nurses Association (ISBN)

What nursing organization is a scientific, evidence-based approach to issues that affect the world, working collaboratively to discover solutions to health problems?

National Academy of Medicine

What is the new name for Institution of Medicine?

National Academy of Medicine

What nursing organization writes the NCLEX and certifies the nurses that passes the exam

The National Council of State Board of Nursing (NCSBN)

The Scope and Standards of Practice identify ____, ____, ____, and ____ nursing occurs and the actions that all nurses are expected to perform competently

where, when, why, and how

What defines the ranges of services a professional is licensed and competent to perform, based upon their education, training, and licensure

The Scope and Standard Practices

What outlines the behaviors and practices that nurses should abide by to provide responsible and ethical care to patients. Ensuring honesty, integrity, fairness in decision-making, and action

The Code of Ethics

What are some current issues in nursing

opioid epidemic, shortage of nursing, burnouts

Why is there an opioid epidemic in nursing?

Medication overdose, economic stress, social isolation, highly toxic drug supply

Why is there going to be a shortage of nurses?

Nurses retiring, having chronic illnesses, limited number of nursing faculty, burnout, violence in the workplace, etc.

What is the Healthy People 2030

National goal to achieve better health for all American to work towards a goal every 10 years.

Profession generally requires a standardized, formal education, body of knowledge, commitment

to providing a service

Autonomy will forever continue to

grow with us

What does nursing as a profession mean?

The commitment through participation, learning, and engaging throughout.

Nursing is knowing the _____ and _____ for themselves and others for providing high-quality care for others

responsibility and accountability

What is are the three fundamental and valuable commitment to society?

Honor human dignity, primary commitment to client, and client advocate

What is the three bounded by duty and loyalty

responsible and accountable for your own actions, duty to internalize self-respect, and preserve integrity, and responsible for high-quality patient care, both individually and collectively

What three duties beyond client encounters

maintaining, advancing profession, awareness and development of collaborative solutions to broad health issues, and maintenance of integrity within the practice of nursing

What nursing organization is a social contract with society to protect, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities?

ANA Social Policy Statement

What is the function of the Scope and Standards of Practice?

Demonstrates competency in practice based on nursing process: diagnosis, outcomes, identifications, planning, implementation, and evaluation

Do all nurses gave the same set of procedures, actions, and processes?

Yes, only depending on how much they engage in these things based up on their education level, population served, role, and level of experience

What is responsibility?

the duties, which are the tasks that you must perform as part of care. By reporting results of the lab work and tests to the care provider and checking of tasks that are accomplished in a given time frame for patient care

Are responsibilities external of internal

External because you are meeting the basic care needs for the patient

What is accountability?

Obligation a nurse has to report the completion of tasks or duties to others

Is accountability external or internal?

It is Internal because you're answering for yourself and others for providing quality care

What is autonomy?

Ethical concept which emphasizes the liberty of individual decision-making and right for people to make their own choices

How is autonomy related to nursing?

key facet of professionalism, advocating for your clients to make their own choices, even when they conflict with your own preferences

What is life-long learning?

Prolong acquisition of knowledge, skills, and values to keep at pace with current health care trends

What are some desireable behaviors in nursing?

self- care or reflection, excellence, integrity, respect, mentoring