Fundamentals Of Nursing - Chapter 1

health restoration

Activities to restore health focus on the person with an illness and range from early detection of a disease to rehabilitation and teaching during recovery. These activities include drug counseling, teaching patients how to administer their medications, and performing range-of-motion exercises for bedridden patients.

The LPN is reviewing the various in-services which are being offered for continuing education (CE) at the facility. For which reason will the nurse pursue in-service CE?

"Advances in technology are constantly making previous methods obsolete."

What trend promoted advancement of the profession and of nursing education in the mid-20th century?

Increased need for nurses and knowledge explosion led to emphasis on education.

SMART Goals

Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Timely

Clara Barton

Nurse during the Civil War; founder of the American Red Cross

Nurse Practice Act

law established to regulate nursing practice

What's QSEN?

patient-centered care, teamwork and collaboration, evidence-based practice (EBP), quality improvement (QI), safety, and informatics.

The RN is working with hospital administrators to transform care at their facility. Which nursing competency will be critical for the nurse to utilize?

Work effectively in interdisciplinary teams

Activities to restore health

- Performing assessments that detect an illness (e.g., taking blood pressure, measuring blood sugars) - Referring questions and abnormal findings to other health care providers as appropriate - Providing direct care of the person who is ill by such measures as giving physical care, administering medications, and carrying out procedures and treatments - Collaborating with other health care providers in providing care - Planning, teaching, and carrying out rehabilitation for illnesses such as heart attacks, arthritis, and strokes - Working in mental health and chemical-dependency programs

Nursing is recognized as a profession based on the following defining criteria:

- Well-defined body of specific and unique knowledge - Strong service orientation - Recognized authority by a professional group - Code of ethics - Professional organization that sets standards - Ongoing research - Autonomy and self-regulation

the Essentials document emphasized that the future of health care delivery will occur within four spheres of care:

(1) disease prevention/promotion of health and well-being, (2) chronic disease care, (3) regenerative or restorative care, (4) hospice/palliative/supportive care, (2021, p. 6)

The ANA identified four health care trends that will affect American nurses:

- Nursing shortages will offer unique opportunities. - Job opportunities are expanding outside the hospital, and nurses will play a much bigger role in communities. - Technology will play a larger role in nursing practice. - Nurses will collaborate more with other health care providers.

In what time period did nursing care as we now know it begin?

18th to 19th century

The first nursing journal owned, operated, and published by nurses was

American Journal of Nursing

Florence Nightingale introduced the concept of apprenticeship for nurses. Which statement is an example of this?

Completing clinical hours supervised by a nursing instructor

Nurses who enlist their services to the military are able to do so thanks to the work of which organizer of health care?

Dorothea Dix

Which action should the nurse implement when working with a medically homeless client?

Encourage client to utilize the free health care clinic.

Which explanation accurately differentiates the role of the registered nurse (RN) from that of the licensed practical/vocational nurse (LPN/LVN)?

The LPN/LVN should work under the supervision of an RN.

what is a nurse/nursing

The word nurse originated from the Latin word nutrix, meaning "to nourish, Nursing encompasses autonomous and collaborative care of individuals of all ages, families, groups, and communities, sick or well and in all settings. Nursing includes the promotion of health, prevention of illness, and the care of ill, disabled, and dying people. Advocacy, promotion of a safe environment, research, participation in shaping health policy and in patient and health systems management, and education are also key nursing roles.

Four broad aims of nursing practice can be identified in the definitions of nursing:

To promote health To prevent illness To restore health To facilitate coping with disability or death

health

a person's health includes physical, social, and mental components

A registered nurse (RN) is caring for four clients on a medical-surgical unit. Which task is most appropriate for the nurse to delegate to the licensed practical nurse (LPN)?

administering bedside blood glucose testing (LPN cannot do IV push's or cannot give blood products)

Nurse Standards of Practice

allow nurses to carry out professional roles, serving as protection for the nurse, the patient, and the institution where health care is provided. address the key steps involved in caring for patient

The nursing process includes

assessment, nursing diagnosis, planning, implementation, evaluation (ADPIE)

How do nurses promote health?

by identifying, analyzing, and maximizing each pt's own individ. strengths as components of preventing illness, restoring health, and facilitating coping w/disability or death.

During the course of any given day of work in the acute care setting, the nurse may need to perform which roles?

counselor, teacher, communicator, leader, researcher, advocate, and collaborator

The nurse is a member of a team that is actively involved with trying to reverse the nurse shortage in the community. As the nurse looks over the notes from the most recent meeting, which factor(s) should the team prioritize to tackle this issue? Select all that apply.

implement clinical pathways for clients admitted to the hospital, offer multicultural diversity training in the community, encourage training for advanced practice roles among the nurses

The primary aim of the Healthy People 2030 initiative is:

health promotion.

five concepts emerged as defining the discipline

human wholeness; health; healing and well-being; environment-health relationship; and caring