Fundamentals Chapters 1,2,3 Test
Tort
Violation of civil law
sympathetic nervous system
fight or flight
parasympathetic nervous system
helps the body return to a normal resting state
Release forms
A legal form you to excuse one party from liability
Health (Miller-Keane)
A relative state in which one is able to function well physically,mentally,socially, and spiritually in order to express the full range of ones unique potentialities"
Health (world health organization)
A state of complete physical,mental,and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
Homeostasis
A tendency to maintain a balanced or constant internal state
secondary prevention
Actions taken to identify and treat an illness or disability early in its course
Nursing Interventions
Alleviate problems and assist the patient for best outcome
Relationship based nursing
Focus on relationship between caregivers patient and family
Lillian Wald
Founder of Henry Street Settlement House in NY and Founder of Public Health Nursing
Florence Nightingale
Founder of modern nursing Trained others during Crimean War Lowered death rate from 60% to 1%
Functional nursing
Fragmented care
Maladaptive
Lack of adjustment
Nursing education pathways
Provide direct patient care under supervision of registered nurse,physician, or dentist
OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
Passed in 1970 to improve work environment
NAPNES Certifications
Pharmacology Long term care IV therapy
DRGs (1983)Diagnostic Related Groups
-Created to contain increasing cost -Hospital received set amount for diagnosis and days allowed
Roles of practical nurse
-caregiver -educator -collaborator -manager
Malpractice
Professional negligence
standards of nursing practice
Protect nurse patient and facility
Florence Nightingale curriculum
1.nutrition 2.fresh clean air 3.meet patients needs 4.directed towards health &a illness 5.nursing is separate from medicine
Maslow hierarchy of needs
1.physiological 2.safety and security 3.love and belonging 4.self esteem 5. Self-actualization
Ethics committee
Develop policies and address issues in the facility and come to a better understanding of ethical dilemmas from different viewpoints
Primary illness
Developed without being chased by another health problem
primary prevention
Efforts to prevent an injury or illness from ever occurring.
Health Maintenance Organization (HMO)
Enroll patients for a set fee per month Limited network of physicians
protective device
Limit a person mobility maybe mechanical or chemical
Advanced directive
Living will
Team Nursing
Method of care in which a nurse acts as a leader of a group of people giving care
NAPNES
National Association for Practical Nurse Education and Servicey
Clara Barton
Nurse during the Civil War; founder of the American Red Cross
Total Patient Care
One nurse carried out functions ; less fragmented care
Primary nursing
One nurse directs care for 24- hours
Nursing theory
Relationships among concepts of facts based on existing information
Secondary illness
Results from a primary illness
General Adaptation Syndrome
Seyle's concept that the body responds to stress with alarm, resistance and exhaustion
Standards of practice for students
Student nurses are held to the same standard as a licensed nurse
Early nursing education in the US
Worked without pay No formal classes Education through work No set curriculum Taught my doctors
Nurse Practice Act
law established to regulate practice of nursing Define practice,education& licensure
evidence-based practice
nursing care provided that is supported by sound scientific rationale
tertiary prevention
restoration and rehabilitation
