Fundamentals of Nursing: Exam 1 (Chapters 1, 2, & 4) Questions and answers. Graded A+. 2022 update

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Fundamentals of Nursing: Exam 1 (Chapters 1, 2, & 4) Questions and answers. Graded A+. 2022 update Florence Nightingale - ☑☑1860, School for Nurses St. Thomas' Hospital in London. First nursi... ng epidemiologist, improve quality if sanitization facilities, the mortality rate at the Barracks Hospital from 42.7% to 2.2 in 6 months. Mary Seacole - ☑☑treated first cholera victim, went to serve in Crimean War, and set up "British Hotel" behind the lines. Clara Barton - ☑☑Founder of Red Cross Harriet Tubman - ☑☑Active in underground railroad, 300 Slaves to freedom. Mary Mahoney - ☑☑First African-American nurse. Brought up diversity issues. Mary Ann Ball (Bickerdyke) - ☑☑First ambulance services. What is the Henry Street Settlement and what is the significance to nursing? - ☑☑Focus on health needs of the poor people that lived in NYC tenements Wald, Brewster 1893 -nursing community also increased around this time What is the purpose of the AACN essentials to Baccalaureate Education? - ☑☑-American Association of Colleges of Nursing -Endorsed a new set of guidelines that parallel the QSEN -Competencies to direct to direct the preparation of baccalaureate nurse. Safe, High Quality. Professional behavior, collaboration and team work are essential to patient-centered care. Autonomy - ☑☑Ability or tendency to function independently Accountability - ☑☑State of being answerable for your own actions. Responsibility - ☑☑Carrying on duties associated with particular job. Doing you job under your scope of practice. Compassion Fatigue - ☑☑term used to describe a state of burnout & secondary traumatic stress that occurs without warning and results from giving high levels of energy/compassion over a prolonged period to those who are suffering. What is the role of the patient advocate? - ☑☑•To protect patient's legal & human rights •Provide additional info for patient decision •Finding interpreter to communicate •Speak out against policies if they endanger or conflict w/ Pt rights. Explain the difference between in-service education and continuing education. - ☑☑In-service education: training/instruction programs provided by health care agency to increase knowledge, skills, and competency of employees. Continuing education: formal, organized institutions (universities, hospitals, state assoc.), often required for RN's to keep their education, helps to specialize in particular area, and teaches new skills/techniques Describe the nurse's role in legislation. - ☑☑-Fighting for patients need to be met -Be involved in politics... influence policy decision that work for the universal good of health care. DRGs and purpose - ☑☑-Diagnosis-Related Groups. -Have a fixed reimbursement amount w/adjustments made based on severity, location, and teaching costs. -Goal was to lower healthcare costs while having high standards. Define and give an example of primary prevention. - ☑☑generalized branch, lowers overall costs of health care by reducing incidence of disease, minimizing complications, and reducing need for expensive resources. Examples: schools, nursing homes, physician's offices. Define and give an example of secondary prevention. - ☑☑more specialized than primary, diagnosis/treatment of illness, more expensive and increases overall costs. Examples: ER, medical surgical Define and give an example of tertiary prevention. - ☑☑highly specialized branch of services, care/treatment provided by an institution specializing in a particular branch of medicine, specialty settings. Examples: rehabilitation programs, chronic disease programs, etc. Health Promotion - ☑☑process of enabling people to increase control over and improve their health; moves beyond focus on individual behavior and towards a wide range of social and environmental interventions. - reduces incidence of disease - maintain maximal function - reduce need to use more expensive health care services Define and give an example of primary care - ☑☑-Focuses on improvement health outcomes for an entire population. -Prenatal and well baby-care/ nutrition counseling/ famiy planning/ exercise. Define and give an example of secondary care. - ☑☑-Diagnosis and treatment of illness. -Emergency care/ Acute medical-surgery care/ Radiological procedures for acute problems. Define and give an example of tertiary care. - ☑☑-Diagnosis and treatment of illness. -Intensive care/ Sub acute care/ Psychiatric/ Rural Hospital. [Show More]

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