NR222: Exam 1(CH 1, 2, 6, 16, 22)
assessment
(Ans- nurse collects comprehensive data to pertinent to the patient’s health
and/or the situation
Diagnosis
(Ans- nurse analyzes the assessment data to determine the diagnoses or
issues
accountability
(Ans- responsible professionally and legally for the type and quality of
nursing provided, ability to answer for one’s own actions
Caregiver
(Ans- Helps patients maintain and regain health, manage disease and
symptoms, and attain a maximal level of function and independence
through the healing process
patient advocate
(Ans- you protect your patient’s human and legal rights and provide
assistance in asserting these rights if the need arises
Educator
(Ans- you explain concepts and facts about health, describe the reason for
routine care activities, demonstrate procedures such as self-care activities,
reinforce learning or patient behavior, and evaluate the patient’s progress
in learning
communicator
(Ans- essential to the nurse-patient relationship; it allows you to know your
patients including their strengths, weaknesses, and needs
Manager
(Ans- Coordinates the activities of members of the nursing staff in
delivering nursing care and has personnel, policy, and budgetary
responsibility for a specific nursing unit or agency
Florence Nightingale
(Ans- Established sanitary nursing care units. Founder of modern nursing.
began professional education of nursing.
Clara Barton
(Ans- Nurse during the Civil War; founder of the American Red Cross
Mother Bickerdyke
(Ans- organized ambulance services and walked abandoned battlefields at
night, looking for wounded soldiers.
Mary Mahoney
(Ans- First professionally trained African American nurse; brought cultural
diversity and respect
Lillian Wald and Mary Brewster
(Ans- Opened the Henry Street Settlement, focusing on the health needs of
the poor
Mary Nutting
(Ans- First Nursing professor at Columbia Teachers College.
Helped move nursing into universities.
health
(Ans- A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not
merely the absence of disease or infirmity
health beliefs
(Ans- person’s ideas, convictions, and attitudes about health and illness.
They may be based on factual information or misinformation, common
sense or myths, or reality or false expectations
positive health behaviors
(Ans- activities related to maintaining, attaining, or regaining good health
and preventing illness
negative health behaviors
(Ans- include practices actually or potentially harmful to health
health promotion model focuses on which 3 areas
(Ans-
(1) individual characteristics and experiences
(2) behavior-specific knowledge and effect
(3) behavioral outcomes, in which the patient commits to or changes a
behavior
health promoting behavior
(Ans- the desired behavioral outcome and the end point in the HPM.
Health-promoting behaviors result in improved health, enhanced functional
ability, and better quality of life at all stages of development
health promotion model (HPM)
(Ans-
-defines health as a positive, dynamic state, not merely the absence of
disease
-directed at increasing a patient’s level of well-being
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
(Ans-
-model that nurses use to understand the interrelationships of basic human
needs
-basic human need are elements that are necessary for human survival
and health
internal variables
(Ans- a person’s developmental stage, intellectual background, perception
of functioning, and emotional and spiritual factors
external variables
(Ans- a person’s health beliefs and practices include family practices,
socioeconomic factors, and cultural background
Nursing incorporates health promotion activities, wellness education, and
illness prevention activities rather than simply treating illness in three ways:
(Ans-
-immunization programs
-routine exercise and good nutrition
-physical awareness, stress management, and self-responsibility
primary prevention
(Ans- True prevention that lowers the chances that a disease will develop
secondary prevention
(Ans- Focuses on those who have health problems or illnesses and are at
risk for developing complications or worsening conditions
tertiary prevention
(Ans- Occurs when a defect or disability is permanent or irreversible
risk factors
(Anscharacteristics or behaviors that increase the likelihood of developing a
medical disorder or disease
examples:
-Genetic and physiological factors