History of Nursing
This nurse is known for emphasizing cleanliness, ventilation, light, diet, warmth, and noise reduction to improve healing.
Florence Nightgale
Name the four major goals of nursing.
A patient who does not have a fever is described using this term.
What is afebrile?
What does QSEN stand for?
What is Quality and Safety Education for Nurses
Name four pulse sites you are expected to practice locating.
Any four:
This nurse provided trained nursing services to poor people living in New York City and became the founder of public health nursing.
Who is Lillian Wald?
Teaching, advocating, communicating, coordinating care, counseling, leading, and researching are examples of these
What are roles of the registered nurse?
An abnormally fast heart rate is called this.
What is tachycardia?
Name the six QSEN competencies.
Which pulse is assessed directly over the heart?
What is the apical pulse?
This Jamaican nurse was denied the opportunity to join Nightingale during the Crimean War because of her race, but financed her own trip and cared for sick and wounded soldiers.
Who is Mary Seacole?
A student completes a 9–12 month nursing program and becomes eligible to take the NCLEX-PN. What type of nurse is the student preparing to become?
What is an LPN/LVN?
An abnormally slow heart rate is bradycardia.
Bradycardia
A nurse includes the patient in decisions and considers the patient's values, culture, preferences, and needs. Which QSEN competency is being demonstrated?
What is the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses?
A nurse assesses the apical pulse and radial pulse at the same time to determine whether every heartbeat is producing a palpable peripheral pulse. What assessment is being performed?
What is an apical-radial pulse assessment?
During the Crimean War, Florence Nightingale's infection-control practices reduced mortality from approximately this percentage to 2%.
What is 45%?
What examination must a nursing-program graduate pass to become licensed as a registered nurse?
What is the NCLEX-RN?
Match the terms:
with:
A competent patient refuses a treatment even though the nurse believes the treatment would help. Which advocacy principle supports the patient's right to make that decision?
Patient autonomy.
A student takes a patient's blood pressure but uses poor technique. Which vital-sign learning objective does this relate to?
Variations in technique when assessing blood pressure.
A nursing student says, “Modern nursing began to develop partly because wars created a need for organized nursing care and led to advances in medicine.” Name two medical advances associated with World War I from the course material.
Any two of:
A nurse graduated several years ago but continues taking courses to stay current on new techniques, knowledge, legal issues, and ethical issues. What part of nursing education is this?
What is continuing education (CE)
This term means difficulty or discomfort with breathing.
What is dyspnea?
A provider orders a treatment. The nurse performs the treatment, and the patient is harmed. The nurse says, “The provider ordered it, so I'm not responsible.” According to your course material, why is this incorrect?
Because the nurse remains accountable for the nursing actions they perform, even when carrying out a provider's order.
A pulse-oximeter reading does not appear consistent with the patient's condition. What should the nurse do instead of automatically accepting the number?
Reassess the patient and the measurement.