Nursing History
She stated that if a patient is sick after eating, has a bedsore, or feels faint, it is often due to the nursing care, not the disease
Who is Florence Nightingale?
This is the primary role of a nurse.
What is caregiver?
Nurses must pass this examination to earn a license to practice.
What is the NCLEX?
A patient at the outpatient clinic describes leg pain that occurs while walking and is relieved with rest. The patient asks why this happens to him. The nurse knows that the pain is related to:
What is venous insufficiency?
It established organized emergency care and disaster response.
What did the Red Cross do for nursing history?
Nurses collaborate with professionals like physical therapists and respiratory therapists in this aspect of care.
What is restoration of health or rehabilitation?
This compact allows nurses to practice in multiple states with a single license.
What is the Nurse Licensure Compact?
Auscultation using a stethoscope.
With what technique do nurses assess lung sounds?
This organization, founded in 1899, helps national nursing organizations collaborate globally.
What is the International Council of Nurses?
Cares for the mental health needs of patients.
What is a psychiatric nurse?
This document describes the responsibilities of nurses and defines standards of practice.
What is the American Nurses Association (ANA) Code of Ethics?
Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation.
What does SBAR stand for?
The person who developed the first formal nurse training program.
Who is Florence Nightingale?
Prioritizes patients with specific problems to assure the worst get help first.
What is a triage nurse?
Integrates the art and science of caring and focuses on the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and human functioning; prevention of illness and injury.
What is nursing?
To assess brain function and possible neurological damage.
Why do nurses check pupil size and reaction in head injury patients?
America's first professionally trained nurse.
Who was Linda Richards?
Cares for premature newborn babies.
What is an ICU neonatal nurse?
When a nurse can no longer deal with stress and patients on the job.
What is burnout?
Pain level.
Which vital sign is considered the “fifth vital sign” in nursing?