Nursing History
What American nurse founded the American Red Cross?
Who is Clara Barton?
What is an APRN?
What is an Advanced Practice RN: nurse practiitioner, certified nurse midwife, certified nurse anesthetist, clinical nurse specialist?
Who is the primary source to collect data from?
Who is the patient!
Describe early signs of a bioterrism illness.
What are nonspecific symptoms (e.g., nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, fever, confusion) that may persist for several days before the onset of more severe disease?
What is an ethic of care?
What is it places caring at the center of decision making. It places the nurse as the patient’s advocate, influences the nurse’s clinical judgment, and helps guide clinical decision making?
Who is considered the Mother of nursing and was an epidemiologist in the Crimean war?
Who is Florence Nightingale?
What are the terminal degrees in nursing?
What are a PhD (research), DNP (practice), DNSc- doctorate of nursing science?
What 2 steps are involved in nursing assessment?
What are: collecting data and interpreting/validating data?
What are the 6 steps in the Chain of Infection?
What are an infectious agent or pathogen, a reservoir/source for pathogen growth, a port of exit from the reservoir, a mode of transmission, a port of entry to a host and a susceptible host?
What are the different types of touch used in nursing?
What are contact touch, protective touch, task-oriented touch, caring touch and therapeutic touch?
Which American nurse led over 300 slaves through the Underground Railroad?
Who is Harriet Tubman?
Why is the ANA Code of Ethics important?
What is because it is a statement of philosophical ideals of right and wrong that define the principles you will use to provide care to your patients?
What factors improve the accuracy of forming a nursing diagnosis?
What are the application of knowledge & clinical experience, the consideration of environmental factors, and the use of critical thinking attitudes/intellectual and professional standards?
List sentinel events.
What are: Foreign object retained after surgery, Air embolism, Blood incompatibility, Pressure injury Stage 3 or 4, Falls/trauma, Catheter-associated urinary tract infections, Vascular catheter-associated infections, Manifestations of poor glycemic control?
What is active listening?
What is paying attention to an individual’s words & tone of voice, entering the individual’s frame of reference; to remain intentionally silent & concentrate on what the patient has to say. Give patients your full, focused attention?
Which two American nurses started Public nursing with the Henry Street Settlement as a result of a nursing school project?
Who are Lillian Wald and Mary Brewster?
List the roles of nursing.
What are: caregiver, advocate, educator, communicator, manager?
Define indirect care interventions.
What are treatments performed away from a patient but on behalf of the patient or group of patients (e.g., managing a patient’s environment), documentation, and interprofessional collaboration?
What are signs of a localized infection?
What are: Signs of localized infection are more targeted and include swelling, redness, pain, and restriction of movement in the affected body part?
What does relieving symptoms & suffering include?
What is more than giving pain medications, repositioning a patient, cleaning a wound, or providing end-of-life care. It requires patient-centered caring actions that give a patient comfort, dignity, respect, & peace and that provide comfort and support measures to the family and friends?
Who was the founder of the American Nurses Association in 1911?
Who is Isabel Hampton Robb?
What are contemporary influences on the profession of nursing today?
What are: the changing demographics of patients, healthcare reform, rising cost of healthcare, medically underserved, human rights & the need for nurses to care for self?
How do critical thinking & clinical judgment relate to the step of evaluation?
What is critical thinking & clinical judgment are integral to evaluation as evidenced by examining the results of care according to clinical data collected; comparing achieved effects with expected outcomes; recognizing errors/omissions; and understanding a patient situation, participating in self-reflection, & correcting errors?
What are the 5 Moments of Handwashing according to the CDC?
What are: Before touching a patient; Before clean/aseptic procedure; After body fluid exposure risk; After touching a patient; & After touching patient surrounding?
What are some of the challenges RNs face today to providing caring, patient & family-centered care?
What are: time constraints, technology, efforts to reduce cost and standardize care?