Influential People in Nursing
Her contribution in the 19th century was related to the improvement of the patient environment as a method of health promotion.
Who is Florence Nightingale?
Basic trust vs mistrust
What is infancy?
Birth to 2 years old
What is Sensorimotor stage?
The leading cause of death in young adults
What is accidents?
Term for Range of Motion when it is performed by the patient.
What is Active ROM?
His premise is based on a hierarchy of needs
Who is Maslow?
Intimacy vs Isolation
What is young adulthood?
Concrete Operational Thought: has more realistic views; recognizes cause-and-effect relationships
What is 7 to 11 years old?
The nurse should do this intervention when taking an isolation patient down to the radiology department
What is apply a mask to the patient?
This is how often the nurse should re-position an unconscious patient to reduce risk for skin breakdown.
What is every 120 minutes (2 hrs)?
This person suggested cognitive development fall into stages such as Sensorimotor and Formal Operational.
Who is Piaget?
Ego Integrity vs Despair
What is Late Adulthood?
12 years and older
What is the Formal Operational stage?
The action the nurse should take when a patient experiences dizziness after 5 minutes in a sitz bath.
What is remove the patient from the bath?
Proper positioning to protect the back when lifting or moving patient.
This person identified intimacy vs isolation as a developmental task occurring in adulthood.
Who is Erikson?
Autonomy vs Shame and Doubt
What is Toddler?
Preoperational thought: gains in imaginative ability
What is age 2 to 7 years old?
The first action a nurse should take when encountering a patient that ingested a poisonous substance?
This is the way you should move the ear of a child when taking a tympanic temperature reading.
What is downward and back?
This nurse teaches your wednesday/thursday theory class
Who is Mrs. Calabrese?
Initiative vs guilt
What is Preschool?
Developmental level of the adolescent
What is Formal Operational stage?
Teaching the home health nurse should provide to help prevent burns in small children.
What is turn the pot handles on stoves away from reach?
The side the nurse should stand on when ambulating a patient with a gait belt.
What is the patient's weak side?