Nursing Theory
This nurse theorist is known as the founder of modern nursing and emphasized the role of the environment in healing.
Who is Florence Nightingale?
This therapeutic communication technique encourages patients to express feelings and concerns.
What are open-ended questions?
The single most effective method for preventing healthcare-associated infections.
What is hand hygiene?
These five letters stand for the nursing process.
What is Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation?
If it wasn't documented, it wasn't _______.
What is done?
This theory emphasizes caring, healing, dignity, and treating the whole person.
What is Jean Watson's Caring Theory?
The four letters in SBAR stand for these communication components.
What are Situation, Background, Assessment, and Recommendation?
This type of precaution requires an N95 respirator and a negative-pressure room.
What are airborne precautions?
This is the first step of the nursing process.
What is Assessment?
This federal law protects patient privacy and confidentiality.
What is HIPAA?
According to this theorist, nursing focuses on helping patients achieve independence.
Who is Virginia Henderson?
This phase of the nurse-patient relationship is when goals are established and trust begins.
What is the orientation phase?
The six-link process that describes how infections spread.
What is the chain of infection?
Tanner's Clinical Judgment Model includes these four steps.
What are Noticing, Interpreting, Responding, and Reflecting?
This abbreviation should never be used because it may be mistaken for IV or 10.
What is IU?
This model describes progression from novice to advanced beginner, competent, proficient, and expert.
What is Benner's Novice to Expert Model?
When a patient speaks a language the nurse does not understand, this should be used.
What is a qualified interpreter?
A patient with influenza should be placed on this type of isolation precaution.
What are droplet precautions?
A patient rates pain again 30 minutes after receiving medication. Which step of ADPIE is the nurse performing?
What is Evaluation?
This documentation format stands for Subjective, Objective, Assessment, and Plan.
What is SOAP?
A patient is having difficulty breathing. This non-nursing theory helps the nurse prioritize care.
What is Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs?
A patient says, "I am worried about tomorrow's surgery." Best response?
Tell me what concerns you most.
Inserting a urinary catheter requires this type of aseptic technique.
What is surgical asepsis (sterile technique)?
According to ABCs, this is always the highest priority.
What is Airway?
When receiving a verbal or telephone order, the nurse must do this to verify accuracy.
What is read-back verification?