Fundamentals of Nursing
Who is known as the founder of modern nursing theory?
Florence Nightingale
The systematic inquiry designed to develop knowledge about issues of importance to the nursing profession.
Nursing Research
The study of how drugs affect the body, including therapeutic effects and side effects.
Pharmacodynamics
The period from the onset of true labor until the delivery of the placenta.
Intrapartum
The primary government agency responsible for ensuring access to basic public health services in the Philippines.
DOH or Department of Health
What is the main focus of Virginia Henderson’s nursing theory?
14 basic needs
This refers to a tentative explanation or educated guess that can be tested through research.
Hypothesis
The process by which the body absorbs, distributes, metabolizes, and excretes drugs.
Pharmacokinetics
The first stool of a newborn, typically greenish-black and sticky.
Meconium
The first level of contact between the individual, family, and the health system, typically found in barangays.
Primary Health Care
In which step of the nursing process does the nurse establish measurable goals and expected outcomes?
Planning
The person, group, or object from whom data is collected in a study
Respondent or Participant
The official name of a drug, based on its chemical structure, and recognized internationally (e.g., paracetamol).
Generic Name
The reflex in which an infant turns their head toward the side that is stroked near the mouth.
Rooting reflex
A trained community health volunteer who delivers basic health services at the barangay level under supervision.
Barangay Health Worker or BHW
A nurse identifies “Risk for Infection related to surgical incision” after reviewing patient data. This statement represents which part of the nursing process?
Diagnosis
A structured plan that outlines how a study will be conducted, including the methods for collecting and analyzing data.
Research Design
The unintended, harmful reaction to a drug administered at normal doses.
Adverse Effect
A pregnancy complication characterized by high blood pressure, proteinuria, and edema after 20 weeks of gestation.
Preeclampsia
The Philippine health program that aims to provide free and accessible immunization to infants and children.
EPI or Expanded Immunization Program
The wound healing by the formation of granulation tissue from the inside out is called?
Secondary
The part of a research study that provides a summary of previous findings relevant to the topic being studied.
RRL or Review of Related Literatire
The term used when two drugs taken together produce a greater effect than when taken separately.
Synergistic Effect
The natural yellowing of a newborn’s skin and eyes due to increased bilirubin, usually appearing after the first 24 hours.
Physiologic Jaundice
A flagship family planning program in the Philippines promoting responsible parenthood and reproductive health.
Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health (RPRH) Law or Republic Act No. 10354