Key Terms
Define Advance Practice Registered Nurse?
What is advanced education in pathophysiology, pharmacology, physical assessment, expertise in specialized area of practice?
Why do nursing students need to know the history of nursing?
What is the history of nursing increases your ability to understand the social and intellectual origins of the discipline?
Explain the need for evidence-based practice.
What is improves quality, safety, patient outcomes, increases nurse satisfaction and reduces cost.
Explain the first level on entry into nursing at HCC?
What is Practical nurse education. (LPN)
1 year certification
What theorist focused on the environment?
Who is Florence Nightingale?
Define the term Nurse administrator.
What is a manager of patient care? Positions included are Director of Nursing (DON), nurse manager, Chief nurse executive (CNE) and Vice President of Nursing.
This historical figure improved sanitation in hospitals, emphasized hand hygiene and correlated nutrition with wound healing.
Who is Florence Nightingale?
Name the sources to find evidence in.
What is textbooks, article from nursing and health care literature, quality improvement and risk management data, standards of care, infection control data, clinical experts.
Name the two ways to become a Registered Nurse.
What is a 2 year associate's degree and a 4 year baccalaureate degree.
Which theorist focused on Caring?
Who is Jean Watson?
Define the term theory?
What is an explanation of an event by defining ideas or concepts, explaining relationships among the concepts, and predicting outcomes.
What nursing movement took place in the Twentieth Century?
What is scientific research-based practice?
Explain how to collect the best evidence.
What is ask nursing faculty, advanced practice nurses, staff educators, risk managers, librarians.
Explain the next nursing level degree after BSN.
What is a Master's degree?
Which theorist focused on the Self-care deficit?
Who is Dorothea Orem?
Define evidence-based practice
What is the use of current best evidence from nursing research, clinical expertise, practice trends and patient preference to guide patient care.
What challenges in the 21st century have prompted more change in our society?
What is aging population, bioterrorism, emerging infection and disaster management.
Describe what informed consent means.
What is participants receive full and complete information, understanding of information, free choice, and confidential.
Upon completion of the Master's degree what is the level>
Which theorist focus was on diversity and cultural care?
Who is Madeleine Leininger?
Define the elements of the PICOT question?
What is P-patient population of interest,
I- Intervention of interest
C- Comparison of interest
O-Outcome
T- Time
Name some advances in 21st century in nursing.
What is computerized charts, nursing informatics, and leadership roles.
Explain the relationship of theory, research and practice.
What is development of theories explain relationships among variables by testing the theory through research and applying in the practice
List some ways a practicing nurse can stay current and develop additional knowledge in their areas of practice.
What is continuing education and in-services?
Which Theorist focused on adaptation?
Who is Callista Roy?