Care Settings
A place for acutely ill or injured individuals to receive care, including overnight
What is a Hospital
Nurses who are a liaison between clinical staff and administration. Role generally includes hiring, monitoring quality metrics, and contributes to the HCOs strategic plan
Who are Nurse Supervisors
Named after the city of her birth, this person is known as the "Founder of Modern Nursing"
Who is Florence Nightingale
Who are Nurse Practitioners (NPs)
This nursing degree has been around 20 years. It is a terminal degree for nurses with a focus on health systems, quality, and leadership. It is not specific to APRNs.
What is the Doctorate in Nursing Practice (DNP)
A place for clients with a wide variety of healthcare needs. Visits may be preventative or to promote wellness. Encounters are typically an hour or less.
What is a clinic / ambulatory care setting
Nurses who oversee the health and wellbeing of children and teens in academic settings. They work with teachers, guardians, health care providers, and others to facilitate optimum learning, health, and flourishing.
Who are School Nurses
She travelled between the Caribbean, where she was born, and England providing lodging and care. She provided aid to many on and off the frontlines of the Crimean war of the 1850s
Who is Mary Seacole
Nurses dedicated to the specialty of anesthesia. These nurses are the primary anesthesia providers in most US rural hospitals
Who are Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)
In 1965, Lyndon B Johnson signed this milestone bill that became law resulting in millions able to afford and receive care
What is Medicare
A place where members of the U.S. armed forces may receive care
What is the VA (Veterans Affairs) - Includes different facility types (e.g. hospital, clinics)
Nurses who inspire, teach, and mentor. They ensure education standards are met prior to licensure exams.
Who are Nurse Educators
"The Angel of the Battlefield" - she founded the American Red Cross in 1881
Who is Clara Barton
Nurses who care for women. Care includes family planning, routine screenings, prenatal care, and labor care.
Who are Certified Nurse Midwives (CNM)
The full name (not the acronym) of the single-payer health care system of the United Kingdom.
What is the National Health Service
A modality of care delivery where parties are connected remotely
What is Telehealth
Nurses who use data and technology to monitor programs, systems, and initiatives. This role includes the research, development, implementation, and maintenance of healthcare technology
Who are Nurse Informaticists
Following this event, ADN programs proliferated, Diploma programs declined, the demographics of the workforce shifted, and professional standards began to take shape
What is World War II
Nurses with a designated specialty area who possess advanced knowledge and skills. They may provide direct care and/or function to support operations of a clinical area.
Who are Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNS)
The typical financial cost to a HCO of turnover for a registered nurse.
What is $20,000 - $60,000 (generally around 40,000)
A place where nurses provide care to individuals who cannot leave the setting until a designated amount of time, set by a legal authority, has passed.
What is a Jail/Prison
This nurse is the primary spokesperson and leader for nursing within their entire facility or system.
Who is a Chief Nursing Officer (CNO)
Founded in 1896, then known as the Nurses' Associated Alumnae of the United States and Canada, this organization maintains professional scope and standards, code of ethics, and lobbies on behalf of the nursing profession.
What is the American Nurses Association
The APRN consensus model identifies Neonates, Peds, and Women's Health as 3 of the 6 population foci for APRNs. These are the other 3.
What are: 1. Family/Lifespan 2. Adult/Gero 3. Psych/Mental Health
*These are the foci of the APRN programs at CSS
The four components of the Nursing Metaparadigm
What are Person, Nursing, Health, and Environment