Ethics
Nursing Practice
Nursing History
Characteristics of Nurses
Wellness
100

Belief of somethings worth, may differ from others beliefs around you. 

Value

100

Organization charged with enforcing the nursing practice act in NC

NC Board of Nursing

100

Founder of modern nursing

Florence Nightengale

100

Thinking critically while carrying out orders and handling other tasks that may arise

Responsibility

100

Selye's first phase of stress response

Alarm

200

The values that influence your decisions and behaviors. Partially determined by what you believe is morally right and wrong

Ethics

200

Applying the scientific evidence to care for real patients, considering their preferences and values

Evidence Based Practice

200

An activist for better mental health care and the establishment of psychiatric hospitals

Dorothea Dix

200

Telling the truth, even if we've made a mistake

Honesty

200

Phase of illness in which a person may not feel good, without observable symptoms. 

Prodromal phase

300

A written statement indicating a patients wishes regarding future medical care in the event the patient becomes unable to voice their decisions. 

Advance Directive

300

The quality nurses develop to know when to act and when to wait and watch

Critical Judgement

300

First school of nursing was founded here

Kaiserworth, Germany

300

A ______ Nurse sees patients as people who have needs for touch and understanding as much as they have needs for IV fluids and antibiotics. 

Caring

300

An illness that strikes suddenly and lasts a limited time

Acute illness

400

Legal written designation making another person responsible for one's medical decisions.

Healthcare Power of Attorney

400

A type of nursing in which nurses and assistive personal provide care to a group of patients. Often effective when there are a limited number of nurses to provide care.

Team nursing

400

Providers of nursing care in ancient history

Family members and priests

400

Keeping track of all of the information required to care for patients. 

Organization

400

Actions people use to combat stress

Coping strategies 

500

Failure to provide certain care that another person of the same education and locale would generally provide under the same circumstances. 

Negligence. 

500

Nurses role when they speak up for patients who may not be able to speak for themselves, even when it may not be in the best interests of the hospital. 

Patient advocate

500

The decade all states started requiring nurses to be licensed 

The 50's

500

Arriving on time, clean and together, completing assigned work

Professionalism

500

The ability of individuals to understand basic health information and use that information to make good decisions about their health. 

Health Literacy