CHAPTER 1
Focus of nursing organizations
What is the patient
Method conducted to gain insight by discovery of meanings
What is qualitative research
Illness that occurs rapidy without sequela
What is Acute
Most significant and commonly observed infection causing agent
What is bacteria
Indicators of physiologic functioning
What are vital signs
Laws that regulate nursing practice
What are nurse practice acts
Logical and organized method for seeking out answers to questions
What is scholarly research
Infection that develops after admission to institution
What is Nosocomial
Ability to produce disease
Virulence
Slow exchange of oxygen can be caused by
What is Bradypnea
5-step systematic approach for giving patient care
What is the Nursing Process
Cognitive process that examines a general idea
What is deductive reasoning
Disdvantaged subset of a community
What is a vulnerable population
Natural habitat for microorganisms
What is a reservoir
Sounds that correspond to changes in arterial blood flow
What are Korotkoff Sounds
Loss of satisfaction from providing care
What is compassion fatigue
Care supported by sound scientific rationale
What is Evidence Based Practice (EBP)
Sense of purpose, belonging, value
What is inclusion
Non-human carriers that transmit organisms
What is a Vector
Least amount of pressure exerted on arterial walls
What is diastolic pressure
Occupation that meets specific criteria (body of knowledge, ethics/standards, research, autonomy
What is a Profession
Theorist that opened the first nursing school in 1860
Who is Florence Nightengale
Period in chronic illness when disease is present with no evident symtoms
What is remission
Helps body by protective mechanisms when infected
What is the inflammatory response
Exchange of O2 & CO2 between the blood and tissues
What is perfusion