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This nurse was able to show that the presence of a school nurse could reduce absenteeism by 50%
Who is Lillian Wald?
Employers must furnish a place of employment free from recognized hazards that are causing or likely to cause death or serious harm to employees.
What is the Occupational Safety and Health Act/
Patients are admitted into this care when they have a life expectancy of 6 months or less.
What is hospice care?
Recognized by the ANA as a nursing specialty, this area of nursing practice used to be referred to as Parrish Nursing.
What is faith community nursing?
This nurse collects forensic evidence related to a reported sexual assault.
What is a SANE Nurse?
Legal in all 50 states for students to carry this medication in school.
What is a rescue inhaler?
To identify workplace hazards so control mechanisms can be implemented for exposure reduction.
What is industrial hygiene?
Planned short termed breaks for family members or caregivers who are providing care in the home for a loved one who is chronically ill or dying.
What is respite care? or What is caring for the caregiver?
A positive correlation between religion and health.
What is the faith factor?
This nurse evaluates a death scene from a holistic nursing perspective and might interpret the scene differently from law enforcement.
What is a forensic nurse death investigator?
Hepatitis C and MRSA are complications of this popular trend.
What are tatoos?
State mandated and state funded these acts provide income replacement and pay for health care services for workers who sustain a work-related injury, temporary or permanent disability or death.
What are Workers' Compensation Acts?
This type of care focuses on symptom management while the patient is still receiving curative treatments.
What is palliative care?
A disruption in the life principle that pervades a person's entire being and that integrates and transcends one's biological and psychosocial nature.
What is spiritual distress?
This nurse uses specialized nursing knowledge and expertise when interaction between law and health issues arise.
What is a legal nurse consultant?
Six high risk behaviors of middle, junior and senior high school students
What is alcohol and drug use, injury and violence, tobacco use, lack of physical activity, poor nutrition and unsafe sexual behavior?
Matching the job to the worker, emphasizing capabilities and minimizing limitations.
What is ergonomics?
A data set that determines Medicare pay rate and measures outcomes for adult home care patients to monitor outcome based quality improvement.
What is the Outcome and Assessment Information Set ( OASIS)?
Report to appropriate authority, provide resources and referrals, establish a trusting relationship, provide presence and listen, document according to policy and law.
What are nursing interventions for suspected or actual child abuse?
This nurse is responsible for ensuring that appropriate measures are taken to perform death investigations and to certify death certificates.
What is a nurse coroner?
Difficulty walking or sitting, nightmares and bedwetting, refusing to change into gym attire, runs away from home, STI's
What are signs of sexual abuse?
Enacted in 1970, after a major coal-mining disaster, this act states that employers must furnish a place of employment free from recognized hazards that are causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees.
What is the Occupational Safety and Health Act?
A written document in which a competent person gives instructions about future health care in the event that the individual is unable to make decisions.
What is an advanced directive? or What is a living will?
This model illustrates the following concepts:
Caring, Intuition, Respect for Religious beliefs and practices, Caution, Listening, Emotional support
What is the Circle Model of Spiritual Care?
A subspecialty of forensic nursing that provides care to individuals who are incarcerated.
What is correctional Nursing?