She was an American nurse who established the Red Cross, following the Civil War in the U.S.
Who is CLARA BARTON?
100
This nursing organization was founded in the late 1800s and is responsible for the document "Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements".
What is the ANA or American Nurses Association?
100
The degree that you are currently attempting to earn at Community College.
What is an Associate Degree in Nursing?
100
It means supporting what we do as nurses with researched guidelines or science.
What is EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE?
200
It originated from the Latin word NUTRIX, meaning
"TO NOURISH."
What is the origin of the word NURSE?
200
She was an American nurse who had a calling to serve her neighbors, especially the poor and ill in New York City---eventually it came to be called public health nursing.
Who is LILLIAN WALD?
200
This organization in Minnesota is the primary labor group that many nurses are associated with, and is an arm of the AFL/CIO.
What is the MNA or Minnesota Nurses Association?
200
Formerly, this nursing educational program was sponsored by a hospital and was usually 3 years in length.
What is a Diploma degree in Nursing?
200
Many patients and their families are surprised by how short this is now.
What is HOSPITAL LENGTH OF STAY?
300
To promote health,
to prevent illness,
to restore health,
and facilitate coping with disability or death.
What are the four broad aims of nursing?
300
This brave-hearted nurse assisted in helping black slaves gain their freedom via the "underground railroad" during the American Civil War.
Who is HARRIET TUBMAN?
300
This major US nursing organization publishes "Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice", a very important document to nurses.
What is the ANA or American Nurses Association?
300
This academic degree would require attendance of a college or university and would total 4 years, either resulting in Arts or Sciences.
What is a Baccalaureate Nursing Degree?
300
As the nursing workforce ages, and the nursing faculty workforce ages, this may become critical condition.
What is a nursing shortage?
400
Caregiver, communicator, teacher, counselor, leader, researcher, advocate and collaborator.
What are the roles of a nurse?
400
A British war nurse and nurse educator who made a point of keeping records, insisting on education in nursing, and wrote a book: "Notes on Nursing: What It Is and What It Is Not."
Who is FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE?
400
The first INTERNATIONAL organization of professional women that was founded in 1899, it provides a way for national nursing groups to work together.
What is the ICN or International Council of Nurses?
400
Generally, this degree would enable a nurse to teach, be an nurse practitioner, or clinical nurse specialist.
What is a Master's degree in Nursing?
400
It is just a natural consequence of the post World War II "baby boom".
What is the increase in the age of the population in America?
500
It is a defined body of specific knowledge,
with a strong service orientation,
recognized as an authority,
it has a code of ethics,
it has set standards,
it conducts its own research, and is autonomous.
What is the definition of a PROFESSION?
500
Although he is much more famous for his poetic work "Leaves of Grass," this American man volunteered to nurse soldiers during the Civil War.
Who is WALT WHITMAN?
500
A group that gives students in nursing a voice and ability to to be active in social and political issues within the profession.
What is the NSNA or National Student Nurses' Association?
500
This is a terminal degree in nursing, and I don't mean end of life!
What is the Doctor of Nurse Practice (DNP) or Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) ?
500
The largest group of healthcare providers in the United States.