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PN 1000 Quiz #1
Study Guide
Question | Answer |
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What does the Practical Nursing Program Diploma enable you to do? | It enables the student to acquire principles and knowledge from the biological and behavioral sciences as well as the science of nursing. |
What does NCLEX stand for and what does it allow LPNs to do? | National Council Licensure Examination. Once passed, LPNs gain entry-level positions as members of a health care team in hospitals, long-term care facilities, home health, and a variety of other health-care areas. |
Brown Mackie's Philosophy includes 6 different categories. What are they? | The Individual, Society, Nursing, Health, Learning, and Pracitcal Nursing education. |
What is Abraham Maslow's theory of hierarchy of needs? | A model that provides a horizontal line across all needs, and growth is represented by the horizontal line moving upwards through all needs. |
What is Health? | Health is the state of the individuals physical, mental, and social well-being. |
Once basic physiological needs are well-gratified, what happens? | new needs emerge and the practical nurse promotes, maintains, and restores health b |
What does Maslow believe? | humans strive to become "self-actualized" persons |
What is Health characterized by? | It is a changing state of the individual, characterized by wholeness and integrity of physical structures, biological functioning, and the bio-psycho-social- cultural development. |
What does Maslow believe? | Humans strive to become "self-actualized" persons. |
How does one become "self-actualized"? | One must satisfy the first level of basic needs and subsequently satisfy all higher needs before reaching the top of the pyramid which is "self-actualization". |
When a person has reached self-actualization, they: | Have reached their fullest potential. A person attaining this level is considered truly healthy. |
What is learning? | Learning is a lifelong process facilitated when the learner and teacher share responsibilities for outcomes. |
What are the four sequential ways learning is best accomplished? | a.) simple to complex b.) known to unknown c.) normal to abnormal d.) general to specific |
Where do nurses generally learn their critical thinking skills? | Clinical settings. |