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TRANSITIONS
Taylor - Chapter 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is nursing? | A profession focusing on assisting people, families, and communities to attain, recover, and maintain optimum health and function from birth to old age. (page 5) |
| The annual Gallup Survey | Public has used to rate nursing as the most honest and ethical profession in America for 18 years straight, with the exception of 2001 when the New York Firefighters were voted #1. (page 5) |
| Animism | Based on the belief that all nature was alive with invisible forces, endowed with power. Good spirits = good health ------evil spirits = sickness and death. (page 7) |
| When did nurses begin to have a more clearly defined role within society? | During the early Christian period---women known as "deaconesses" began making the first organized visits to the sick.(page 7) |
| Crusades of the 11th - 13th centuries | Nursing became a respected profession after hospitals were built to house and care for the large number of sick pilgrims (page 7) |
| 16th Century | Nursing shifted from a religious orientation to an emphasis on warfare. Female prisoners were released and forced to work as nurses. (page 7) |
| How old was Florence Nightingale when she started training to be a nurse? | 31 - She cared for British soldiers during the Crimean War. After the war she returned to England, established the first nursing school, and began writing nursing books. (page 7) |
| What are some of the recognitions achieved by Florence Nightingale? | Identifying the "role" of the nurse, establishing standards of care, establishing nursing as a respected occupation, establishing nursing education, believing that nursing is separate and distinct from medicine, and the process of maintaining patient medical records and nursing documentation. (page 8) |
| What is Clara Barton known for? | Establishing the American Red Cross (page 9) |
| Who founded or expanded more than 30 hospitals for the mentally ill throughout their lifetime? | Dorothea Dix (page 9) |
| When was The American Nurses Association (ANA) formerly established? | 1911 (page 9) |
| What are the Aims and Competencies of Nursing Practice? | To promote health, to prevent illness, to restore health, and to facilitate coping with disability or death. (page 9) |
| How does nursing qualify as a profession? | Well-defined body of specific and unique knowledge, strong service orientation, has a recognized authority by a professional group, has a code of ethics, set standards with ongoing research, as well as autonomy and self-regulation. (page 16) |
| Name the 3 types of educational programs for obtaining a nursing license. | diploma, associate, and/or baccalaureate (page 17) |
| Who has the authority to allow graduates to take the nursing licensure exam? | State Board of Nursing (page 20) |
| Reciprocity | allows a nurse to apply for and be endorsed as an RN in another state (page 20) |
| Nurse Compact Licensure (NLC) | allows a nurse to practice in another compact state without additional documentation, (page 19) |
| American Nurses Association (ANA) | Professional organization for nurses in the United States (page 19) |
| National League for Nursing (NLN) | An organization open to anyone interested in nursing. (page 19) |
| American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) | The national voice for baccalaureate and higher-degree nursing education programs. Provides educational standards, support, and research. (page 19) |
| American Academy of Nursing (AAN) | Serves both the public and the nursing profession by advancing health policy and practice. (page 20) |
| National Student Nurses Association (NSNA) | Available to a wide variety of nursing students and their specialties. (page 20) |
| Steps of the nursing process | assessing, diagnosing, planning, implementing, and evaluating |
| How many trends to watch for are noted on page 22 in Taylor? | 10 |
| What does the acronym ENERGY stand for? | Energy, Nurturing, Emotional, Refocusing, Germinating, Your Uniqueness |
| Compassion Fatigue | Loss of satisfaction from providing good patient care |
| Burnout | State of frustration from the work environment that develops over a long time |
| Secondary Traumatic Stress | Feeling of despair caused by the transfer of emotional distress from a victim to a caregiver. |
| Mindfulness | the capacity to intentionally bring awareness to present-moment experience with an attitude of openness and curiosity |
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