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Chapter 1_Nursing Today
Nursing Today
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Nursing
Undergraduate 2
02/14/2013

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first differentiated between nursing knowledge and medical knowledge
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florence nightingale
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Created first formal school of Nursing
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Florence Nightingale
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Crimean War
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Florence Nightingale
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First university professor of Nursing
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Adelaide Nutting
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First community health nurse, NYC clinics for the homeless
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Lillian Wald
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Founded Nursing Association Alumnae, which became American Nurses' Association
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Isabel Hampton Robb
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Civil War Activist; freed slaves
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Harriet Tubman
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First African American nurse; promoted cultural diversity
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Mary Mahoney
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America's first trained nurse
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Linda Richards
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Mildred Montague
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Started to offer RN license to nurses with ADN in 1952, due to nurses shortage
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current education level needed to be APRN
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Doctor of Nursing Practice (recommended by AACN), used to be master's
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An example is a program on caring for older adults with dementia, offered by a university; another example is a program on safe medication practices offered by a hospital
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continuing education
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which organization oversees the Nursing Practice Acts
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State Board of Nursing
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This document protects public from unsafe nurses; also includes minimum education requirements, required certifications & practice guidelines; which position can do what
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Nursing practice acts
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who administers the NCLEX?
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State Board of Nursing
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who administers certification exams?
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American Nurse's Association
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Nursing theorist, established five levels of proficiency in nursing skills
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Patricia Benner
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level of expertise, according to Benner; learns stepwise and linear procedures; no previous experience
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novice
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level of proficiency, according to Benner; may have had observational experience
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advanced beginner
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level of proficiency; has used all the skills necessary in that position; has been in that position for 2-3 years
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competent
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level of proficiency; can manage care, not just skills; assesses entire situation; more than 2-3 years in the same position
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proficient
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level of proficiency; can identify current and potential problems; has an intuitive grasp; can predict the challenges of a novice
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expert
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A nurse who provides additional info to help a patient decide whether to accept a treatment acts in their professional role of a ...
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patient advocate
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nurse finds an interpreter; nurse acts in the professional role of a...
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patient's advocate
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when a nurse explains the reason for an IV, he acts in the professional role of a..
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educator
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NLN=
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national league for nurses
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sets standards for innovation and excellence in nursing
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National League for Nursing
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This organization has as a purpose the improvement of health, availability of healthcare, promote professional development for nurses and promote economic welfare
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American Nurses Association
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ICN=
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international council of nurses
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organization that lobbied so that the work day for nurses does not exceed 16 hours
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ANA
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national student nurses association
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organization's main purpose is to improve the quality of healthcare
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American Nurse's Association
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which year was ANA founded in?
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1911
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study of all the genes in a person and interactions of the gene's with each other and with the person's environment
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genomics
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