Test Bank for Fundamentals of Nursing, 11th Edition, Exams of Advanced Education

Download Test Bank for Fundamentals of Nursing, 11th Edition and more Exams Advanced Education in PDF only on Docsity! Test Bank for Fundamentals of Nursing, 11th Edition Florence Nightingale - First nurse epidemiologist who connected poor sanitation with cholera and dysentery. Mary Nutting - Contributed to moving nursing education into universities. Clara Barton - Founded the American Red Cross. Lillian Wald - Helped open the Henry Street Settlement. Planning - Involves developing a plan with strategies to attain expected outcomes. Novice - A beginning nurse with no previous experience in a specific area. Proficient - Nurse who can assess a situation as a whole and transfer knowledge from previous experiences. Competent - Nurse who understands specific care required by different types of patients. Advanced beginner - Nurse with some observational experience in a situation. Autonomy - Initiating independent nursing interventions without medical orders. Licensure - Requirement to pass the NCLEX-RN to practice as a registered nurse. Certification - Optional process to specialize in a specific area of nursing practice. Accountability - Being responsible, professionally and legally, for the quality of nursing care provided. Manager - Coordinates nursing staff activities with personnel, policy, and budgetary responsibilities. Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD) - Prepares nurses for rigorous research and theory development. Doctor of Nursing Practice degree (DNP) - Practice doctorate preparing advanced practice nurses. Continuing education - Formal educational programs offered post-baccalaureate by various institutions. Quality improvement - Identifying gaps between local and best practices. Safety - One of the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) competencies. Patient-centered care - Focusing on individual patient needs and preferences. Educator - Explains health concepts, demonstrates procedures, and evaluates patient progress. Advocate - Protects patient rights and provides assistance in asserting these rights. Caregiver - Helps patients maintain health, manage disease, and attain independence. Inservice education - Instruction or training provided by a health care facility or institution. Teamwork and collaboration - Enables effective functioning within nursing and interprofessional teams through open communication and shared decision making. Compassion fatigue - Describes a state of burnout and secondary traumatic stress resulting from exposure to grief and loss. OASIS - Assessment tool for patient data in home setting Pew Health Professions Commission - Group recommending 21 competencies for healthcare professionals HCAHPS - Standardized survey measuring patient perceptions of hospital experience Magnet Recognition Program - Recognizes excellence in nursing practice Integrated health care system - Involves discussing features and levels of care Hospice - Family-centered care for terminal illness Respite care - Short-term relief for caregivers Assisted living - Long-term care setting with resident autonomy Skilled nursing facility - Offers skilled care including wound care and rehabilitation Continuing care - Available in institutional, community, or home settings Tertiary care - Provided in emergency departments and critical care units Community wellness - Focuses on population health and resource coordination Performance improvement - Using research findings to enhance clinical practice Quality improvement process - Begins with staff identifying problems for improvement Home health nurse - Primary objective is health promotion and education Nursing judgment - Critical decision-making not replaced by technology Minimum data set - Standardized data collection for patient assessment