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Meeting expectations in the delivery of clinically effective, efficient and affordable health care services Sentinel Event - ANSWER -Unexpected occurrence involving serious injury or death -Different than medical error EX) patient committing suicide when admitted for diabetes Main cause of sentinel events - ANSWER COMMUNICATION Quality Assurance - ANSWER Provision of services that meet an appropriate standard; maintaining a high quality of care by constantly measuring effectiveness of o...

Humanistic Nursing Framework - ANSWER Valuing, Humanity, Health, Environment Development of nursing - ANSWER directly connected to women's roles in society Nursing has been the ---- in national polls for a long time - ANSWER "the most trusted profession" Nurses apply scientific knowledge and use their judgements - ANSWER true Studies have shown that BSN nurses have - ANSWER lower mortality rate of patients More education for nurses - ANSWER improves patient outcomes and decreases morta...

NUR 1290 Test #1 Questions With Complete Solutions 2024 What are the heritages that makes up nursing? Folk Image Religious Image Servant Image Who is the first male nurse? James Durham (1785) -Brought his freedom from slavery by working as a nurse. What was the reason for caps? They helped in terms of keeping the hair neat and was large enough to cover most of the head. What did cap & Aprons signified? Respectability, cleanliness & servitude what later became a symbolic recognition...

NUR 1290 Exam 1 Questions With Complete Solutions 2024 What makes a good nurse? - answerCaring, Communication Skills, Emotional Stability, Empathy/Compassion, Problem Solving Skills, Pay good attention to detail Humanistic Nursing Framework - answer- Primarily concerned with human beings, their values, beliefs, perceptions, capacities and achievements. -The humanistic framework addresses nursing as its central concept. What are the 4 concepts integral to Nursing? - answerIntegral to nursi...

NUR 1290 Test #2 Questions With Complete Solutions. QSEN Quality and Safety Education in Nursing QSEN purpose to prepare nurses with the competencies necessary to continuously improve the quality and safety of the health care systems in which they work Goals of QSEN To alter nursing's professional 'identity' so that when we think of what it means to be a respected nurse, we think not only of caring, knowledge, honesty and integrity....• But also, that it means that we value, posse...

NUR 1290 PMQ (1-10) Exam Questions With Complete Solutions. PMQ: Essentials Professional Values A nurse cares for obstetrical patients in a rural hospital in a small Compassion PMQ: Essentials Professional Values The nurse advocates for the use of a complex, multi-stage treatment plan for a homeless patient with no insurance. This is an example of: Justice PMQ: Essentials Professional Values True or false: Demonstrating compassion to a patient who was recently diagnosed with a termina...

NUR 1290 Test 2 Questions With Complete Solutions 2024 What is a challenge in the nursing profession today? - answerSupply and demand of nurses What are factors that lead to fewer new nurses ? - answerLack of nursing faculty, inadequate education budget, and lack of clinical sites NLC - answerAllows nurses to practice in compact states with obtaining additional licenses- only way for this to work is from the compact state to compact state Foreign nursing - answerA nurse who is interested ...

NUR 1290 Exam #1 Questions With Complete Solutions 2024 What are Credentials? - answerDegree, licensure, etc... What is an example of a credential? - answerBS, BSN, RN Can credentials be taken away? - answerSometimes, for example an RN license may be revoked What is the Nurse Practice Act? - answerIn each state, statutory law directs entry into nursing practice, defines the scope of practice, and establishes disciplinary procedures. State boards of nursing oversee this statutory law. Wh...

NUR 1290 Test #1 Questions With Complete Solutions. the ability to work without stress causing personal harm emotional stability The sum total of all internal and external dimensions that influence human beings. Environment A dynamic state of bio-psycho-socio-cultural well being. Health A science and an art which focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of human responses Nursing molloy catholic college for women was established in 1955 Major in nursing at molloy was introduced in 1...