NUR 1290 Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

NUR 1290 Pharmacology Final Exam Review with Questions and Answers Half-Life ANSWER Time it takes for one half of the drug to be removed from the body. Other: 5 half-lives for removal Generic name ANSWER Universally accepted, less complicated terminology, most commonly used. The chemical name given to the drug, regardless of manufacturer. Printed in lower case letters. Trade name ANSWER "Brand name"; the commercial name given by the pharma company (manufacturer). Has a capital letter...

NUR 1290 Exam 2 with Questions and Answers Dobutamine ANSWER This drug promotes ANS action and is found in the cardiac unit. (Adrenergic Agonist) Headaches, angina, increased urinary output, and hypertension ANSWER Side effects of adrenergic agonists Epinephrine ANSWER Promotes ANS action and is generally used for anaphylaxis. (Adrenergic Agonist) Midodrine ANSWER Promotes ANS action and is generally used to treat orthostatic hypotension in the elderly BP/HR, urinary output, and n...

NUR 1290 Exam 1 with Questions and Answers What makes a good nurse? ANSWER Caring, 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? ANSWER Integral to nursing are Human...

NUR 1290 Final Exam with Updated Questions and Answers The first nurse to improve the health outcomes of patients by hand washings, cleansing of wounds and improved ventilation was ANSWER Florence nightingdale The four core elements of the nursing molloy humanistic framework are ANSWER health, humanity, environment, and valuing During the Dark Ages patient care was primarily provided by ANSWER Criminals in exchange for a lighter sentence Florence Nightingale contributions to nursing ...

NUR 1290 Midterm Exam with Questions and Answers 4 frameworks of nursing ANSWER - valuing - environment - humanity - health sub- concepts of nursing ANSWER - knowledge - responsibility - accountability - leadership/ management - research - professional role humanity ANSWER unique human being, functioning as an integrated whole, reflecting bio- psycho- socio- spiritual- cultural dimensions environment ANSWER sum total of all internal and external dimensions that influen...

NUR 1290 Final Exam with Latest Questions and Answers Purpose of code of ethics ANSWER The values and ethics are the heart of the code of ethics that constitutes nursing as a profession; the code acts as a general guide primarily to the members of the profession but also informs other professional groups and society as a whole. Outcome of tuskegee study ANSWER the irb boards lack of trust by african american community Ethical dilemma in health care what's true about them ANSWER Ethi...

NUR 1290 Final Exam with Questions and Answers personal morality ANSWER The set of beliefs about the standards of right and wrong that help a person determine the correct or permissible action in a given situation personal values ANSWER -ideas or beliefs a person considers important and feels strongly about - values are rooted to unique experience, family, religion, friends and education Ethical Principles ANSWER Beneficence: doing good Nonmaleficence: avoiding negative Autonomy J...

Folk Image - ANSWER • Nourishing &nuturing children, caring for older adults • trial & error practices Religious image - ANSWER • Caring for the sick, poor, orphans, widows, elderly • connected to Christianity Early groups (religious image) - ANSWER • deaconesses of eastern Christian church • order of the widows • order of the virgins • Benedictines Crusades (religious image) - ANSWER • Created military nursing orders (stated that nurses in this setting were required ...

Purpose of code of ethics - ANSWER The values and ethics are the heart of the code of ethics that constitutes nursing as a profession; the code acts as a general guide primarily to the members of the profession but also informs other professional groups and society as a whole. Outcome of tuskegee study - ANSWER the irb boards lack of trust by african american community

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 mort...