NURS 215 FUNDAMENTAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE NOTES FROM THE LECTURE LATEST UPDATED ARIZONA COLLEGE OF NURSING
215 Final Exam Study Guide
Module 1 Scope and Practice
(ATI fundamentals for nursing 10.0 chap 1-6 and 32) (basic nursing chapter 1, 16 and 21)
What is a Nurse? ANA defined nursing as <the diagnosis and treatment of human responses to
actual and potential health problems=
Brief History of Nursing:
● Florence nightingale is known for making hospitals a cleaner and safer place to be.
● Dorothea Dix served as superintendent of u.s army nurses
● Clara Barton provided care in tents set up close to the flighting (established American
red cross)
● Lillian wald and mary brewster pioneers of public health nursing founded the henry
street settlement in new york to fight the spread of diseases among poor immigrants
● Edward Lyon was the first male nurse to receive a commission as a reserve officer
● Mary Mahoney first African American graduate nurse in the u.s cofounded the national
associated of colored graduates
The Image of Nursing
● Nurses today are highly trained, well-educated caring, and competent professionals, they
are essential members of the healthcare team.
lOMoAR cPSD|19857451
Focus on role and responsibility:
Role Function Examples
Direct care
provider
Addressing the physical, emotional,
social, and spiritual needs of the pt
Listening to lung sounds.
Giving meds and client
teaching
Communicator Use therapeutic communication skills to
address pt needs, promote community
about health promotion and disease
prevention
Counseling a pt, discussing
staffing needs at a unit
meeting, providing HIV
education at school