Samantha Roehl 8/29/13

NUR-111: Fundamentals of Nursing

Chapter 1
Alexian Brothers
Caregiver a role that has traditionally included those activities that assist the client physically and
psychologicallly
Case Manager a nurse who works with the multidisciplinary health care team to measure
effectiveness of the case management plan and monitor outcomes
Change agent persons (or groups) who initiate change or who assist others in making modifications in
themselves or in the system
Clara Barton a schoolteacher who volunteered as a nurse during the Civil War. Most notably, she
organized the American Red Cross, which linked with the International Red Cross when the U.S.
Congress ratified the Geneva Convention in 1882.
Client a person who engages the advice or services of another person who is qualified to provide this
service
Client advocate
Communicator nurses identify client problems and then communicate these verbally or in writing to
other members of the health team
Consumer an individual, a group of people, or a community that uses a service or commodity
Continuing education (CE) formalized experiences designed to enlarge the knowledge or skills of
practitioners
Counseling the process of helping a client to recognize and cope with stressful psychologic or social
problems, to develop improved interpersonal relationships, and to promote personal growth
Demography the study of population, including statistics about distribution by age and place of
residence, mortality, and morbidity
Diagnostic-related groups (DRGs) a Medicare payments system to hospitals and physicians that
establishes fees according to diagnosis
Dorothea Dix woman leader who provided nursing care during the Civil War
Fabiola a wealthy Roman matron; viewed by some as the patron saint of early nursing who used her
position and wealth to establish hospitals for the sick
Florence Nightingale considered the founder of modern nursing, she was influential in developing
nursing education, practice, and administration
Governance the establishment and maintenance of social, political, and economic arrangements by
which practitioners control their practice, self-discipline, working conditions, and professional affairs
Harriet Tubman known as the Moses of her People for her work with the Underground Railroad;
during the Civil War she nursed the sick and suffering of her own race
In-service education education that is designed to upgrade the knowledge or skills of employees
Knights of Saint Lazarus an order of knights that dedicated themselves to the care of people with
leprosy, syphilis, and chronic skin conditions
Lavinia L. Dock a nursing leader and suffragist who was active in the protest movement for womens
rights that resulted in the U.S. Constitution amendment allowing women to vote in 1920
Leader a person who influences others to work together to accomplish a specific goal
Lillian Wald founder of the Henry Street Settlement and Visiting Nurse Service, which provided nursing
and social services and organized educational and cultural activities; considered the founder of public
health nursing
Linda Richards Americas first trained nurse
Luther Christman
Manager one who is appointed to a position in an organization that gives the power to guide and
direct the work of others
Margaret Higgins Sanger considered the founder of Planned Parenthood, was imprisoned for opening
the first birth control information clinic in Baltimore in 1916
Mary Breckinridge a nurse who practiced midwivery in England, Australia, and New Zealand; founded
the Frontier Nursing Service in Kentucky in 1925 to provide family-centered primary health care to rural
populations
Mary Mahoney first African American professional nurse
Patient a person who is waiting for or undergoing medical treatment and care
Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA) legislation requiring that every competent adult be informed in
writing on admission to a health care institution about his or her rights to accept or refuse medical care
and use advance directives
Profession an occupation that requires extensive education or a calling that requires special
knowledge, skill, and preparation
Professionalism a set of attributes, a way of life that implies responsibility and commitment
Professionalization the process of becoming a professional; acquiring characteristics considered to be
professional
Sairy Gamp a character in the Charles Dickens book Martin Chizzlewit who represented the negative
image of nurses in the early 1800s
Socialization a process by which a person learns the ways of a group or society in order to become a
functioning participant
Sojourner Truth an abolitionist, Underground Railroad agent, preacher, and womens rights advocate,
she was a nurse for more than 4 years during the Civil War and worked as a nurse and counselor for the
Freedmans Relief Association after the war
Standards of Practice descriptions of the responsibilities for which nurses are accountable
Standards of Professional Performance as set by the American Nurses Association (ANA), describe
behaviors expected in the professional nursing role
Teacher a nurse who helps clients learn about their health and the health care procedures they need
to perform to restore or maintain their health
Telecommunications the transmission of information from one site to another, using equipment to
transmit information in the forms of signs, signals, words or pictures by cable, radio, or other systems