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genevieve1028 · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

While a nurse is conducting a health assessment, the individual asks why the term patient is being used. What should the nurse explain about the implication of the term patient?

1. The person is seeking assistance because of illness.
2. The individual is proactive in his or her health care needs.
3. The person is a collaborator in his or her care.
4. The individual is using a service or commodity.

Question 2

The nurse has been asked to participate on the hospital's Shared Governance Committee. To which nurse leader should the nurse attribute the ability for nurses to control the profession?

1. Mary Breckinridge
2. Lavinia Dock
3. Margaret Higgins Sanger
4. Virginia Henderson

ebenov · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: 1
Rationale 1: The word patient comes from a Latin word meaning to suffer or to bear. Usually, people become patients when they seek assistance because of illness or for surgery. Some nurses believe that the word patient implies passive acceptance of the decisions and care of health professionals, which would be opposite of being proactive in one's health care needs. The term client presents the recipient of health care as a collaborator in that care, along with the people who are providing service. A consumer is an individual, a group of people, or a community that uses a service or commodity.

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: 2
Rationale 1: Mary Breckinridge established the Frontier Nursing Service.
Rationale 2: Lavinia Dock was a feminist, writer, and activist. She participated in protest movements for women's rights that resulted in passage of the 19th Amendment, which allowed women the right to vote. In addition, Dock campaigned for legislation to allow nurses, rather than physicians, to control their profession.
Rationale 3: Margaret Higgins Sanger is considered the founder of Planned Parenthood.
Rationale 4: Virginia Henderson was one of the first modern nurses to define nursing.