Chapter 1 Evolution of Nursing Thought & Action
1. Which of the following statements accurately describe an element of nursing? Select all
that apply.
A) The skills involved in nursing are primarily technical in nature.
B) The primary focus of nursing is to assist individuals to recover from illness.
C) The science of nursing is the knowledge base for the care that is given.
D) The art of nursing is the collection of knowledge through research.
E) Nursing is considered to be both an art and a science.
F) Nursing is a profession that used specialized knowledge and skills.
2. Which of the following set of terms best describes nursing at the end of the Middle Ages?
A) continuity, caring, critical thinking
B) purpose, direction, leadership
C) assessment, interventions, outcomes
D) advocacy, research, education
3. Which of the following is a characteristic of nursing practiced from early civilization to
the 16th century?
A) Most early civilizations believed that illness had supernatural causes.
B) The physician was the priest who treated disease with prayer.
C) The nurse was a nun committed to caring for the needy and homeless.
D) Nursing changed from a spiritual focus to an emphasis on knowledge expansion.
4. In what time period did nursing care as we now know it begin?
A) pre-civilization
B) early civilization to 16th century
C) 16th to 17th century
D) 18th to 19th century
5. Who is considered to be the founder of professional nursing?
A) Dorothea Dix
,B) Lillian Wald
C) Florence Nightingale
D) Clara Barton
6. Which of the following nursing pioneers established the Red Cross in the United States in
1882?
A) Florence Nightingale
B) Clara Barton
C) Dorothea Dix
D) Jane Addams
7. What was one barrier to the development of the nursing profession in the United States
after the Civil War?
A) lack of educational standards
B) hospital-based schools of nursing
C) lack of influence from nursing leaders
D) independence of nursing orders
8. Which of the following individuals provided community-based care and founded public
health nursing?
A) Adelaide Nutting
B) Lillian Wald
C) Sojourner Truth
D) Clara Barton
9. Which of the following nursing groups provides a definition and scope of practice for
nursing?
A) ICN
B) AAN
C) ANA
D) The Joint Commission
10. Teaching a woman about breast self-examination is an example of what broad aim of
nursing?
A) promoting health
B) preventing illness
,C) restoring health
D) facilitating coping with disability and death
11. What nursing activity would meet the broad nursing aim of facilitating coping with
disability and death? Select all that apply.
A) conducting a blood pressure screening program
B) teaching testicular self-examination
C) referring to a community diabetic support group
D) administering intravenous fluids
E) admitting a patient to a hospice program
F) performing a physical assessment on a patient
12. A nurse caring for a patient with diabetes chooses an appropriate plan of care and devises
interventions to accomplish the desired outcomes. This is an example of using which of
the following type of nursing skills?
A) Technical
B) Cognitive
C) Interpersonal
D) Ethical/Legal
13. Which one of the following examples of nursing actions would be considered an
ethical/legal skill?
A) A nurse helps a patient prepare a living will.
B) A nurse obtains a urine sample for a urinalysis.
C) A nurse explains the rationale for a patients plan of care.
D) A nurse holds the hand of a woman whose baby died in childbirth.
14. A nurse practitioner is caring for a couple who are the parents of an infant diagnosed with
Downs Syndrome. The nurse makes referrals for a parent support group for the family.
This is an example of which nursing role?
A) Teacher/Educator
B) Leader
C) Counselor
D) Collaborator
, 15. A Tnurse Tis Tproviding Tnursing Tcare Tin Ta Tneighborhood Tclinic Tto Tsingle Tpregnant
Tteens. TWhich Tof Tthe Tfollowing Tactions Tis Tthe Tbest Texample Tof Tusing Tthe
Tcollaborator Trole Tas Ta Tnurse?
A) Discussing Tthe Tlegal Taspects Tof Tadoption Tfor Tteens Twishing Tto Tplace Ttheir Tinfants
Twith Ta Tfamily
B) Searching Tthe TInternet Tfor Tinformation Ton Tchild Tcare Tfor Tthe Tteens Twho Twish Tto
Treturn Tto Tschool
C) Conducting Ta Tpatient Tinterview Tand Tdocumenting Tthe Tinformation Ton Tthe
Tpatients Tchart
D) Referring Ta Tteen Twho Tadmits Thaving Tsuicidal Tthoughts Tto Ta Tmental
Thealthcare Tspecialist
16. A Tnurse Tinstructor Texplains Tthe Tconcept Tof Thealth Tto Ther Tstudents. TWhich Tof Tthe
Tfollowing Tstatements Taccurately Tdescribes Tthis Tstate Tof Tbeing?
A) Health Tis Ta Tstate Tof Toptimal Tfunctioning.
B) Health Tis Tan Tabsence Tof Tillness.
C) Health Tis Talways Tan Tobjective Tstate.
D) Health Tis Tnot Tdetermined Tby Tthe Tpatient.
17. A Tnurse Tincorporates Tthe Thealth Tpromotion Tguidelines Testablished TbyTthe TU.S.
TDepartment Tof THealth Tdocument: THealthy TPeople T2010. TWhich Tof Tthe Tfollowing Tis Ta
Thealth Tindicator Tdiscussed Tin Tthis Tdocument?
A) cancer
B) obesity
C) diabetes
D) hypertension
18. A Tnurse Tconducts Ta Tsmoking-cessation Tprogram Tfor Tpatients Tof Ta Tneighborhood Tclinic.
TThis Tis Tan Texample Tof Twhich Tof Tthe Tfollowing Taims Tof Tnursing?
A) promoting Thealth
B) preventing Tillness
C) restoring Thealth
D) facilitating Tcoping Twith Tdisability Tor Tdeath
19. Which Tof Tthe Tfollowing Tis Ta Tcriteria Tthat Tdefines Tnursing Tas Tprofession?
A) an Tundefined Tbody Tof Tknowledge
1. Which of the following statements accurately describe an element of nursing? Select all
that apply.
A) The skills involved in nursing are primarily technical in nature.
B) The primary focus of nursing is to assist individuals to recover from illness.
C) The science of nursing is the knowledge base for the care that is given.
D) The art of nursing is the collection of knowledge through research.
E) Nursing is considered to be both an art and a science.
F) Nursing is a profession that used specialized knowledge and skills.
2. Which of the following set of terms best describes nursing at the end of the Middle Ages?
A) continuity, caring, critical thinking
B) purpose, direction, leadership
C) assessment, interventions, outcomes
D) advocacy, research, education
3. Which of the following is a characteristic of nursing practiced from early civilization to
the 16th century?
A) Most early civilizations believed that illness had supernatural causes.
B) The physician was the priest who treated disease with prayer.
C) The nurse was a nun committed to caring for the needy and homeless.
D) Nursing changed from a spiritual focus to an emphasis on knowledge expansion.
4. In what time period did nursing care as we now know it begin?
A) pre-civilization
B) early civilization to 16th century
C) 16th to 17th century
D) 18th to 19th century
5. Who is considered to be the founder of professional nursing?
A) Dorothea Dix
,B) Lillian Wald
C) Florence Nightingale
D) Clara Barton
6. Which of the following nursing pioneers established the Red Cross in the United States in
1882?
A) Florence Nightingale
B) Clara Barton
C) Dorothea Dix
D) Jane Addams
7. What was one barrier to the development of the nursing profession in the United States
after the Civil War?
A) lack of educational standards
B) hospital-based schools of nursing
C) lack of influence from nursing leaders
D) independence of nursing orders
8. Which of the following individuals provided community-based care and founded public
health nursing?
A) Adelaide Nutting
B) Lillian Wald
C) Sojourner Truth
D) Clara Barton
9. Which of the following nursing groups provides a definition and scope of practice for
nursing?
A) ICN
B) AAN
C) ANA
D) The Joint Commission
10. Teaching a woman about breast self-examination is an example of what broad aim of
nursing?
A) promoting health
B) preventing illness
,C) restoring health
D) facilitating coping with disability and death
11. What nursing activity would meet the broad nursing aim of facilitating coping with
disability and death? Select all that apply.
A) conducting a blood pressure screening program
B) teaching testicular self-examination
C) referring to a community diabetic support group
D) administering intravenous fluids
E) admitting a patient to a hospice program
F) performing a physical assessment on a patient
12. A nurse caring for a patient with diabetes chooses an appropriate plan of care and devises
interventions to accomplish the desired outcomes. This is an example of using which of
the following type of nursing skills?
A) Technical
B) Cognitive
C) Interpersonal
D) Ethical/Legal
13. Which one of the following examples of nursing actions would be considered an
ethical/legal skill?
A) A nurse helps a patient prepare a living will.
B) A nurse obtains a urine sample for a urinalysis.
C) A nurse explains the rationale for a patients plan of care.
D) A nurse holds the hand of a woman whose baby died in childbirth.
14. A nurse practitioner is caring for a couple who are the parents of an infant diagnosed with
Downs Syndrome. The nurse makes referrals for a parent support group for the family.
This is an example of which nursing role?
A) Teacher/Educator
B) Leader
C) Counselor
D) Collaborator
, 15. A Tnurse Tis Tproviding Tnursing Tcare Tin Ta Tneighborhood Tclinic Tto Tsingle Tpregnant
Tteens. TWhich Tof Tthe Tfollowing Tactions Tis Tthe Tbest Texample Tof Tusing Tthe
Tcollaborator Trole Tas Ta Tnurse?
A) Discussing Tthe Tlegal Taspects Tof Tadoption Tfor Tteens Twishing Tto Tplace Ttheir Tinfants
Twith Ta Tfamily
B) Searching Tthe TInternet Tfor Tinformation Ton Tchild Tcare Tfor Tthe Tteens Twho Twish Tto
Treturn Tto Tschool
C) Conducting Ta Tpatient Tinterview Tand Tdocumenting Tthe Tinformation Ton Tthe
Tpatients Tchart
D) Referring Ta Tteen Twho Tadmits Thaving Tsuicidal Tthoughts Tto Ta Tmental
Thealthcare Tspecialist
16. A Tnurse Tinstructor Texplains Tthe Tconcept Tof Thealth Tto Ther Tstudents. TWhich Tof Tthe
Tfollowing Tstatements Taccurately Tdescribes Tthis Tstate Tof Tbeing?
A) Health Tis Ta Tstate Tof Toptimal Tfunctioning.
B) Health Tis Tan Tabsence Tof Tillness.
C) Health Tis Talways Tan Tobjective Tstate.
D) Health Tis Tnot Tdetermined Tby Tthe Tpatient.
17. A Tnurse Tincorporates Tthe Thealth Tpromotion Tguidelines Testablished TbyTthe TU.S.
TDepartment Tof THealth Tdocument: THealthy TPeople T2010. TWhich Tof Tthe Tfollowing Tis Ta
Thealth Tindicator Tdiscussed Tin Tthis Tdocument?
A) cancer
B) obesity
C) diabetes
D) hypertension
18. A Tnurse Tconducts Ta Tsmoking-cessation Tprogram Tfor Tpatients Tof Ta Tneighborhood Tclinic.
TThis Tis Tan Texample Tof Twhich Tof Tthe Tfollowing Taims Tof Tnursing?
A) promoting Thealth
B) preventing Tillness
C) restoring Thealth
D) facilitating Tcoping Twith Tdisability Tor Tdeath
19. Which Tof Tthe Tfollowing Tis Ta Tcriteria Tthat Tdefines Tnursing Tas Tprofession?
A) an Tundefined Tbody Tof Tknowledge
