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Table of content
Chapter 1. Exploring the Growth of Nursing as a Profession
Chapter 2. Educational Preparation for Nursing
Chapter 3. Credentials for Healthcare Providers
Chapter 4. Making Professional Goals a Reality
Chapter 5. The World of Healthcare Employment
Chapter 6. Understanding the Healthcare Environment and Its Financing
Chapter 7. Legal Responsibilities for Practice
Chapter 8. Ethical Concerns in Nursing Practice
Chapter 9. Safety Concerns in Healthcare
Chapter 10. The Nursing Profession and the Community
Chapter 11. Initiating the Leadership and Management Role
Chapter 12. Working with Others in a Leadership Role
Chapter 13. Facing the Challenges of Today’s Workplace
Chapter 14. Valuing the Political Process
Chapter 15. Applying Research and Technology to Nursing Practice
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Test Bank
Chapter 1 Exploring the Growth of Nursing as a Profession
Multiple Choice
1. Which of the following statements most accurately describes the practice of medicine in
Greece from 800 BC to 300 BC?
A) Greek culture stressed natural causes for disease, a patient-centered approach, and the
necessity of accurate observations and record keeping.
B) Greek culture borrowed medical practices from the countries it conquered, and physicians
were often slaves.
C) Major and minor surgery, childrens diseases, and diseases of the nervous and urinary systems
were described in Greek culture.
D) Medicine men (known first as shamans and later as priests) were responsible for curing ills of
body and mind.
Ans: A
Client Needs: B
Cognitive Level: Comprehension
Difficulty: Moderate
Integrated Process: Nursing Process
Objective: 1
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Feedback: Hippocrates, born about 400 BC, was a Greek citizen who became known as the
Father of Modern Medicine. He emphasized natural causes for disease, a patient-centered
approach, and the necessity of accurate observations and record keeping. These priorities
influenced the practice of medicine both in Greece and beyond. Persia was known to utilize
slaves as physicians, and Rome borrowed medical practices from the countries it conquered.
Ancient India emphasized hygiene and prevention of sickness and described major and minor
surgery, childrens diseases, and diseases of the nervous and urinary systems. Medicine men were
characteristic of the Mayan and Aztec civilizations.
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2. Florence Nightingale fostered the development of nursing as a profession. What was the basis
of her nursing theory?
A) The nurses role is to assist individuals (sick or well) to carry out those activities that they
would perform unaided if they had the necessary strength, will, or knowledge.
B) The goal of nursing is to put the patient in the best condition for nature to act upon him,
primarily by altering the environment.
C) The focus of nursing is the spiritual subjective aspects of both the nurse and the patient and
the caring moment relating to the time when the nurse and the patient first come together.
D) The focus of nursing is the care of human beings who are viewed as open systems in constant
interaction with their environments.
Ans: B
Client Needs: A-1
Cognitive Level: Analysis
Difficulty: Difficult
Integrated Process: Nursing Process
Objective: 2
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Feedback: Florence Nightingale, in her Notes on Nursing: What It Is and What It Is Not,
described the nurses role as one that would put the patient in the best condition for nature to act
upon him (Nightingale, 1954, p. 133), a definition that often is quoted today. This action was
prioritized over physically assisting the patient. Watson emphasized the spiritual subjective
aspects of the nurse and the patient, and the open systems concept is central to Kings theory of
nursing.
,
3. Which one of the following statements accurately describes an element of the process of
providing a definition of nursing?
A) Researchers can pinpoint the period in history when nursing first evolved.
B) Nurses agree on a single definition of nursing, partly because of the history of nursing.
C) There is an obvious distinction between nursing and medicine.
D) Nursing theorists developed definitions of nursing consistent with their conceptual
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Table of content
Chapter 1. Exploring the Growth of Nursing as a Profession
Chapter 2. Educational Preparation for Nursing
Chapter 3. Credentials for Healthcare Providers
Chapter 4. Making Professional Goals a Reality
Chapter 5. The World of Healthcare Employment
Chapter 6. Understanding the Healthcare Environment and Its Financing
Chapter 7. Legal Responsibilities for Practice
Chapter 8. Ethical Concerns in Nursing Practice
Chapter 9. Safety Concerns in Healthcare
Chapter 10. The Nursing Profession and the Community
Chapter 11. Initiating the Leadership and Management Role
Chapter 12. Working with Others in a Leadership Role
Chapter 13. Facing the Challenges of Today’s Workplace
Chapter 14. Valuing the Political Process
Chapter 15. Applying Research and Technology to Nursing Practice
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Nursing in Today’s World Trends Issues and Management 11th Edition
Test Bank
Chapter 1 Exploring the Growth of Nursing as a Profession
Multiple Choice
1. Which of the following statements most accurately describes the practice of medicine in
Greece from 800 BC to 300 BC?
A) Greek culture stressed natural causes for disease, a patient-centered approach, and the
necessity of accurate observations and record keeping.
B) Greek culture borrowed medical practices from the countries it conquered, and physicians
were often slaves.
C) Major and minor surgery, childrens diseases, and diseases of the nervous and urinary systems
were described in Greek culture.
D) Medicine men (known first as shamans and later as priests) were responsible for curing ills of
body and mind.
Ans: A
Client Needs: B
Cognitive Level: Comprehension
Difficulty: Moderate
Integrated Process: Nursing Process
Objective: 1
dm and Header: 4, Table 1.1
,
Feedback: Hippocrates, born about 400 BC, was a Greek citizen who became known as the
Father of Modern Medicine. He emphasized natural causes for disease, a patient-centered
approach, and the necessity of accurate observations and record keeping. These priorities
influenced the practice of medicine both in Greece and beyond. Persia was known to utilize
slaves as physicians, and Rome borrowed medical practices from the countries it conquered.
Ancient India emphasized hygiene and prevention of sickness and described major and minor
surgery, childrens diseases, and diseases of the nervous and urinary systems. Medicine men were
characteristic of the Mayan and Aztec civilizations.
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2. Florence Nightingale fostered the development of nursing as a profession. What was the basis
of her nursing theory?
A) The nurses role is to assist individuals (sick or well) to carry out those activities that they
would perform unaided if they had the necessary strength, will, or knowledge.
B) The goal of nursing is to put the patient in the best condition for nature to act upon him,
primarily by altering the environment.
C) The focus of nursing is the spiritual subjective aspects of both the nurse and the patient and
the caring moment relating to the time when the nurse and the patient first come together.
D) The focus of nursing is the care of human beings who are viewed as open systems in constant
interaction with their environments.
Ans: B
Client Needs: A-1
Cognitive Level: Analysis
Difficulty: Difficult
Integrated Process: Nursing Process
Objective: 2
dm and Header: 21, Early Definitions of Nursing
Feedback: Florence Nightingale, in her Notes on Nursing: What It Is and What It Is Not,
described the nurses role as one that would put the patient in the best condition for nature to act
upon him (Nightingale, 1954, p. 133), a definition that often is quoted today. This action was
prioritized over physically assisting the patient. Watson emphasized the spiritual subjective
aspects of the nurse and the patient, and the open systems concept is central to Kings theory of
nursing.
,
3. Which one of the following statements accurately describes an element of the process of
providing a definition of nursing?
A) Researchers can pinpoint the period in history when nursing first evolved.
B) Nurses agree on a single definition of nursing, partly because of the history of nursing.
C) There is an obvious distinction between nursing and medicine.
D) Nursing theorists developed definitions of nursing consistent with their conceptual
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