TEST BANK for Fundamental Concepts and Skills for Nursing 7th
Edition by Patricia A. Williams
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, Chapter 01: Nursing and the Health Care System MULTIPLE
CHOICE
1. Florence Nightingale‗s contributions to nursing practice and
education:
a. are historically important but have no validity for nursing
today.
b. were neither recognized nor appreciated in her own time.
c. were a major factor in reducing the death rate in the
Crimean War. were limited only to the care of severe
traumatic wounds.
ACCURATE ANSWER: C
By improving sanitation, nutrition ventilation, and handwashing
techniques, Florence Nightingale‗s nurses dramatically reduced
the death rate from injuries in the Crimean War.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 2 OBJ: Theory #1 TOP:
Nursing History KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A MSC: NCLEX: N/A
2. Early nursing education and care in the United States:
a. were directed at community health.
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,b. provided independence for women through education and
employment.
c. were an educational model based in institutions of higher
learning.
d. have continued to be entirely focused on hospital nursing.
ACCURATE ANSWER: B
Because of the influence of early nursing leaders, nursing
education became more formalized through apprenticeships
in Nightingale schools that offered independence to women
through education and employment.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 2 OBJ: Theory #4 TOP:
Nursing History KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A MSC: NCLEX: N/A
3. In order to fulfill the common goals defined by nursing
theorists (promote wellness, prevent illness, facilitate coping,
and restore health), the LPN must take on the roles of:
a. caregiver, educator, and collaborator.
b. nursing assistant, delegator, and environmental specialist.
c. medication dispenser, collaborator, and transporter.
d. dietitian, manager, and housekeeper. ACCURATE ANSWER:
A
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, In order for the LPN to apply the common goals of nursing, he or
she must assume the roles of caregiver, educator, collaborator,
manager, and advocate.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 3 OBJ: Theory
#2 TOP: Art and Science of Nursing KEY: Nursing Process Step:
N/A MSC: NCLEX: N/A
4. Although nursing theories differ in their attempts to define
nursing, all of them base their beliefs on common concepts
concerning:
a. self-actualization, fundamental needs, and belonging.
b. stress reduction, self-care, and a systems model.
c. curative care, restorative care, and terminal care. human
relationships, the environment, and health.
ACCURATE ANSWER: D
Although nursing theories differ, they all base their beliefs on
human relationships, the environment, and health.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 4 OBJ: Theory
#2 TOP: Nursing Theories KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A
MSC: NCLEX: N/A
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