NUR1015 EXAM 1 UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Question:
1. The early Nightingale model had "pupil" nurses training on hospital wards under the direction of a
nursing superintendent. This "pupil" nurse provided :
Answer:
hospitals with an inexpensive workforce. hospitals with a skilled workforce. working-class women
with an opportunity for employment outside the home that was an alternative to factory work.
Question:
2. The training in hospital-based schools was arduous, requiring long days of patient ser-vice on the
wards, after which students attended classes. In addition to provid-ing direct patient care, students
performed which tasks?
Answer:
Housekeeping tasks Prepared meals Drove deliveries Cleaned the wards and operating rooms
Sterilized instruments Assisted physicians
Question:
3. Why was the development of community health important to the nation and to the nursing
profession?
Answer:
it brought essential health services to the public outside the hospital environment provided nurses
with unique opportuni-ties to integrate epidemiological knowl-edge and sanitation practices—as well
as nursing science—into the care and educa-tion of the public.
Question:
4. What was the purpose of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Nursing in 1935?
Answer:
Establish collegiate nursing programs in American universities
Question:
5. The concept of the intensive care unit (ICU) was initiated because of all of the following factors
except:
newly constructed hospitals had private rooms and long hallways, and patients could no longer be
seen from a central nurses' station.
progress in physiologic monitoring and drug development during the twentieth century radically
changed the practice of medicine and nursing.
the twentieth century brought forth new disease processes and sicker patients.
Answer:
The twentieth century brought forth new disease processes and sicker patients
Question:
6. In nursing the term conceptual model is often used interchangeably with the term?
Answer:
nursing theory
, Question:
7. The phrase "expanding consciousness" de-fines health in the nursing theory attrib-uted to
_______?
Answer:
Margaret Newman
Question:
8. What factor qualifies nursing to be defined as a profession?
Engagement in the management of unli-censed nursing caregivers Existence of a substantial body of
nursing knowledge Regular collaboration with members of the medical profession Implementation of
the nursing process in the delivery of care
Answer:
Existence of a substancial body of nursing knowledge
Question:
9. The question that is being focused on dur-ing the implementation of the scientific process is
referred to by what term?
Method Result Theory Hypothesis
Answer:
Hypothesis
Question:
10. When does a theory meet the criteria of fruitfulness?
When it includes all concepts related to the area of interest When it generates new directions for
future research When it is easily understood and replicated When it is reflective of its scientific basis
Answer:
When it generates new direction for future research
Question:
11. When a nurse places clean linen on the bed of a comatose client, which nursing theory is being
implemented?
Answer:
Nightingale's theory of practice
Question:
12. What is the primary benefit nursing theo-ries have provided the profession?
They add additional information to the body of nursing knowledge.
They focus on future research related to nursing care.
They encourage the use of scientific inquiry when planning client care.
They guide the nursing process in the effec-tive delivery of nursing care.
Answer:
They guide the nursing process in the effec-tive delivery of nursing care
Question:
13. The nursing profession viewed the televi-sion series __ as a negative portrayal of nurses based on
the exploits of the pro-gram's nurses and physicians.
ANSWERS
Question:
1. The early Nightingale model had "pupil" nurses training on hospital wards under the direction of a
nursing superintendent. This "pupil" nurse provided :
Answer:
hospitals with an inexpensive workforce. hospitals with a skilled workforce. working-class women
with an opportunity for employment outside the home that was an alternative to factory work.
Question:
2. The training in hospital-based schools was arduous, requiring long days of patient ser-vice on the
wards, after which students attended classes. In addition to provid-ing direct patient care, students
performed which tasks?
Answer:
Housekeeping tasks Prepared meals Drove deliveries Cleaned the wards and operating rooms
Sterilized instruments Assisted physicians
Question:
3. Why was the development of community health important to the nation and to the nursing
profession?
Answer:
it brought essential health services to the public outside the hospital environment provided nurses
with unique opportuni-ties to integrate epidemiological knowl-edge and sanitation practices—as well
as nursing science—into the care and educa-tion of the public.
Question:
4. What was the purpose of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Nursing in 1935?
Answer:
Establish collegiate nursing programs in American universities
Question:
5. The concept of the intensive care unit (ICU) was initiated because of all of the following factors
except:
newly constructed hospitals had private rooms and long hallways, and patients could no longer be
seen from a central nurses' station.
progress in physiologic monitoring and drug development during the twentieth century radically
changed the practice of medicine and nursing.
the twentieth century brought forth new disease processes and sicker patients.
Answer:
The twentieth century brought forth new disease processes and sicker patients
Question:
6. In nursing the term conceptual model is often used interchangeably with the term?
Answer:
nursing theory
, Question:
7. The phrase "expanding consciousness" de-fines health in the nursing theory attrib-uted to
_______?
Answer:
Margaret Newman
Question:
8. What factor qualifies nursing to be defined as a profession?
Engagement in the management of unli-censed nursing caregivers Existence of a substantial body of
nursing knowledge Regular collaboration with members of the medical profession Implementation of
the nursing process in the delivery of care
Answer:
Existence of a substancial body of nursing knowledge
Question:
9. The question that is being focused on dur-ing the implementation of the scientific process is
referred to by what term?
Method Result Theory Hypothesis
Answer:
Hypothesis
Question:
10. When does a theory meet the criteria of fruitfulness?
When it includes all concepts related to the area of interest When it generates new directions for
future research When it is easily understood and replicated When it is reflective of its scientific basis
Answer:
When it generates new direction for future research
Question:
11. When a nurse places clean linen on the bed of a comatose client, which nursing theory is being
implemented?
Answer:
Nightingale's theory of practice
Question:
12. What is the primary benefit nursing theo-ries have provided the profession?
They add additional information to the body of nursing knowledge.
They focus on future research related to nursing care.
They encourage the use of scientific inquiry when planning client care.
They guide the nursing process in the effec-tive delivery of nursing care.
Answer:
They guide the nursing process in the effec-tive delivery of nursing care
Question:
13. The nursing profession viewed the televi-sion series __ as a negative portrayal of nurses based on
the exploits of the pro-gram's nurses and physicians.