TEST BANK FOR NURSING LEADERSHIP MANAGEMENT AND PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE FOR THE LPN LVN 6TH EDITION TAMARA R DAHLKEMPER ALL CHAPTERS

Chapter 1: Historical Perspective and Current Trends Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. ____ 1. The nursing student predominantly uses knowledge about the history of nursing for what purpose? 1. To understand the professional choices open to the student 2. To prevent making medication errors in practice 3. To determine what geographical area is the best place to practice 4. To reduce the cost of delivering quality healthcare ____ 2. The nurse is working in an underdeveloped country and observes the natives lighting ritual fires and pounding on primitive drums around the sick person to promote recovery. The nurse interprets this behavior as indicating the natives believe illness results from what? 1. Pathogens and genetics 2. Evil spirits 3. Tides and planets 4. Plants and animals ____ 3. The person credited with making a written record of healthcare practices and removing the mythical aspect of healthcare is who? 1. Hammurabi 2. Florence Nightingale 3. Hippocrates 4. Apollo ____ 4. Who served as the first public health nurses, caring for the sick and the poor? 1. The Presbyterian Church 2. Salerno 3. Jewish scholars 4. Convent deaconesses ____ 5. What is a crucial issue the nurse working in the late industrialization era would need to address in order to promote health? 1. Reducing spread of infection 2. Reducing sedentary lifestyle 3. Teaching proper use of medications 4. Teaching use of car seats ____ 6. What types of skills would a nursing student learn while attending Kaiserworth Deaconess Institution in 1836? 1. Administering immunizations 2. Assisting in surgery 3. Washing and changing bed linens 4. Developing a plan of care ____ 7. The nurse demonstrates Florence Nightingale’s theory of nursing with what intervention? 1. Respecting the patient’s culture and incorporating cultural needs in the plan of care 2. Promoting good health and treating those who are ill in a holistic manner 3. Understanding how to motivate people to practice a healthy lifestyle and reduce risks 4. Teaching other nurses how to deliver the highest quality of nursing care. ____ 8. What action performed by the nurse directly resulted from the contribution made by Linda Richards? 1. Using an antiseptic before administering an injection 2. Exploring the psychosocial needs of the patient 3. Documenting patient care in the medical record 4. Listening to a patient describe his or her condition ____ 9. After graduating from nursing school, the graduate takes a licensure examination as the result of what nurse’s contribution? 1. Florence Nightingale 2. Mary Adelaid Nutting 3. Lavinia L. Dock 4. Isabel Hampton Robb ____ 10. In addition to caring for the sick, what other skills would the first LPN students learn when attending the Ballard School in New York in 1893? 1. Political advocacy 2. Homemaking 3. Communication 4. Carpentry ____ 11. The nurse responds to an alarm on a pulse oximeter and sees the patient’s oxygen saturation is reading 38%. The nurse observes the patient, noting a respiratory rate of 12 breaths per minute, pink mucous membranes, and easy regular respirations. The nurse concludes the pulse oximeter is not reading accurately. Whose theory of nursing is this nurse demonstrating? 1. Annie Goodrich