A+ TEST BANK- Nursing Leadership Management and Professional Practice for LPN AND LVN 7TH Edition, by Dahlkemper, 2023 Version/ ISBN-/Complete Guide

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 2. Lillian D. Wald 3. Florence Nightingale 4. Linda Richards 12. What statement describes Florence Nightingale’s beliefs about nursing? 1. Practicing nurses should be licensed. 2. Promotion of good health and treating the ill are nursing priorities. 3. Nurses could simultaneously have a career and a marriage. 4. Organisms cause infection. 13. What was Mary Eliza Mahoney’s contribution to nursing? 1. She organized the first visiting nurse association. 2. She founded the American Journal of Nursing. 3. She founded the National League of Nursing. 4. She worked for the acceptance of African Americans into the nursing profession. 14. What professional organization was the first to focus on licensed practical nurses (LPNs)? 1. National Association for Practical Nurse Education and Services (NAPNES) 2. National Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses (NFLPN) 3. National League for Nursing (NLN) 4. American Nurses Association (ANA) 15. What statement accurately describes the NFLPN? 1. It represents both registered nurses (RNs) and LPNs. 2. It represents LPNs/LVNs only. 3. It is open to anyone interested in nursing. 4. It is open to anyone in the healthcare field. 16. What organizations represent only LPNs/LVNs? 1. ANA and NLN 2. NFLPN and NLN 3. NAPNES and NFLPN 4. NAPNES and ANA 17. The nurse working in mental health nursing honors what historical nurse for working to improve care of the mentally ill? 1. Clara Barton 2. Florence Nightingale 3. Dorothea Dix 4. Lillian D. Wald 18. What is the difference between the LPN and LVN nursing title? 1. LPNs have a longer educational program than LVNs. 2. LVNs and LPNs have the same duties and skills, just different titles. 3. LVNs are able to perform venipuncture and LPNs cannot. 4. LPNs are working toward an RN license while LVNs are not. 19. What mythical god was believed to promote healthcare in ancient times? 1. Apollo 2. Zeus 3. Isis 4. Ares 20. What factor has had the greatest impact on the current nursing shortage? 1. Later age of women having children 2. Fewer women being born 3. Overall unemployment rate 4. More employment options for women 21. What health condition is classified as a World Health Organization priority and a focus of health promotion for nurses? 1. HIV 2. MRSA 3. Natural disasters 4. Terrorism 22. What trend in healthcare has only existed for the past decade and has changed nursing education to prepare student nurses for practice after graduation? 1. Technology 2. Cultural diversity 3. HIV 4. Nursing shortage