, Table of Contents
Table of Contents 1
Chapter 01: Introduction to Nursing 2
Chapter 02: Theory, Research, and Evidence-Based Practice 11
Chapter 03: Health, Wellness, and Health Disparities 20
Chapter 04: Health of the Individual, Family, and Community 29
Chapter 05: Cultural Diversity 37
Chapter 06: Values, Ethics, and Advocacy 45
Chapter 07: Legal Dimensions of Nursing Practice 54
Chapter 08: Communication 62
Chapter 09: Teaching and Counseling 69
Chapter 10: Leading, Managing, and Delegating 77
Chapter 11: The Health Care Delivery System 86
Chapter 12: Collaborative Practice and Care Coordination Across Settings 93
Chapter 13: Blended Competencies, Clinical Reasoning, and Processes of Person-
Centered Care 100
Chapter 14: Assessing 109
Chapter 15: Diagnosing 117
Chapter 16: Outcome Identification and Planning 125
Chapter 17: Implementing 135
Chapter 18: Evaluating 142
Chapter 19: Documenting and Reporting 150
Chapter 20: Nursing Informatics 158
Chapter 21: Developmental Concepts 164
Chapter 22: Conception Through Young Adult 173
Chapter 23: The Aging Adult 182
Chapter 24: Asepsis and Infection Control 190
Chapter 25: Vital Signs 200
Chapter 26: Health Assessment 211
Chapter 27: Safety, Security, and Emergency Preparedness 220
Chapter 28: Complementary and Integrative Health 230
Chapter 29: Medications 239
Chapter 30: Perioperative Nursing 250
Chapter 31: Hygiene 260
Chapter 32: Skin Integrity and Wound Care 269
Chapter 33: Activity 279
Chapter 34: Rest and Sleep 289
Chapter 35: Comfort and Pain Management 298
Chapter 36: Nutrition 307
Chapter 37: Urinary Elimination 316
Chapter 38: Bowel Elimination 326
Chapter 39: Oxygenation and Perfusion 336
Chapter 40: Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance 346
Chapter 41: Self-Concept 356
Chapter 42: Stress and Adaptation 365
Chapter 43: Loss, Grief, and Dying 375
Chapter 44: Sensory Functioning 384
Chapter 45: Sexuality 393
Chapter 46: Spirituality 403
,Chapter 01: Introduction to Nursing
1. Which of the following statements accurately describe an element of nursing? Select all that apply.
A) The skills involved in nursing are primarily technical in nature.
B) The primary focus of nursing is to assist individuals to recover from illness.
C) The science of nursing is the knowledge base for the care that is given.
D) The art of nursing is the collection of knowledge through research.
E) Nursing is considered to be both an art and a science.
F) Nursing is a profession that used specialized knowledge and skills.
2. Which of the following set of terms best describes nursing at the end of the Middle Ages?
A) continuity, caring, critical thinking
B) purpose, direction, leadership
C) assessment, interventions, outcomes
D) advocacy, research, education
3. Which of the following is a characteristic of nursing practiced from early civilization to the 16th
century?
A) Most early civilizations believed that illness had supernatural causes.
B) The physician was the priest who treated disease with prayer.
C) The nurse was a nun committed to caring for the needy and homeless.
D) Nursing changed from a spiritual focus to an emphasis on knowledge expansion.
4. In what time period did nursing care as we now know it begin?
A) pre-civilization
B) early civilization to 16th century
, C) 16th to 17th century
D) 18th to 19th century
5. Who is considered to be the founder of professional nursing?
A) Dorothea Dix
B) Lillian Wald
C) Florence Nightingale
D) Clara Barton
6. Which of the following nursing pioneers established the Red Cross in the United States in 1882?
A) Florence Nightingale
B) Clara Barton
C) Dorothea Dix
D) Jane Addams
7. What was one barrier to the development of the nursing profession in the United States after the Civil
War?
A) lack of educational standards
B) hospital-based schools of nursing
C) lack of influence from nursing leaders
D) independence of nursing orders
8. Which of the following individuals provided community-based care and founded public health nursing?
A) Adelaide Nutting
B) Lillian Wald
C) Sojourner Truth
Table of Contents 1
Chapter 01: Introduction to Nursing 2
Chapter 02: Theory, Research, and Evidence-Based Practice 11
Chapter 03: Health, Wellness, and Health Disparities 20
Chapter 04: Health of the Individual, Family, and Community 29
Chapter 05: Cultural Diversity 37
Chapter 06: Values, Ethics, and Advocacy 45
Chapter 07: Legal Dimensions of Nursing Practice 54
Chapter 08: Communication 62
Chapter 09: Teaching and Counseling 69
Chapter 10: Leading, Managing, and Delegating 77
Chapter 11: The Health Care Delivery System 86
Chapter 12: Collaborative Practice and Care Coordination Across Settings 93
Chapter 13: Blended Competencies, Clinical Reasoning, and Processes of Person-
Centered Care 100
Chapter 14: Assessing 109
Chapter 15: Diagnosing 117
Chapter 16: Outcome Identification and Planning 125
Chapter 17: Implementing 135
Chapter 18: Evaluating 142
Chapter 19: Documenting and Reporting 150
Chapter 20: Nursing Informatics 158
Chapter 21: Developmental Concepts 164
Chapter 22: Conception Through Young Adult 173
Chapter 23: The Aging Adult 182
Chapter 24: Asepsis and Infection Control 190
Chapter 25: Vital Signs 200
Chapter 26: Health Assessment 211
Chapter 27: Safety, Security, and Emergency Preparedness 220
Chapter 28: Complementary and Integrative Health 230
Chapter 29: Medications 239
Chapter 30: Perioperative Nursing 250
Chapter 31: Hygiene 260
Chapter 32: Skin Integrity and Wound Care 269
Chapter 33: Activity 279
Chapter 34: Rest and Sleep 289
Chapter 35: Comfort and Pain Management 298
Chapter 36: Nutrition 307
Chapter 37: Urinary Elimination 316
Chapter 38: Bowel Elimination 326
Chapter 39: Oxygenation and Perfusion 336
Chapter 40: Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance 346
Chapter 41: Self-Concept 356
Chapter 42: Stress and Adaptation 365
Chapter 43: Loss, Grief, and Dying 375
Chapter 44: Sensory Functioning 384
Chapter 45: Sexuality 393
Chapter 46: Spirituality 403
,Chapter 01: Introduction to Nursing
1. Which of the following statements accurately describe an element of nursing? Select all that apply.
A) The skills involved in nursing are primarily technical in nature.
B) The primary focus of nursing is to assist individuals to recover from illness.
C) The science of nursing is the knowledge base for the care that is given.
D) The art of nursing is the collection of knowledge through research.
E) Nursing is considered to be both an art and a science.
F) Nursing is a profession that used specialized knowledge and skills.
2. Which of the following set of terms best describes nursing at the end of the Middle Ages?
A) continuity, caring, critical thinking
B) purpose, direction, leadership
C) assessment, interventions, outcomes
D) advocacy, research, education
3. Which of the following is a characteristic of nursing practiced from early civilization to the 16th
century?
A) Most early civilizations believed that illness had supernatural causes.
B) The physician was the priest who treated disease with prayer.
C) The nurse was a nun committed to caring for the needy and homeless.
D) Nursing changed from a spiritual focus to an emphasis on knowledge expansion.
4. In what time period did nursing care as we now know it begin?
A) pre-civilization
B) early civilization to 16th century
, C) 16th to 17th century
D) 18th to 19th century
5. Who is considered to be the founder of professional nursing?
A) Dorothea Dix
B) Lillian Wald
C) Florence Nightingale
D) Clara Barton
6. Which of the following nursing pioneers established the Red Cross in the United States in 1882?
A) Florence Nightingale
B) Clara Barton
C) Dorothea Dix
D) Jane Addams
7. What was one barrier to the development of the nursing profession in the United States after the Civil
War?
A) lack of educational standards
B) hospital-based schools of nursing
C) lack of influence from nursing leaders
D) independence of nursing orders
8. Which of the following individuals provided community-based care and founded public health nursing?
A) Adelaide Nutting
B) Lillian Wald
C) Sojourner Truth
