Chapter 01: Nursing, Theory, and Professional Practice
1.What is an example of Nightingale's contributions to nursing?
a. Graduated as the first trained U.S. nurse
b. Practiced nursing in the Civil War
c. Established the Red Cross
d. Emphasized respect for patients' needs and rights: ANS: D
Clara Barton practiced nursing in the Civil War and established the Red
Cross. Linda Richards was the first U.S. trained nurse. Nightingale
emphasized patients' needs and rights.
2.Nurses are most likely to utilize which of the following theories or
models in their leadership role?
a. Maslow and Erikson
b. Health Belief Model
c. Lewin
d. Von Bertalanffy: ANS: C
The nurse will use Lewin's change theory most often in the leadership
role. Maslow's hierarchy of needs, Erikson's developmental theory, and
the Health Belief Model will be utilized most during patient care and
education.
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3.A team meeting of physicians and nurses is convened to discuss a
specific patient's problems and to determine goals for the patient. During
the meeting, specific accountability related to patient care for both the
physicians and nurses involved is established. All members of the meeting
show mutual respect by valuing each other's clinical competence that is
necessary to provide quality patient care. Of the following functions of a
nurse, which one is demonstrated in the above example?
a. Delegation
b. Advocacy
c. Collaboration
d. Management: ANS: C
This is an example of the dynamic interpersonal process of
collaboration in which health care professionals constructively solve
problems and learn from each other.
4.A nurse has graduated from a nursing program and is participating in a
new graduate program at a local hospital as a continuing socialization to the
role of the nurse. At what level is the nurse functioning at this point in the
nurse's career?
a. Expert
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1.What is an example of Nightingale's contributions to nursing?
a. Graduated as the first trained U.S. nurse
b. Practiced nursing in the Civil War
c. Established the Red Cross
d. Emphasized respect for patients' needs and rights: ANS: D
Clara Barton practiced nursing in the Civil War and established the Red
Cross. Linda Richards was the first U.S. trained nurse. Nightingale
emphasized patients' needs and rights.
2.Nurses are most likely to utilize which of the following theories or
models in their leadership role?
a. Maslow and Erikson
b. Health Belief Model
c. Lewin
d. Von Bertalanffy: ANS: C
The nurse will use Lewin's change theory most often in the leadership
role. Maslow's hierarchy of needs, Erikson's developmental theory, and
the Health Belief Model will be utilized most during patient care and
education.
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3.A team meeting of physicians and nurses is convened to discuss a
specific patient's problems and to determine goals for the patient. During
the meeting, specific accountability related to patient care for both the
physicians and nurses involved is established. All members of the meeting
show mutual respect by valuing each other's clinical competence that is
necessary to provide quality patient care. Of the following functions of a
nurse, which one is demonstrated in the above example?
a. Delegation
b. Advocacy
c. Collaboration
d. Management: ANS: C
This is an example of the dynamic interpersonal process of
collaboration in which health care professionals constructively solve
problems and learn from each other.
4.A nurse has graduated from a nursing program and is participating in a
new graduate program at a local hospital as a continuing socialization to the
role of the nurse. At what level is the nurse functioning at this point in the
nurse's career?
a. Expert
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