FULL TEST BANK FOR FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING 10TH EDITION BY TAYLOR
CHAPTER 1-46 WITH NGN COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
,Contents
Chapter 01: Introduction to Nursing................................................................................................4
Chapter 02: Theory, Research, and Evidence-Based Practice .......................................................... 11
Chapter 03: Health, Wellness, and Health Disparities .................................................................... 18
Chapter 04: Health of the Individual, Family, and Community........................................................ 24
Chapter 05: Cultural Diversity ....................................................................................................... 30
Chapter 06: Values, Ethics, and Advocacy ...................................................................................... 36
Chapter 07: Legal Dimensions of Nursing Practice ......................................................................... 42
Chapter 08: Communication ......................................................................................................... 48
Chapter 09: Teaching and Counseling ............................................................................................ 53
Chapter 10: Leading, Managing, and Delegating ............................................................................ 59
Chapter 11: The Health Care Delivery System ................................................................................ 65
Chapter 12: Collaborative Practice and Care Coordination Across Settings ..................................... 71
Chapter 13: Blended Competencies, Clinical Reasoning, and Processes of Person-Centered Care .... 76
Chapter 14: Assessing ................................................................................................................... 82
Chapter 15: Diagnosing................................................................................................................. 88
Chapter 16: Outcome Identification and Planning ......................................................................... 94
Chapter 17: Implementing .......................................................................................................... 101
Chapter 18: Evaluating ............................................................................................................... 106
Chapter 19: Documenting and Reporting .................................................................................... 111
Chapter 20: Nursing Informatics ................................................................................................. 117
Chapter 21: Developmental Concepts ......................................................................................... 122
Chapter 22: Conception Through Young Adult ............................................................................. 129
Chapter 23: The Aging Adult ....................................................................................................... 135
Chapter 24: Asepsis and Infection Control ................................................................................... 141
Chapter 25: Vital Signs ................................................................................................................ 149
Chapter 26: Health Assessment .................................................................................................. 156
Chapter 27: Safety, Security, and Emergency Preparedness ......................................................... 163
Chapter 28: Complementary and Integrative Health .................................................................... 170
Chapter 29: Medications............................................................................................................. 176
Chapter 30: Perioperative Nursing .............................................................................................. 184
Chapter 31: Hygiene ................................................................................................................... 191
Chapter 32: Skin Integrity and Wound Care ................................................................................. 198
,Chapter 33: Activity .................................................................................................................... 205
Chapter 34: Rest and Sleep ......................................................................................................... 212
Chapter 35: Comfort and Pain Management ............................................................................... 219
Chapter 36: Nutrition ................................................................................................................. 225
Chapter 37: Urinary Elimination .................................................................................................. 232
Chapter 38: Bowel Elimination .................................................................................................... 239
Chapter 39: Oxygenation and Perfusion ...................................................................................... 246
Chapter 40: Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance .................................................................. 254
Chapter 41: Self-Concept ............................................................................................................ 261
Chapter 42: Stress and Adaptation .............................................................................................. 267
Chapter 43: Loss, Grief, and Dying............................................................................................... 274
Chapter 44: Sensory Functioning ................................................................................................. 281
Chapter 45: Sexuality ................................................................................................................. 287
Chapter 46: Spirituality ............................................................................................................... 294
,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.
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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
D) Clara Barton
9. Which of the following nursing groups provides a definition and scope of practice for nursing?
,A) ICN
B) AAN
C) ANA
D) The Joint Commission
10. Teaching a woman about breast self-examination is an example of what broad aim of nursing?
A) promoting health B) preventing illness
C) restoring health
D) facilitating coping with disability and death
11. What nursing activity would meet the broad nursing aim of facilitating coping with disability and
death? Select all that apply.
A) conducting a blood pressure screening program
B) teaching testicular self-examination
C) referring to a community diabetic support group
D) administering intravenous fluids
E) admitting a patient to a hospice program F) performing a physical assessment on a patient
12. A nurse caring for a patient with diabetes chooses an appropriate plan of care and devises
interventions to accomplish the desired outcomes. This is an example of using which of the following
type of nursing skills?
A) Technical
B) Cognitive
C) Interpersonal
D) Ethical/Legal
13. Which one of the following examples of nursing actions would be considered an ethical/legal
skill?
A) A nurse helps a patient prepare a living will.
B) A nurse obtains a urine sample for a urinalysis.
, C) A nurse explains the rationale for a patients plan of care.
D) A nurse holds the hand of a woman whose baby died in childbirth.
14. A nurse practitioner is caring for a couple who are the parents of an infant diagnosed with
Downs Syndrome. The nurse makes referrals for a parent support group for the family. This is an
example of which nursing role?
A) Teacher/Educator
B) Leader
C) Counselor
D) Collaborator
15. A nurse is providing nursing care in a neighborhood clinic to single pregnant teens. Which of the
following actions is the best example of using the collaborator role as a nurse?
A) Discussing the legal aspects of adoption for teens wishing to place their infants with a family
B) Searching the Internet for information on child care for the teens who wish to return to school
C) Conducting a patient interview and documenting the information on the patients chart
D) Referring a teen who admits having suicidal thoughts to a mental healthcare specialist
16. A nurse instructor explains the concept of health to her students. Which of the following
statements accurately describes this state of being? A) Health is a state of optimal functioning.
B) Health is an absence of illness.
C) Health is always an objective state.
D) Health is not determined by the patient.
17. A nurse incorporates the health promotion guidelines established by the U.S. Department of
Health document: Healthy People 2010. Which of the following is a health indicator discussed in this
document?
A) cancer B) obesity
C) diabetes
D) hypertension
CHAPTER 1-46 WITH NGN COMPLETE SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
,Contents
Chapter 01: Introduction to Nursing................................................................................................4
Chapter 02: Theory, Research, and Evidence-Based Practice .......................................................... 11
Chapter 03: Health, Wellness, and Health Disparities .................................................................... 18
Chapter 04: Health of the Individual, Family, and Community........................................................ 24
Chapter 05: Cultural Diversity ....................................................................................................... 30
Chapter 06: Values, Ethics, and Advocacy ...................................................................................... 36
Chapter 07: Legal Dimensions of Nursing Practice ......................................................................... 42
Chapter 08: Communication ......................................................................................................... 48
Chapter 09: Teaching and Counseling ............................................................................................ 53
Chapter 10: Leading, Managing, and Delegating ............................................................................ 59
Chapter 11: The Health Care Delivery System ................................................................................ 65
Chapter 12: Collaborative Practice and Care Coordination Across Settings ..................................... 71
Chapter 13: Blended Competencies, Clinical Reasoning, and Processes of Person-Centered Care .... 76
Chapter 14: Assessing ................................................................................................................... 82
Chapter 15: Diagnosing................................................................................................................. 88
Chapter 16: Outcome Identification and Planning ......................................................................... 94
Chapter 17: Implementing .......................................................................................................... 101
Chapter 18: Evaluating ............................................................................................................... 106
Chapter 19: Documenting and Reporting .................................................................................... 111
Chapter 20: Nursing Informatics ................................................................................................. 117
Chapter 21: Developmental Concepts ......................................................................................... 122
Chapter 22: Conception Through Young Adult ............................................................................. 129
Chapter 23: The Aging Adult ....................................................................................................... 135
Chapter 24: Asepsis and Infection Control ................................................................................... 141
Chapter 25: Vital Signs ................................................................................................................ 149
Chapter 26: Health Assessment .................................................................................................. 156
Chapter 27: Safety, Security, and Emergency Preparedness ......................................................... 163
Chapter 28: Complementary and Integrative Health .................................................................... 170
Chapter 29: Medications............................................................................................................. 176
Chapter 30: Perioperative Nursing .............................................................................................. 184
Chapter 31: Hygiene ................................................................................................................... 191
Chapter 32: Skin Integrity and Wound Care ................................................................................. 198
,Chapter 33: Activity .................................................................................................................... 205
Chapter 34: Rest and Sleep ......................................................................................................... 212
Chapter 35: Comfort and Pain Management ............................................................................... 219
Chapter 36: Nutrition ................................................................................................................. 225
Chapter 37: Urinary Elimination .................................................................................................. 232
Chapter 38: Bowel Elimination .................................................................................................... 239
Chapter 39: Oxygenation and Perfusion ...................................................................................... 246
Chapter 40: Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance .................................................................. 254
Chapter 41: Self-Concept ............................................................................................................ 261
Chapter 42: Stress and Adaptation .............................................................................................. 267
Chapter 43: Loss, Grief, and Dying............................................................................................... 274
Chapter 44: Sensory Functioning ................................................................................................. 281
Chapter 45: Sexuality ................................................................................................................. 287
Chapter 46: Spirituality ............................................................................................................... 294
,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.
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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
D) Clara Barton
9. Which of the following nursing groups provides a definition and scope of practice for nursing?
,A) ICN
B) AAN
C) ANA
D) The Joint Commission
10. Teaching a woman about breast self-examination is an example of what broad aim of nursing?
A) promoting health B) preventing illness
C) restoring health
D) facilitating coping with disability and death
11. What nursing activity would meet the broad nursing aim of facilitating coping with disability and
death? Select all that apply.
A) conducting a blood pressure screening program
B) teaching testicular self-examination
C) referring to a community diabetic support group
D) administering intravenous fluids
E) admitting a patient to a hospice program F) performing a physical assessment on a patient
12. A nurse caring for a patient with diabetes chooses an appropriate plan of care and devises
interventions to accomplish the desired outcomes. This is an example of using which of the following
type of nursing skills?
A) Technical
B) Cognitive
C) Interpersonal
D) Ethical/Legal
13. Which one of the following examples of nursing actions would be considered an ethical/legal
skill?
A) A nurse helps a patient prepare a living will.
B) A nurse obtains a urine sample for a urinalysis.
, C) A nurse explains the rationale for a patients plan of care.
D) A nurse holds the hand of a woman whose baby died in childbirth.
14. A nurse practitioner is caring for a couple who are the parents of an infant diagnosed with
Downs Syndrome. The nurse makes referrals for a parent support group for the family. This is an
example of which nursing role?
A) Teacher/Educator
B) Leader
C) Counselor
D) Collaborator
15. A nurse is providing nursing care in a neighborhood clinic to single pregnant teens. Which of the
following actions is the best example of using the collaborator role as a nurse?
A) Discussing the legal aspects of adoption for teens wishing to place their infants with a family
B) Searching the Internet for information on child care for the teens who wish to return to school
C) Conducting a patient interview and documenting the information on the patients chart
D) Referring a teen who admits having suicidal thoughts to a mental healthcare specialist
16. A nurse instructor explains the concept of health to her students. Which of the following
statements accurately describes this state of being? A) Health is a state of optimal functioning.
B) Health is an absence of illness.
C) Health is always an objective state.
D) Health is not determined by the patient.
17. A nurse incorporates the health promotion guidelines established by the U.S. Department of
Health document: Healthy People 2010. Which of the following is a health indicator discussed in this
document?
A) cancer B) obesity
C) diabetes
D) hypertension
