Test Bank for Nursing Leadership, Management, and Professional Practice for the LPN/LVN, 8th Edition by Tamara R. Dahlkemper (ISBN: 9781719641487) | Chapters 1–20 Complete Guide | Latest 2025/2026 Verified Edition

NURSING LEADERSHIP, MANAGEMENT, AND
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PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE FORTHE LPN/LVN 8TH
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EDITION BY TAMARA R. DAHLKEMPER
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9781719641487CHAPTER 1-20 COMPLETE GUIDE /
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, Chapter 1. Historical Perspectives and Current Trends
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Multiple Choice fh




Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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1. The nursing student predominantly uses knowledge about the history of
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1. To understand the professional choices open fh fh fh fh fh




to the learner fh fh




2. To prevent making medication errors in fh fh fh fh fh




practice fh




3. To determine what geographical area is the fh fh fh fh fh fh




best place to practice fh fh fh fh




4. To reduce the cost of delivering quality fh fh fh fh fh fh




healthcare fh




2. fh The nursing attendant is working in an underdeveloped country and
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fh observes the natives lighting ritual fires and pounding on primitive drums around the
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fh sick person to promote recovery. The nursing attendant interprets this behavior as
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fh indicating the natives believe sickness results from what?
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1. Pathogens and genetics fh fh




2. Evil spirits fh




3. Tides and planets fh fh




4. Plants and animals fh fh




3. The person credited withmaking a written record of healthcare practices
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fh and removing the mythical aspect of healthcare is who?
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1. Hammurabi
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3. Hippocrates
4. Apollo


4. fhWho served as the first public health nursing attendants, caring for the
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fh sick and thepoor?
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1. The Presbyterian Church fh fh




2. Salerno

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4. Convent deaconesses fh




5.
fh What is a crucial issue the nursing attendant working in the late
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fh industrialization era would need to address in order to promote health?
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1. Reducing spread of infection fh fh fh




2. Reducing sedentary lifestyle fh fh




3. Teaching proper use of medications fh fh fh fh




4. Teaching use ofcar seats fh fh fh fh




6.
fh What types of skills would a nursing learner learn while attending
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fh Kaiserworth Deaconess Institution in 1836?
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1. Administering immunizations fh




2. Assisting in surgery fh fh




3. Washing and changing bed linens fh fh fh fh




4. Developing a plan of care fh fh fh fh




7.
fh The nursing attendant demonstrates Florence Nightingale’s theory of
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fh nursing withwhat intervention?
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1. Respecting the client’s culture and fh fh fh fh




incorporating cultural needs in the plan of care fh fh fh fh fh fh fh fh




2. Promoting good health and treating those who fh fh fh fh fh fh




are ill in a holistic manner
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3. Understanding how to motivate people to fh fh fh fh fh




practice a healthy lifestyle and reduce risks
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4. Teaching other nursing attendants how to deliver
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the
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highest quality of nursing care.
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8.
fh What action performed by the nursing attendant directly resulted from the
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fh contributionmade by Linda Richards?
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1. Using an antiseptic before administering an fh fh fh fh fh




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2. Exploring the psychosocial needs of the client fh fh fh fh fh fh




3. Documenting client care in the medical record fh fh fh fh fh fh




4. Listening toa client describe his or her fh fh fh fh fh fh fh




condition
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, 9. fh After graduating from nursing school, the graduate takes a licensure
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fh examination as the result of what nursing attendant’s contribution?
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1. Florence Nightingale fh




2. MaryAdelaid Nutting fh fh




3. Lavinia L. Dock fh fh




4. Isabel Hampton Robb fh fh




10. fh In addition to caring for the sick, what other skills would the first LPN
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fh learners learn when attending the Ballard School in New York in 1893?
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1. Political advocacy fh




2. Homemaking
3. Communication
4. Carpentry


11. The nursing attendant responds to an alarm on a pulse oximeter and sees the
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client’soxygen saturation is reading 38%. The nursing attendant observes the client,
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noting a respiratory rate of 12 breaths per minute, pink mucous membranes, and easy
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regular respirations.
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The nursing attendant concludes the pulse oximeter is not reading accurately. Whose
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theory ofnursing is this nursing attendant demonstrating?
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1. Annie Goodrich fh




2. Lillian D. Wald fh fh




3. Florence Nightingale fh




4. Linda Richards fh




12.
fh What statement describes Florence Nightingale’s beliefs about nursing?
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1. Practicing nursing attendants should be fh fh fh fh




licensed.
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are nursing priorities. fh fh fh




3. Nursing attendants could simultaneously have a fh fh fh fh fh




career fh




and a marriage. fh fh




4. Organisms cause infection. fh fh




13.
fh What was Mary Eliza Mahoney’s contribution to nursing?
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1. She organized the first visiting nursing attendant fh fh fh fh fh fh




association.

2. She founded the American Journal of
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Nursing.
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