Test Bank for Interpersonal Relationships: Professional Communication Skills for Nurses, 9th Edition by Elizabeth C. Arnold and Kathleen Underman Boggs

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MULTIPLE CHOICE b




1. When describing nursing to a groupofnursing students, the nursing instructor lists all ofthe
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following characteristics of nursing except
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a. historically nursing is as old as mankind. b b b b b b




b. nursing was originallypracticed informally byreligious orders dedicated to careofthe
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b sick.
c. nursing was later practiced in the home by female caregivers with no formal
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education.
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d. nursing has always been identifiable as adistinct occupation.
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ACCURATE ANSWER:-A b




Hypothesis:->>>Historically, nursing is as old as mankind. Originally practiced informally by b b b b b b b b b b




religious orders dedicated to care of the sick and later in the home by female caregivers with noformal
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education, nursing was not identifiable as a distinct occupation until the 1854 Crimean war. There,
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Florence Nightingale’s Notes on Nursing introduced the world tothe functional rolesof professional
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nursing and the need for formal education.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension b b REF: p.1TOP: Stepof the Nursing Process: All phases
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MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
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2. The nursing profession’s firstnursing attendant researcher, who served as an early advocate forhigh-
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quality care and used statistical data to document the need for handwashing in preventing infection,
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was
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a. Abraham Maslow. b




b. MarthaRogers. b




c. HildegardPeplau. b




d. FlorenceNightingale. b




ACCURATE ANSWER:-D b




Hypothesis:->>>An early advocate for high-quality care, Florence Nightingale’s use of b b b b b b b b b




statistical data to document the need for handwashing in preventing infection marks her as the
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profession’s firstnursing attendant researcher.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. b b b




1TOP: Step of the Nursing Process: All phases
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MSC: Client Needs: Management of Care
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3. Today, professional nursing education begins at the
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a. undergraduatelevel. b




b. graduate level. b

, c. advancedpractice level. b b




d. administrativelevel. b




ACCURATE ANSWER:-A b




Hypothesis:->>>Today, professional nursing education begins at theundergraduate level, with a b b b b b b b b b b




growing number ofnursing attendants choosing graduate studies to support differentiated practice
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roles and/or research opportunities.nursing attendants are prepared to function as advanced
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practicenursing attendant practitioners, administrators, and educators.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. b b b




2TOP: Step of the Nursing Process: All phases
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MSC: Client Needs: Management of Care
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4. Nursing’s metaparadigm, or worldview, distinguishes the nursing profession from other
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disciplines and emphasizes its unique functional characteristics. The four keyconcepts that formthe
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foundation for all nursing theories are
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a. caring, compassion, health promotion, and education. b b b b b




b. respect, integrity, honesty, and advocacy. b b b b




c. person, environment, health, and nursing. b b b b




d. nursing, teaching, caring, and health promotion. b b b b b




ACCURATE ANSWER:-C b




Hypothesis:->>>Individual nursing theories represent different interpretations of the phenomenonof b b b b b b b b b




nursing, but central constructs—person, environment, health, and nursing—are found in all theories
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and models. They are referred to as nursing’s metaparadigm.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. b b b




2TOP: Step of the Nursing Process: All phases
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MSC: Client Needs: Management of Care
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5. When admitting a client to the medical-surgical unit, thenursingattendantasks the client about cultural
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issues. Thenursingattendant is demonstrating use ofthe concept of
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a. person.
b. environment.
c. health.
d. nursing.

ACCURATE ANSWER:-B b




Hypothesis:->>>The concept of environment includes all cultural, developmental, and social b b b b b b b b b




determinants that influence a client’s health perceptions and behavior. A person is defined as the
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recipient of
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nursing care, having unique bio-psycho-social and spiritual dimensions. The word health derivesfrom
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the word whole. Health is a multidimensional concept, having physical, psychological,
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sociocultural, developmental, and spiritual characteristics. The World Health Organization (WHO,
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1946) defines health as “a state of complete physical, mental, social well-being, not merelythe
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absence ofdisease or infirmity.” Nursing includes the promotion of health, preventionof illness, and
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the care of ill, disabled, and dying people.
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, DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. b b b




3TOP: Step of the Nursing Process: Assessment
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MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
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6. A young mother tells thenursing attendant, “I’m worried because my son needs a blood
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transfusion. Idon’t know what to do, because blood transfusions cause AIDS.” Which central
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nursing construct is represented in this situation?
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a. Environment
b. Caring
c. Health
d. Person
ACCURATE ANSWER:-D b




Hypothesis:->>>The concept ofenvironment includes all cultural, developmental, and social determinantsthat b b b b b b b b b b b




influence a client’s health perceptions and behavior. Caring is not one of the four central nursing
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constructs. The word health derives from the word whole. Health is a multidimensional concept,
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having physical, psychological, sociocultural, developmental, and spiritual characteristics. The
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World Health Organization (WHO, 1946) defines health as “a state of complete physical, mental,
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social well-being, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” Nursing includes the promotion of
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health, prevention of illness, and the care of ill, disabled, and dying people. Person is defined as the
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recipient of nursing care, having unique bio-psycho-socialand spiritual dimensions.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Application
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2TOP: Step of the Nursing Process: Implementation
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MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
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7. Thenursingattendantperforms a dressing change using sterile technique. This is an
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example ofwhich pattern of knowledge?
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a. Empirical
b. Personal
c. Aesthetic
d. Ethical

ACCURATE ANSWER:-A b




Hypothesis:->>>Empirical knowledge is the scientific rationale for skilled nursing interventions. b b b b b b b b b




Personal ways of knowing allow thenursing attendant to understand and treat each individual as a
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unique person. Aesthetic ways of knowing allow thenursing attendant to connect in different and
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more meaningful ways. Ethical ways of knowing refer to the moral aspects of nursing.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p.
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5TOP: Step of the Nursing Process: Implementation
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MSC: Client Needs: Management of Care
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8. Thenursingattendant-client relationship as described by Hildegard Peplau
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a. would not be useful in a short-stay unit.b b b b b b b




b. allows personal and social growth to occur only for the client.
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c. facilitates the identification and accomplishment oftherapeutic goals. b b b b b b b




d. focuses on maintaining a personal relationship between thenursing attendantand client.
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