TEST BANK FOR FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING 10TH EDITION BY TAYLOR CHAPTER 1-47
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Test Bank for Fundamentals of Nursing
10th Edition by Taylor Chapter 1-47
Complete Guide Newest Version 2026
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MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. 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
ANS: B PTS:
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
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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
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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
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COMPLETE GUIDE NEWEST VERSION 2026
Test Bank for Fundamentals of Nursing
10th Edition by Taylor Chapter 1-47
Complete Guide Newest Version 2026
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, TEST BANK FOR FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING 10TH EDITION BY TAYLOR CHAPTER 1-47
COMPLETE GUIDE NEWEST VERSION 2026
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. 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
ANS: B PTS:
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
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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
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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
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