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Chapter 01: Nursing and theHealth Care System l
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MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Florence Nightingale‘s contributions to nursing practice and education:
a. are historically important but have no validity for nursing today.
b. were neither recognized nor appreciated in her own time.
c. were a major factor in reducing the death rate in the Crimean
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d. were limited only to the care of severe traumatic wounds.
ANS: C
By improving sanitation, nutrition ventilation, and handwashing
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techniques, Florence
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the death rate from injuries in the Crimean War.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 2 OBJ:
Theory #1
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Process
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2. Early nursing education and care in the United States:
a. were directed at community health.
b. provided independence for women through education and employment.
c. were an educational model based in institutions of higher learning.
d. have continued to be entirely focused on hospital nursing.
ANS: B
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 2 OBJ:
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#4 TOP: Nursing History KEY: Nursing Process Step:
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, 3. In order to fulfill the common goals defined by nursing
theorists
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and restore health),
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roles
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a. caregiver, educator, and collaborator.
b. nursing assistant, delegator, and environmental specialist.
c. medication dispenser, collaborator, and transporter.
d. dietitian, manager, and housekeeper.
ANS: A
In order for the LPN
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nursing,
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educator, collaborator, manager, and
advocate.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 3 l OBJ:
Theory #2 TOP:
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KEY: Nursing Process
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MSC: NCLEX: N/A
4. Although nursing theories differ in their attempts to define
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