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,DAVIS ADVANTAGE BASIC NURSING :THINKING, DOING AND
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Davis Advantage Basic Nursing: Thinking, Doing, and Caring 3rd Edition
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CARING 3RD EDITION TREAS WIKINSON
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Wilkinson Test Bank
Chapter 1 Evolution of Nursing Thought & Action
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Multiple Choice x@


Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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1. What is the most influential factor that has shaped the nu
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rsing profession? 1)
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Physicians need for handmaide x@ x@ x@


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Societal need for healthcare outside the h
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ome 3) x@


Military demand for nurses in the fiel
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d 4) Germ theory influence on sanitati
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on ANS: 3 x@ x@


Throughout the centuries, stability of the government has been related to the succes
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s of the military to protect or extend its domain. As the survival and well-
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being of soldiers is critical, nurses provided healthcare to the sick and injured at t
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he battle site. The physicians handmaiden was/is a nursing stereotype rather than
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x@ an influence on nursing. Although there has been need for healthcare outside the
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x@home throughout history, this has more influence on the development of hospitals
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than on nursing; this need provided one more setting for nursing work. Germ theor
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y and sanitation helped to improve healthcare but did not shape nursing.
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PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate REF: dm 910 KEY: Nursing process: N/A Client need: N/A
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| Cognitive level: Recall
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2. Which of the following is an example of an illness prevention activity?
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Select all that apply.
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1)
Encouraging the use of a food di x@ x@ x@ x@ x@ x@


ary 2) x@


Joining a cancer support gro
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up 3) x@


Administering immunization for HP x@ x@ x@


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Teaching a diabetic patient about his diet
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@ANS: 3 x@


Administering immunization for HPV is an example of illness prevention. Although c
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ancer is a disease, it is assumed that a person joining a support group would already
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x@have the disease; therefore, this is not disease prevention but treatment. Illness-
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prevention activities focus on avoiding a specific disease. A food diary is a health
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promotion activity. Teaching a diabetic patient about diet is a treatment for diabet
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es; the patient already has diabetes, so it cannot prevent diabetes.
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PTS: 1 DIF: Moderate REF: p. 18; high-
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level question, not directly stated in text KEY: Nursing process: N/A | Client need:
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@HPM | Cognitive level: Application
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3. Which of the following contributions of Florence Nightingale ha
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d an immediate impact on improving patients health?
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1)
Providing a clean environme x@ x@ x@

,nt 2)
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, Improving nursing educatio x@ x@


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Changing the delivery of care in hospi
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tals 4) x@


Establishing nursing as a distinct professio x@ x@ x@ x@ x@


n ANS: 1
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Improved sanitation (a clean environment) greatly and immediately reduced the rate
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of infection and mortality in hospitals. The other responses are all activities of Flor
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ence Nightingale that improved healthcare or nursing, but the impact is long range,
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not immediate.
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PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: V1, p. 3; student must infer from content | V1, p. 10; s
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tudent must infer from content
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KEY: Nursing process: N/A | Client need: SECE | Cognitive level: Application
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4. All of the following are aspects of the full-
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spectrum nursing role. Which one is essential for the nurse to do in order to su
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ccessfully carry out all the others?x@ x@ x@ x@ x@


1)
Thinking and reasoning about the clients
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care 2) x@


Providing hands- x@


on client care 3)
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Carrying out physician order x@ x@ x@


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Delegating to assistive personn x@ x@ x@


el ANS: 1
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A substantial portion of the nursing role involves using clinical judgment, critical
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@thinking, and problem solving, which directly affect the care the client will actua
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lly receive. Providing hands-
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on care is important; however, clinical judgment, critical thinking, and problem so
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lving are essential to do it successfully. Carrying out physician orders is a small
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part of a nurses role; it, too, requires nursing assessment, planning, intervention, a
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nd evaluation. Many simple nursing tasks are being delegated to nursing assistive
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@personnel; delegation requires careful analysis of patient status and the appropriat
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eness of support personnel to deliver care. Another way to analyze this question
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x@is that none of the options of providing hands-
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on care, carrying out physician orders, and delegating to assistive personnel is req
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uired for the nurse to think and reason about a clients care; so the answer must
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be 1. x@


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KEY: Nursing process: N/A | Client need: N/A | Cognitive level: Analysis
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5. Which statement pertaining to Benners practice model for clinical competence
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is true
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Progression through the stages is constant, with most nurses reaching the proficient stage.
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2)
Progression through the stages involves continual development of thinking and techn
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ical skills. x@


3)
The nurse must have experience in many areas before being considered an
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@expert. 4) x@

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