,TABLE OF CONTENT
I. INTRODUCTION TO NURSING
1. The Vista of Nursing
2. Health-Care Delivery, Settings, and Economics
3. Ethics, Law, and Delegation in Nursing
4. The Nursing Process, Critical Thinking, Decision Making, and Clinical Judgment
5. Documentation
II. COMMUNICATING AND UNDERSTANDING
1. Communication and Relationships
2. Promoting Health and Wellness
3. Ethnic, Cultural, and Spiritual Aspects of Care
4. Growth and Development Throughout the Life Span
5. Loss, Grief, and Dying
6. Complementary and Alternative Medicine
7. Patient Teaching
III. NURSING BASICS
1. Safety
2. Medical Asepsis and Infection Control
3. Personal Care
4. Moving and Positioning Patients
5. Vital Signs
6. Applying Heat and Cold Therapies
7. Pain Management, Rest, and Restorative Sleep
8. Admission, Transfer, and Discharge
9. Physical Assessment
10. Surgical Asepsis
IV. CLINICAL SKILLS AND CARE
1. Nutrition
2. Nutritional Care and Support
3. Diagnostic Tests
4. Wound Care
5. Musculoskeletal Care
6. Respiratory Care
7. Fluids, Electrolytes, and Introduction to Acid-Base Balance
8. Bowel Elimination and Care
9. Urinary Elimination and Care
10. Care of Older Adults
11. Care of the Surgical Patient
12. Phlebotomy and Blood Specimens
V. MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION
1. Researching and Preparing Medications
2. Administering Oral, Topical, and Mucosal Medications
3. Administering Intradermal, Subcutaneous, and Intramuscular Injections
4. Intravenous Therapy
,Chapter 1 The Vista of Nursing
1. The first practicing nurse epidemiologist was
a. Florence Nightingale.
b. Mildred Montag.
c. Clara Barton.
d. Mary Agnes Snively.
ANS: A
Nightingale was the first practicing nurse epidemiologist. Her statistical analyses connected poor
sanitation with cholera and dysentery. Mildred Montag, Clara Barton, and Mary Agnes Snively
came after Nightingale, each contributing to the nursing profession in her own way. Clara Barton
founded the American Red Cross. Dr. Mildred Montag established the first associate degree
nursing program in 1952. Mary Agnes Snively began forming the Canadian National Association
of Trained Nurses in 1883.
2. The American Red Cross was founded by
a. Florence Nightingale.
b. Harriet Tubman.
c. Clara Barton.
d. Mary Mahoney.
ANS: C
In 1882, the United States ratified the American Red Cross, founded by Clara Barton. Florence
Nightingale established the Training School for Nurses in London, England, in 1860. Harriet
Tubman was active in the Underground Railroad movement during the American Civil War.
Mary Mahoney was the first professionally trained African American nurse.
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3. Nurses working in the Henry Street Settlement in 1893 were among the first nurses to
demonstrate autonomy in practice. This was because those nurses
a. Had no ability to work in the hospital setting.
b. Were required to use critical thinking skills.
c. Focused solely on healing the very ill.
d. Planned their care around research findings.
ANS: B
In 1893, nurses working in the Henry Street Settlement were some of the first to demonstrate
autonomy in practice because they encountered situations that required quick and innovative
problem solving and critical thinking, and provided therapies aimed at maintaining wellness, as
well as curing the ill. Nursing hospitals expanded in the late nineteenth century and were major
providers of nursing care. Not until the early twentieth century was there a movement toward a
scientific, research-based body of nursing knowledge.
4. In 1923, the Goldmark Report was an important study that
a. Formed formal nurse midwifery programs.
b. Established the Center for Ethics and Human Rights.
c. Revised the ANA code of ethics.
d. Led to the development of the Yale School of Nursing.
ANS: D
In 1923, the Goldmark Report identified the need for increased financial support for university-
based schools of nursing. As a result, the Yale School of Nursing was developed. Graduate nurse
midwifery programs did not come into existence until the 1940s, and the Center for Ethics and
Human Rights was founded in 1990. The ANA code of ethics was published in 1985 and was
last updated in 2001.
5. The major difference between a baccalaureate degree nursing program and an associates
degree nursing program is that the baccalaureate program includes studies in
I. INTRODUCTION TO NURSING
1. The Vista of Nursing
2. Health-Care Delivery, Settings, and Economics
3. Ethics, Law, and Delegation in Nursing
4. The Nursing Process, Critical Thinking, Decision Making, and Clinical Judgment
5. Documentation
II. COMMUNICATING AND UNDERSTANDING
1. Communication and Relationships
2. Promoting Health and Wellness
3. Ethnic, Cultural, and Spiritual Aspects of Care
4. Growth and Development Throughout the Life Span
5. Loss, Grief, and Dying
6. Complementary and Alternative Medicine
7. Patient Teaching
III. NURSING BASICS
1. Safety
2. Medical Asepsis and Infection Control
3. Personal Care
4. Moving and Positioning Patients
5. Vital Signs
6. Applying Heat and Cold Therapies
7. Pain Management, Rest, and Restorative Sleep
8. Admission, Transfer, and Discharge
9. Physical Assessment
10. Surgical Asepsis
IV. CLINICAL SKILLS AND CARE
1. Nutrition
2. Nutritional Care and Support
3. Diagnostic Tests
4. Wound Care
5. Musculoskeletal Care
6. Respiratory Care
7. Fluids, Electrolytes, and Introduction to Acid-Base Balance
8. Bowel Elimination and Care
9. Urinary Elimination and Care
10. Care of Older Adults
11. Care of the Surgical Patient
12. Phlebotomy and Blood Specimens
V. MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION
1. Researching and Preparing Medications
2. Administering Oral, Topical, and Mucosal Medications
3. Administering Intradermal, Subcutaneous, and Intramuscular Injections
4. Intravenous Therapy
,Chapter 1 The Vista of Nursing
1. The first practicing nurse epidemiologist was
a. Florence Nightingale.
b. Mildred Montag.
c. Clara Barton.
d. Mary Agnes Snively.
ANS: A
Nightingale was the first practicing nurse epidemiologist. Her statistical analyses connected poor
sanitation with cholera and dysentery. Mildred Montag, Clara Barton, and Mary Agnes Snively
came after Nightingale, each contributing to the nursing profession in her own way. Clara Barton
founded the American Red Cross. Dr. Mildred Montag established the first associate degree
nursing program in 1952. Mary Agnes Snively began forming the Canadian National Association
of Trained Nurses in 1883.
2. The American Red Cross was founded by
a. Florence Nightingale.
b. Harriet Tubman.
c. Clara Barton.
d. Mary Mahoney.
ANS: C
In 1882, the United States ratified the American Red Cross, founded by Clara Barton. Florence
Nightingale established the Training School for Nurses in London, England, in 1860. Harriet
Tubman was active in the Underground Railroad movement during the American Civil War.
Mary Mahoney was the first professionally trained African American nurse.
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3. Nurses working in the Henry Street Settlement in 1893 were among the first nurses to
demonstrate autonomy in practice. This was because those nurses
a. Had no ability to work in the hospital setting.
b. Were required to use critical thinking skills.
c. Focused solely on healing the very ill.
d. Planned their care around research findings.
ANS: B
In 1893, nurses working in the Henry Street Settlement were some of the first to demonstrate
autonomy in practice because they encountered situations that required quick and innovative
problem solving and critical thinking, and provided therapies aimed at maintaining wellness, as
well as curing the ill. Nursing hospitals expanded in the late nineteenth century and were major
providers of nursing care. Not until the early twentieth century was there a movement toward a
scientific, research-based body of nursing knowledge.
4. In 1923, the Goldmark Report was an important study that
a. Formed formal nurse midwifery programs.
b. Established the Center for Ethics and Human Rights.
c. Revised the ANA code of ethics.
d. Led to the development of the Yale School of Nursing.
ANS: D
In 1923, the Goldmark Report identified the need for increased financial support for university-
based schools of nursing. As a result, the Yale School of Nursing was developed. Graduate nurse
midwifery programs did not come into existence until the 1940s, and the Center for Ethics and
Human Rights was founded in 1990. The ANA code of ethics was published in 1985 and was
last updated in 2001.
5. The major difference between a baccalaureate degree nursing program and an associates
degree nursing program is that the baccalaureate program includes studies in
