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FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING THEORY CONCEPTS AND APPLICATIONS 4TH EDITION
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ANSWERS AT THE END OF THE CHAPTER
Chapter 1 Evolution of Nursing Thought & Action
1. Which of the following statements accurately describe an element of
nursing? Select all that apply.
A) The skills involved in nursing are primarily technical in nature.
B) The primary focus of nursing is to assist individuals to recover from illness.
C) The science of nursing is the knowledge base for the care that is given.
D) The art of nursing is the collection of knowledge through research.
E) Nursing is considered to be both an art and a science.
F) Nursing is a profession that used specialized knowledge and skills.
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
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B) Lillian Wald
C) Florence Nightingale
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
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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
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
FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING THEORY CONCEPTS AND APPLICATIONS 4TH EDITION
TEST BANK FOR FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING THEORY
CONCEPTS AND APPLICATIONS 4TH EDITION BY JUDITH M
WILKINSON, LESLIE S TREAS, KAREN L BARNETT, MABLE H
SMITH -ISBN 10; 0803676867 ALL CHAPTERS COVERED.
FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING THEORY CONCEPTS AND APPLICATIONS 4TH EDITION
, -----
ANSWERS AT THE END OF THE CHAPTER
Chapter 1 Evolution of Nursing Thought & Action
1. Which of the following statements accurately describe an element of
nursing? Select all that apply.
A) The skills involved in nursing are primarily technical in nature.
B) The primary focus of nursing is to assist individuals to recover from illness.
C) The science of nursing is the knowledge base for the care that is given.
D) The art of nursing is the collection of knowledge through research.
E) Nursing is considered to be both an art and a science.
F) Nursing is a profession that used specialized knowledge and skills.
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
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B) Lillian Wald
C) Florence Nightingale
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
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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
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
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