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Role Development in Professional Nursing Practice,
By Kathleen Masters
7th edition
,TABLE OF CONTENT
Unit I: Foundations of Professional Nursing Practice
Chapter 1: A History of Health Care and Nursing
Chapter 2: Frameworks for Professional Nursing Practice
Chapter 3: Philosophy of Nursing
Chapter 4: Competencies for Professional Nursing Practice
Chapter 5: Education and Socialization to the Professional Nursing Role
Chapter 6: Advancing and Managing Your Professional Nursing Career
Chapter 7: Social Context and the Future of Professional Nursing
Unit 2: Professional Nursing Practice and the Management of Patient Care
Chapter 8: Safety and Quality Improvement in Professional Nursing Practice
Chapter 9: Evidence-Based Professional Nursing Practice
Chapter 10: Patient Education and Patient-Centered Care in Professional Nursing Practice
Chapter 11: Informatics in Professional Nursing Practice
Chapter 12: Leadership and Systems-Based Professional Nursing Practice
Chapter 13: Teamwork, Collaboration, and Communication in Professional Nursing Practice
Chapter 14: Ethics in Professional Nursing Practice
Chapter 15: Law and the Professional Nursing Practice
,UNIT I: FOUNDATIONS OF PROFESSIONAL NURSING PRACTICE
CHAPTER 1: A History of Health Care and Nursing
Multiple Choices
1. Which ancient civilization is credited with establishing some of the earliest hospitals and
organized systems of medical care?
A) Egyptian civilization
B) Greek civilization
C) Roman civilization
D) Mesopotamian civilization
Answer: C
Rationale: The Romans established valetudinaria (military hospitals) and organized
systems for providing medical care. They built aqueducts and sewage systems that
reflected their understanding of public health. Roman medical organization laid the
foundation for future hospital systems.
2. Florence Nightingale is best known for her contributions to nursing during which major
conflict?
A) World War I
B) The American Civil War
C) The Crimean War
D) The Franco-Prussian War
, Answer: C
Rationale: Florence Nightingale gained international recognition for her work during the
Crimean War (1853–1856), where she dramatically reduced mortality rates among soldiers
through improved sanitation, hygiene, and organized nursing care.
3. The first training school for nurses in the United States was established in which year?
A) 1860
B) 1873
C) 1890
D) 1900
Answer: B
Rationale: In 1873, the first three Nightingale-model nursing schools were established in
the United States at Bellevue Hospital in New York, Massachusetts General Hospital in
Boston, and New Haven Hospital in Connecticut.
4. Which organization was founded by Clara Barton during the American Civil War and
continues to provide emergency relief today?
A) The American Nurses Association
B) The National League for Nursing
C) The American Red Cross
Role Development in Professional Nursing Practice,
By Kathleen Masters
7th edition
,TABLE OF CONTENT
Unit I: Foundations of Professional Nursing Practice
Chapter 1: A History of Health Care and Nursing
Chapter 2: Frameworks for Professional Nursing Practice
Chapter 3: Philosophy of Nursing
Chapter 4: Competencies for Professional Nursing Practice
Chapter 5: Education and Socialization to the Professional Nursing Role
Chapter 6: Advancing and Managing Your Professional Nursing Career
Chapter 7: Social Context and the Future of Professional Nursing
Unit 2: Professional Nursing Practice and the Management of Patient Care
Chapter 8: Safety and Quality Improvement in Professional Nursing Practice
Chapter 9: Evidence-Based Professional Nursing Practice
Chapter 10: Patient Education and Patient-Centered Care in Professional Nursing Practice
Chapter 11: Informatics in Professional Nursing Practice
Chapter 12: Leadership and Systems-Based Professional Nursing Practice
Chapter 13: Teamwork, Collaboration, and Communication in Professional Nursing Practice
Chapter 14: Ethics in Professional Nursing Practice
Chapter 15: Law and the Professional Nursing Practice
,UNIT I: FOUNDATIONS OF PROFESSIONAL NURSING PRACTICE
CHAPTER 1: A History of Health Care and Nursing
Multiple Choices
1. Which ancient civilization is credited with establishing some of the earliest hospitals and
organized systems of medical care?
A) Egyptian civilization
B) Greek civilization
C) Roman civilization
D) Mesopotamian civilization
Answer: C
Rationale: The Romans established valetudinaria (military hospitals) and organized
systems for providing medical care. They built aqueducts and sewage systems that
reflected their understanding of public health. Roman medical organization laid the
foundation for future hospital systems.
2. Florence Nightingale is best known for her contributions to nursing during which major
conflict?
A) World War I
B) The American Civil War
C) The Crimean War
D) The Franco-Prussian War
, Answer: C
Rationale: Florence Nightingale gained international recognition for her work during the
Crimean War (1853–1856), where she dramatically reduced mortality rates among soldiers
through improved sanitation, hygiene, and organized nursing care.
3. The first training school for nurses in the United States was established in which year?
A) 1860
B) 1873
C) 1890
D) 1900
Answer: B
Rationale: In 1873, the first three Nightingale-model nursing schools were established in
the United States at Bellevue Hospital in New York, Massachusetts General Hospital in
Boston, and New Haven Hospital in Connecticut.
4. Which organization was founded by Clara Barton during the American Civil War and
continues to provide emergency relief today?
A) The American Nurses Association
B) The National League for Nursing
C) The American Red Cross
