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TEST BANK FOR NURSING LEADERSHIP,
MANAGEMENT, AND PROFESSIONAL
PRACTICE FOR THE LPN/LVN
6TH EDITION
TAMARA R. DAHLKEMPER
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Chapter 1: Historical Perspective and Current Trends
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 1. The nursing student predominantly uses knowledge about the history of nursing for what purpose?
1. To understand the professional choices open to the student
2. To prevent making medication errors in practice
3. To determine what geographical area is the best place to practice
4. To reduce the cost of delivering quality healthcare
____ 2. The nurse is working in an underdeveloped country and observes the natives lighting ritual fires and
pounding on primitive drums around the sick person to promote recovery. The nurse interprets this
behavior as indicating the natives believe illness results from what?
1. Pathogens and genetics
2. Evil spirits
3. Tides and planets
4. Plants and animals
____ 3. The person credited with making a written record of healthcare practices and removing the mythical
aspect of healthcare is who?
1. Hammurabi
2. Florence Nightingale
3. Hippocrates
4. Apollo
____ 4. Who served as the first public health nurses, caring for the sick and the poor?
1. The Presbyterian Church
2. Salerno
3. Jewish scholars
4. Convent deaconesses
____ 5. What is a crucial issue the nurse working in the late industrialization era would need to address in
order to promote health?
1. Reducing spread of infection
2. Reducing sedentary lifestyle
3. Teaching proper use of medications
4. Teaching use of car seats
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____ 6. What types of skills would a nursing student learn while attending Kaiserworth Deaconess
Institution in 1836?
1. Administering immunizations
2. Assisting in surgery
3. Washing and changing bed linens
4. Developing a plan of care
____ 7. The nurse demonstrates Florence Nightingale’s theory of nursing with what intervention?
1. Respecting the patient’s culture and incorporating cultural needs in the plan of care
2. Promoting good health and treating those who are ill in a holistic manner
3. Understanding how to motivate people to practice a healthy lifestyle and reduce
risks
4. Teaching other nurses how to deliver the highest quality of nursing care.
____ 8. What action performed by the nurse directly resulted from the contribution made by Linda Richards?
1. Using an antiseptic before administering an injection
2. Exploring the psychosocial needs of the patient
3. Documenting patient care in the medical record
4. Listening to a patient describe his or her condition
____ 9. After graduating from nursing school, the graduate takes a licensure examination as the result of
what nurse’s contribution?
1.Florence Nightingale
2.Mary Adelaid Nutting
3.Lavinia L. Dock
4.Isabel Hampton Robb
____ 10. In addition to caring for the sick, what other skills would the first LPN students learn when attending
the Ballard School in New York in 1893?
1. Political advocacy
2. Homemaking
3. Communication
4. Carpentry
____ 11. The nurse responds to an alarm on a pulse oximeter and sees the patient’s oxygen saturation is
reading 38%. The nurse observes the patient, noting a respiratory rate of 12 breaths per minute, pink
mucous membranes, and easy regular respirations. The nurse concludes the pulse oximeter is not
reading accurately. Whose theory of nursing is this nurse demonstrating?
1. Annie Goodrich
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2. Lillian D. Wald
3. Florence Nightingale
4. Linda Richards
____ 12. What statement describes Florence Nightingale’s beliefs about nursing?
1. Practicing nurses should be licensed.
2. Promotion of good health and treating the ill are nursing priorities.
3. Nurses could simultaneously have a career and a marriage.
4. Organisms cause infection.
____ 13. What was Mary Eliza Mahoney’s contribution to nursing?
1. She organized the first visiting nurse association.
2. She founded the American Journal of Nursing.
3. She founded the National League of Nursing.
4. She worked for the acceptance of African Americans into the nursing profession.
____ 14. What professional organization was the first to focus on licensed practical nurses (LPNs)?
1. National Association for Practical Nurse Education and Services (NAPNES)
2. National Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses (NFLPN)
3. National League for Nursing (NLN)
4. American Nurses Association (ANA)
____ 15. What statement accurately describes the NFLPN?
1. It represents both registered nurses (RNs) and LPNs.
2. It represents LPNs/LVNs only.
3. It is open to anyone interested in nursing.
4. It is open to anyone in the healthcare field.
____ 16. What organizations represent only LPNs/LVNs?
1. ANA and NLN
2. NFLPN and NLN
3. NAPNES and NFLPN
4. NAPNES and ANA
____ 17. The nurse working in mental health nursing honors what historical nurse for working to improve
care of the mentally ill?
1. Clara Barton
2. Florence Nightingale
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TEST BANK FOR NURSING LEADERSHIP,
MANAGEMENT, AND PROFESSIONAL
PRACTICE FOR THE LPN/LVN
6TH EDITION
TAMARA R. DAHLKEMPER
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Chapter 1: Historical Perspective and Current Trends
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 1. The nursing student predominantly uses knowledge about the history of nursing for what purpose?
1. To understand the professional choices open to the student
2. To prevent making medication errors in practice
3. To determine what geographical area is the best place to practice
4. To reduce the cost of delivering quality healthcare
____ 2. The nurse is working in an underdeveloped country and observes the natives lighting ritual fires and
pounding on primitive drums around the sick person to promote recovery. The nurse interprets this
behavior as indicating the natives believe illness results from what?
1. Pathogens and genetics
2. Evil spirits
3. Tides and planets
4. Plants and animals
____ 3. The person credited with making a written record of healthcare practices and removing the mythical
aspect of healthcare is who?
1. Hammurabi
2. Florence Nightingale
3. Hippocrates
4. Apollo
____ 4. Who served as the first public health nurses, caring for the sick and the poor?
1. The Presbyterian Church
2. Salerno
3. Jewish scholars
4. Convent deaconesses
____ 5. What is a crucial issue the nurse working in the late industrialization era would need to address in
order to promote health?
1. Reducing spread of infection
2. Reducing sedentary lifestyle
3. Teaching proper use of medications
4. Teaching use of car seats
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____ 6. What types of skills would a nursing student learn while attending Kaiserworth Deaconess
Institution in 1836?
1. Administering immunizations
2. Assisting in surgery
3. Washing and changing bed linens
4. Developing a plan of care
____ 7. The nurse demonstrates Florence Nightingale’s theory of nursing with what intervention?
1. Respecting the patient’s culture and incorporating cultural needs in the plan of care
2. Promoting good health and treating those who are ill in a holistic manner
3. Understanding how to motivate people to practice a healthy lifestyle and reduce
risks
4. Teaching other nurses how to deliver the highest quality of nursing care.
____ 8. What action performed by the nurse directly resulted from the contribution made by Linda Richards?
1. Using an antiseptic before administering an injection
2. Exploring the psychosocial needs of the patient
3. Documenting patient care in the medical record
4. Listening to a patient describe his or her condition
____ 9. After graduating from nursing school, the graduate takes a licensure examination as the result of
what nurse’s contribution?
1.Florence Nightingale
2.Mary Adelaid Nutting
3.Lavinia L. Dock
4.Isabel Hampton Robb
____ 10. In addition to caring for the sick, what other skills would the first LPN students learn when attending
the Ballard School in New York in 1893?
1. Political advocacy
2. Homemaking
3. Communication
4. Carpentry
____ 11. The nurse responds to an alarm on a pulse oximeter and sees the patient’s oxygen saturation is
reading 38%. The nurse observes the patient, noting a respiratory rate of 12 breaths per minute, pink
mucous membranes, and easy regular respirations. The nurse concludes the pulse oximeter is not
reading accurately. Whose theory of nursing is this nurse demonstrating?
1. Annie Goodrich
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2. Lillian D. Wald
3. Florence Nightingale
4. Linda Richards
____ 12. What statement describes Florence Nightingale’s beliefs about nursing?
1. Practicing nurses should be licensed.
2. Promotion of good health and treating the ill are nursing priorities.
3. Nurses could simultaneously have a career and a marriage.
4. Organisms cause infection.
____ 13. What was Mary Eliza Mahoney’s contribution to nursing?
1. She organized the first visiting nurse association.
2. She founded the American Journal of Nursing.
3. She founded the National League of Nursing.
4. She worked for the acceptance of African Americans into the nursing profession.
____ 14. What professional organization was the first to focus on licensed practical nurses (LPNs)?
1. National Association for Practical Nurse Education and Services (NAPNES)
2. National Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses (NFLPN)
3. National League for Nursing (NLN)
4. American Nurses Association (ANA)
____ 15. What statement accurately describes the NFLPN?
1. It represents both registered nurses (RNs) and LPNs.
2. It represents LPNs/LVNs only.
3. It is open to anyone interested in nursing.
4. It is open to anyone in the healthcare field.
____ 16. What organizations represent only LPNs/LVNs?
1. ANA and NLN
2. NFLPN and NLN
3. NAPNES and NFLPN
4. NAPNES and ANA
____ 17. The nurse working in mental health nursing honors what historical nurse for working to improve
care of the mentally ill?
1. Clara Barton
2. Florence Nightingale
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