NURSING LEADERSHIP, MANAGEMENT & PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE FOR THE LPN/LVN 7TH ED BY TAMARA CHAPTER 1-20 COMPLETE TEST BANK | Q&A EXPLAINED (SCORED A+) | LATEST 2023

Chapter 1. Historical Perspectives and Current Trends 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