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TEST BANK
Fundamentals of Nursing: The Art and Science of
Person-Centered Care
Carol R. Taylor, Pamela B. Lynn, and Jennifer L. Bartlett
10th Edition
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Chapter 01: Introduction to Nursing and Professional Formation
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. 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
ANS: B PTS: 1
2. 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.
ANS: A PTS: 1
3. 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 2026
ANS: D PTS: 1
4. Who is considered to be the founder of professional nursing?
a. Dorothea Dix
b. Lillian Wald
c. Florence Nightingale
d. Clara Barton
ANS: C PTS: 1
5. 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
ANS: B PTS: 1
6. 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
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c. lack of influence from nursing leaders
d. independence of nursing orders
ANS: A PTS: 1
7. 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
ANS: B PTS: 1
8. 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
ANS: B PTS: 1
9. Teaching a woman about breast self-examination is an example of what broad aim of
nursing?
a. promoting health
b. preventing illness
c. restoring health 2026
d. facilitating coping with disability and death
ANS: B PTS: 1
10. 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
ANS: B PTS: 1
11. 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.
ANS: A PTS: 1
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12. 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
ANS: C PTS: 1
13. A nurse is providing nursing care in a neighborhood clinic to single pregnant teens. Which
of the following actions is the best example of using the collaborator role as a nurse?
a. Discussing the legal aspects of adoption for teens wishing to place their infants
with a family
b. Searching the Internet for information on child care for the teens who wish to
return to school
c. Conducting a patient interview and documenting the information on the patients
chart
d. Referring a teen who admits having suicidal thoughts to a mental healthcare
specialist
ANS: D PTS: 1
14. A nurse instructor explains the concept of health to her students. Which of the following
statements accurately describes this state of being?
a. Health is a state of optimal functioning.
b. Health is an absence of illnWesWs.W.TBSM.WS
c. Health is always an objective state.
d. Health is not determined by the patient.
ANS: A PTS: 1
15. A nurse incorporates the health promotion guidelines established by the U.S. Department of
Health document: Healthy People 2010. Which of the following is a health indicator
discussed in this document?
a. cancer
b. obesity
c. diabetes
d. hypertension
ANS: B PTS: 1
16. A nurse conducts a smoking-cessation program for patients of a neighborhood clinic. This is
an example of which of the following aims of nursing?
a. promoting health
b. preventing illness
c. restoring health
d. facilitating coping with disability or death
ANS: B PTS: 1
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17. Which of the following is a criteria that defines nursing as profession?
a. an undefined body of knowledge
b. a dependence on the medical profession
c. an ability to diagnose medical problems
d. a strong service orientation
ANS: D PTS: 1
18. Although all of the following are nursing responsibilities, which one would be expected of a
nurse with a baccalaureate degree?
a. providing direct physical care
b. using research findings to improve practice
c. administering medications as prescribed
d. collaborating with other healthcare providers
ANS: B PTS: 1
19. Amy Jones, a high school senior, wants to become a geriatric nurse practitioner. What
nursing degree will she need to attain this goal?
a. licensed practical nurse
b. associate degree
c. baccalaureate degree
d. masters degree
ANS: D PTS: 1
20. Why are nursing organizations important for the continued development and improvement
of nursing as a whole? 2026
a. to provide socialization and networking for members
b. to regulate work activities for members
c. to set standards for nursing education and practice
d. to provide information to nurses about legal requirements
ANS: C PTS: 1
21. Which of the following organizations has established standards for clinical nursing practice?
a. American Nurses Association
b. National League for Nursing
c. International Council of Nurses
d. State Board of Nursing
ANS: A PTS: 1
22. What is the primary purpose of standards of nursing practice?
a. to provide a method by which nurses perform skills safely
b. to ensure knowledgeable, safe, comprehensive nursing care
c. to establish nursing as a profession and a discipline
d. to enable nurses to have a voice in healthcare policy
ANS: C PTS: 1
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23. After graduation from an accredited program in nursing and successfully passing the
NCLEX, what gives the nurse a legal right to practice?
a. enrolling in an advanced degree program
b. filing NCLEX results in the county of residence
c. being licensed by the State Board of Nursing
d. having a signed letter confirming graduation
ANS: C PTS: 1
24. A nurse has been tried and found guilty of the felony crime of forgery. How might this
affect the nurses license to practice nursing?
a. It will have no effect on the ability to practice nursing.
b. The nurse can practice nursing at a less-skilled level.
c. The license may be revoked or suspended.
d. The license will permanently carry the felony conviction.
ANS: C PTS: 1
25. Nurses use the nursing process to focus care on human responses to what?
a. interactions with the environment
b. physical effects of disease
c. outcomes of medical or surgical treatment
d. actual or potential health problems
ANS: D PTS: 1
26. Which age group in the population is expanding most rapidly, resulting in changes in the
delivery of healthcare? 2026
a. older adults
b. young adults
c. school-aged children
d. newborns
ANS: A PTS: 1
27. Which of the following is a current trend affecting nursing education and practice?
a. over abundance of graduating nurses
b. office-based care delivery systems
c. increase in length of hospital stay
d. increase in chronic health conditions
ANS: D PTS: 1
MULTIPLE RESPONSE
28. 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.
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e. Nursing is considered to be both an art and a science.
f. Nursing is a profession that used specialized knowledge and skills.
ANS: C, E, F PTS: 1
29. 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
ANS: C, E PTS: 1
2026
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Chapter 02: Theory, Research, and Evidence-Based Practice
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. What phrase best describes the science of nursing?
a. application of clinical skills
b. body of nursing knowledge
c. holistic patient care
d. art of individualized nursing
ANS: B PTS: 1
2. The practice of changing patients’ bed clothes each day in acute care settings is an example
of what type of knowledge?
a. authoritative
b. traditional
c. scientific
d. applied
ANS: B PTS: 1
3. A student nurse learns how to give injections from the nurse manager. This is an example of
the acquisition of what type of knowledge?
a. authoritative
b. traditional
c. scientific 2026
d. applied
ANS: A PTS: 1
4. Which of the following sources of knowledge is based on objective data?
a. authoritative
b. traditional
c. scientific
d. applied
ANS: A PTS: 1
5. A patient undergoing chemotherapy for a brain tumor believes that having a good attitude
will help in the healing process. This is an example of what type of knowledge?
a. science
b. philosophy
c. process
d. virtue
ANS: B PTS: 1
6. Which of the following accurately describes Florence Nightingales influence on nursing
knowledge?
a. She defined nursing practice as the continuation of medical practice.
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b. She differentiated between health nursing and illness nursing.
c. She established training for nurses under the direction of the medical profession.
d. She established a theoretical base for nursing that originated outside the
profession.
ANS: B PTS: 1
7. During the first half of the 20th century, a change in the structure of society resulted in
changed roles for women and, in turn, for nursing. What was one of these changes?
a. More women retired from the workforce to raise families.
b. Women became more dependent and sought higher education.
c. The focus of nursing changed to hands-on training.
d. Nursing research was conducted and published.
ANS: D PTS: 1
8. Who was the first nurse to develop a nursing theory?
a. Clara Barton
b. Dorothea Dix
c. Florence Nightingale
d. Virginia Henderson
W W W . T B S M . W S
ANS: C PTS: 1
9. A nurse observes that certain patients have less pain after procedures than do others, and
forms a theory of why this happens. What is a theory?
a. a concept used to directly prove a fact or a group of facts
b. an understanding borrowedWf W
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m.oTthBeS
r dMi.
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c. a best guess based on intangible ideas
d. a statement of an occurrence based on observed facts
ANS: D PTS: 1
10. A staff nurse asks a student, Why in the world are you studying nursing theory? How would
the student best respond?
a. Our school requires we take it before we can graduate.
b. We do it so we know more than your generation did.
c. I think it explains how we should collaborate with others.
d. It helps explain how nursing is different from medicine.
ANS: D PTS: 1
11. Why are the developmental theories important to nursing practice?
a. They describe how parts work together as a system.
b. They outline the process of human growth and development.
c. They define human adaptation to others and to the environment.
d. They explain the importance of legal and ethical care.
ANS: B PTS: 1
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12. Breaking the healthcare community into separate entities (such as the medical community,
the nursing staff, management, support staff) and analyzing how they work as a whole
together is an example of which nursing theory?
a. general systems theory
b. adaptation theory
c. developmental theory
d. compartment theory
ANS: A PTS: 1
13. There are four concepts common in all nursing theories. Which one of the four concepts is
the focus of nursing?
a. person
b. environment
c. health
d. nursing
ANS: A PTS: 1
14. What is the ultimate goal of expanding nursing knowledge through nursing research?
a. learn improved ways to promote and maintain health
W W W . T B S M . W S
b. develop technology to provide hands-on nursing care
c. apply knowledge to become independent practitioners
d. become full-fledged partners with other care providers
ANS: A PTS: 1
15. What was significant about th eWpWroWm.oTt i B
o nSoMf .t hWe SNat i on al Center for Nursing Research to
the current National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)?
a. Increased numbers of articles are published in research journals.
b. NINR gained equal status with all other National Institutes of Health.
c. NINR became the major research body of the International Council of Nurses.
d. It decreased emphasis on clinical research as an important area for nursing.
ANS: B PTS: 1
16. Which of the following terms are part of quantitative research?
a. process
b. concept
c. ethnography
d. variable
ANS: D PTS: 1
17. A nurse uses the process of quantitative research to study the incidence and causes of
hospital-acquired pneumonia in her hospital. The statement of what the researcher expects
to find in these studies is called the:
a. variable
b. data
c. hypothesis
d. instrument
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TEST BANK
Fundamentals of Nursing: The Art and Science of
Person-Centered Care
Carol R. Taylor, Pamela B. Lynn, and Jennifer L. Bartlett
10th Edition
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Chapter 01: Introduction to Nursing and Professional Formation
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. 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
ANS: B PTS: 1
2. 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.
ANS: A PTS: 1
3. 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 2026
ANS: D PTS: 1
4. Who is considered to be the founder of professional nursing?
a. Dorothea Dix
b. Lillian Wald
c. Florence Nightingale
d. Clara Barton
ANS: C PTS: 1
5. 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
ANS: B PTS: 1
6. 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
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c. lack of influence from nursing leaders
d. independence of nursing orders
ANS: A PTS: 1
7. 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
ANS: B PTS: 1
8. 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
ANS: B PTS: 1
9. Teaching a woman about breast self-examination is an example of what broad aim of
nursing?
a. promoting health
b. preventing illness
c. restoring health 2026
d. facilitating coping with disability and death
ANS: B PTS: 1
10. 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
ANS: B PTS: 1
11. 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.
ANS: A PTS: 1
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12. 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
ANS: C PTS: 1
13. A nurse is providing nursing care in a neighborhood clinic to single pregnant teens. Which
of the following actions is the best example of using the collaborator role as a nurse?
a. Discussing the legal aspects of adoption for teens wishing to place their infants
with a family
b. Searching the Internet for information on child care for the teens who wish to
return to school
c. Conducting a patient interview and documenting the information on the patients
chart
d. Referring a teen who admits having suicidal thoughts to a mental healthcare
specialist
ANS: D PTS: 1
14. A nurse instructor explains the concept of health to her students. Which of the following
statements accurately describes this state of being?
a. Health is a state of optimal functioning.
b. Health is an absence of illnWesWs.W.TBSM.WS
c. Health is always an objective state.
d. Health is not determined by the patient.
ANS: A PTS: 1
15. A nurse incorporates the health promotion guidelines established by the U.S. Department of
Health document: Healthy People 2010. Which of the following is a health indicator
discussed in this document?
a. cancer
b. obesity
c. diabetes
d. hypertension
ANS: B PTS: 1
16. A nurse conducts a smoking-cessation program for patients of a neighborhood clinic. This is
an example of which of the following aims of nursing?
a. promoting health
b. preventing illness
c. restoring health
d. facilitating coping with disability or death
ANS: B PTS: 1
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17. Which of the following is a criteria that defines nursing as profession?
a. an undefined body of knowledge
b. a dependence on the medical profession
c. an ability to diagnose medical problems
d. a strong service orientation
ANS: D PTS: 1
18. Although all of the following are nursing responsibilities, which one would be expected of a
nurse with a baccalaureate degree?
a. providing direct physical care
b. using research findings to improve practice
c. administering medications as prescribed
d. collaborating with other healthcare providers
ANS: B PTS: 1
19. Amy Jones, a high school senior, wants to become a geriatric nurse practitioner. What
nursing degree will she need to attain this goal?
a. licensed practical nurse
b. associate degree
c. baccalaureate degree
d. masters degree
ANS: D PTS: 1
20. Why are nursing organizations important for the continued development and improvement
of nursing as a whole? 2026
a. to provide socialization and networking for members
b. to regulate work activities for members
c. to set standards for nursing education and practice
d. to provide information to nurses about legal requirements
ANS: C PTS: 1
21. Which of the following organizations has established standards for clinical nursing practice?
a. American Nurses Association
b. National League for Nursing
c. International Council of Nurses
d. State Board of Nursing
ANS: A PTS: 1
22. What is the primary purpose of standards of nursing practice?
a. to provide a method by which nurses perform skills safely
b. to ensure knowledgeable, safe, comprehensive nursing care
c. to establish nursing as a profession and a discipline
d. to enable nurses to have a voice in healthcare policy
ANS: C PTS: 1
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23. After graduation from an accredited program in nursing and successfully passing the
NCLEX, what gives the nurse a legal right to practice?
a. enrolling in an advanced degree program
b. filing NCLEX results in the county of residence
c. being licensed by the State Board of Nursing
d. having a signed letter confirming graduation
ANS: C PTS: 1
24. A nurse has been tried and found guilty of the felony crime of forgery. How might this
affect the nurses license to practice nursing?
a. It will have no effect on the ability to practice nursing.
b. The nurse can practice nursing at a less-skilled level.
c. The license may be revoked or suspended.
d. The license will permanently carry the felony conviction.
ANS: C PTS: 1
25. Nurses use the nursing process to focus care on human responses to what?
a. interactions with the environment
b. physical effects of disease
c. outcomes of medical or surgical treatment
d. actual or potential health problems
ANS: D PTS: 1
26. Which age group in the population is expanding most rapidly, resulting in changes in the
delivery of healthcare? 2026
a. older adults
b. young adults
c. school-aged children
d. newborns
ANS: A PTS: 1
27. Which of the following is a current trend affecting nursing education and practice?
a. over abundance of graduating nurses
b. office-based care delivery systems
c. increase in length of hospital stay
d. increase in chronic health conditions
ANS: D PTS: 1
MULTIPLE RESPONSE
28. 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.
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e. Nursing is considered to be both an art and a science.
f. Nursing is a profession that used specialized knowledge and skills.
ANS: C, E, F PTS: 1
29. 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
ANS: C, E PTS: 1
2026
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Chapter 02: Theory, Research, and Evidence-Based Practice
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. What phrase best describes the science of nursing?
a. application of clinical skills
b. body of nursing knowledge
c. holistic patient care
d. art of individualized nursing
ANS: B PTS: 1
2. The practice of changing patients’ bed clothes each day in acute care settings is an example
of what type of knowledge?
a. authoritative
b. traditional
c. scientific
d. applied
ANS: B PTS: 1
3. A student nurse learns how to give injections from the nurse manager. This is an example of
the acquisition of what type of knowledge?
a. authoritative
b. traditional
c. scientific 2026
d. applied
ANS: A PTS: 1
4. Which of the following sources of knowledge is based on objective data?
a. authoritative
b. traditional
c. scientific
d. applied
ANS: A PTS: 1
5. A patient undergoing chemotherapy for a brain tumor believes that having a good attitude
will help in the healing process. This is an example of what type of knowledge?
a. science
b. philosophy
c. process
d. virtue
ANS: B PTS: 1
6. Which of the following accurately describes Florence Nightingales influence on nursing
knowledge?
a. She defined nursing practice as the continuation of medical practice.
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b. She differentiated between health nursing and illness nursing.
c. She established training for nurses under the direction of the medical profession.
d. She established a theoretical base for nursing that originated outside the
profession.
ANS: B PTS: 1
7. During the first half of the 20th century, a change in the structure of society resulted in
changed roles for women and, in turn, for nursing. What was one of these changes?
a. More women retired from the workforce to raise families.
b. Women became more dependent and sought higher education.
c. The focus of nursing changed to hands-on training.
d. Nursing research was conducted and published.
ANS: D PTS: 1
8. Who was the first nurse to develop a nursing theory?
a. Clara Barton
b. Dorothea Dix
c. Florence Nightingale
d. Virginia Henderson
W W W . T B S M . W S
ANS: C PTS: 1
9. A nurse observes that certain patients have less pain after procedures than do others, and
forms a theory of why this happens. What is a theory?
a. a concept used to directly prove a fact or a group of facts
b. an understanding borrowedWf W
r oW
m.oTthBeS
r dMi.
s cWipSlines
c. a best guess based on intangible ideas
d. a statement of an occurrence based on observed facts
ANS: D PTS: 1
10. A staff nurse asks a student, Why in the world are you studying nursing theory? How would
the student best respond?
a. Our school requires we take it before we can graduate.
b. We do it so we know more than your generation did.
c. I think it explains how we should collaborate with others.
d. It helps explain how nursing is different from medicine.
ANS: D PTS: 1
11. Why are the developmental theories important to nursing practice?
a. They describe how parts work together as a system.
b. They outline the process of human growth and development.
c. They define human adaptation to others and to the environment.
d. They explain the importance of legal and ethical care.
ANS: B PTS: 1
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12. Breaking the healthcare community into separate entities (such as the medical community,
the nursing staff, management, support staff) and analyzing how they work as a whole
together is an example of which nursing theory?
a. general systems theory
b. adaptation theory
c. developmental theory
d. compartment theory
ANS: A PTS: 1
13. There are four concepts common in all nursing theories. Which one of the four concepts is
the focus of nursing?
a. person
b. environment
c. health
d. nursing
ANS: A PTS: 1
14. What is the ultimate goal of expanding nursing knowledge through nursing research?
a. learn improved ways to promote and maintain health
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b. develop technology to provide hands-on nursing care
c. apply knowledge to become independent practitioners
d. become full-fledged partners with other care providers
ANS: A PTS: 1
15. What was significant about th eWpWroWm.oTt i B
o nSoMf .t hWe SNat i on al Center for Nursing Research to
the current National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)?
a. Increased numbers of articles are published in research journals.
b. NINR gained equal status with all other National Institutes of Health.
c. NINR became the major research body of the International Council of Nurses.
d. It decreased emphasis on clinical research as an important area for nursing.
ANS: B PTS: 1
16. Which of the following terms are part of quantitative research?
a. process
b. concept
c. ethnography
d. variable
ANS: D PTS: 1
17. A nurse uses the process of quantitative research to study the incidence and causes of
hospital-acquired pneumonia in her hospital. The statement of what the researcher expects
to find in these studies is called the:
a. variable
b. data
c. hypothesis
d. instrument
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