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Nursing 6th Edition
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,Chapter 01: Nursing and the Health Care System
Williams: deWit's Fundamental Concepts and Skills for Nursing, 5th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Florence Nightingale’s contributions to nursing practice and education:
a. are historically important but have no validity for nursing today.
b. were neither recognized nor appreciated in her own time.
c. were a major factor in reducing the death rate in the Crimean War.
d. were limited only to the care of severe traumatic wounds.
ANS: C
By improving sanitation, nutrition ventilation, and handwashing techniques, Florence
Nightingale’s nurses dramatically reduced the death rate from injuries in the Crimean War.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 2 OBJ: Theory #1
TOP: Nursing History KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A
MSC: NCLEX: N/A
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2. Early nursing education and care in the United States:
a. were directed at community health.
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b. provided independence for women through education and employment.
c. were an educational model based in institutions of higher learning.
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d. have continued to be entirely focused on hospital nursing.
ANS: B
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Because of the influence of early nNuUrRsiSnIgNGleTaBd.eCrOs,Mnursing education became more formalized
through apprenticeships in Nightingale schools that offered independence to women through
education and employment.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 2 OBJ: Theory #4
TOP: Nursing History KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A
MSC: NCLEX: N/A
,3. In order to fulfill the common goals defined by nursing theorists (promote wellness, prevent
illness, facilitate coping, and restore health), the LPN must take on the roles of:
a. caregiver, educator, and collaborator.
b. nursing assistant, delegator, and environmental specialist.
c. medication dispenser, collaborator, and transporter.
d. dietitian, manager, and housekeeper.
ANS: A
In order for the LPN to apply the common goals of nursing, he or she must assume the roles
of caregiver, educator, collaborator, manager, and advocate.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 3 OBJ: Theory #2
TOP: Art and Science of Nursing KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A
MSC: NCLEX: N/A
4. Although nursing theories differ in their attempts to define nursing, all of them base their
beliefs on common concepts concerning:
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, a. self-actualization, fundamental needs, and belonging.
b. stress reduction, self-care, and a systems model.
c. curative care, restorative care, and terminal care.
d. human relationships, the environment, and health.
ANS: D
Although nursing theories differ, they all base their beliefs on human relationships, the
environment, and health.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 4 OBJ: Theory #2
TOP: Nursing Theories KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A
MSC: NCLEX: N/A
5. Standards of care for the nursing practice of the LPN are established by the:
a. Boards of Nursing Examiners in each state.
b. National Council of States Boards of Nursing (NCSBN).
c. American Nurses Association (ANA).
d. National Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses.
ANS: D
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The National Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses modified the standards published by the
ANA in 2015 to better fit the role of the LPN. In 2015 the American Nurses Association
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(ANA) revised the Standards of Nursing Practice which contained 17 standards of national
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practice of nursing, describing all facets of nursing practice: who, what, when, where, how.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 6 OBJ: Theory #2
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TOP: Standards of Care KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A
MSC: NCLEX: N/A
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VERIFIED-TEST BANK
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6. The LPN demonstrates an evidence-based practice by:
a. using a drug manual to check compatibility of drugs.
b. using scientific information to guide decision making.
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c. using medical history of a patient to direct nursing interventions.
d. basing nursing care on advice from an experienced nurse.
ANS: B
The use of scientific information from high-quality research to guide nursing decisions is
reflective of the application of evidence-based practice.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 7 OBJ: Theory #3
TOP: Evidence-Based Practice KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A
MSC: NCLEX: N/A
7. Lillian Wald and Mary Brewster established the Henry Street Settlement Service in New York
in 1893 in order to:
a. offer a shelter to injured war veterans.
b. found a nursing apprenticeship.
c. provide health care to poor persons living in tenements.
d. offer better housing to low-income families.
ANS: C