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LPN/LVN 7th Edition Dahlkemper Test Bank
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
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4. Convent deaconesses yu
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What is a crucial issue the nurse working in the late industrialization era would n
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eed to address in order to promote health?
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1. Reducing spread of infection yu yu yu
2. Reducing sedentary lifestyle yu yu
3. Teaching proper use of medications yu yu yu yu
4. Teaching use of car seats yu yu yu yu
6. yu
What types of skills would a nursing student learn while attending Kaiserw
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orth Deaconess Institution in 1836?
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1. Administering immunizations yu
2. Assisting in surgery yu yu
3. Washing and changing bed linens yu yu yu yu
4. Developing a plan of care yu yu yu yu
7. yu
The nurse demonstrates Florence Nightingale’s theory of nursing with what int
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ervention?
1. Respecting the patient’s culture and incorporati yu yu yu yu yu
ng cultural needs in the plan of yu yu yu yu yu yu
care
2. Promoting good health and treating those who yu yu yu yu yu yu
are ill in a holistic manner yu yu yu yu yu
3. Understanding how to motivate people to practi yu yu yu yu yu yu
ce a healthy lifestyle and reduce risks yu yu yu yu yu yu
4. Teaching other nurses how to deliver the yu yu yu yu yu yu
highest quality of nursing care. yu yu yu yu
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What action performed by the nurse directly resulted from the contribution made by
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u Linda Richards?
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1. Using an antiseptic before administering an inje yu yu yu yu yu yu
ction
2. Exploring the psychosocial needs of the pat yu yu yu yu yu yu
ient
3. Documenting patient care in the medical yu yu yu yu yu
record
4. Listening to a patient describe his or her conditi yu yu yu yu yu yu yu yu
on
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After graduating from nursing school, the graduate takes a licensure examinat
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ion as the result of what nurse’s contribution?
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1. Florence Nightingale yu
2. Mary Adelaid Nutting yu yu
3. Lavinia L. Dock yu yu
4. Isabel Hampton Robb yu yu
10. yu
In addition to caring for the sick, what other skills would the first LPN students
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learn when attending the Ballard School in New York in 1893?
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1. Political advocacy yu
2. Homemaking
3. Communication
4. Carpentry
11. yu
The nurse responds to an alarm on a pulse oximeter and sees the patient’s oxygen s
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aturation is reading 38%. The nurse observes the patient, noting a respiratory rate of 12
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breaths per minute, pink mucous membranes, and easy regular respirations.
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The nurse concludes the pulse oximeter is not reading accurately. Whose theory of nurs
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ing is this nurse demonstrating?
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1. Annie Goodrich yu
2. Lillian D. Wald yu yu
3. Florence Nightingale yu
4. Linda Richards yu
yu 12. What statement describes Florence Nightingale’s beliefs about nursing?
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1. Practicing nurses should be licensed. yu yu yu yu
2. Promotion of good health and treating the ill yu yu yu yu yu yu yu
are nursing priorities. yu yu
3. Nurses could simultaneously have a career yu yu yu yu yu
and a marriage. yu yu
4. Organisms cause infection. yu yu
yu 13. What was Mary Eliza Mahoney’s contribution to nursing?
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LPN/LVN 7th Edition Dahlkemper Test Bank
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 yu
4. Convent deaconesses yu
5. yu
What is a crucial issue the nurse working in the late industrialization era would n
yu yu yu yu yu yu yu yu yu yu yu yu yu yu
eed to address in order to promote health?
yu yu yu yu yu yu yu
1. Reducing spread of infection yu yu yu
2. Reducing sedentary lifestyle yu yu
3. Teaching proper use of medications yu yu yu yu
4. Teaching use of car seats yu yu yu yu
6. yu
What types of skills would a nursing student learn while attending Kaiserw
yu yu yu yu yu yu yu yu yu yu yu
orth Deaconess Institution in 1836?
yu yu yu yu
1. Administering immunizations yu
2. Assisting in surgery yu yu
3. Washing and changing bed linens yu yu yu yu
4. Developing a plan of care yu yu yu yu
7. yu
The nurse demonstrates Florence Nightingale’s theory of nursing with what int
yu yu yu yu yu yu yu yu yu yu
ervention?
1. Respecting the patient’s culture and incorporati yu yu yu yu yu
ng cultural needs in the plan of yu yu yu yu yu yu
care
2. Promoting good health and treating those who yu yu yu yu yu yu
are ill in a holistic manner yu yu yu yu yu
3. Understanding how to motivate people to practi yu yu yu yu yu yu
ce a healthy lifestyle and reduce risks yu yu yu yu yu yu
4. Teaching other nurses how to deliver the yu yu yu yu yu yu
highest quality of nursing care. yu yu yu yu
8. yu
What action performed by the nurse directly resulted from the contribution made by
yu yu yu yu yu yu yu yu yu yu yu yu y
u Linda Richards?
yu
1. Using an antiseptic before administering an inje yu yu yu yu yu yu
ction
2. Exploring the psychosocial needs of the pat yu yu yu yu yu yu
ient
3. Documenting patient care in the medical yu yu yu yu yu
record
4. Listening to a patient describe his or her conditi yu yu yu yu yu yu yu yu
on
, 9. yu
After graduating from nursing school, the graduate takes a licensure examinat
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ion as the result of what nurse’s contribution?
yu yu yu yu yu yu yu
1. Florence Nightingale yu
2. Mary Adelaid Nutting yu yu
3. Lavinia L. Dock yu yu
4. Isabel Hampton Robb yu yu
10. yu
In addition to caring for the sick, what other skills would the first LPN students
yu yu yu yu yu yu yu yu yu yu yu yu yu yu yu
learn when attending the Ballard School in New York in 1893?
yu yu yu yu yu yu yu yu yu yu
1. Political advocacy yu
2. Homemaking
3. Communication
4. Carpentry
11. yu
The nurse responds to an alarm on a pulse oximeter and sees the patient’s oxygen s
yu yu yu yu yu yu yu yu yu yu yu yu yu yu yu
aturation is reading 38%. The nurse observes the patient, noting a respiratory rate of 12
yu yu yu yu yu yu yu yu yu yu yu yu yu yu yu
breaths per minute, pink mucous membranes, and easy regular respirations.
yu yu yu yu yu yu yu yu yu
The nurse concludes the pulse oximeter is not reading accurately. Whose theory of nurs
yu yu yu yu yu yu yu yu yu yu yu yu yu
ing is this nurse demonstrating?
yu yu yu yu
1. Annie Goodrich yu
2. Lillian D. Wald yu yu
3. Florence Nightingale yu
4. Linda Richards yu
yu 12. What statement describes Florence Nightingale’s beliefs about nursing?
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1. Practicing nurses should be licensed. yu yu yu yu
2. Promotion of good health and treating the ill yu yu yu yu yu yu yu
are nursing priorities. yu yu
3. Nurses could simultaneously have a career yu yu yu yu yu
and a marriage. yu yu
4. Organisms cause infection. yu yu
yu 13. What was Mary Eliza Mahoney’s contribution to nursing?
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