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Multiple s s Choice
1. For s s which s s of s s the s s following s s is s s empathy s s a s s motive?
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b. Nursing finds its origin, purpose, and meaning within the
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c. Theories of social need in sociology are utilized by nursing scholars,
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ANSWER: s s b
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3. What s s is s s the s s most s s critical s s factor s s that s s influences s s nursing s s practice?
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b. the s s role s s of s s women s s in s s society
c. the s s religious s s and s s spiritual s s aspects s s of s s health s s care
d. the introduction of male nurses
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s s into the profession ANSWER: b
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4. Why does the social status s s s s s s s s s s of s s women s s affect s s the s s status s s of
the nursing profession?
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a. Nursing has s s s s traditionally s s been s s a s s profession s s of s s women.
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c. Women s s of s s higher s s social s s s s status s s rarely s s become s s nurses.
d. Women are more skilled than s s s s s s s s
s s men at nurturing others. ANSWER: a
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5. What s s historical s s influences s s affected s s nursing s s as s s s s a s s moral s s discipline?
a. technology
b. society
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6. What is the term that relates to knowledge gained through
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observation and experience?
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a. empirical
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7. Which of the following is an example of the significance of Nursing
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s s during s s the Middle Ages ? ss s s s s
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Chapter 1 – Social, Philosophical, and Other Historical Forces Influencing the
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ss Development of Nursing s s s s
Multiple s s Choice
1. For s s which s s of s s the s s following s s is s s empathy s s a s s motive?
a. meeting s s the s s needs s s of s s others
b. moral s s reasoning s s and s s action
c. becoming s s a s s nurse
d. determining right from ss ss
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2. Which of the following is an example of social need as an ethical
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foundation for nursing?
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a. Nurses s s must s s determine s s the s s health s s and s s social s s needs s s of s s society.
b. Nursing finds its origin, purpose, and meaning within the
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s s context of perceived social need.
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c. Theories of social need in sociology are utilized by nursing scholars,
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s s many of whom view them as conceptual frameworks for nursing practice.
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d. Social need determines the boundaries of the ethical
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s s principles of distributive justice, beneficence, and non-maleficence.
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ANSWER: s s b
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3. What s s is s s the s s most s s critical s s factor s s that s s influences s s nursing s s practice?
a. the s s traditional s s role s s of s s healers
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b. the s s role s s of s s women s s in s s society
c. the s s religious s s and s s spiritual s s aspects s s of s s health s s care
d. the introduction of male nurses
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4. Why does the social status s s s s s s s s s s of s s women s s affect s s the s s status s s of
the nursing profession?
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a. Nursing has s s s s traditionally s s been s s a s s profession s s of s s women.
b. Throughout s s history, s s nurses s s have s s been s s afforded s s higher s s social s s status.
c. Women s s of s s higher s s social s s s s status s s rarely s s become s s nurses.
d. Women are more skilled than s s s s s s s s
s s men at nurturing others. ANSWER: a
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5. What s s historical s s influences s s affected s s nursing s s as s s s s a s s moral s s discipline?
a. technology
b. society
c. spirituality
d. oppression
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6. What is the term that relates to knowledge gained through
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observation and experience?
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a. empirical
b. Cartesian s s philosophy
c. values
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thought ANSWER:
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7. Which of the following is an example of the significance of Nursing
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s s during s s the Middle Ages ? ss s s s s
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