NURSING SKILLS AND CONCEPTS
11TH EDITION TIMBY
, Fundamental Nursing Skills and Concepts 11th Edition Timby
Test Bank
Chapter 1 Nursing Foundations
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Florence Nightingales contributions to nursing practice and education:
a. are historically important but have no validity for nursing today. were
b.
neither recognized nor apprcciated 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, hlorence
s in Cognitive
Nightingales nurses dramatically reduced the death rate from injui DIF: the Crimean War.
Level: Knowledge REF: dm 2 OBJ: Theory #1 TOP: Nursing History KEY: Nursing
Process Step: N/A
MSC: NCLEX: N/A
2. Early nursing education and care in the United State
a. were directed at community health.
b. r._ ____ independence
provided ___ r _________
for _____
women-t ducation and employment.
c. were an educational model based in institutions of higher learning.
d. have continued to be entirely focused on hospital nursing.
ANS: B
Because of the influence of early nursing leaders, nursing education became more formalized
through apprenticeships in Nightingale schools that offered independence to women through
education and employment.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowl EF: dm 2 OBJ: Theory #4
TOP: Nursing Ilistory 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. "itatecopi
ícaregiver, educator, and collaborator.
caregive
irsing assistant, delegator, and environmental specialist.
b. X .......................................................................................
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: .dm .4 .OBJ: .Theory .#2
TOP: .Art .and .Science .of .Nursing .KEY: .Nursing .Process .Step: .N/A
MSC: .NCLEX: .N/A