Test Bank For Nursing Leadership, Management, and Professional Practice for the LPN/LVN 7th Edition by Tamara R. Dahlkemper Chapters 1 – 20

Test Bank For Nursing Leadership, Management, and Professional Practice for the LPN/LVN 7th Edition by Tamara R. Dahlkemper Chapters 1 – 20. Unit 1 The Nursing Profession In Today's Health-Care Environment 1 Historical Perspective and Current Trends 2 Caring as a Personal and Professional Behavior 3 Understanding the Changing Roles in Nursing 4 Health-Care Environment 5 Nursing and Informatics The Importance of Critical Thinking 10 Leadership and Management as a Professional Concept 14 Handling Conflict in the Nursing Profession 16 Ethics and Law in Nursing Management 17 Understanding Use of Power 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 which purpose? 1. To understand the professional choices open to the student 2. To prevent making medication errors in practice 3. To determine in which geographical area it is best to practice 4. To reduce the cost of delivering quality health care ANSWER: 1 Page: 2 Feedback 1 Understanding nursing history helps the nurse to better recognize the many choices available when choosing his or her own future path. 2 Understanding nursing history does not prevent medication errors in practice. 3 Understanding nursing history does not determine which geographical area is the best place in which to practice. 4 Understanding nursing history does not reduce the cost of delivering quality health care. . 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 which items? 1. Pathogens and genetics 2. Evil spirits 3. Tides and planets 4. Plants and animals ANSWER: 2 Page: 2 Feedback 1 The belief that disease was caused by pathogens and genetics would not result in lighting fires or candles and making loud noises to ward off spirits. 2 A belief that disease was caused by evil spirits would result in lighting fires or candles and making loud noises to try to ward off the spirits. 3 The belief that disease was caused by tides and planets would not result in lighting fires or candles and making loud noises to ward off spirits. 1 Dahlkemper COMPLETE TEST BANK FOR NURSING LEADERSHIP MANAGEMENT & PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE FOR LPN LVN 7TH EDITION DAHLKEMPER N U R S Y T E S T S . C O M Nursing Leadership 7e Test Bank Chapter 1 4 The belief that disease was caused by plants and animals would not result in lighting fires or candles and making loud noises to ward off spirits. 3. Who is credited with making a written record of health-care practices and removing the mythical aspect of health care? 1. Hammurabi 2. Florence Nightingale 3. Hippocrates 4. Apollo ANSWER: 3 Page: 3 Feedback 1 Hammurabi wrote a code of laws to protect the patient and define legal limitations of caregivers, Florence Nightingale introduced modern nursing during the Crimean War, and Apollo was a mythical god who was believed to control health and wellness. 2 Hammurabi wrote a code of laws to protect the patient and define legal limitations of caregivers, FNloUreRnSceYNTiEghStTinSga. leCiOnMtroduced modern nursing during the Crimean War, and Apollo was a mythical god who was believed to control health and wellness. 3 Hippocrates wrote the first medical textbook, outlining current health-care practices, and removed the mythical belief that Apollo was responsible for health. 4 Hammurabi wrote a code of laws to protect the patient and define legal limitations of caregivers, Florence Nightingale introduced modern nursing during the Crimean War, and Apollo was a mythical god who was believed to control health and wellness. 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 4. Convent deaconesses ANSWER: 4 Page: 3 2 N U R S Y T E S T S . C O M Dahlkemper Nursing Leadership 7e Test Bank Chapter 1 Feedback 1 The Presbyterian Church did not serve as the first public health nurses who cared for the sick and poor. 2 The Salerno did not serve as the first public health nurses who cared for the sick and poor. 3 The Jewish scholars did not serve as the first public health nurses who cared for the sick and poor. 4 Deaconesses from local convents acted as the first public health nurses, providing care for the sick and the poor based on the Christian belief in the importance of caring for one another. 5. Which is a crucial issue the nurse working in the late industrialization era would need to address to promote health? 1. Reducing spread of infection 2. Reducing sedentary lifestyle 3. Teaching proper use of medications 4. Teaching use of car seats ANSWE R: 1 Page: 3 . Feedback 1 Many deaths resulted from communicable diseases and lack of cleanliness in hospitals, so the nurse’s priority concern with health promotion would be reducing the spread of infection. 2 Reducing sedentary lifestyle promotes health; however, this was not a crucial issue in the late industrialization era. 3 Teaching the proper use of medications promotes health; however, this was not a crucial issue in the late industrialization era. 4 Reducing the use of car seats promotes health; however, this was not a crucial issue in the late industrialization era. 6. The nurse demonstrates Florence Nightingale’s theory of nursing with which intervention? 1. Respecting the patient’s culture and incorporating cultural needs in the plan of care 2. Promoting good health and treating those who are ill in a holistic manner 3. Understanding how to motivate people to practice a healthy lifestyle and reduce risks 4. Teaching other nurses how to deliver the highest quality of nursing care 3 COMPLETE TEST BANK FOR NURSING LEADERSHIP MANAGEMENT & PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE FOR LPN LVN 7TH EDITION DAHLKEMPER N U R S Y T E S T S . C O M Dahlkemper Nursing Leadership 7e Test Bank Chapter 1 ANSWER: 2 Page: 5-6 Feedback 1 This is not a primary belief regarding the responsibility of nurses according to Nightingale. 2 Nightingale believed the nurse’s primary responsibilities included promoting health and treating the ill. 3 This is not a primary belief regarding the responsibility of nurses according to Nightingale. 4 This is not a primary belief regarding the responsibility of nurses according to Nightingale.