,Chapter 01: Nursing and the Health Care System
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Williams: deWit's Fundamental Concepts and Skills for Nursing, 7th Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE m
1. Florence Nightingale‗s contributions to nursing practice and education:
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a. are historically important but have no validity for nursing today.
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b. were neither recognized nor appreciated in her own time.
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c. were a major factor in reducing the death rate in the Crimean War.
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d. were limited only to the care of severe traumatic
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By improving sanitation, nutrition ventilation, and handwashing techniques, Florence Nighti
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mngale‗s nurses dramatically reduced the death rate from injuries in the Crimean War.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge m m m REF: p. 2 m
OBJ: Theory #1 TOP: Nursing Histor m m m m m
yKEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A MSC: NCLEX: N/A
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2. Early nursing education and care in the United States:
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a. were directed at community health. m m m m
b. provided independence for women through education and employment.
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c. were an educational model based in institutions of higher learning.
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d. have continued to be entirely focused on hospital
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Because of the influence of early nNuUrRsiSnIgNGleTaBd.eCrOs,Mnursing education
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mbecamem ore formalized through apprenticeships in Nightingale schools that offered
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mindependence to wo men through education and employment.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge m m m REF: p. 2 m
OBJ: Theory #4 TOP: Nursing Histor m m m m m
yKEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A MSC: NCLEX: N/A
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3. In order to fulfill the common goals defined by nursing theorists (promote
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mwellne ss,prevent illness, facilitate coping, and restore health), the LPN must take on
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mthe roles o f: m m m
a. caregiver, educator, and collaborator. m m m
b. nursing assistant, delegator, and environmental specialist.
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c. medication dispenser, collaborator, and transporter. m m m m
d. dietitian, manager, and housekeeper m m m
.ANS: A m
In order for the LPN to apply the common goals of nursing, he or she must assume the roles
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of caregiver, educator, collaborator, manager, and advocate.
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, DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 3
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OBJ: Theory #2 TOP: Art and Science of
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Nursing
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KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A MSC: NCLEX: N/A
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4. Although nursing theories differ in their attempts to define nursing, all of them base
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mth eirbeliefs on common concepts concerning:
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a. self-actualization, fundamental needs, and belonging. m m m m
b. stress reduction, self-care, and a systems model.
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c. curative care, restorative care, and terminal care.
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d. human relationships, the environment, and health
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.ANS: D m
Although nursing theories differ, they all base their beliefs on human relationships, the enviro
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mnment, and health.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 4
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OBJ: Theory #2 TOP: Nursing Theories
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KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A MSC: NCLEX: N/A
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5. Standards of care for the nursing practice of the LPN are established by the:
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a. Boards of Nursing Examiners in each state.
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b. National Council of States Boards of Nursing (NCSBN).
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c. American Nurses Association (ANA). m m m
d. National Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses
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.ANS: D m
The National Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses modified the standards published by the
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m ANA in 2015 to better fit the role of the LPN. In 2015 the American Nurses Association
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m(ANA) revised the Standards of Nursing Practice which contained 17 standards of national
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mpractice of nursing, describing all facets of nursing practice: who, what, when, where,
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mhow.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 6
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OBJ: Theory #2 TOP: Standards ofCare
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KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A MSC: NCLEX: N/A
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6. The LPN demonstrates an evidence-based practice by:
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