,Chapter 1: Theory Based Perspectives and Contemporary Dynamic
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s Arnold: Interpersonal Relationships, 8th Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE uu
1. When describing nursing to a group of nursing students, the nursing instructor lists all o
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f the following characteristics of nursing except
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a. historically nursing is as old as mankind. uu uu uu uu uu uu
b. nursing was originally practiced informally by religious orders dedicated to care
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of the sick.
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c. nursing was later practiced in the home by female caregivers with no fo
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rmal education. uu
d. nursing has always been identifiable as a distinct occupation.
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ANS: u u A
Historically, nursing is as old as mankind. Originally practiced informally by religious order
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s dedicated to care of the sick and later in the home by female caregivers with no form
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al education, nursing was not identifiable as a distinct occupation until the 1854 Crimea
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n war. There, Florence Nightingale’s Notes on Nursing introduced the world to the funct
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ional roles of professional nursing and the need for formal education.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension uu uu
REF: u u p. 1 TOP: uu uu u u Step of the Nursing Proces
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s: All phases
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MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
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2. The nursing profession’s first nurse researcher, who served as an early advocate for
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high-
quality care and used statistical data to document the need for handwashing in preventin
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g infection, was
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a. Abraham Maslow. uu
b. Martha Rogers. uu
c. Hildegard Peplau. uu
d. Florence Nightingale. uu
ANS: u u D
An early advocate for high-
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, quality care, Florence Nightingale’s use of statistical data to document the need for hand
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washing in preventing infection marks her as the profession’s first nurse researcher.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledgeuu uu
REF: u u p. 1 TOP:
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s: All phases
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MSC: Client Needs: Management of Care
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3. Today, professional nursing education begins at the
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a. undergraduate level. uu
b. graduate level. uu
c. advanced practice level. uu uu
d. administrative level. uu
ANS: u u A
, Today, professional nursing education begins at the undergraduate level, with a growing
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number of nurses choosing graduate studies to support differentiated practice roles and/
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or research opportunities. Nurses are prepared to function as advanced practice nurse p
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ractitioners, administrators, and educators. uu uu uu
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension uu uu
REF: u u p. 2 TOP:
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s: All phases
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MSC: Client Needs: Management of Care
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4. Nursing’s metaparadigm, or worldview, distinguishes the nursing profession from othe
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r disciplines and emphasizes its unique functional characteristics. The four key concept
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s that form the foundation for all nursing theories are
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a. caring, compassion, health promotion, and education.
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b. respect, integrity, honesty, and advocacy. uu uu uu uu
c. person, environment, health, and nursing. uu uu uu uu
d. nursing, teaching, caring, and health promotion.
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ANS: u u C
Individual nursing theories represent different interpretations of the phenomenon of nurs
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ing, but central constructs—person, environment, health, and nursing—
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are found in all theories and models. They are referred to as nursing’s metaparadigm.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge uu uu
REF: u u p. 2 TOP:
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s: All phases
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MSC: Client Needs: Management of Care
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5. When admitting a client to the medical-surgical unit, the nurse asks the client about cultural
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issues. The nurse is demonstrating use of the concept of
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a. person.
b. environment.
c. health.
d. nursing.
ANS: u u B
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s Arnold: Interpersonal Relationships, 8th Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE uu
1. When describing nursing to a group of nursing students, the nursing instructor lists all o
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f the following characteristics of nursing except
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a. historically nursing is as old as mankind. uu uu uu uu uu uu
b. nursing was originally practiced informally by religious orders dedicated to care
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of the sick.
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c. nursing was later practiced in the home by female caregivers with no fo
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rmal education. uu
d. nursing has always been identifiable as a distinct occupation.
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ANS: u u A
Historically, nursing is as old as mankind. Originally practiced informally by religious order
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s dedicated to care of the sick and later in the home by female caregivers with no form
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al education, nursing was not identifiable as a distinct occupation until the 1854 Crimea
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n war. There, Florence Nightingale’s Notes on Nursing introduced the world to the funct
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ional roles of professional nursing and the need for formal education.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension uu uu
REF: u u p. 1 TOP: uu uu u u Step of the Nursing Proces
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s: All phases
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MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
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2. The nursing profession’s first nurse researcher, who served as an early advocate for
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high-
quality care and used statistical data to document the need for handwashing in preventin
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g infection, was
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a. Abraham Maslow. uu
b. Martha Rogers. uu
c. Hildegard Peplau. uu
d. Florence Nightingale. uu
ANS: u u D
An early advocate for high-
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, quality care, Florence Nightingale’s use of statistical data to document the need for hand
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washing in preventing infection marks her as the profession’s first nurse researcher.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledgeuu uu
REF: u u p. 1 TOP:
uu uu u u Step of the Nursing Proces
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s: All phases
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MSC: Client Needs: Management of Care
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3. Today, professional nursing education begins at the
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a. undergraduate level. uu
b. graduate level. uu
c. advanced practice level. uu uu
d. administrative level. uu
ANS: u u A
, Today, professional nursing education begins at the undergraduate level, with a growing
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number of nurses choosing graduate studies to support differentiated practice roles and/
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or research opportunities. Nurses are prepared to function as advanced practice nurse p
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ractitioners, administrators, and educators. uu uu uu
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension uu uu
REF: u u p. 2 TOP:
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s: All phases
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MSC: Client Needs: Management of Care
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4. Nursing’s metaparadigm, or worldview, distinguishes the nursing profession from othe
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r disciplines and emphasizes its unique functional characteristics. The four key concept
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s that form the foundation for all nursing theories are
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a. caring, compassion, health promotion, and education.
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b. respect, integrity, honesty, and advocacy. uu uu uu uu
c. person, environment, health, and nursing. uu uu uu uu
d. nursing, teaching, caring, and health promotion.
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ANS: u u C
Individual nursing theories represent different interpretations of the phenomenon of nurs
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ing, but central constructs—person, environment, health, and nursing—
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are found in all theories and models. They are referred to as nursing’s metaparadigm.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge uu uu
REF: u u p. 2 TOP:
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s: All phases
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MSC: Client Needs: Management of Care
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5. When admitting a client to the medical-surgical unit, the nurse asks the client about cultural
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issues. The nurse is demonstrating use of the concept of
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a. person.
b. environment.
c. health.
d. nursing.
ANS: u u B
