Fundamentals of Nursing Care: Concepts, Connections & Skills Edition 3 Test Bank

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1. Florence Nightingale‘s contributions to nursing practice and education:
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a. arehistorically important but have no validity for nursing today.
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b. wereneither recognized nor appreciated in her owntime.
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c. were a major factor inreducing the death rate in the Crimean War.
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d. were limited onlyto the care ofsevere traumatic wounds.
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By improving sanitation, nutrition ventilation, and handwashing techniques, Florence Nightingale‘s
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nurses dramaticallyreduced the death rate from injuries inthe CrimeanWar.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 2 OBJ: Theory#1
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v TOP: Nursing History KEY: Nursing Process Step: 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.
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b. provided independence for womenthrougheducation and employment.
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c. were an educational model based in institutions ofhigher learning.
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,d. have continued to be entirely focused on hospitalnursing.
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Because of the influence of early nursing leaders, nursing education became more formalized
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through apprenticeships in Nightingale schools that offered independence to women through
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education and employment.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 2 OBJ: Theory#4
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v TOP: Nursing History KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A
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3. In order to fulfillthe common goals defined by nursing theorists (promote wellness, prevent
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v illness, facilitate coping, and restore health), the LPN must take on the roles of:
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a. caregiver, educator, and collaborator. v v v




b. nursingassistant, delegator, and environmentalspecialist.
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In order for the LPN to apply the common goals of nursing, he or she must assume the roles of
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caregiver, educator, collaborator, manager, and advocate.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 4 OBJ: Theory #2
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v TOP: Art and Science of Nursing KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A
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, 4. Although nursing theories differ in their attempts to define nursing, all ofthem base their
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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. humanrelationships, the environment, and health.
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Although nursing theoriesdiffer, theyall base their beliefs on humanrelationships, the environment,
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and health.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 4 OBJ: Theory#2
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5. Standards of care for the nursing practice of the LPN are established bythe:
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a. Boards ofNursing Examiners in each state.
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b. National Council of States Boards of Nursing (NCSBN).
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d. National Federation ofLicensed Practical Nurses.
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