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Table of contents
CHAPTER 1 Nursing Foundations
CHAPTER 2 Nursing Process
CHAPTER 3 Laws and Ethics
CHAPTER 4 Health and Illness
CHAPTER 5 Homeostasis, Adaptation, and Stress
CHAPTER 6 Culture and Ethnicity
CHAPTER 7 The Nurse–Client Relationship
CHAPTER 8 Client Teaching
CHAPTER 9 Recording and Reporting
CHAPTER 10 Asepsis
CHAPTER 11 Admission, Discharge, Transfer, and Referrals
CHAPTER 12 Vital Signs
CHAPTER 13 Physical Assessment
CHAPTER 14 Special Examinations and Tests
CHAPTER 15 Nutrition
CHAPTER 16 Fluid and Chemical Balance
CHAPTER 17 Hygiene
CHAPTER 18 Comfort, Rest, and Sleep
CHAPTER 19 Safety
CHAPTER 20 Pain Management
CHAPTER 21 Oxygenation
CHAPTER 22 Infection Control
CHAPTER 23 Body Mechanics, Positioning, and Moving
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CHAPTER 24 Fitness and Therapeutic Exercise
CHAPTER 25 Mechanical Immobilization
CHAPTER 26 Ambulatory Aids
CHAPTER 27 Perioperative Care
CHAPTER 28 Wound Care
CHAPTER 29 Gastrointestinal Intubation
CHAPTER 30 Urinary Elimination
CHAPTER 31 Bowel Elimination
CHAPTER 32 Oral Medications
CHAPTER 33 Topical and Inhalant Medications
CHAPTER 34 Parenteral Medications
CHAPTER 35 Intravenous Medications
CHAPTER 36 Airway Management
CHAPTER 37 Resuscitation
CHAPTER 38 End-of-Life Care
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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.
b. were neither recognized nor appreciated 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. ANSWER: C
By improving sanitation, nutrition ventilation, and handwashing techniques,
Florence Nightingales nurses dramatically reduced the death rate from injuries in
the Crimean War. DIF: Cognitive 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 States:
a. were directed at community health.
b. provided independence for women through education and employment.
c. were an educational model based in institutions of higher learning.
d. have continued to be entirely focused on hospital
nursing. ANSWER: 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.
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Table of contents
CHAPTER 1 Nursing Foundations
CHAPTER 2 Nursing Process
CHAPTER 3 Laws and Ethics
CHAPTER 4 Health and Illness
CHAPTER 5 Homeostasis, Adaptation, and Stress
CHAPTER 6 Culture and Ethnicity
CHAPTER 7 The Nurse–Client Relationship
CHAPTER 8 Client Teaching
CHAPTER 9 Recording and Reporting
CHAPTER 10 Asepsis
CHAPTER 11 Admission, Discharge, Transfer, and Referrals
CHAPTER 12 Vital Signs
CHAPTER 13 Physical Assessment
CHAPTER 14 Special Examinations and Tests
CHAPTER 15 Nutrition
CHAPTER 16 Fluid and Chemical Balance
CHAPTER 17 Hygiene
CHAPTER 18 Comfort, Rest, and Sleep
CHAPTER 19 Safety
CHAPTER 20 Pain Management
CHAPTER 21 Oxygenation
CHAPTER 22 Infection Control
CHAPTER 23 Body Mechanics, Positioning, and Moving
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CHAPTER 24 Fitness and Therapeutic Exercise
CHAPTER 25 Mechanical Immobilization
CHAPTER 26 Ambulatory Aids
CHAPTER 27 Perioperative Care
CHAPTER 28 Wound Care
CHAPTER 29 Gastrointestinal Intubation
CHAPTER 30 Urinary Elimination
CHAPTER 31 Bowel Elimination
CHAPTER 32 Oral Medications
CHAPTER 33 Topical and Inhalant Medications
CHAPTER 34 Parenteral Medications
CHAPTER 35 Intravenous Medications
CHAPTER 36 Airway Management
CHAPTER 37 Resuscitation
CHAPTER 38 End-of-Life Care
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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.
b. were neither recognized nor appreciated 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. ANSWER: C
By improving sanitation, nutrition ventilation, and handwashing techniques,
Florence Nightingales nurses dramatically reduced the death rate from injuries in
the Crimean War. DIF: Cognitive 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 States:
a. were directed at community health.
b. provided independence for women through education and employment.
c. were an educational model based in institutions of higher learning.
d. have continued to be entirely focused on hospital
nursing. ANSWER: 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.
