ROSDAHL'S TEXTBOOK OF BASIC
NURSING
12TH EDITION
• AUTHOR(S)CAROLINE ROSDAHL
TEST BANK
1) Nursing’s Heritage
Reference: Ch. 1 — The Origins of Nursing — Nursing’s Heritage
Stem:
An LPN is teaching a newly admitted patient’s family about the
role of nurses in basic care. The family says, “I thought nursing
started in hospitals.” Which response by the LPN best reflects
nursing’s earliest heritage?
A. “Nursing began as a highly technical profession in large
medical centers.”
B. “Nursing first developed from family members caring for the
sick at home.”
C. “Nursing began when only physicians were allowed to
,provide comfort care.”
D. “Nursing started after modern antibiotics became available.”
Correct Answer: B
Rationales:
B is correct. Early nursing grew from family and community
care of the sick, injured, and dependent. This reflects the basic,
supportive roots of nursing before formal training existed.
A is incorrect. Nursing did not begin in hospitals or as a
technical specialty.
C is incorrect. Physicians were not the only caregivers
historically, and comfort care was not limited to them.
D is incorrect. Nursing existed long before antibiotics and
modern medicine.
Teaching Point (≤20 words):
Nursing began with basic caregiving, comfort, and protection in
homes and communities.
Citation:
Rosdahl, C. (2022). Rosdahl’s Textbook of Basic Nursing (12th
ed.). Ch. 1.
2) Nursing’s Heritage
Reference: Ch. 1 — The Origins of Nursing — Nursing’s Heritage
Stem:
A student nurse is asked why caring for the sick was often
,connected to religious groups in earlier times. Which
explanation is most accurate?
A. Religious groups often provided shelter, food, and care for
the sick.
B. Religious groups avoided any involvement with ill persons.
C. Religious groups replaced all family caregiving with surgery.
D. Religious groups were responsible only for laboratory testing.
Correct Answer: A
Rationales:
A is correct. Religious orders and charitable groups
historically played a major role in caring for the sick, poor, and
vulnerable. This helped shape nursing’s humanitarian tradition.
B is incorrect. Religious groups were often deeply involved
in care.
C is incorrect. Surgery was not the primary work of early
religious caregivers.
D is incorrect. Laboratory testing is a modern function, not
an early nursing heritage.
Teaching Point (≤20 words):
Nursing’s heritage includes compassionate care from religious
and charitable caregivers.
Citation:
Rosdahl, C. (2022). Rosdahl’s Textbook of Basic Nursing (12th
ed.). Ch. 1.
, 3) Nursing’s Heritage
Reference: Ch. 1 — The Origins of Nursing — Nursing’s Heritage
Stem:
An LPN on a rehabilitation unit explains to a patient why fresh
air, cleanliness, and orderly surroundings are part of good care.
Which historical nurse is most associated with these principles?
A. Florence Nightingale
B. Clara Barton
C. Dorothea Dix
D. Lillian Wald
Correct Answer: A
Rationales:
A is correct. Nightingale emphasized clean environments,
ventilation, sanitation, and orderly care as essential to healing.
Her work strongly shaped modern basic nursing practice.
B is incorrect. Barton is best known for disaster relief and
the American Red Cross.
C is incorrect. Dix is known for work in mental health
reform and wartime nursing support.
D is incorrect. Wald is associated with public health nursing
and community care.
Teaching Point (≤20 words):
Clean surroundings, air, and sanitation remain core nursing
principles.
NURSING
12TH EDITION
• AUTHOR(S)CAROLINE ROSDAHL
TEST BANK
1) Nursing’s Heritage
Reference: Ch. 1 — The Origins of Nursing — Nursing’s Heritage
Stem:
An LPN is teaching a newly admitted patient’s family about the
role of nurses in basic care. The family says, “I thought nursing
started in hospitals.” Which response by the LPN best reflects
nursing’s earliest heritage?
A. “Nursing began as a highly technical profession in large
medical centers.”
B. “Nursing first developed from family members caring for the
sick at home.”
C. “Nursing began when only physicians were allowed to
,provide comfort care.”
D. “Nursing started after modern antibiotics became available.”
Correct Answer: B
Rationales:
B is correct. Early nursing grew from family and community
care of the sick, injured, and dependent. This reflects the basic,
supportive roots of nursing before formal training existed.
A is incorrect. Nursing did not begin in hospitals or as a
technical specialty.
C is incorrect. Physicians were not the only caregivers
historically, and comfort care was not limited to them.
D is incorrect. Nursing existed long before antibiotics and
modern medicine.
Teaching Point (≤20 words):
Nursing began with basic caregiving, comfort, and protection in
homes and communities.
Citation:
Rosdahl, C. (2022). Rosdahl’s Textbook of Basic Nursing (12th
ed.). Ch. 1.
2) Nursing’s Heritage
Reference: Ch. 1 — The Origins of Nursing — Nursing’s Heritage
Stem:
A student nurse is asked why caring for the sick was often
,connected to religious groups in earlier times. Which
explanation is most accurate?
A. Religious groups often provided shelter, food, and care for
the sick.
B. Religious groups avoided any involvement with ill persons.
C. Religious groups replaced all family caregiving with surgery.
D. Religious groups were responsible only for laboratory testing.
Correct Answer: A
Rationales:
A is correct. Religious orders and charitable groups
historically played a major role in caring for the sick, poor, and
vulnerable. This helped shape nursing’s humanitarian tradition.
B is incorrect. Religious groups were often deeply involved
in care.
C is incorrect. Surgery was not the primary work of early
religious caregivers.
D is incorrect. Laboratory testing is a modern function, not
an early nursing heritage.
Teaching Point (≤20 words):
Nursing’s heritage includes compassionate care from religious
and charitable caregivers.
Citation:
Rosdahl, C. (2022). Rosdahl’s Textbook of Basic Nursing (12th
ed.). Ch. 1.
, 3) Nursing’s Heritage
Reference: Ch. 1 — The Origins of Nursing — Nursing’s Heritage
Stem:
An LPN on a rehabilitation unit explains to a patient why fresh
air, cleanliness, and orderly surroundings are part of good care.
Which historical nurse is most associated with these principles?
A. Florence Nightingale
B. Clara Barton
C. Dorothea Dix
D. Lillian Wald
Correct Answer: A
Rationales:
A is correct. Nightingale emphasized clean environments,
ventilation, sanitation, and orderly care as essential to healing.
Her work strongly shaped modern basic nursing practice.
B is incorrect. Barton is best known for disaster relief and
the American Red Cross.
C is incorrect. Dix is known for work in mental health
reform and wartime nursing support.
D is incorrect. Wald is associated with public health nursing
and community care.
Teaching Point (≤20 words):
Clean surroundings, air, and sanitation remain core nursing
principles.
