,CHAPTER 1: EVOLUTION OF NURSING AND NURSING EDUCATION
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1. The nurse realizes that the primary focus of nursing is on the:
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a. illness. c. treatment of the illness. rl rl rl
b. cause of the illness. d. client‘s response to the illness.
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ANS: D
Nursing requires a delicate balance of promoting clients‘ independence and dependence. Nursing
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focuses not on illness but rather on the client‘s response to illness. The practice of physicians or
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medicine focuses on the cause of the illness and the treatment of the illness.
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PTS: 1 DIF: Analysis REF: Introduction
2. While studying the history of nursing, the nurse realizes that the first hospital in the West
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wasestablished by:
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a. Fabiola. c. Florence Nightingale. rl
b. Hygiea. d. Dorothea Dix. rl
ANS: A
Fabiola founded the first hospital in 390 AD. Hygiea was the goddess of health according to the
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ancient Greeks. Florence Nightingale is considered the founder of modern nursing, and she
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livedfrom 1820 to 1910. Dorothea Dix practiced nursing during the Civil War.
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3. The nurse realizes that religion affected the development of nursing which began:
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a. in India around 800-600 BC.
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b. during the Roman Empire. d. at the time of the Renaissance.
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ANS: A
The strong influence of religions on the development of nursing started in India between 800 to
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600 BC. The crusades of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance occurred after 600 BC. There is
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nodocumentation of religious influences on the development of nursing during the Roman
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Empire.
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4. Reflecting on the impact of wars on the evolution of nursing, the nurse realizes that:
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a. the need for nurses increased during and after major wars.
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b. poor conditions during wars caused a decline in nursing care.
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c. wars have been the stimulus for most nursing advances.
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d. wars have had little effect on the evolution of nursing.
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ANS: A
During wartime, the need for nurses increases dramatically, both at home and in the field. Poor
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conditions during wars did not cause a decline in nursing care. Wars may or may not have been
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thestimulus for nursing advances; however, wars have effected the evolution of nursing care.
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5. The nurse realizes that which of the following is a belief that Florence Nightingale had
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aboutnursing education?
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a. Basing education on a holistic framework inclusive of illness and health rl rl rl rl rl rl rl rl rl rl
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, b. Needing a practical basis for nursing practice rl rl rl rl rl rl
c. Creating an environment that serves physicians is most important rl rl rl rl rl rl rl rl
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ANS: A
Florence Nightingale had specific beliefs about nursing education. The first is that it is based
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upona holistic framework inclusive of illness and health. Nightingale also believed that there is a
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needfor a theoretical basis for nursing practice and not a practical basis. She also believed in the
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importance of creating an environment that promotes healing and not an environment that
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servedphysicians. One additional belief was that the nursing curriculum should be based upon
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nursing knowledge and not medical knowledge.
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6. The nurserealizes that the Nightingale Training School of Nurses at St. Thomas‘s Hospital
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inLondon was:
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a. thefirst school of nursing in the West.
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b. thefirst nursing school to provide both theory-based knowledge and clinical skill building.
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c. the first school of nursing to accept women.
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d. established to provide nurses to fight in the Crimean War. rl rl rl rl rl rl rl rl rl
ANS: B
The Nightingale Training School of Nurses at St. Thomas‘s Hospital in London was the first
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school for nurses that provided both theory-based knowledge and clinical skills. This was not
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thefirst school of nursing in the West nor the first school of nursing to accept women. This school
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was not established to provide nurses to fight in the Crimean War.
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7. The nurse, considering home care nursing, realizes that Lillian Wald is noted as being:
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a. the first nurse to graduate from a school of nursing in the United States.
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b. Superintendent of Nurses during the Civil War. rl rl rl rl rl rl
c. the first community health nurse.
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d. thefounder of the American Nurses Association.
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ANS: C
Lillian Wald spent her life providing nursing care to the indigent and, in 1893, as the first
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community health nurse, she founded public health nursing with the establishment of the Henry
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Street Settlement Service. Wald was not the first nurse to graduate from a school of nursing in
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theUnited States nor was she the Superintendent of Nurses during the Civil War. She was not
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the founder of the American Nurses Association.
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8. The nurse, giving direction to a nursing assistant for client care, realizes that which of the
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following nurse leaders opposed the movement to put untrained nursing aides under the
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controlof physicians during World War I?
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a. Clara Barton c. AnnieGoodrich
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b. Isabel Hampton Robb d. Jane Delano rl rl rl
ANS: D
During World War I, Delano was opposed to the aide education plan created by physicians who
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wanted the Red Cross to put untrained nursing aides at their sides to assist with war casualties.
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Annie Goodrich was in favor of the physicians‘ aide education plan. Robb was a supporter of
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therights of nursing students. Clara Barton was a nurse during the Civil War.
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9. The nurse, assisting nursing students with providing client care, realizes that Isabel Hampton
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Robbis noted for which of the following?
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a. Opposing the organization of nurses rl rl rl rl
b. Establishing the American Red Cross rl rl rl rl
c. Believing that the nursing student was a learner, not an employee rl rl rl rl rl rl rl rl rl rl
d. Establishing the Frontier Nursing Service rl rl rl rl
ANS: C
Isabel Hampton Robb was an early supporter of the rights of nursing students and emphasized
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therole of the nursing student as a learner instead of an employee. Robb did not oppose the
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organization of nurses since she founded several nursing organizations. Robb did not establish
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theAmerican Red Cross nor did she establish the Frontier Nursing Service.
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10. While researching a client health care issue, the nurse realizes that the nurse who wrote one of
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thefirst nursing textbooks was:
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a. Lavinia Dock. rl
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ANS: A
Lavinia Dock was an influential leader in American nursing education; she wrote one of the first
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nursing textbooks as well as being the first editor of the American Journal of Nursing. Mary
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Breckinridge created the Frontier Nursing Service. Martha Franklin advocated for racial equality
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innursing. Amelia Greenwald was a catalyst for international public health nursing.
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11. While documenting in a client‘s record, the nurse remembers that the nurse leader who
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introducedthe practice of keeping nurses‘ notes was:
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a. Mamie Hale. c. Harriet Neuton Phillips.
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b. Mary Mahoney. d. Linda Richards.
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ANS: D
Linda Richards introduced the practice of keeping nurses‘ notes and physicians‘ orders as part
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ofmedical records. Mamie Hale upgraded the educational programs for midwives. Mary
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Mahoneywas America‘s first African American professional nurse. Harriet Neuton Phillips was
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the first American nurse to receive a training certificate.
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12. Whilereviewing a client‘s health insurance plan, the nurse remembers that the first
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prepaidmedical plan was started in:
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a. Pacific Northwest lumber and mining camps. rl rl rl rl rl
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d. Washington
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