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Test Bank for Rosdahl's Textbook of Basic Nursing 12th Edition
by Caroline Rosdahl
All Answers Provided| Latest Edition| ISBN-13- 978-1975171339| 2025
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, All Answers Provided at the end of Each Chapter.
Chapter 1: The Origins of Nursing
Rosdahl's Textbook of Basic Nursing 12th Edition Test Bank
1. Which of Florence Nightingale's nursing principles is still practiced today?
A) The nurse's role is defined by the physician's orders.
B) The nurse's primary role is to spend time caring for others.
C) The nurse is viewed as an independent healthcare provider
D) The nurse is tasked with the responsibility of keeping the environment clean.
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2. What contribution did Roman Matron Phoebe make to the origins of nursing?
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A) Established first gerontological facility
B) Was the first deaconess and visiting nurse
C) Established inns and hospitals for pilgrims
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D) Was the namesake of the first free hospital in Rome in 390 AD
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3. What contribution did Roman Matron Saint Marcella make to the origins of nursing?
A) First to teach nursing skills
B) Was the first deaconess and visiting nurse
C) Established inns and hospitals for pilgrims
D) Was the namesake of the first free hospital in Rome in 390 AD
4. In what time period were monastic orders established to care for the sick?
A) 500 BC
B) 460 BC
C) First century
D) Second century
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,5. Which nursing programs were established on the basis of the Nightingale plan? Select all
that apply.
A) Kaiserswerth School for Nursing
B) Bellevue Hospital School of Nursing
C) Connecticut Training School in New Haven
D) Boston Training School at Massachusetts
E) St. Thomas Hospital in London
6. A beginning nursing student asks about the principles taught by the Nightingale Nursing
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School. What should the nurse's answer include? Select all that apply.
A) Cleanliness is vital to recovery. LE
B) Cure is better than prevention.
C) The nurse must work as a member of a team.
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D) The nurse should be healthy in both mind and in body
E) The nurse must use discretion, but must follow the physician's orders.
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7. A student nurse is interested in knowing some of the Nightingale School's innovation in
the field of nursing. What should the nurse's response include?
A) Establishment of a nurses' residence
B) Records of school employment before graduation
C) Exit examinations and academic and personal requirements, including a character
reference before working
D) Records of each student's progress that was later known as the “Henderson plan,” a
model for current nursing programs
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, 8. A nursing student asks about the significance of the Nightingale lamp. What is the
symbolism attached to this image?
A) Warmth of caring
B) Nursing education
C) Energy of the nurse to heal others
D) Commitment of the nurse to heal others
9. Which interventions did Nightingale insist upon, that immediately served to reduce the
mortality rate during the Crimean War? Select all that apply.
A) Securing more funds and support
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B) Establishing sanitary conditions
C) Providing quality nursing care LE
D) Increasing the available nurses
E) Procuring more medication
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10. What contribution did Isabel Hampton Robb make to the development of nursing in the
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United States?
A) Founded the school of nursing at Johns Hopkins University
B) Moved nursing from menial work to an honored profession
C) Organized the school of nursing at Massachusetts General Hospital
D) Founded American public health nursing
11. What contribution did Lillian Wald make to the development of nursing in the United
States?
A) Founded the American Red Cross
B) Founded American public health nursing
C) Superintendent of female nurses during the Civil War
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Test Bank for Rosdahl's Textbook of Basic Nursing 12th Edition
by Caroline Rosdahl
All Answers Provided| Latest Edition| ISBN-13- 978-1975171339| 2025
C
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ST
BE
1
, All Answers Provided at the end of Each Chapter.
Chapter 1: The Origins of Nursing
Rosdahl's Textbook of Basic Nursing 12th Edition Test Bank
1. Which of Florence Nightingale's nursing principles is still practiced today?
A) The nurse's role is defined by the physician's orders.
B) The nurse's primary role is to spend time caring for others.
C) The nurse is viewed as an independent healthcare provider
D) The nurse is tasked with the responsibility of keeping the environment clean.
C
2. What contribution did Roman Matron Phoebe make to the origins of nursing?
LE
A) Established first gerontological facility
B) Was the first deaconess and visiting nurse
C) Established inns and hospitals for pilgrims
ST
D) Was the namesake of the first free hospital in Rome in 390 AD
BE
3. What contribution did Roman Matron Saint Marcella make to the origins of nursing?
A) First to teach nursing skills
B) Was the first deaconess and visiting nurse
C) Established inns and hospitals for pilgrims
D) Was the namesake of the first free hospital in Rome in 390 AD
4. In what time period were monastic orders established to care for the sick?
A) 500 BC
B) 460 BC
C) First century
D) Second century
2
,5. Which nursing programs were established on the basis of the Nightingale plan? Select all
that apply.
A) Kaiserswerth School for Nursing
B) Bellevue Hospital School of Nursing
C) Connecticut Training School in New Haven
D) Boston Training School at Massachusetts
E) St. Thomas Hospital in London
6. A beginning nursing student asks about the principles taught by the Nightingale Nursing
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School. What should the nurse's answer include? Select all that apply.
A) Cleanliness is vital to recovery. LE
B) Cure is better than prevention.
C) The nurse must work as a member of a team.
ST
D) The nurse should be healthy in both mind and in body
E) The nurse must use discretion, but must follow the physician's orders.
BE
7. A student nurse is interested in knowing some of the Nightingale School's innovation in
the field of nursing. What should the nurse's response include?
A) Establishment of a nurses' residence
B) Records of school employment before graduation
C) Exit examinations and academic and personal requirements, including a character
reference before working
D) Records of each student's progress that was later known as the “Henderson plan,” a
model for current nursing programs
3
, 8. A nursing student asks about the significance of the Nightingale lamp. What is the
symbolism attached to this image?
A) Warmth of caring
B) Nursing education
C) Energy of the nurse to heal others
D) Commitment of the nurse to heal others
9. Which interventions did Nightingale insist upon, that immediately served to reduce the
mortality rate during the Crimean War? Select all that apply.
A) Securing more funds and support
C
B) Establishing sanitary conditions
C) Providing quality nursing care LE
D) Increasing the available nurses
E) Procuring more medication
ST
10. What contribution did Isabel Hampton Robb make to the development of nursing in the
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United States?
A) Founded the school of nursing at Johns Hopkins University
B) Moved nursing from menial work to an honored profession
C) Organized the school of nursing at Massachusetts General Hospital
D) Founded American public health nursing
11. What contribution did Lillian Wald make to the development of nursing in the United
States?
A) Founded the American Red Cross
B) Founded American public health nursing
C) Superintendent of female nurses during the Civil War
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