Test Bank for Nursing Leadership, Management, and
Professional Practice for the LPN/LVN 7th Edition by
Tamara R. Dahlkemper
, Chapter 1: Historical Perspectives and Current Trends
Multiple Choice
1. The nursing student primarily relies on historical knowledge of nursing for what purpose?
A. To prevent making medication errors in practice
B. To determine in which geographic area it is best to practice
C. To reduce the cost of delivering quality health care
D. To understand the professional choices open to the student
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Knowledge of nursing history helps students and professionals recognize how the profession has evolved,
including career roles, advancements, and ethics. This understanding empowers nurses to explore a wide range of
roles available today. It does not directly impact medication administration, location choice, or health care costs.
2. While working in a developing country, a nurse observes locals lighting ritual fires and beating drums around a
sick person. This behavior reflects the belief that illness is caused by:
A. Pathogens and genetics
B. Evil spirits
C. Tides and planets
D. Plants and animals
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Ritualistic behaviors such as lighting fires and drumming around the ill often stem from a cultural belief
in spiritual causes of disease—specifically evil spirits. This aligns with ancient and traditional views, not modern
scientific explanations like pathogens, celestial events, or flora/fauna exposure.
,3. Who is credited with documenting health-care practices and removing mystical elements from medicine?
A. Hammurabi
B. Florence Nightingale
C. Hippocrates
D. Apollo
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Hippocrates, often known as the “Father of Medicine,” wrote one of the earliest medical textbooks and
emphasized observation and logical reasoning over myth. He helped establish medicine as a science distinct from
superstition.
4. Who were the original public health nurses who cared for the sick and poor?
A. The Presbyterian Church
B. Salerno
C. Jewish scholars
D. Convent deaconesses
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: During the early Christian era, deaconesses from convents took on the role of caregiving for the poor and
ill in their communities. They are recognized as some of the earliest examples of organized public health nurses.
5. In the late industrial age, what was a critical issue that nurses needed to address to improve health?
A. Reducing sedentary lifestyle
B. Teaching proper use of medications
C. Teaching use of car seats
D. Reducing spread of infection
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Poor sanitation and lack of infection control in industrial hospitals led to high mortality rates. Nurses
during this period prioritized cleanliness and practices that would limit the transmission of communicable diseases.
, 6. Which nursing action demonstrates Florence Nightingale’s theory?
A. Respecting the patient’s culture and incorporating cultural needs in the plan of care
B. Promoting good health and treating those who are ill in a holistic manner
C. Understanding how to motivate people to practice a healthy lifestyle and reduce risks
D. Teaching other nurses how to deliver the highest quality of nursing care
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Florence Nightingale’s work emphasized preventive care, sanitation, and treating the whole patient rather
than just the disease. Her theory advocates for holistic nursing care that includes body, mind, and environment.
7. What action by a nurse directly reflects Linda Richards’s contribution to the profession?
A. Using an antiseptic before administering an injection
B. Exploring the psychosocial needs of the patient
C. Documenting patient care in the medical record
D. Listening to a patient describe his or her condition
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Linda Richards was the first trained nurse in the U.S. and introduced a standardized system for keeping
medical records. Her work laid the foundation for modern nursing documentation practices.
8. A nurse responds to a pulse oximeter reading of 38% but sees that the patient is breathing normally and has pink
mucous membranes. Which nurse theorist’s principles are reflected in the nurse’s response?
A. Annie Goodrich
B. Lillian D. Wald
C. Florence Nightingale
D. Linda Richards
Correct Answer: C
Professional Practice for the LPN/LVN 7th Edition by
Tamara R. Dahlkemper
, Chapter 1: Historical Perspectives and Current Trends
Multiple Choice
1. The nursing student primarily relies on historical knowledge of nursing for what purpose?
A. To prevent making medication errors in practice
B. To determine in which geographic area it is best to practice
C. To reduce the cost of delivering quality health care
D. To understand the professional choices open to the student
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Knowledge of nursing history helps students and professionals recognize how the profession has evolved,
including career roles, advancements, and ethics. This understanding empowers nurses to explore a wide range of
roles available today. It does not directly impact medication administration, location choice, or health care costs.
2. While working in a developing country, a nurse observes locals lighting ritual fires and beating drums around a
sick person. This behavior reflects the belief that illness is caused by:
A. Pathogens and genetics
B. Evil spirits
C. Tides and planets
D. Plants and animals
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Ritualistic behaviors such as lighting fires and drumming around the ill often stem from a cultural belief
in spiritual causes of disease—specifically evil spirits. This aligns with ancient and traditional views, not modern
scientific explanations like pathogens, celestial events, or flora/fauna exposure.
,3. Who is credited with documenting health-care practices and removing mystical elements from medicine?
A. Hammurabi
B. Florence Nightingale
C. Hippocrates
D. Apollo
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Hippocrates, often known as the “Father of Medicine,” wrote one of the earliest medical textbooks and
emphasized observation and logical reasoning over myth. He helped establish medicine as a science distinct from
superstition.
4. Who were the original public health nurses who cared for the sick and poor?
A. The Presbyterian Church
B. Salerno
C. Jewish scholars
D. Convent deaconesses
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: During the early Christian era, deaconesses from convents took on the role of caregiving for the poor and
ill in their communities. They are recognized as some of the earliest examples of organized public health nurses.
5. In the late industrial age, what was a critical issue that nurses needed to address to improve health?
A. Reducing sedentary lifestyle
B. Teaching proper use of medications
C. Teaching use of car seats
D. Reducing spread of infection
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Poor sanitation and lack of infection control in industrial hospitals led to high mortality rates. Nurses
during this period prioritized cleanliness and practices that would limit the transmission of communicable diseases.
, 6. Which nursing action demonstrates Florence Nightingale’s theory?
A. Respecting the patient’s culture and incorporating cultural needs in the plan of care
B. Promoting good health and treating those who are ill in a holistic manner
C. Understanding how to motivate people to practice a healthy lifestyle and reduce risks
D. Teaching other nurses how to deliver the highest quality of nursing care
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Florence Nightingale’s work emphasized preventive care, sanitation, and treating the whole patient rather
than just the disease. Her theory advocates for holistic nursing care that includes body, mind, and environment.
7. What action by a nurse directly reflects Linda Richards’s contribution to the profession?
A. Using an antiseptic before administering an injection
B. Exploring the psychosocial needs of the patient
C. Documenting patient care in the medical record
D. Listening to a patient describe his or her condition
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Linda Richards was the first trained nurse in the U.S. and introduced a standardized system for keeping
medical records. Her work laid the foundation for modern nursing documentation practices.
8. A nurse responds to a pulse oximeter reading of 38% but sees that the patient is breathing normally and has pink
mucous membranes. Which nurse theorist’s principles are reflected in the nurse’s response?
A. Annie Goodrich
B. Lillian D. Wald
C. Florence Nightingale
D. Linda Richards
Correct Answer: C
