Test Bank For Fundamental Concepts and Skills for Nursing 7th Edition by Patricia A. Williams,|| Verified Chapters 1- 41 ||Complete Questions and Answers

,Chapter 01: Nursing and the Health Care System
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Williams: deWit's Fundamental Concepts and Skills for Nursing, 7th Edition
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1. Florence Nightingale’s contributions to nursing practice and education:
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a. are historically important but have no validity for nursing today.
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b. were neither recognized nor appreciated in her own time.
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c. were a major factor in reducing the death rate in the Crimean War.
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d. were limited only to the care of severe traumatic wounds.
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ANS: C o


By improving sanitation, nutrition ventilation, and handwashing techniques, Florence
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Nightingale’s nurses dramatically reduced the death rate from injuries in the Crimean War.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge o o REF: p. 2 OBJ: Theory #1
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TOP: Nursing History
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MSC: NCLEX: N/A
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2. Early nursing education and care in the United States:
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a. were directed at community health.
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b. provided independence for women through education and employment.
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c. were an educational model based in institutions of higher learning.
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d. have continued to be entirely focused on hospital nursing.
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ANS: B o


Because of the influence of early nNuUrRs iSnI gN Gl eTaBd.eCrOs ,Mnu rs i n g education became more
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formalized through apprenticeships in Nightingale schools that offered independence to
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women through education and employment.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge o o REF: p. 2 OBJ: Theory #4
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TOP: Nursing History
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,3. In order to fulfill the common goals defined by nursing theorists (promote wellness, prevent
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o illness, facilitate coping, and restore health), the LPN must take on the roles of:
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a. caregiver, educator, and collaborator. o o o


b. nursing assistant, delegator, and environmental specialist.
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c. medication dispenser, collaborator, and transporter.
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d. dietitian, manager, and housekeeper. o o o




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In order for the LPN to apply the common goals of nursing, he or she must assume the roles
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oof caregiver, educator, collaborator, manager, and advocate.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension o o REF: p. 3 OBJ: Theory #2
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TOP: Art and Science of Nursing
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4. Although nursing theories differ in their attempts to define nursing, all of them base their
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o beliefs on common concepts concerning:
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b. stress reduction, self-care, and a systems model.
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c. curative care, restorative care, and terminal care.
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d. human relationships, the environment, and health.
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ANS: D o


Although nursing theories differ, they all base their beliefs on human relationships, the
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environment, and health.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension o o REF: p. 4 OBJ: Theory #2o o o o


TOP: Nursing Theories
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MSC: NCLEX: N/A
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5. Standards of care for the nursing practice of the LPN are established by the:
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The National Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses modified the standards published by the
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ANA in 2015 to better fit the role of the LPN. In 2015 the American Nurses Association
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(ANA) revised the Standards of Nursing Practice which contained 17 standards of national
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practice of nursing, describing all facets of nursing practice: who, what, when, where, how.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 6 OBJ: Theory #2 o o o o o o


TOP: Standards of Care
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6. The LPN demonstrates an evidence-based practice by:
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a. using a drug manual to check compatibility of drugs.
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b. using scientific information to guide decision making.
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c. using medical history of a patient to direct nursing interventions.
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d. basing nursing care on advice from an experienced nurse.
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The use of scientific information from high-quality research to guide nursing decisions is
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reflective of the application of evidence-based practice.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge o o REF: p. 7 OBJ: Theory #3o o o o


TOP: Evidence-Based Practice
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MSC: NCLEX: N/A
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7. Lillian Wald and Mary Brewster established the Henry Street Settlement Service in New York
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in 1893 in order to:
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a. offer a shelter to injured war veterans.
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b. found a nursing apprenticeship. o o o


c. provide health care to poor persons living in tenements.
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d. offer better housing to low-income families.
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