LVN TEST 1 questions with verified
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What was illness believed to be caused by? - correct answer ✔✔ Chapter 1
-Sin or the god's displeasure
What did nursing consist of? - correct answer ✔✔ Chapter 1
-comforting, caring for basic needs, and using herbal remedies
Who founded the American Red Cross? - correct answer ✔✔ Chapter 1
-Clara Barton
What did the Henry Street Settlement Service focus on? - correct answer ✔✔ Chapter 1
-Health needs of poor people living in tenements
What are interventions? - correct answer ✔✔ Chapter 1
-actions taken to improve, maintain, or restore health or prevent illness
What is used to establish the best practices? - correct answer ✔✔ -Chapter 1
-Evidence based nursing is used to help determine "best practices"
Florence Nightingale's beliefs are still the foundation of nursing today. She was responsible for:
1) founding the Ballard School of Practical Nursing
2) the belief that continuing education is necessary for nurses
3) apprenticeship training
, 4) founding the American Red Cross - correct answer ✔✔ Chapter 1
-2) the belief that continuing education is necessary
The training in Nightingale schools varied considerably from that of the U.S. nursing schools.
Which statements are incorrect concerning the differences? Select all that apply. - correct
answer ✔✔ Chapter 1
-1) The Nightingale program was less organized.
-2) Student nurses in the United States worked for minimum wage.
-3) Curriculum in American nursing schools was more standardized
What are the standards of Nursing Practice (ANA, 2015)? - correct answer ✔✔ Chapter 1
-govern the practice of the profession. These standards for the professional RN protect the
nurse, the patient, and the health care agency where nursing care is given.
What caused the ANA to propose that the baccalaureate degree be necessary for entry into
professional nursing practice? - correct answer ✔✔ Chapter 1
-the push towards professional, unification, and higher educational standards/consistencies for
nursing
From whom can a LVN/LPN receive a specialty certification? - correct answer ✔✔ Chapter 1
-after completion of an LPN/LVN curriculum and/or licensure, the graduate can seek
certification by NAPNES in pharmacology, long term care, and/or IV therapy
What are three educational differences between the practical nurse and the RN? - correct
answer ✔✔ Chapter 1
-the RN curriculum is many months longer than the 12 to 18 months' curriculum for the
practical nurse
-the RN is taught more in-depth anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology
-the RN is given leadership and management training
answers rated A+
What was illness believed to be caused by? - correct answer ✔✔ Chapter 1
-Sin or the god's displeasure
What did nursing consist of? - correct answer ✔✔ Chapter 1
-comforting, caring for basic needs, and using herbal remedies
Who founded the American Red Cross? - correct answer ✔✔ Chapter 1
-Clara Barton
What did the Henry Street Settlement Service focus on? - correct answer ✔✔ Chapter 1
-Health needs of poor people living in tenements
What are interventions? - correct answer ✔✔ Chapter 1
-actions taken to improve, maintain, or restore health or prevent illness
What is used to establish the best practices? - correct answer ✔✔ -Chapter 1
-Evidence based nursing is used to help determine "best practices"
Florence Nightingale's beliefs are still the foundation of nursing today. She was responsible for:
1) founding the Ballard School of Practical Nursing
2) the belief that continuing education is necessary for nurses
3) apprenticeship training
, 4) founding the American Red Cross - correct answer ✔✔ Chapter 1
-2) the belief that continuing education is necessary
The training in Nightingale schools varied considerably from that of the U.S. nursing schools.
Which statements are incorrect concerning the differences? Select all that apply. - correct
answer ✔✔ Chapter 1
-1) The Nightingale program was less organized.
-2) Student nurses in the United States worked for minimum wage.
-3) Curriculum in American nursing schools was more standardized
What are the standards of Nursing Practice (ANA, 2015)? - correct answer ✔✔ Chapter 1
-govern the practice of the profession. These standards for the professional RN protect the
nurse, the patient, and the health care agency where nursing care is given.
What caused the ANA to propose that the baccalaureate degree be necessary for entry into
professional nursing practice? - correct answer ✔✔ Chapter 1
-the push towards professional, unification, and higher educational standards/consistencies for
nursing
From whom can a LVN/LPN receive a specialty certification? - correct answer ✔✔ Chapter 1
-after completion of an LPN/LVN curriculum and/or licensure, the graduate can seek
certification by NAPNES in pharmacology, long term care, and/or IV therapy
What are three educational differences between the practical nurse and the RN? - correct
answer ✔✔ Chapter 1
-the RN curriculum is many months longer than the 12 to 18 months' curriculum for the
practical nurse
-the RN is taught more in-depth anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology
-the RN is given leadership and management training
