, TEST BANK
CH 1: Theory Based Perspectives and Contemporary
DynamicsArnold: Interpersonal Relationships, 9th
Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. When describing nursing to a group of nursing students, the nursing instructor lists all
of the following characteristics of nursing except
a. historically nursing is as old as mankind.
b. nursing was originally practiced informally by religious orders dedicated to
c. care of the sick.
nursing was later practiced in the home by female caregivers with no
formal education.
d. nursing has always been identifiable as a distinct occupation.
ACCURATE ANSWER:-A
Hypothesis:->>>Historically, nursing is as old as mankind. Originally practiced informally
by religious orders dedicated to care of the sick and later in the home by female caregivers
with no formal education, nursing was not identifiable as a distinct occupation until the 1854
Crimean war. There, Florence Nightingale’s Notes on Nursing introduced the world to the
functional roles of professional nursing and the need for formal education.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p.1TOP: Step of the Nursing Process: All
phases MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
2. The nursing profession’s firstnursing attendant researcher, who served as an early
advocate for high-quality care and used statistical data to document the need for
handwashing in preventing infection, was
a. Abraham Maslow.
b. Martha Rogers.
c. Hildegard Peplau.
d. Florence Nightingale.
ACCURATE ANSWER:-D
Hypothesis:->>>An early advocate for high-quality care, Florence Nightingale’s use of
statistical data to document the need for handwashing in preventing infection marks her
as the profession’s firstnursing attendant researcher.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p.
1TOP: Step of the Nursing Process: All phases
MSC: Client Needs: Management of Care
3. Today, professional nursing education begins at the
a. undergraduate level.
b. graduate level.
, c. advanced practice level.
d. administrative level.
ACCURATE ANSWER:-A
Hypothesis:->>>Today, professional nursing education begins at the undergraduate level,
with a growing number ofnursing attendants choosing graduate studies to support
differentiated practice roles and/or research opportunities.nursing attendants are prepared
to function as advanced practicenursing attendant practitioners, administrators, and
educators.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p.
2TOP: Step of the Nursing Process: All phases
MSC: Client Needs: Management of Care
4. Nursing’s metaparadigm, or worldview, distinguishes the nursing profession from other
disciplines and emphasizes its unique functional characteristics. The four key concepts
that form the foundation for all nursing theories are
a. caring, compassion, health promotion, and education.
b. respect, integrity, honesty, and advocacy.
c. person, environment, health, and nursing.
d. nursing, teaching, caring, and health promotion.
ACCURATE ANSWER:-C
Hypothesis:->>>Individual nursing theories represent different interpretations of the
phenomenon of nursing, but central constructs—person, environment, health, and
nursing—are found in all theories and models. They are referred to as nursing’s
metaparadigm.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p.
2TOP: Step of the Nursing Process: All phases
MSC: Client Needs: Management of Care
5. When admitting a client to the medical-surgical unit, thenursing attendant asks the client about cult
issues. Thenursing attendant is demonstrating use of the concept of
a. person.
b. environment.
c. health.
d. nursing.
ACCURATE ANSWER:-B
Hypothesis:->>>The concept of environment includes all cultural, developmental, and
social determinants that influence a client’s health perceptions and behavior. A person is
defined as the recipient of nursing care, having unique bio-psycho-social and spiritual
dimensions. The word health derives from the word whole. Health is a multidimensional
concept, having physical, psychological, sociocultural, developmental, and spiritual
characteristics. The World Health Organization (WHO, 1946) defines health as “a state of
complete physical, mental, social
well-being, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” Nursing includes the promotion
, of health, prevention of illness, and the care of ill, disabled, and dying people.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p.
3TOP: Step of the Nursing Process: Assessment
MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
6. A young mother tells thenursing attendant, “I’m worried because my son needs a blood
transfusion. I don’t know what to do, because blood transfusions cause AIDS.” Which
central nursing construct is represented in this situation?
a. Environment
b. Caring
c. Health
d. Person
ACCURATE ANSWER:-D
Hypothesis:->>>The concept of environment includes all cultural, developmental, and social
determinants that influence a client’s health perceptions and behavior. Caring is not one of the
four central nursing constructs. The word health derives from the word whole. Health is a
multidimensional concept, having physical, psychological, sociocultural, developmental, and
spiritual characteristics. The World Health Organization (WHO, 1946) defines health as “a
state of complete physical, mental, social well-being, not merely the absence of disease or
infirmity.” Nursing includes the promotion of health, prevention of illness, and the care of ill,
disabled, and dying people. Person is defined as the recipient of nursing care, having unique
bio-psycho-social and spiritual dimensions.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 2TOP: Step of the Nursing Process: Implementation MSC:
Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
7. Thenursing attendant performs a dressing change using sterile technique. This is
an example of which pattern of knowledge?
a Empirical
. Personal
b Aesthetic
.
c.
Ethical
d
ACCURATE ANSWER:-A
.
Hypothesis:->>>Empirical knowledge is the scientific rationale for skilled nursing
interventions. Personal ways of knowing allow thenursing attendant to understand and treat
each individual as a unique person. Aesthetic ways of knowing allow thenursing attendant
to connect in different and more meaningful ways. Ethical ways of knowing refer to the
moral aspects of nursing.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 5TOP: Step of the Nursing Process: Implementation
MSC: Client Needs: Management of Care
CH 1: Theory Based Perspectives and Contemporary
DynamicsArnold: Interpersonal Relationships, 9th
Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. When describing nursing to a group of nursing students, the nursing instructor lists all
of the following characteristics of nursing except
a. historically nursing is as old as mankind.
b. nursing was originally practiced informally by religious orders dedicated to
c. care of the sick.
nursing was later practiced in the home by female caregivers with no
formal education.
d. nursing has always been identifiable as a distinct occupation.
ACCURATE ANSWER:-A
Hypothesis:->>>Historically, nursing is as old as mankind. Originally practiced informally
by religious orders dedicated to care of the sick and later in the home by female caregivers
with no formal education, nursing was not identifiable as a distinct occupation until the 1854
Crimean war. There, Florence Nightingale’s Notes on Nursing introduced the world to the
functional roles of professional nursing and the need for formal education.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p.1TOP: Step of the Nursing Process: All
phases MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
2. The nursing profession’s firstnursing attendant researcher, who served as an early
advocate for high-quality care and used statistical data to document the need for
handwashing in preventing infection, was
a. Abraham Maslow.
b. Martha Rogers.
c. Hildegard Peplau.
d. Florence Nightingale.
ACCURATE ANSWER:-D
Hypothesis:->>>An early advocate for high-quality care, Florence Nightingale’s use of
statistical data to document the need for handwashing in preventing infection marks her
as the profession’s firstnursing attendant researcher.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p.
1TOP: Step of the Nursing Process: All phases
MSC: Client Needs: Management of Care
3. Today, professional nursing education begins at the
a. undergraduate level.
b. graduate level.
, c. advanced practice level.
d. administrative level.
ACCURATE ANSWER:-A
Hypothesis:->>>Today, professional nursing education begins at the undergraduate level,
with a growing number ofnursing attendants choosing graduate studies to support
differentiated practice roles and/or research opportunities.nursing attendants are prepared
to function as advanced practicenursing attendant practitioners, administrators, and
educators.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p.
2TOP: Step of the Nursing Process: All phases
MSC: Client Needs: Management of Care
4. Nursing’s metaparadigm, or worldview, distinguishes the nursing profession from other
disciplines and emphasizes its unique functional characteristics. The four key concepts
that form the foundation for all nursing theories are
a. caring, compassion, health promotion, and education.
b. respect, integrity, honesty, and advocacy.
c. person, environment, health, and nursing.
d. nursing, teaching, caring, and health promotion.
ACCURATE ANSWER:-C
Hypothesis:->>>Individual nursing theories represent different interpretations of the
phenomenon of nursing, but central constructs—person, environment, health, and
nursing—are found in all theories and models. They are referred to as nursing’s
metaparadigm.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p.
2TOP: Step of the Nursing Process: All phases
MSC: Client Needs: Management of Care
5. When admitting a client to the medical-surgical unit, thenursing attendant asks the client about cult
issues. Thenursing attendant is demonstrating use of the concept of
a. person.
b. environment.
c. health.
d. nursing.
ACCURATE ANSWER:-B
Hypothesis:->>>The concept of environment includes all cultural, developmental, and
social determinants that influence a client’s health perceptions and behavior. A person is
defined as the recipient of nursing care, having unique bio-psycho-social and spiritual
dimensions. The word health derives from the word whole. Health is a multidimensional
concept, having physical, psychological, sociocultural, developmental, and spiritual
characteristics. The World Health Organization (WHO, 1946) defines health as “a state of
complete physical, mental, social
well-being, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” Nursing includes the promotion
, of health, prevention of illness, and the care of ill, disabled, and dying people.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p.
3TOP: Step of the Nursing Process: Assessment
MSC: Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
6. A young mother tells thenursing attendant, “I’m worried because my son needs a blood
transfusion. I don’t know what to do, because blood transfusions cause AIDS.” Which
central nursing construct is represented in this situation?
a. Environment
b. Caring
c. Health
d. Person
ACCURATE ANSWER:-D
Hypothesis:->>>The concept of environment includes all cultural, developmental, and social
determinants that influence a client’s health perceptions and behavior. Caring is not one of the
four central nursing constructs. The word health derives from the word whole. Health is a
multidimensional concept, having physical, psychological, sociocultural, developmental, and
spiritual characteristics. The World Health Organization (WHO, 1946) defines health as “a
state of complete physical, mental, social well-being, not merely the absence of disease or
infirmity.” Nursing includes the promotion of health, prevention of illness, and the care of ill,
disabled, and dying people. Person is defined as the recipient of nursing care, having unique
bio-psycho-social and spiritual dimensions.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 2TOP: Step of the Nursing Process: Implementation MSC:
Client Needs: Psychosocial Integrity
7. Thenursing attendant performs a dressing change using sterile technique. This is
an example of which pattern of knowledge?
a Empirical
. Personal
b Aesthetic
.
c.
Ethical
d
ACCURATE ANSWER:-A
.
Hypothesis:->>>Empirical knowledge is the scientific rationale for skilled nursing
interventions. Personal ways of knowing allow thenursing attendant to understand and treat
each individual as a unique person. Aesthetic ways of knowing allow thenursing attendant
to connect in different and more meaningful ways. Ethical ways of knowing refer to the
moral aspects of nursing.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 5TOP: Step of the Nursing Process: Implementation
MSC: Client Needs: Management of Care
