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Chapter: Chapter 1: Exploring the Growth of
Nursing as a Profession
Multiple Choice
1. Which of the following statements most accurately
describes the practice of medicine in Greece from
800 BC to 300 BC?
A) Greek culture stressed natural causes for
disease, a patient-centered approach, and the necessity
of accurate observations and record keeping. B) Greek
culture borrowed medical practices from the countries
it conquered, and physicians were often slaves.
C) Major and minor surgery, childrens diseases, and
diseases of the nervous and urinary systems
were described in Greek culture.
D) Medicine men (known first as shamans and later
as priests) were responsible for curing ills of
body and mind.
Ans: A
Client Needs: B
Cognitive Level: Comprehension
Difficulty: Moderate
Integrated Process: Nursing Process
Objective: 1
Feedback: Hippocrates, born about 400 BC, was a Greek
citizen who became known as the Father of
Modern Medicine. He emphasized natural causes for
disease, a patient-centered approach, and the necessity
of accurate observations and record keeping. These
priorities influenced the practice of medicine both in
Greece and beyond. Persiawas known to utilizeslaves
as physicians, and Rome borrowed medical practices from
the countries it conquered. Ancient India emphasized
hygiene and prevention of sickness and described major
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,and minor surgery, childrens diseases, and diseases of
the nervous and urinary systems. Medicine men were
characteristic of the Mayan and Aztec civilizations.
2. Florence Nightingale fostered the development of
nursing as a profession. What was the basis of her
nursing theory?
A) The nurses role is to assist individuals (sick or
well) to carry out those activities that they would
perform unaided if they had the necessary
strength, will, or knowledge.
B) The goal of nursing is to put the patient
in the best condition for nature to act upon
him, primarily by altering the environment.
C) The focus of nursing is the spiritual subjective
aspects of both the nurse and the patient and
the caring moment relating to the time when
the nurse and the patient first come together.
D) The focus of nursing is the care of human
beings who are viewed as open systems in
constant interaction with their environments.
Ans: B
Client Needs: A-1
Cognitive Level: Analysis
Difficulty: Difficult
Integrated Process: Nursing Process
Objective: 2
Feedback: Florence Nightingale, in her Notes on Nursing:
What It Is and What It Is Not, described the
nurses role as one that would put the patient
in the best condition for nature to act upon him
(Nightingale, 1954, p. 133), a definition that often is
quoted today. This actionwas prioritized over physically
assisting the patient. Watson emphasized the spiritual
subjective aspects of the nurse and the patient, and
the open systems concept is central to Kings
theory of nursing.
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, 3. Which one of the following statements accurately
describes an element of the process of providing
a definition of nursing?
A) Researchers can pinpoint the period in history
when nursing first evolved.
B) Nurses agree on a single definition of nursing, partly
because of the history of nursing.
C) There is an obvious distinction between nursing
and medicine.
D) Nursing theorists developed definitions of nursing
consistent with their conceptual frameworks.
Ans: 1
Client Needs: A 1
Cognitive Level: Analysis 1
Difficulty: Moderate Integrated Process: Nursing Process Objective:
7, 1
Feedback: As nursing has grown into a true
profession, many nursing theorists have developed definitions
of nursing consistent with their conceptual frameworks;
these frameworks provide the foundation for any given
definition of nursing. The historical emergence of
nursing did not take place at one particular time, and
there are multiple definitions of nursing. While nursing
and medicine indeed differ, the distinctions between the
two professions are not always clear.
4. A nurse wishes to document nursing actions using
a standardized language. Which of the following
systems might the nurse use?
A) NANDA International (NANDA-I)
B) Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC)
C) Minimum Data Set for Nursing Home Resident
Assessment and Care
Screening (MDS)
D) Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC)
Ans: D
Client Needs: A-1
Cognitive Level: Application
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Chapter: Chapter 1: Exploring the Growth of
Nursing as a Profession
Multiple Choice
1. Which of the following statements most accurately
describes the practice of medicine in Greece from
800 BC to 300 BC?
A) Greek culture stressed natural causes for
disease, a patient-centered approach, and the necessity
of accurate observations and record keeping. B) Greek
culture borrowed medical practices from the countries
it conquered, and physicians were often slaves.
C) Major and minor surgery, childrens diseases, and
diseases of the nervous and urinary systems
were described in Greek culture.
D) Medicine men (known first as shamans and later
as priests) were responsible for curing ills of
body and mind.
Ans: A
Client Needs: B
Cognitive Level: Comprehension
Difficulty: Moderate
Integrated Process: Nursing Process
Objective: 1
Feedback: Hippocrates, born about 400 BC, was a Greek
citizen who became known as the Father of
Modern Medicine. He emphasized natural causes for
disease, a patient-centered approach, and the necessity
of accurate observations and record keeping. These
priorities influenced the practice of medicine both in
Greece and beyond. Persiawas known to utilizeslaves
as physicians, and Rome borrowed medical practices from
the countries it conquered. Ancient India emphasized
hygiene and prevention of sickness and described major
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,and minor surgery, childrens diseases, and diseases of
the nervous and urinary systems. Medicine men were
characteristic of the Mayan and Aztec civilizations.
2. Florence Nightingale fostered the development of
nursing as a profession. What was the basis of her
nursing theory?
A) The nurses role is to assist individuals (sick or
well) to carry out those activities that they would
perform unaided if they had the necessary
strength, will, or knowledge.
B) The goal of nursing is to put the patient
in the best condition for nature to act upon
him, primarily by altering the environment.
C) The focus of nursing is the spiritual subjective
aspects of both the nurse and the patient and
the caring moment relating to the time when
the nurse and the patient first come together.
D) The focus of nursing is the care of human
beings who are viewed as open systems in
constant interaction with their environments.
Ans: B
Client Needs: A-1
Cognitive Level: Analysis
Difficulty: Difficult
Integrated Process: Nursing Process
Objective: 2
Feedback: Florence Nightingale, in her Notes on Nursing:
What It Is and What It Is Not, described the
nurses role as one that would put the patient
in the best condition for nature to act upon him
(Nightingale, 1954, p. 133), a definition that often is
quoted today. This actionwas prioritized over physically
assisting the patient. Watson emphasized the spiritual
subjective aspects of the nurse and the patient, and
the open systems concept is central to Kings
theory of nursing.
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, 3. Which one of the following statements accurately
describes an element of the process of providing
a definition of nursing?
A) Researchers can pinpoint the period in history
when nursing first evolved.
B) Nurses agree on a single definition of nursing, partly
because of the history of nursing.
C) There is an obvious distinction between nursing
and medicine.
D) Nursing theorists developed definitions of nursing
consistent with their conceptual frameworks.
Ans: 1
Client Needs: A 1
Cognitive Level: Analysis 1
Difficulty: Moderate Integrated Process: Nursing Process Objective:
7, 1
Feedback: As nursing has grown into a true
profession, many nursing theorists have developed definitions
of nursing consistent with their conceptual frameworks;
these frameworks provide the foundation for any given
definition of nursing. The historical emergence of
nursing did not take place at one particular time, and
there are multiple definitions of nursing. While nursing
and medicine indeed differ, the distinctions between the
two professions are not always clear.
4. A nurse wishes to document nursing actions using
a standardized language. Which of the following
systems might the nurse use?
A) NANDA International (NANDA-I)
B) Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC)
C) Minimum Data Set for Nursing Home Resident
Assessment and Care
Screening (MDS)
D) Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC)
Ans: D
Client Needs: A-1
Cognitive Level: Application
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