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Chapter 01: Nursing and the Health Care System Williams: deWit's Fundamental Concepts and Skills for Nursing, 5th Edition MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Florence Nightingale‘s contributions to nursing practice and education: a. are historically important but have no validity for nursing today. b. were neither recognized nor appreciated in her own time. c. were a major factor in reducing the death rate in the Crimean War. d. were limited only to the care of severe traumatic wounds. ANS: C By improving san...

1. The nurse is aware that any description of health would include the concept that: a. health is the absence of illness, and illness is the presence of chronic disease. b. culture, education, and socioeconomic status influence one’s definition of health or illness. c. illness is a biologic malfunction, and health is biologic soundness. d. lifestyle factors are the major determinant of health or illness. ANS: B The concept of health is influenced by culture, education, and socioeconomic...

. The nurse is aware that one of the time flexible tasks to be accomplished would be: a. administering daily insulin 30 minutes before breakfast. b. taking the patient’s vital signs once a day. c. weighing the patient before breakfast. d. monitoring a critical patient’s vital signs every 15 minutes. ANS: B Daily vital signs can be taken at any time during the day, whereas the other tasks mentioned have a time constraint. DIF: Cognitive Level: Application REF: p. 73 OBJ: Theory #2 TO...