Test Bank For Nursing Leadership, Management, and
Professional Practice for the LPN/LVN
7th Edition by Tamara R. Dahlkemper
Chapters 1 - 20
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Table of Content
Unit 1 The Nursing Profession In Today's Health-Care Environment
1 Historical Perspective and Current Trends
Professionalism
The Beginning of Nursing
Dark Ages and Introduction of Christianity
Renaissance Period
Era of Industrialization
Early Health Care in the United States
The Beginning of Modern Nursing
History of the Licensed Practical and Vocational Nurse
Current Trends and Issues
2 Caring as a Personal and Professional Behavior
What Is Caring?
Applying Caring Theory in Your Personal Life
Understanding Nursing Models
Applying Caring Theory in Your Professional Life
Setting Priorities Using Transpersonal Caring
Caring for Family and Significant Others
Caring Includes Everyone
Personal Motivation
3 Understanding the Changing Roles in Nursing
Paradigm Thinking Defined
Critical Thinking Concepts
Theoretical Frameworks for Management
Basic Principle of Patient Advocacy
4 Health-Care Environment
Health-Care Systems
Roles and Tasks of the Licensed Practical Nurse in the Health-Care System
Health-Care Agencies
5 Nursing and Informatics
Looking at the Past
Looking at Today
Nursing Informatics
Looking Forward
Unit 2 From Student to Nurse
6 Fulfill Your Role as a Student
,Knowing Yourself and Understanding Nurses' Ways of Knowing
Learning in the Classroom
You as a Student in the Clinical Area
Communication in the Clinical Setting
Successful Study Strategies
Understanding Test Questions
Managing Test Anxiety
Writing Successful Papers
Conclusion
7 The Importance of Critical Thinking
What Is Critical Thinking?
Thorough Thinking
Thorough or Critical Thinking as Applied to Science
Thorough or Critical Thinking as Applied to Nursing
Creative Thinking
Critical Thinking
8 Entry Into-Practice
Nurse Practice Act
Finding the Perfect Job
Mentoring
Other Strategies
9 Employment Process
Employer Expectations
Application Process
Preparing for the Interview
Letter of Resignation
10 Leadership and Management as a Professional Concept
Leadership Versus Management
Historical Overview of Nursing Leadership and Management Roles
Where Is the Licensed Practical Nurse in This Historical Picture?
Leadership Styles
What Type of Leader Are You?
The Successful Nurse Leader
11 Communication Skills in Leadership and Management
Styles of Communication
Failed Communication
Communication in the Clinical Setting
Types of Communication
Other Forms of Communication
,12 Understanding the Benefits of Change
What Is Change?
Effective Decision Making During the Change Process
Kurt Lewin's Change Theory
Role of the Licensed Practical Nurse as Change Agent
Transitions
Final Thoughts
13 Setting Meaningful Priorities
Setting Personal Priorities
Setting Priorities
Need for Priority Setting
It Starts With the Ability to Make Good Decisions
14 Handling Conflict in the Nursing Profession
Types of Conflict
Resolving Conflict
Conflict Resolution
15 Dealing With Chaos
Understanding the Changes
Understanding Newtonian Physics or the Scientific Age
Understanding Quantum Physics or the New Science
Chaos Theory
Are You Ready?
16 Ethics and Law in Nursing Management
Personal Values
Understanding Ethics
Legal Issues
Nurse Practice Act
Understanding the Law
Legal Issues Specific to Nursing
Safeguards
17 Understanding Use of Power
What Is Power?
Types of Power
Positive and Negative Uses of Power
Empowerment
Powerlessness
18 Motivating Employees
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Revisited
Oppressed Group Behavior
,Theories of Motivation
Creating a Motivating Environment
19 Team Building
Understanding Characteristics of a Team
Stages of Team Development
Group Norms
Understanding the Value of Team Concepts
20 Delegating, Coaching, and Evaluating Performance
Leader, Manager, or Both
Delegation and Making Assignments
Sharing Information With Staff Members
Coaching
Evaluating Performance
Hiring and Managing a Diverse Workforce
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Chapter 1: Historical Perspective and Current Trends
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. The nursing student predominantly uses knowledge about the history of nursing for which purpose?
1. To understand the professional choices open to the student
2. To prevent making medication errors in practice
3. To determine in which geographical area it is best to practice
4. To reduce the cost of delivering quality health care
ANSWER: 1
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N U R S Y T E S T S . C O M
1 Understanding nursing history helps the nurse to better recognize the many
choices available when choosing his or her own future path.
2 Understanding nursing history does not prevent medication errors in practice.
3 Understanding nursing history does not determine which geographical area is
the best place in which to practice.
4 Understanding nursing history does not reduce the cost of delivering quality
health care.
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2. The nurse is working in an underdeveloped country and observes the natives lighting ritual fires and
pounding on primitive drums around the sick person to promote recovery. The nurse interprets this
behavior as indicating the natives believe illness results from which items?
1. Pathogens and genetics
2. Evil spirits
3. Tides and planets
4. Plants and animals
ANSWER: 2
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1 The belief that disease was caused by pathogens and genetics would not result in
lighting fires or candles and making loud noises to ward off spirits.
2 A belief that disease was caused by evil spirits would result in lighting fires or
candles and making loud noises to try to ward off the spirits.
3 The belief that disease was caused by tides and planets would not result in
lighting fires or candles and making loud noises to ward off spirits.
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4 The belief that disease was caused by plants and animals would not result in
lighting fires or candles and making loud noises to ward off spirits.
3. Who is credited with making a written record of health-care practices and removing the mythical
aspect of health care?
1. Hammurabi
2. Florence Nightingale
3. Hippocrates
4. Apollo
ANSWER: 3
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1 Hammurabi wrote a code of laws to protect the patient and define legal
limitations of caregivers, Florence Nightingale introduced modern nursing
during the Crimean War, and Apollo was a mythical god who was believed to
control health and wellness.
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during the Crimean War, and Apollo was a mythical god who was believed to
control health and wellness.
3 Hippocrates wrote the first medical textbook, outlining current health-care
practices, and removed the mythical belief that Apollo was responsible for
health.
4 Hammurabi wrote a code of laws to protect the patient and define legal
limitations of caregivers, Florence Nightingale introduced modern nursing
during the Crimean War, and Apollo was a mythical god who was believed to
control health and wellness.
4. Who served as the first public health nurses, caring for the sick and the poor?
1. The Presbyterian Church
2. Salerno
3. Jewish scholars
4. Convent deaconesses
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1 The Presbyterian Church did not serve as the first public health nurses who
cared for the sick and poor.
2 The Salerno did not serve as the first public health nurses who cared for the sick
and poor.
3 The Jewish scholars did not serve as the first public health nurses who cared for
the sick and poor.
4 Deaconesses from local convents acted as the first public health nurses,
providing care for the sick and the poor based on the Christian belief in the
importance of caring for one another.
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5. Which is a crucial issue the nurse working in the late industrialization era would need to address to
promote health?
1. Reducing spread of infection
2. Reducing sedentary lifestyle
3. Teaching proper use of medications
4. Teaching use of car seats
ANSWE .
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1 Many deaths resulted from communicable diseases and lack of cleanliness in
hospitals, so the nurse’s priority concern with health promotion would be
reducing the spread of infection.
2 Reducing sedentary lifestyle promotes health; however, this was not a crucial
issue in the late industrialization era.
3 Teaching the proper use of medications promotes health; however, this was not
a crucial issue in the late industrialization era.
4 Reducing the use of car seats promotes health; however, this was not a crucial
issue in the late industrialization era.
6. The nurse demonstrates Florence Nightingale’s theory of nursing with which intervention?
1. Respecting the patient’s culture and incorporating cultural needs in the plan of care
2. Promoting good health and treating those who are ill in a holistic manner
3. Understanding how to motivate people to practice a healthy lifestyle and reduce
risks
4. Teaching other nurses how to deliver the highest quality of nursing care
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1 This is not a primary belief regarding the responsibility of nurses according to
Nightingale.
2 Nightingale believed the nurse’s primary responsibilities included promoting
health and treating the ill.
3 This is not a primary belief regarding the responsibility of nurses according to
Nightingale.
4 This is not a primary belief regarding the responsibility of nurses according to
Nightingale.
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7. Which action performed by the nurse directly resulted from the contribution made by Linda
Richards?
1. Using an antiseptic before administering an injection
2. Exploring the psychosocial needs of the patient
3. Documenting patient care in the medical record
4. Listening to a patient describNeUhR
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1 This nursing action is not a reflection of Linda Richards.
2 This nursing action is not a reflection of Linda Richards.
3 Linda Richards developed a system for recording details about patients and
patient care. This system evolved into today’s documentation system.
4 This nursing action is not a reflection of Linda Richards.
8. The nurse responds to an alarm on a pulse oximeter and sees that the patient’s oxygen saturation is
reading 38%. The nurse observes the patient, noting a respiratory rate of 12 breaths per minute, pink
mucous membranes, and easy regular respirations. The nurse concludes that the pulse oximeter is not
reading accurately. Whose theory of nursing is this nurse demonstrating?
1. Annie Goodrich
2. Lillian D. Wald
3. Florence Nightingale
4. Linda Richards
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1 The nurse is not demonstrating Goodrich’s theory of nursing.
2 The nurse is not demonstrating Wald’s theory of nursing.
3 Florence Nightingale promoted treating the patient based on the patient’s
individual needs rather than treating the disease or, in this case, the machinery.
4 The nurse is not demonstrating Richards’s theory of nursing.
9. Which professional organization was the first to focus on licensed practical nurses (LPNs)?
N U R S Y T E S T S . C O M
1. National Association for Practical Nurse Education and Services (NAPNES)
2. National Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses (NFLPN)
3. National League for Nursing (NLN)
4. American Nurses Association (ANA)
ANSWER: 1
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Feedback
NAPNES was the first professional organization to focus on LPNs. NAPNES is
very active today, with continuing education opportunities and publications for
LPNs.
2 Although NFLPN focuses on LPNs, they were not the first to do so.
3 NLN and ANA focus on both RNs and LPNs.
4 NLN and ANA focus on both RNs and LPNs.
10. Which statement accurately describes the NFLPN?
1. It represents both registered nurses (RNs) and LPNs.
2. It represents LPNs/LVNs only.
3. It is open to anyone interested in nursing.
4. It is open to anyone in the health-care field.
ANSWER: 2
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1 This is not an accurate statement regarding NFLPN.
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