,Table of Content
UNIT 1 Exploring Contemporary Nursing
o Chapter 1 Nursing Foundations
o Chapter 2 Nursing Process
UNIT 2 Integrating Basic Concepts
o Chapter 3 Laws and Ethics
o Chapter 4 Health and Illness
o Chapter 5 Homeostasis, Adaptation, and Stress
o Chapter 6 Culture and Ethnicity
UNIT 3 Fostering Communication
o Chapter 7 The Nurse–Client Relationship
o Chapter 8 Client Teaching
o Chapter 9 Recording and Reporting
UNIT 4 Performing Basic Client Care
o Chapter 10 Asepsis
o Chapter 11 Admission, Discharge, Transfer, and Referrals
o Chapter 12 Vital Signs
o Chapter 13 Physical Assessment
o Chapter 14 Special Examinations and Tests
UNIT 5 Assisting With Basic Needs
o Chapter 15 Nutrition
o Chapter 16 Fluid and Chemical Balance
o Chapter 17 Hygiene
o Chapter 18 Comfort, Rest, and Sleep
o Chapter 19 Safety
o Chapter 20 Pain Management
o Chapter 21 Oxygenation
o Chapter 22 Infection Control
UNIT 6 Assisting the Inactive Client
o Chapter 23 Body Mechanics, Positioning, and Moving
o Chapter 24 Fitness and Therapeutic Exercise
o Chapter 25 Mechanical Immobilization
o Chapter 26 Ambulatory Aids
UNIT 7 The Surgical Client
o Chapter 27 Perioperative Care
o Chapter 28 Wound Care
o Chapter 29 Gastrointestinal Intubation
UNIT 8 Promoting Elimination
o Chapter 30 Urinary Elimination
o Chapter 31 Bowel Elimination
UNIT 9 Medication Administration
o Chapter 32 Oral Medications
o Chapter 33 Topical and Inhalant Medications
o Chapter 34 Parenteral Medications
o Chapter 35 Intravenous Medications
UNIT 10 Intervening in Emergency Situations
o Chapter 36 Airway Management
o Chapter 37 Resuscitation
UNIT 11 Caring for the Terminally Ill
o Chapter 38 End-of-Life Care
,Chapter 01: Nursing Foundations
Moreno: Timby's Fundamental Nursing Skills and Concepts 11th 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 sanitation, nutrition ventilation, and handwashing techniques, Florence
Nightingale‘s nurses dramatically reduced the death rate from injuries in the Crimean War.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 2 OBJ: Theory #1
TOP: Nursing History KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A
MSC: NCLEX: N/A
2. Early nursing education and care in the United States:
a. were directed at community health.
b. provided independence for women through education and employment.
c. were an educational model based in institutions of higher learning.
Med C
, d. have continued to be entirely focused on hospital nursing.
ANS: B
Because of the influence of early nursing leaders, nursing education became more formalized
through apprenticeships in Nightingale schools that offered independence to women through
education and employment.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 2 OBJ: Theory #4
TOP: Nursing History KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A
MSC: NCLEX: N/A
3. In order to fulfill the common goals defined by nursing theorists (promote wellness, prevent
illness, facilitate coping, and restore health), the LPN must take on the roles of:
a. caregiver, educator, and collaborator.
b. nursing assistant, delegator, and environmental specialist.
c. medication dispenser, collaborator, and transporter.
d. dietitian, manager, and housekeeper.
ANS: A
In order for the LPN to apply the common goals of nursing, he or she must assume the roles of
caregiver, educator, collaborator, manager, and advocate.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 4 OBJ: Theory #2
TOP: Art and Science of Nursing KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A
MSC: NCLEX: N/A
Med C
