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Fundamentals of Nursing Theory Concepts and Applications 4th EditionWilkinson Test Bank
Chapter 1 Evolution of Nursing Thought & Action
1. Which of the following statements accurately describe an element of nursing? Select all
that apply.
A) The skills involved in nursing are primarily technical in nature.
B) The primary focus of nursing is to assist individuals to recover from illness.
C) The science of nursing is the knowledge base for the care that is given.
D) The art of nursing is the collection of knowledge through research.
E) Nursing is considered to be both an art and a science.
F) Nursing is a profession that used specialized knowledge and skills.
2. Which of the following set of terms best describes nursing at the end of the Middle Ages?
A) continuity, caring, critical thinking
B) purpose, direction, leadership
C) assessment, interventions, outcomes
D) advocacy, research, education
3. Which of the following is a characteristic of nursing practiced from early civilization to
the 16th century?
A) Most early civilizations believed that illness had supernatural causes.
B) The physician was the priest who treated disease with prayer.
C) The nurse was a nun committed to caring for the needy and homeless.
D) Nursing changed from a spiritual focus to an emphasis on knowledge expansion.
4. In what time period did nursing care as we now know it begin?
A) pre-civilization
B) early civilization to 16th century
C) 16th to 17th century
D) 18th to 19th century
5. Who is considered to be the founder of professional nursing?
A) Dorothea Dix
,B) Lillian Wald
C) Florence Nightingale
D) Clara Barton
6. Which of the following nursing pioneers established the Red Cross in the United States in
1882?
A) Florence Nightingale
B) Clara Barton
C) Dorothea Dix
D) Jane Addams
7. What was one barrier to the development of the nursing profession in the United States
after the Civil War?
A) lack of educational standards
B) hospital-based schools of nursing
C) lack of influence from nursing leaders
D) independence of nursing orders
8. Which of the following individuals provided community-based care and founded public
health nursing?
A) Adelaide Nutting
B) Lillian Wald
C) Sojourner Truth
D) Clara Barton
9. Which of the following nursing groups provides a definition and scope of practice for
nursing?
A) ICN
B) AAN
C) ANA
D) The Joint Commission
10. Teaching a woman about breast self-examination is an example of what broad aim of
nursing?
A) promoting health
B) preventing illness
,C) restoring health
D) facilitating coping with disability and death
11. What nursing activity would meet the broad nursing aim of facilitating coping with
disability and death? Select all that apply.
A) conducting a blood pressure screening program
B) teaching testicular self-examination
C) referring to a community diabetic support group
D) administering intravenous fluids
E) admitting a patient to a hospice program
F) performing a physical assessment on a patient
12. A nurse caring for a patient with diabetes chooses an appropriate plan of care and devises
interventions to accomplish the desired outcomes. This is an example of using which of
the following type of nursing skills?
A) Technical
B) Cognitive
C) Interpersonal
D) Ethical/Legal
13. Which one of the following examples of nursing actions would be considered an
ethical/legal skill?
A) A nurse helps a patient prepare a living will.
B) A nurse obtains a urine sample for a urinalysis.
C) A nurse explains the rationale for a patients plan of care.
D) A nurse holds the hand of a woman whose baby died in childbirth.
14. A nurse practitioner is caring for a couple who are the parents of an infant diagnosed with
Downs Syndrome. The nurse makes referrals for a parent support group for the family.
This is an example of which nursing role?
A) Teacher/Educator
B) Leader
C) Counselor
D) Collaborator
, 15. A nurse is providing nursing care in a neighborhood clinic to single pregnant teens.
Which of the following actions is the best example of using the collaborator role as a
nurse?
A) Discussing the legal aspects of adoption for teens wishing to place their infants with
a family
B) Searching the Internet for information on child care for the teens who wish to return
to school
C) Conducting a patient interview and documenting the information on the patients
chart
D) Referring a teen who admits having suicidal thoughts to a mental healthcare
specialist
16. A nurse instructor explains the concept of health to her students. Which of the following
statements accurately describes this state of being?
A) Health is a state of optimal functioning.
B) Health is an absence of illness.
C) Health is always an objective state.
D) Health is not determined by the patient.
17. A nurse incorporates the health promotion guidelines established by the U.S. Department
of Health document: Healthy People 2010. Which of the following is a health indicator
discussed in this document?
A) cancer
B) obesity
C) diabetes
D) hypertension
18. A nurse conducts a smoking-cessation program for patients of a neighborhood clinic. This
is an example of which of the following aims of nursing?
A) promoting health
B) preventing illness
C) restoring health
D) facilitating coping with disability or death
19. Which of the following is a criteria that defines nursing as profession?
A) an undefined body of knowledge
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