Nursing Leadership, Management, and
Professional Practice for the LPN/LVN 7th
Edition Dahlkemper Test Bank
,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 what purpose?
1. To understand the professional choices open
to the student
2. To prevent making medication errors in
Practice
3. To determine what geographical area is the
best place to practice
4. To reduce the cost of delivering quality
Healthcare
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
what?
1. Pathogens and genetics
2. Evil spirits
3. Tides and planets
4. Plants and animals
, 3. The person credited with making a written record of healthcare practices and
removing the mythical aspect of healthcare is who?
1. Hammurabi
2. Florence Nightingale
3. Hippocrates
4. Apollo
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
5. What is a crucial issue the nurse working in the late industrialization era would
need to address in order to promote health?
1. Reducing spread of infection
2. Reducing sedentary lifestyle
3. Teaching proper use of medications
4. Teaching use of car seats
, 6. What types of skills would a nursing student learn while attending Kaiserworth
Deaconess Institution in 1836?
1. Administering immunizations
2. Assisting in surgery
3. Washing and changing bed linens
4. Developing a plan of care
7. The nurse demonstrates Florence Nightingale’s theory of nursing with what
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.
8. What action performed by the nurse directly resulted from the contribution made
by Linda Richards?
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