Test Bank for deWit's Fundamental Concepts and Skills for Nursing, 5th Edition, Patricia Williams
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Test Bank For Fundamental Concepts and Skills for Nursing 6th Edition by Patricia
A. Williams Chapter 1- 41 Complete Guide A+
Chapter 01: Nursing and the Health Care Systems
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.
d. have continued to be entirely focused on hospital nursing.
ANS: B
Because of the influence of early nNuUrRsiSnIgNGleTaBd.eCrOs,Mnursing 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:
,Test Bank For Fundamental Concepts and Skills for Nursing 6th Edition by Patricia
A. Williams Chapter 1- 41 Complete Guide A+
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: ComprehensionREF: p. 3 OBJ: Theory #2 TOP: Art and Science of Nursing
KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A MSC: NCLEX: N/A
4. Although nursing theories differ in their attempts to define nursing, all of them base their beliefs
on common concepts concerning:
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a. self-actualization, fundamental needs, and belonging.
b. stress reduction, self-care, and a systems model.
c. curative care, restorative care, and terminal care.
d. human relationships, the environment, and health.
ANS: D
Although nursing theories differ, they all base their beliefs on human relationships, the environment, and
health.
,Test Bank For Fundamental Concepts and Skills for Nursing 6th Edition by Patricia
A. Williams Chapter 1- 41 Complete Guide A+
DIF: Cognitive Level: ComprehensionREF: p. 4 OBJ: Theory #2 TOP: Nursing Theories KEY:
Nursing Process Step: N/A MSC: NCLEX: N/A
5. Standards of care for the nursing practice of the LPN are established by the:
a. Boards of Nursing Examiners in each state.
b. National Council of States Boards of Nursing (NCSBN).
c. American Nurses Association (ANA).
d. National Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses.
ANS: D
The National Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses modified the standards published by the ANA in
2015 to better fit the role of the LPN. In 2015 the American Nurses Association (ANA) revised the
Standards of Nursing Practice which contained 17 standards of national practice of nursing, describing all
facets of nursing practice: who, what, when, where, how.
DIF: Cognitive Level: ComprehensionREF: p. 6 OBJ: Theory #2 TOP: Standards of Care
KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A MSC: NCLEX: N/A VERIFIED-TEST BANK
6. The LPN demonstrates an evidence-based practice by:
a. using a drug manual to check compatibility of drugs.
b. using scientific information to guide decision making.
c. using medical history of a patient to direct nursing interventions.
d. basing nursing care on advice from an experienced nurse.
ANS: B
The use of scientific information from high-quality research to guide nursing decisions is reflective of the
application of evidence-based practice.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 7 OBJ: Theory #3 TOP: Evidence-Based Practice
KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A MSC: NCLEX: N/A
7. Lillian Wald and Mary Brewster established the Henry Street Settlement Service in New York in
1893 in order to:
, Test Bank For Fundamental Concepts and Skills for Nursing 6th Edition by Patricia
A. Williams Chapter 1- 41 Complete Guide A+
a. offer a shelter to injured war veterans.
b. found a nursing apprenticeship.
c. provide health care to poor persons living in tenements.
d. offer better housing to low-income families.
ANS: C
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Henry Street Settlement Service brought the provision of community health care to the poor people
living in tenements.
DIF: Cognitive Level: ComprehensionREF: p. 2 OBJ: Theory #4 TOP: Growth of Nursing KEY:
Nursing Process Step: N/A MSC: NCLEX: N/A
8. An educational pathway for an LPN/LVN refers to an LPN/LVN:
a. learning on the job and being promoted to a higher level of responsibility.
b. moving from a maternity unit to a more complicated surgical unit.
c. obtaining additional education to move from one level of nursing to another.
d. learning that advancement requires consistent work and commitment.
ANS: C
By broadening the educational base, an LPN/LVN may advance and build a nursing career.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 7 OBJ: Theory #7 TOP: Nursing Education
Pathways KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A MSC: NCLEX: N/A
9. When diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) were established by Medicare in 1983, the purpose was
to:
a. put patients with the same diagnosis on the same unit.
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