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Chapter 1: Evolution of Nursing Thought & Action Chapter 2: Critical Thinking & Nursing Process Chapter 3: Assessment Chapter 4: Analysis/Diagnosis Chapter 5: Planning Outcomes

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Fundamentals of Nursing Theory Concepts and
Applications 4th Edition Wilkinson 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?

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