Test Bank for Foundations and Adult Health Nursing 8th Edition Kim Cooper Kelly Gosnell
Test Bank for Foundations and Adult Health Nursing 8th Edition Kim Cooper Kelly Gosnell
Test Bank for Foundations and Adult Health Nursing 8th Edition Kim Cooper Kelly Gosnell
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Foundations and Adult Health Nursing 8th Edition Kim Cooper
Chapter 1: The Evolution of Nursing
Foundations and Adult Health Nursing 8th Edition Kim Cooper Kelly Gosnell
MULTIPLE CHOICES
1. What is a nursing program considered when certified by a state
agency?
a. Accredited
b. Approved
c. Provisional
d. Exemplified
ANS: B
Approved means certified by a state agency for having met minimum standards;
accredited means certified by the NLN for having met morecomplex standards.
Provisional and exemplified are not terms used in regard to nursing program
certification.
2. Which of the following must the nurse recognize regarding the healthcare
delivery system?
a. It includes all states.
b. It affects the illness of patients.
c. Insurance companies are not
involved.
d. The major goal is to achieve
optimal levels of health care.
ANS: D
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The nurse must recognize that in the health care delivery system, the major goal
is to achieve optimal levels of health care. The health caresystem consists of a
network of agencies, facilities, and providers involved with health care in a
specified geographic area. Insurance companies do have involvement in the
health care system. The illnessof patients is not necessarily affected by the
health care system.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: Page 17 OBJ: 7
TOP: Health care systems KEY: Nursing Process Step:
N/A
MSC: NCLEX: N/A
3. What is the most effective process to ensure that the care plan ismeeting
the needs of the patient?
a. Documentation
b. Communication
c. Evaluation
d. Planning
ANS: B
Communication is the primary essential component among the healthcare team
to evaluate and modify the care plan. Documentation, evaluation, and planning
are not primary essential components to
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: Page 24 OBJ: 8TOP:
Communication KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A
MSC: NCLEX: N/A
4. What is required by the health care team to identify the needs of apatient
and to design care to meet those needs?
a. The Kardex
b. The physician‘s order sheet
c. An individualized care plan
d. The nurse‘s notes
ANS: C
An individualized care plan involves all health care workers and outlines care
to meet the needs of the individual patient. The Kardex, physician‘s order sheet,
and nurse‘s notes do not identify the needs ofthe patient nor are they designed
to assist all members of the health care team to meet those needs.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: Page 24 OBJ: 8| 9
TOP: Care plan KEY: Nursing Process Step: Planning MSC: NCLEX: N/A
5. Patient care emphasis on wellness, rather than illness, begins as aresult of:
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a. increased education concerning
causes of illness.
b. improved insurance payments.
c. decentralized care centers.
d. increased number of health care
givers.
ANS: A
The acute awareness of preventive medicine has resulted in today‘s emphasis on
education about issues such as smoking, heart disease, drug and alcohol abuse,
weight control, and mental health and wellness promotion activities. This
preventive education has resulted inan emphasis on wellness, rather than illness.
Improved insurance payments, decentralized care centers, and increased
or RN.
numbers of health care givers did not influence an emphasis on wellness.
6. How does an interdisciplinary approach to patient treatment enhancecare?
a. By improving efficiency of care
b. By reducing the number of
caregivers
c. By preventing the fragmentation
of patient care
d. By shortening hospital stay
ANS: C
An interdisciplinary approach prevents fragmentation of care. An
interdisciplinary approach does not improve the efficiency of care,reduce the
number of caregivers, or shorten hospital stay.
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a. Independently in a hospital
setting
b. With an experienced LPN/LVN
c. Under the supervision of a
physician or RN
d. As a sole practitioner in a clinic
setting
ANS: C
An LPN/LVN practices under the supervision of a physician, dentist, OD,
8. Whose influence on nursing practice in the 19th century was related to
improvement of patient environment as a method of health promotion?
a. Clara Barton
b. Linda Richards
c. Dorothea Dix
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