Test Bank for Timby's Fundamental Nursing Skills and
Concepts, 12th Edition by Moreno, Includes Rationales
TEST BANK
,Chapter1
MULTIPLE CHOICE p
1. Florence Nightingale‘s contributions to nursing practice and education:
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a. are historically important but have no validity for nursing today.
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b. were neither recognized nor appreciated in her own time.
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c. were a major factor in reducing the death rate in the Crimean War.
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d. were limited only to the care of severe traumatic wounds.
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ANS: C p
By improving sanitation, nutrition ventilation, and handwashing techniques, Florence Nightingale‘
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s nurses dramatically reduced the death rate from injuries in the Crimean War.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 2 OBJ: Theory #1
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TOP: Nursing History KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A MS
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C: NCLEX: N/A
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2. Early nursing education and care in the United States:
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a. were directed at community health.
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b. provided independence for women through education and employment.
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c. were an educational model based in institutions of higher learning.
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,d. have continued to be entirely focused on hospital nursing.
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ANS: B p
Because of the influence of early nursing leaders, nursing education became more formalized through
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apprenticeships in Nightingale schools that offered independence to women through education and e
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mployment.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 2 OBJ: Theory #4
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TOP: Nursing History KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A MS
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C: NCLEX: N/A
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3. In order to fulfill the common goals defined by nursing theorists (promote wellness, prevent ill
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ness, facilitate coping, and restore health), the LPN must take on the roles of:
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a. caregiver, educator, and collaborator.
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b. nursing assistant, delegator, and environmental specialist.
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c. medication dispenser, collaborator, and transporter.
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d. dietitian, manager, and housekeeper.
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ANS: A p
In order for the LPN to apply the common goals of nursing, he or she must assume the roles of caregive
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r, educator, collaborator, manager, and advocate.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 4 OBJ: Theory #2 TO
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P: Art and Science of Nursing KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A MSC:
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, 4. Although nursing theories differ in their attempts to define nursing, all of them base their be
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liefs on common concepts concerning:
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b. stress reduction, self-care, and a systems model.
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c. curative care, restorative care, and terminal care.
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d. human relationships, the environment, and health.
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ANS: D p
Although nursing theories differ, they all base their beliefs on human relationships, the environment
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, and health.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 4 OBJ: Theory #2 TOP
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: Nursing Theories KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A
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MSC: NCLEX: N/A
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5. Standards of care for the nursing practice of the LPN are established by the:
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a. Boards of Nursing Examiners in each state.
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b. National Council of States Boards of Nursing (NCSBN).
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d. National Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses.
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