,Chapter 01: Nursing and the Health Care System
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Williams: deWit's Fundamental Concepts and Skills for Nursing, 5th Edition
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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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By improving sanitation, nutrition ventilation, and handwashing techniques, Florence Nightingal
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e‘s nurses dramatically reduced the death rate from injuries in the Crimean War.
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OBJ: Theory #1TOP: Nursing History ju ju ju j u ju
KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A MSC: NCLEX: N/A ju ju ju ju ju j u ju
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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Because of the influence of early nNuUrRsiSnIgNGleTaBd.eCrOs,Mnursing education became more formalized t
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hrough apprenticeships in Nightingale schools that offered independence to women throughed
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ucation and employment. ju ju
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KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A MSC: NCLEX: N/A ju ju ju ju ju j u ju
,3. In order to fulfill the common goals defined by nursing theorists (promote wellness, preventill
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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. ju ju ju
b. nursing assistant, delegator, and environmental specialist.
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c. medication dispenser, collaborator, and transporter. ju ju ju ju
d. dietitian, manager, and housekeeper. ju ju ju
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In order for the LPN to apply the common goals of nursing, he or she must assume the rolesof
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caregiver, educator, collaborator, manager, and advocate.
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OBJ: Theory #2TOP: Art and Science of Nursing
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KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A MSC: NCLEX: N/A
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4. Although nursing theories differ in their attempts to define nursing, all of them base theirb
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eliefs on common concepts concerning:
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, a. self-actualization, fundamental needs, and belonging. ju ju ju ju
b. stress reduction, self-care, and a systems model.
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c. curative care, restorative care, and terminal care. ju ju ju ju ju ju
d. human relationships, the environment, and health.
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Although nursing theories differ, they all base their beliefs on human relationships, thee
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nvironment, and health. ju ju
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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. ju ju ju ju ju ju
b. National Council of States Boards of Nursing (NCSBN). ju ju ju ju ju ju ju
c. American Nurses Association (ANA). ju ju ju
d. National Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses. ju ju ju ju ju
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The National Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses modified the standards published by theA
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NA in 2015 to better fit the role of the LPN. In 2015 the American Nurses Association (ANA) re
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vised the Standards of Nursing Practice which contained 17 standards of national practice of nu
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rsing, describing all facets of nursing practice: who, what, when, where, how.
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6. The LPN demonstrates an evidence-based practice by:
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a. using a drug manual to check compatibility of drugs.
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b. using scientific information to guide decision making.
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c. using medical history of a patient to direct nursing interventions.
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d. basing nursing care on advice from an experienced nurse.
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ANS: B ju
The use of scientific information from high-
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quality research to guide nursing decisions isreflective of the application of evidence-
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based practice.
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KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A MSC: NCLEX: N/A ju ju ju ju ju j u ju
7. Lillian Wald and Mary Brewster established the Henry Street Settlement Service in New Yorki
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n 1893 in order to:
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a. offer a shelter to injured war veterans.
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b. found a nursing apprenticeship. ju ju ju
c. provide health care to poor persons living in tenements.
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d. offer better housing to low-income families.
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ANS: C ju
