TEST BANK
Timby's Fundamental Nursing Skills
and Concepts 12th Edition
by Loretta A Donnelly-Moreno, Chapters 1 - 38
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,Table of contents
o Chapter 1 Nursing Foundations
o Chapter 2 Nursing Process
o Chapter 3 Laws and Ethics
o Chapter 4 Health and Illness
o Chapter 5 Homeostasis, Adaptation, and Stress
o Chapter 6 Culture and Ethnicity
o Chapter 7 The Nurse–Client Relationship
o Chapter 8 Client Teaching
o Chapter 9 Recording and Reporting
o Chapter 10 Asepsis
o Chapter 11 Admission, Discharge, Transfer, and Referrals
o Chapter 12 Vital Signs
o Chapter 13 Physical Assessment
o Chapter 14 Special Examinations and Tests
o Chapter 15 Nutrition
o Chapter 16 Fluid and Chemical Balance
o Chapter 17 Hygiene
o Chapter 18 Comfort, Rest, and Sleep
o Chapter 19 Safety
o Chapter 20 Pain Management
o Chapter 21 Oxygenation
o Chapter 22 Infection Control
o Chapter 23 Body Mechanics, Positioning, and Moving
o Chapter 24 Fitness and Therapeutic Exercise
o Chapter 25 Mechanical Immobilization
o Chapter 26 Ambulatory Aids
o Chapter 27 Perioperative Care
o Chapter 28 Wound Care
o Chapter 29 Gastrointestinal Intubation
o Chapter 30 Urinary Elimination
o Chapter 31 Bowel Elimination
o Chapter 32 Oral Medications
o Chapter 33 Topical and Inhalant Medications
o Chapter 34 Parenteral Medications
o Chapter 35 Intravenous Medications
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,o Chapter 36 Airway Management
o Chapter 37 Resuscitation
o Chapter 38 End-of-Life Care
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,Chapter 1 Nursing Foundations
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Florence Nightingales 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.
ANSWER: C
By improving sanitation, nutrition ventilation, and handwashing techniques, Florence
Nightingales nurses dramatically reduced the death rate from injuries in the Crimean
War.DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: dm 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
ANSWER: B
Because of the influence of early nursing leaders, nursing education became more
formalizedthrough apprenticeships in Nightingale schools that offered independence to
women througheducation and employment.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: dm 2 OBJ: Theory #4
TOP: Nursing History KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A MSC:
NCLEX: N/A
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,3. In order to fulfill the common goals defined by nursing theorists (promote wellness,
preventillness, facilitate coping, and restore health), the LPN must take on the roles of:
a. caregiver, educator, and collaborator.
b. nursing assistant, delegator, and environmental specialist.
c. medication dispenser, collaborator, and transporter.
d. dietitian, manager, and
housekeeper.
ANSWER: A
In order for the LPN to apply the common goals of nursing, he or she must assume the roles
ofcaregiver, educator, collaborator, manager, and advocate.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: dm 4 OBJ: Theory #2
TOP: Art and Science of Nursing 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
theirbeliefs on common concepts concerning:
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.
ANSWER: D
Although nursing theories differ, they all base their beliefs on human relationships,
theenvironment, and health.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: dm 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.
ANSWER: D
The National Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses modified the standards published by the
ANA in 2004 to better fit the role of the LPN.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: dm 5 OBJ: Theory #2
TOP: Standards of Care KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A
MSC: NCLEX: N/A
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.
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, c. using medical history of a patient to direct nursing interventions.
d. basing nursing care on advice from an experienced
nurse.
ANSWER: B
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,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: dm 5 OBJ: Theory #3 TOP:
Evidence Based Practice KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/AMSC:
NCLEX: N/A
7. Lillian Wald and Mary Brewster established the Henry Street Settlement Service in New York
in 1893 in order to:
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.
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, ANSWER: C
Henry Street Settlement Service brought the provision of community health care to the
poorpeople living in tenements.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: dm 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 refers to an LPN:
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.ANSWER: C
By broadening the educational base, an LPN may advance and build a nursing
career.DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: dm 6 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
purposewas to:
a. put patients with the same diagnosis on the same unit.
b. attempt to contain the costs of health care.
c. increase availability of medical care to the elderly.
d. identify a patients condition more
quickly.ANSWER: B
The purpose of instituting DRGs was to contain skyrocketing costs of health care.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: dm 8 OBJ: Theory #10
TOP: Health Care Delivery KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A
MSC: NCLEX: N/A
10. The advent of diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) required that nurses working in health
careagencies:
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