professional nursing concepts

Chapter 3: Nursing’s Pathway to Professionalism Professional Nursing Concepts & Challenges, 9th Edition, Beth Black MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Which of the following was recognized earliest as a true profession? a. Ministry b. Teaching c. Social work d. Engineering ANS: A Feedback A. Historically only medicine, law, and the ministry were accepted as professions. B. Teaching was not accepted as an early profession. C. Social work was not accepted as an early profession. ...

Chapter 4: Nursing Education in an Evolving Health Care Environment Professional Nursing Concepts & Challenges, 9th Edition, Beth Black MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. In 1900, the primary reason for hospital-based nursing education programs was to a. educate nurses to care for patients in hospitals. b. provide educational opportunities for women. c. staff the hospitals that operated the education programs. d. provide standardized preparation for nurses. ANS: C Feedback A. Most nur...

Chapter 5: Becoming a Professional Nurse: Defining Nursing and Socialization into Practice Professional Nursing Concepts & Challenges, 9th Edition, Beth Black MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Which early nursing theorist recognized therapeutic milieu, assessment skills, and a unique body of knowledge in her definition of nursing? a. Dorothea Orem b. Virginia Henderson c. Hildegard Peplau d. Florence Nightingale ANS: D Feedback A. Orem was known for her self-care theory. B. Henderso...

Chapter 1: Nursing in today’s Evolving Health Care Environment Professional Nursing Concepts & Challenges, 9th Edition, Beth Black MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Which of the following could eventually change the historical status of nursing as a female- dominated profession? a. More men graduating from baccalaureate and higher degree programs b. The proportion of men in nursing beginning to increase c. More male graduates of basic nursing programs entering the workplace d. Salary compe...

MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Which early nursing leader founded the first training school for nurses that would later become a model for early nursing education? a. Dorothea Dix b. Florence Nightingale c. Clara Barton d. Mary Ann Bickerdyke ANS: B Feedback A. Dorothea Dix is best known as an advocate for the mentally ill, and she created a brief training program at two New York hospitals for women who wished to serve as nurses in the Civil War. B. Florence Nightingale founded the fi...