1. Which is the most influential factor that has shaped the nursing profession?
1) Physicians’ need for handmaidens
2) Societal need for healthcare
... [Show More] outside the home
3) Military demand for nurses in the field
4) Germ theory influence on sanitation
ANS: 3
Chapter number and title: 1, Nursing Past & Present
Chapter learning objective: Define nursing in your own words. Chapter page reference: p. 7
Heading: Historical Context of Nursing
Integrated Processes: Teaching and Learning
Client Need: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
Cognitive level: Comprehension [Understanding]
Concept: Professionalism
Difficulty: Easy
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1 The physician's handmaiden was/is a nursing stereotype rather than an influence
on nursing. 2 Although there has been a need for healthcare outside the home throughout
history, this has more influNence on the development of hospitals than on
nursing; this need provided one more setting for nursing work. 3 Throughout the centuries, stability of the government has been related to the
success of the military to protect or extend its domain. As the survival and
well-being of soldiers are both critical, nurses provided healthcare to the sick
and injured at the battle site. 4 Germ theory and sanitation helped to improve healthcare but did not shape
nursing. PTS: 1 CON: Professionalism
2. Which is an example of an illness-prevention activity?
1) Encouraging the use of a food diary
2) Joining a cancer support group
3) Administering immunization for HPV
4) Teaching a diabetic patient about his diet
ANS: 3
Chapter number and title: 1, Nursing Past & Present
Chapter learning objective: Name and recognize the four purposes of nursing care. Chapter page reference: p. 15
Heading: Nursing Practice: Caring for Clients
Integrated Processes: Nursing Process – Implementation
Client Need: Health Promotion and Maintenance
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Cognitive level: Application [Applying]
Concept: Health Promotion
Difficulty: Moderate
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1 Illness-prevention activities focus on avoiding a specific disease. A food diary is
a health-promotion activity. 2 Although cancer is a disease, it is assumed that a person joining a support group
would already have the disease; therefore, this is not disease prevention but
treatment. 3 Administering immunization for HPV is an example of illness prevention. 4 Teaching a diabetic patient about diet is a treatment for diabetes; the patient
already has diabetes, so it cannot prevent diabetes. PTS: 1 CON: Health Promotion
3. Which contribution of Florence Nightingale had an immediate impact on improving patients’ health?
1) Providing a clean environment
2) Improving nursing education
3) Changing the delivery of care in hospitals
4) Establishing nursing as a distinct profession
ANS: 1
Chapter number and title: 1, Nursing Past & Present
Chapter learning objective: Name nine expanded roles for nursing. Chapter page reference: p. 9
Heading: Table 1-1 Roles and FNunctions of the Nurse
Integrated Processes: Caring
Client Need: Health Promotion and Maintenance
Cognitive level: Comprehension [Understanding]
Concept: Evidence-Based Practice
Difficulty: Easy
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1 Improved sanitation (a clean environment) greatly and immediately reduced the
rate of infection and mortality in hospitals. 2 This is an activity of Florence Nightingale that improved healthcare or nursing, but the impact is long range, not immediate. 3 This is an activity of Florence Nightingale that improved healthcare or nursing, but the impact is long range, not immediate. 4 This is an activity of Florence Nightingale that improved healthcare or nursing, but the impact is long range, not immediate. PTS: 1 CON: Evidence-Based Practice
4. Which aspect of the full-spectrum nursing role is essential for the nurse to do in order to
successfully carry out all the others?
1) Thinking and reasoning about the client’s care
2) Providing hands-on client care
3) Carrying out physician orders [Show Less]