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Test Bank For Fundamentals of Nursing 10th
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Chapter 01: Introduction to Nursing and
Professional Formation
1. Which of the following statements accurately describe an
element of nursing? Select all that apply.
A) The skills involved in nursing are primarily technical in nature.
B) The primary focus of nursing is to assist individuals to recover
from illness.
C) The science of nursing is the knowledge base for the care that
is given.
D) The art of nursing is the collection of knowledge through
research.
E) Nursing is considered to be both an art and a science.
F) Nursing is a profession that used specialized knowledge and
skills.
2. Which of the following set of terms best describes nursing at
the end of the Middle Ages?
A) continuity, caring, critical thinking
B) purpose, direction, leadership
C) assessment, interventions, outcomes
D) advocacy, research, education
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3. Which of the following is a characteristic of nursing
practiced from early civilization to the 16th century?
A) Most early civilizations believed that illness had supernatural
causes.
B) The physician was the priest who treated disease with prayer.
C) The nurse was a nun committed to caring for the needy and
homeless.
D) Nursing changed from a spiritual focus to an emphasis on
knowledge expansion.
4. In what time period did nursing care as we now know it begin?
A) pre-civilization
B) early civilization to 16th century
C) 16th to 17th century
D) 18th to 19th century
5. Who is considered to be the founder of professional nursing?
A) Dorothea Dix
B) Lillian Wald
C) Florence Nightingale
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D) Clara Barton
6. Which of the following nursing pioneers established the Red Cross
in the United States in 1882?
A) Florence Nightingale
B) Clara Barton
C) Dorothea Dix
D) Jane Addams
7. What was one barrier to the development of the nursing profession
in the United States after the Civil War?
A) lack of educational standards
B) hospital-based schools of nursing
C) lack of influence from nursing leaders
D) independence of nursing orders
8. Which of the following individuals provided community-based
care and founded public health nursing?
A) Adelaide Nutting
Test Bank For Fundamentals of Nursing 10th
Edition Taylor (2025) Chapter 1-47| Complete
Questions and Answers A+.
,Test Bank - Fundamentals of Nursing 3
(10th by
Chapter 01: Introduction to Nursing and
Professional Formation
1. Which of the following statements accurately describe an
element of nursing? Select all that apply.
A) The skills involved in nursing are primarily technical in nature.
B) The primary focus of nursing is to assist individuals to recover
from illness.
C) The science of nursing is the knowledge base for the care that
is given.
D) The art of nursing is the collection of knowledge through
research.
E) Nursing is considered to be both an art and a science.
F) Nursing is a profession that used specialized knowledge and
skills.
2. Which of the following set of terms best describes nursing at
the end of the Middle Ages?
A) continuity, caring, critical thinking
B) purpose, direction, leadership
C) assessment, interventions, outcomes
D) advocacy, research, education
,Test Bank - Fundamentals of Nursing 4
(10th by
3. Which of the following is a characteristic of nursing
practiced from early civilization to the 16th century?
A) Most early civilizations believed that illness had supernatural
causes.
B) The physician was the priest who treated disease with prayer.
C) The nurse was a nun committed to caring for the needy and
homeless.
D) Nursing changed from a spiritual focus to an emphasis on
knowledge expansion.
4. In what time period did nursing care as we now know it begin?
A) pre-civilization
B) early civilization to 16th century
C) 16th to 17th century
D) 18th to 19th century
5. Who is considered to be the founder of professional nursing?
A) Dorothea Dix
B) Lillian Wald
C) Florence Nightingale
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D) Clara Barton
6. Which of the following nursing pioneers established the Red Cross
in the United States in 1882?
A) Florence Nightingale
B) Clara Barton
C) Dorothea Dix
D) Jane Addams
7. What was one barrier to the development of the nursing profession
in the United States after the Civil War?
A) lack of educational standards
B) hospital-based schools of nursing
C) lack of influence from nursing leaders
D) independence of nursing orders
8. Which of the following individuals provided community-based
care and founded public health nursing?
A) Adelaide Nutting
