Test Bank for Davis Advantage Basic Nursing: Thinking, Doing, and
Caring 3rd Edition by Leslie S. Treas; Karen L. Barnett; Mable H.
Smith Chapter 1-41 Complete Guide
,Chapter 1. Nursing Past & Present
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which is the most influential factor that has shaped the nursing profession?
1) Physicians’ need for handmaidens
2) Societal need for healthcare 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
Feedback
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 inN fluUeR
ncSeIoNnGthKeIdN
evGe.loC
pmOM
ent 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
, Cognitive level: Application
[Applying] Concept: Health
Promotion
Difficulty: Moderate
Feedback
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
N U R S I N G KI N G . C O M
and Functio ns ofth e Nurs e Integrated Processes:
Caring
Client Need: Health Promotion and
Maintenance Cognitive level: Comprehension
[Understanding] Concept: Evidence-Based
Practice
Difficulty: Easy
Feedback
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
Caring 3rd Edition by Leslie S. Treas; Karen L. Barnett; Mable H.
Smith Chapter 1-41 Complete Guide
,Chapter 1. Nursing Past & Present
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which is the most influential factor that has shaped the nursing profession?
1) Physicians’ need for handmaidens
2) Societal need for healthcare 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
Feedback
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 inN fluUeR
ncSeIoNnGthKeIdN
evGe.loC
pmOM
ent 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
, Cognitive level: Application
[Applying] Concept: Health
Promotion
Difficulty: Moderate
Feedback
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
N U R S I N G KI N G . C O M
and Functio ns ofth e Nurs e Integrated Processes:
Caring
Client Need: Health Promotion and
Maintenance Cognitive level: Comprehension
[Understanding] Concept: Evidence-Based
Practice
Difficulty: Easy
Feedback
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
