Test Bank - Davis Advantage for Fundamentals of Nursing Volume 1: Theory, Concepts, and Applications 4th Edition (Wilkinson, 2020)
TEST BANK
Davis Advantage for Fundamentals of Nursing
Volume 1: Theory, Concepts, and Applications
Judith M. Wilkinson, Leslie S. Treas, Karen L. Barnett, Mable H. Smith
4th Edition
, Test Bank - Davis Advantage for Fundamentals of Nursing Volume 1: Theory, Concepts, and Applications 4th Edition (Wilkinson, 2020)
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Evolution of Nursing Thought & Action
Chapter 2 Critical Thinking & Nursing Process
Chapter 3 Assessment
Chapter 4 Analysis/Diagnosis
Chapter 5 Planning Outcomes
Chapter 6 Planning Interventions
Chapter 7 Implementation & Evaluation
Chapter 8 Theory, Research, & Evidence-Based Practice
Chapter 9 Life Span: Infancy Through Middle Adulthood
Chapter 10 Life Span: Older Adults
Chapter 11 Experiencing Health & Illness
Chapter 12 Stress & Adaptation
Chapter 13 Psychosocial Health & Illness
Chapter 14 The Family
Chapter 15 Culture & Ethnicity
Chapter 16 Spirituality
Chapter 17 Loss, Grief, & Dying
Chapter 18 Documenting & Reporting
Chapter 19 Teaching & Learning
Chapter 20 Measuring Vital Signs
Chapter 21 Communication & Therapeutic Relationships
Chapter 22 Health Assessment
Chapter 23 Promoting Asepsis & Preventing Infection
Chapter 24 Promoting Safety
Chapter 25 Facilitating Hygiene
Chapter 26 Administering Medications
Chapter 27 Nutrition
Chapter 28 Urinary Elimination
Chapter 29 Bowel Elimination
Chapter 30 Sensation, Perception, & Response
Chapter 31 Pain
Chapter 32 Physical Activity & Immobility
Chapter 33 Sexual Health
Chapter 34 Sleep & Rest
Chapter 35 Skin Integrity & Wound Healing
Chapter 36 Oxygenation
Chapter 37 Circulation & Perfusion
Chapter 38 Fluids, Electrolytes, & Acid-Base Balance
Chapter 39 Perioperative Care
Chapter 40 Leading & Managing
Chapter 41 Nursing Informatics
Chapter 42 Promoting Health
Chapter 43 Community & Home Health Nursing
Chapter 44 Ethics & Values
Chapter 45 Legal Accountability
Chapter 46 Holistic Healing
, Test Bank - Davis Advantage for Fundamentals of Nursing Volume 1: Theory, Concepts, and Applications 4th Edition (Wilkinson, 2020)
Fundamentals of Nursing Theory Concepts and Applications 4th
Edition Wilkinson Test Bank
Chapter 1 Evolution of Nursing Thought & Action
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
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 nursing3care 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
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B) Lillian Wald
C) Florence Nightingale
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 publichealth
nursing?
A) Adelaide Nutting
B) Lillian Wald
C) Sojourner Truth
D) Clara Barton
9. Which of the following nursing groups provides a definition and scope of practice
for nursing?
A) ICN
B) AA N
C) AN A
D) The Joint Commission
10. Teaching a woman about breast self-
examination is an example of what broad aim ofnursing?
A) promoting health
B) preventing illness
, Test Bank - Davis Advantage for Fundamentals of Nursing Volume 1: Theory, Concepts, and Applications 4th Edition (Wilkinson, 2020)
C) restoring health
D) facilitating coping with disability and death
11. What nursing activity would meet the broad nursing aim of facilitating coping
with disability and death? Select all that apply.
A) conducting a blood pressure screening program
B) teaching testicular self-examination
C) referring to a community diabetic support group
D) administering intravenous fluids
E) admitting a patient to a hospice program
F) performing a physical assessment on a patient
12. A nurse caring for a patient with diabetes chooses an appropriate plan of care and
devises interventions to accomplish the desired outcomes. This is an example of using
which of t he following type of nursing skills?
A) Technical
B) Cognitive
C) Interpersonal
D) Ethical/Legal
13. Which one of the following examples of nursing actions would be considered
an ethical/legal skill?
A) A nurse helps a patient prepare a living will.
B) A nurse obtains a urine sample for a urinalysis.
C) A nurse explains the rationale for a patients plan of care.
D) A nurse holds the hand of a woman whose3baby died in childbirth.
14. A nurse practitioner is caring for a couple who are the parents of an infant diagnosed
with Downs Syndrome. The nurse makes referrals for a parent support group for 3the
family. T his is an example of which nursing role?
A) Teacher/Educator
B) Leader
C) Counselor
D) Collaborator
, Test Bank - Davis Advantage for Fundamentals of Nursing Volume 1: Theory, Concepts, and Applications 4th Edition (Wilkinson, 2020)
15. A nurse is providing nursing care in a neighborhood clinic to single pregnant teens.
Which of the following actions is the best example of using the collaborator role as
a nurse?
A) Discussing the legal aspects of adoption for teens wishing to place their infants
with a family
B) Searching the Internet for3information on child care for the teens who wish to return
to school
C) Conducting a patient interview and documenting the information on the
patients chart
D) Referring a teen who admits having suicidal thoughts to a mental
healthcare specialist
16. A nurse instructor explains the concept of health to her students. Which of the following
statements accurately describes this state of being?
A) Health is a state of optimal functioning.
B) Health is an absence of illness.
C) Health is always an objective state.
D) Health is not determined by the patient.
17. A nurse incorporates the health promotion guidelines established by the U.S. Department
of Health document: Healthy People 2010. Which of the following is a health indicator d
iscussed in this document?
A) cancer
B) obesity
C) diabetes
D) hypertension
18. A nurse conducts a smoking-
cessation program for3patients of a neighborhood clinic. Thisis an example of which of
the following aims of nursing?
A) promoting health
B) preventing illness
C) restoring health
D) facilitating coping with disability or death
19. Which of the following is a criteria that defines nursing3as profession?
A) an undefined3body of knowledge
, Test Bank - Davis Advantage for Fundamentals of Nursing Volume 1: Theory, Concepts, and Applications 4th Edition (Wilkinson, 2020)
B) a dependence on the medical profession
C) an ability to diagnose medical problems
D) a strong3service orientation
20. Although all of the following are nursing responsibilities, which one would be
expected of a nurse with a baccalaureate degree?
A) providing direct physical care
B) using research findings to improve practice
C) administering medications as prescribed
D) collaborating with other3healthcare providers
21. Amy Jones, a high school senior, wants to become a geriatric nurse practitioner.
What nursing degree will she need to attain this goal?
A) licensed practical nurse
B) associate degree
C) baccalaureate degree
D) masters degree
22. Why are nursing organizations important for the continued development
and improvement of nursing as a whole?
A) to provide socialization and networking for members
B) to regulate work activities for members
C) to set standards for nursing education and practice
D) to provide information to nurses about legal requirements
23. Which of the following organizations has established standards for3clinical
nursing 3 practice?
A) American Nurses Association
B) National League for3Nursing
C) International Council of Nurses
D) State Board of Nursing
24. What is the primary purpose of standards of nursing practice?
A) to provide a method by which nurses perform skills safely
B) to ensure knowledgeable, safe, comprehensive nursing care
, Test Bank - Davis Advantage for Fundamentals of Nursing Volume 1: Theory, Concepts, and Applications 4th Edition (Wilkinson, 2020)
C) to establish nursing as a profession and a discipline
D) to enable nurses to have a voice in healthcare policy
25. After graduation from an accredited program in nursing and successfully passing the
N C L E X , what gives the nurse a legal right to practice?
A) enrolling in an advanced degree program
B) filing N C L E X results in the county of residence
C) being licensed by the State Board of Nursing
D) having a signed letter confirming graduation
26. A nurse has been tried and found guilty of the felony crime of forgery. How might thisaff
ect the nurses license to practice nursing?
A) It will have no effect on the ability to practice nursing.
B) The nurse can practice nursing3at a less-skilled level.
C) The license may be revoked or suspended.
D) The license will permanently carry the felony conviction.
27. Nurses use the nursing process to focus care on human responses to what?
A) interactions with the environment
B) physical effects of disease
C) outcomes of medical or surgical treatment
D) actual or potential health problems
28. Which age group in the population is expanding most rapidly, resulting in changes in
the delivery of healthcare?
A) older3adults
B) young adults
C) school-aged children
D) newborns
29. Which of the following is a current trend affecting 3nursing education and practice?
A) over abundance of graduating nurses
B) office-based care delivery systems
C) increase in length of hospital stay
D) increase in chronic health conditions
, Test Bank - Davis Advantage for Fundamentals of Nursing Volume 1: Theory, Concepts, and Applications 4th Edition (Wilkinson, 2020)
Answer Key
1. C, E, F
2. B
3. A
4. D
5. C
6. B
7. A
8. B
9. B
10. B
11. C, E
12. B
13. A
14. C
15. D
16. A
17. B
18. B
19. D
20. B
21. D
22. C
23. A
24. B
25. C
26. C
27. D
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28. A
29. D
Chapter 2 Critical Thinking & Nursing3Process
1. Which of the following is an essential feature of professional nursing? Select all
that apply.
A) provision of a caring relationship to facilitate health and healing
B) attention to a range of human experiences and responses to health and illness
C) use of objective data to negate the patients subjective experience
D) use of judgment and critical thinking to form a medical diagnosis
E) advancement of professional nursing knowledge through scholarly inquiry
F) influence on social and public policy to promote social justice
2. What nursing organization first legitimized the use of the nursing process?
A) National League for Nursing
B) American Nurses Association
C) International Council of Nursing
D) State Board3of Nursing
3. Which of the following group of terms best describes the nursing process?
A) nursing goals, medical terminology, linear
B) nurse-centered, single focus, blended skills
C) patient-centered, systematic, outcomes-oriented
D) family-centered, single point in time, intuitive
4. A patient comes to the emergency department complaining of severe chest pain. The nurs
e asks the patient questions and takes vital signs. Which step of the nursing process isthe
nurse demonstrating?
A) assessing
B) diagnosing
C) planning
D) implementing
TEST BANK
Davis Advantage for Fundamentals of Nursing
Volume 1: Theory, Concepts, and Applications
Judith M. Wilkinson, Leslie S. Treas, Karen L. Barnett, Mable H. Smith
4th Edition
, Test Bank - Davis Advantage for Fundamentals of Nursing Volume 1: Theory, Concepts, and Applications 4th Edition (Wilkinson, 2020)
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Evolution of Nursing Thought & Action
Chapter 2 Critical Thinking & Nursing Process
Chapter 3 Assessment
Chapter 4 Analysis/Diagnosis
Chapter 5 Planning Outcomes
Chapter 6 Planning Interventions
Chapter 7 Implementation & Evaluation
Chapter 8 Theory, Research, & Evidence-Based Practice
Chapter 9 Life Span: Infancy Through Middle Adulthood
Chapter 10 Life Span: Older Adults
Chapter 11 Experiencing Health & Illness
Chapter 12 Stress & Adaptation
Chapter 13 Psychosocial Health & Illness
Chapter 14 The Family
Chapter 15 Culture & Ethnicity
Chapter 16 Spirituality
Chapter 17 Loss, Grief, & Dying
Chapter 18 Documenting & Reporting
Chapter 19 Teaching & Learning
Chapter 20 Measuring Vital Signs
Chapter 21 Communication & Therapeutic Relationships
Chapter 22 Health Assessment
Chapter 23 Promoting Asepsis & Preventing Infection
Chapter 24 Promoting Safety
Chapter 25 Facilitating Hygiene
Chapter 26 Administering Medications
Chapter 27 Nutrition
Chapter 28 Urinary Elimination
Chapter 29 Bowel Elimination
Chapter 30 Sensation, Perception, & Response
Chapter 31 Pain
Chapter 32 Physical Activity & Immobility
Chapter 33 Sexual Health
Chapter 34 Sleep & Rest
Chapter 35 Skin Integrity & Wound Healing
Chapter 36 Oxygenation
Chapter 37 Circulation & Perfusion
Chapter 38 Fluids, Electrolytes, & Acid-Base Balance
Chapter 39 Perioperative Care
Chapter 40 Leading & Managing
Chapter 41 Nursing Informatics
Chapter 42 Promoting Health
Chapter 43 Community & Home Health Nursing
Chapter 44 Ethics & Values
Chapter 45 Legal Accountability
Chapter 46 Holistic Healing
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Fundamentals of Nursing Theory Concepts and Applications 4th
Edition Wilkinson Test Bank
Chapter 1 Evolution of Nursing Thought & Action
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
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 nursing3care 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
, Test Bank - Davis Advantage for Fundamentals of Nursing Volume 1: Theory, Concepts, and Applications 4th Edition (Wilkinson, 2020)
B) Lillian Wald
C) Florence Nightingale
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 publichealth
nursing?
A) Adelaide Nutting
B) Lillian Wald
C) Sojourner Truth
D) Clara Barton
9. Which of the following nursing groups provides a definition and scope of practice
for nursing?
A) ICN
B) AA N
C) AN A
D) The Joint Commission
10. Teaching a woman about breast self-
examination is an example of what broad aim ofnursing?
A) promoting health
B) preventing illness
, Test Bank - Davis Advantage for Fundamentals of Nursing Volume 1: Theory, Concepts, and Applications 4th Edition (Wilkinson, 2020)
C) restoring health
D) facilitating coping with disability and death
11. What nursing activity would meet the broad nursing aim of facilitating coping
with disability and death? Select all that apply.
A) conducting a blood pressure screening program
B) teaching testicular self-examination
C) referring to a community diabetic support group
D) administering intravenous fluids
E) admitting a patient to a hospice program
F) performing a physical assessment on a patient
12. A nurse caring for a patient with diabetes chooses an appropriate plan of care and
devises interventions to accomplish the desired outcomes. This is an example of using
which of t he following type of nursing skills?
A) Technical
B) Cognitive
C) Interpersonal
D) Ethical/Legal
13. Which one of the following examples of nursing actions would be considered
an ethical/legal skill?
A) A nurse helps a patient prepare a living will.
B) A nurse obtains a urine sample for a urinalysis.
C) A nurse explains the rationale for a patients plan of care.
D) A nurse holds the hand of a woman whose3baby died in childbirth.
14. A nurse practitioner is caring for a couple who are the parents of an infant diagnosed
with Downs Syndrome. The nurse makes referrals for a parent support group for 3the
family. T his is an example of which nursing role?
A) Teacher/Educator
B) Leader
C) Counselor
D) Collaborator
, Test Bank - Davis Advantage for Fundamentals of Nursing Volume 1: Theory, Concepts, and Applications 4th Edition (Wilkinson, 2020)
15. A nurse is providing nursing care in a neighborhood clinic to single pregnant teens.
Which of the following actions is the best example of using the collaborator role as
a nurse?
A) Discussing the legal aspects of adoption for teens wishing to place their infants
with a family
B) Searching the Internet for3information on child care for the teens who wish to return
to school
C) Conducting a patient interview and documenting the information on the
patients chart
D) Referring a teen who admits having suicidal thoughts to a mental
healthcare specialist
16. A nurse instructor explains the concept of health to her students. Which of the following
statements accurately describes this state of being?
A) Health is a state of optimal functioning.
B) Health is an absence of illness.
C) Health is always an objective state.
D) Health is not determined by the patient.
17. A nurse incorporates the health promotion guidelines established by the U.S. Department
of Health document: Healthy People 2010. Which of the following is a health indicator d
iscussed in this document?
A) cancer
B) obesity
C) diabetes
D) hypertension
18. A nurse conducts a smoking-
cessation program for3patients of a neighborhood clinic. Thisis an example of which of
the following aims of nursing?
A) promoting health
B) preventing illness
C) restoring health
D) facilitating coping with disability or death
19. Which of the following is a criteria that defines nursing3as profession?
A) an undefined3body of knowledge
, Test Bank - Davis Advantage for Fundamentals of Nursing Volume 1: Theory, Concepts, and Applications 4th Edition (Wilkinson, 2020)
B) a dependence on the medical profession
C) an ability to diagnose medical problems
D) a strong3service orientation
20. Although all of the following are nursing responsibilities, which one would be
expected of a nurse with a baccalaureate degree?
A) providing direct physical care
B) using research findings to improve practice
C) administering medications as prescribed
D) collaborating with other3healthcare providers
21. Amy Jones, a high school senior, wants to become a geriatric nurse practitioner.
What nursing degree will she need to attain this goal?
A) licensed practical nurse
B) associate degree
C) baccalaureate degree
D) masters degree
22. Why are nursing organizations important for the continued development
and improvement of nursing as a whole?
A) to provide socialization and networking for members
B) to regulate work activities for members
C) to set standards for nursing education and practice
D) to provide information to nurses about legal requirements
23. Which of the following organizations has established standards for3clinical
nursing 3 practice?
A) American Nurses Association
B) National League for3Nursing
C) International Council of Nurses
D) State Board of Nursing
24. What is the primary purpose of standards of nursing practice?
A) to provide a method by which nurses perform skills safely
B) to ensure knowledgeable, safe, comprehensive nursing care
, Test Bank - Davis Advantage for Fundamentals of Nursing Volume 1: Theory, Concepts, and Applications 4th Edition (Wilkinson, 2020)
C) to establish nursing as a profession and a discipline
D) to enable nurses to have a voice in healthcare policy
25. After graduation from an accredited program in nursing and successfully passing the
N C L E X , what gives the nurse a legal right to practice?
A) enrolling in an advanced degree program
B) filing N C L E X results in the county of residence
C) being licensed by the State Board of Nursing
D) having a signed letter confirming graduation
26. A nurse has been tried and found guilty of the felony crime of forgery. How might thisaff
ect the nurses license to practice nursing?
A) It will have no effect on the ability to practice nursing.
B) The nurse can practice nursing3at a less-skilled level.
C) The license may be revoked or suspended.
D) The license will permanently carry the felony conviction.
27. Nurses use the nursing process to focus care on human responses to what?
A) interactions with the environment
B) physical effects of disease
C) outcomes of medical or surgical treatment
D) actual or potential health problems
28. Which age group in the population is expanding most rapidly, resulting in changes in
the delivery of healthcare?
A) older3adults
B) young adults
C) school-aged children
D) newborns
29. Which of the following is a current trend affecting 3nursing education and practice?
A) over abundance of graduating nurses
B) office-based care delivery systems
C) increase in length of hospital stay
D) increase in chronic health conditions
, Test Bank - Davis Advantage for Fundamentals of Nursing Volume 1: Theory, Concepts, and Applications 4th Edition (Wilkinson, 2020)
Answer Key
1. C, E, F
2. B
3. A
4. D
5. C
6. B
7. A
8. B
9. B
10. B
11. C, E
12. B
13. A
14. C
15. D
16. A
17. B
18. B
19. D
20. B
21. D
22. C
23. A
24. B
25. C
26. C
27. D
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28. A
29. D
Chapter 2 Critical Thinking & Nursing3Process
1. Which of the following is an essential feature of professional nursing? Select all
that apply.
A) provision of a caring relationship to facilitate health and healing
B) attention to a range of human experiences and responses to health and illness
C) use of objective data to negate the patients subjective experience
D) use of judgment and critical thinking to form a medical diagnosis
E) advancement of professional nursing knowledge through scholarly inquiry
F) influence on social and public policy to promote social justice
2. What nursing organization first legitimized the use of the nursing process?
A) National League for Nursing
B) American Nurses Association
C) International Council of Nursing
D) State Board3of Nursing
3. Which of the following group of terms best describes the nursing process?
A) nursing goals, medical terminology, linear
B) nurse-centered, single focus, blended skills
C) patient-centered, systematic, outcomes-oriented
D) family-centered, single point in time, intuitive
4. A patient comes to the emergency department complaining of severe chest pain. The nurs
e asks the patient questions and takes vital signs. Which step of the nursing process isthe
nurse demonstrating?
A) assessing
B) diagnosing
C) planning
D) implementing
