TEST BANK
Fundamentals of Nursing: The Art and Science of
Person-Centered Care
Carol R. Taylor, Pamela B. Lynn, and Jennifer L. Bartlett
10th Edition
,Chapter 01: Introduction to Nursing and Professional Formation
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. 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
ANS: B PTS: 1
2. 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.
ANS: A PTS: 1
3. 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 2026
ANS: D PTS: 1
4. Who is considered to be the founder of professional nursing?
a. Dorothea Dix
b. Lillian Wald
c. Florence Nightingale
d. Clara Barton
ANS: C PTS: 1
5. 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
ANS: B PTS: 1
6. 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
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, c. lack of influence from nursing leaders
d. independence of nursing orders
ANS: A PTS: 1
7. Which of the following individuals provided community-based care and founded public
health nursing?
a. Adelaide Nutting
b. Lillian Wald
c. Sojourner Truth
d. Clara Barton
ANS: B PTS: 1
8. Which of the following nursing groups provides a definition and scope of practice for
nursing?
a. ICN
b. AAN
c. ANA
d. The Joint Commission
ANS: B PTS: 1
9. Teaching a woman about breast self-examination is an example of what broad aim of
nursing?
a. promoting health
b. preventing illness
c. restoring health 2026
d. facilitating coping with disability and death
ANS: B PTS: 1
10. 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 the
following type of nursing skills?
a. Technical
b. Cognitive
c. Interpersonal
d. Ethical/Legal
ANS: B PTS: 1
11. 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 whose baby died in childbirth.
ANS: A PTS: 1
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, 12. 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 the family. This
is an example of which nursing role?
a. Teacher/Educator
b. Leader
c. Counselor
d. Collaborator
ANS: C PTS: 1
13. 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 for information 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
ANS: D PTS: 1
14. 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 illnWesWs.W.TBSM.WS
c. Health is always an objective state.
d. Health is not determined by the patient.
ANS: A PTS: 1
15. 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
discussed in this document?
a. cancer
b. obesity
c. diabetes
d. hypertension
ANS: B PTS: 1
16. A nurse conducts a smoking-cessation program for patients of a neighborhood clinic. This is
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
ANS: B PTS: 1
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Fundamentals of Nursing: The Art and Science of
Person-Centered Care
Carol R. Taylor, Pamela B. Lynn, and Jennifer L. Bartlett
10th Edition
,Chapter 01: Introduction to Nursing and Professional Formation
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. 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
ANS: B PTS: 1
2. 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.
ANS: A PTS: 1
3. 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 2026
ANS: D PTS: 1
4. Who is considered to be the founder of professional nursing?
a. Dorothea Dix
b. Lillian Wald
c. Florence Nightingale
d. Clara Barton
ANS: C PTS: 1
5. 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
ANS: B PTS: 1
6. 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
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, c. lack of influence from nursing leaders
d. independence of nursing orders
ANS: A PTS: 1
7. Which of the following individuals provided community-based care and founded public
health nursing?
a. Adelaide Nutting
b. Lillian Wald
c. Sojourner Truth
d. Clara Barton
ANS: B PTS: 1
8. Which of the following nursing groups provides a definition and scope of practice for
nursing?
a. ICN
b. AAN
c. ANA
d. The Joint Commission
ANS: B PTS: 1
9. Teaching a woman about breast self-examination is an example of what broad aim of
nursing?
a. promoting health
b. preventing illness
c. restoring health 2026
d. facilitating coping with disability and death
ANS: B PTS: 1
10. 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 the
following type of nursing skills?
a. Technical
b. Cognitive
c. Interpersonal
d. Ethical/Legal
ANS: B PTS: 1
11. 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 whose baby died in childbirth.
ANS: A PTS: 1
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, 12. 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 the family. This
is an example of which nursing role?
a. Teacher/Educator
b. Leader
c. Counselor
d. Collaborator
ANS: C PTS: 1
13. 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 for information 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
ANS: D PTS: 1
14. 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 illnWesWs.W.TBSM.WS
c. Health is always an objective state.
d. Health is not determined by the patient.
ANS: A PTS: 1
15. 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
discussed in this document?
a. cancer
b. obesity
c. diabetes
d. hypertension
ANS: B PTS: 1
16. A nurse conducts a smoking-cessation program for patients of a neighborhood clinic. This is
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
ANS: B PTS: 1
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