Test Bank
What 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 -✔✔✔3
Which of the following is an example of an illness prevention activity? Select all that apply.
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 -✔✔✔3
Which of the following contributions 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 -✔✔✔1
All of the following are aspects of the full-spectrum nursing role. Which one is essential for the nurse to
do in order to successfully carry out all the others?
1)
Thinking and reasoning about the clients care
2)
Providing hands-on client care
3)
Carrying out physician orders
4)
Delegating to assistive personnel -✔✔✔1
Which statement pertaining to Benners practice model for clinical competence is true?
1)
Progression through the stages is constant, with most nurses reaching the proficient stage.
2)
Progression through the stages involves continual development of thinking and technical skills.
3)
The nurse must have experience in many areas before being considered an expert.
4)
,The nurses progress through the stages is determined by years of experience and skills. -✔✔✔2
Which of the following best explains why it is difficult for the profession to develop a definition of
nursing?
1)
There are too many different and conflicting images of nurses.
2)
There are constant changes in healthcare and the activities of nurses.
3)
There is disagreement among the different nursing organizations.
4)
There are different education pathways and levels of practice. -✔✔✔2
Nurses have the potential to be very influential in shaping healthcare policy. Which of the following
factors contributes most to nurses influence?
1)
Nurses are the largest health professional group.
2)
Nurses have a long history of serving the public.
3)
Nurses have achieved some independence from physicians in recent years.
4)
Political involvement has helped refute negative images portrayed in the media. -✔✔✔1
Nursing was described as a distinct occupation in the sacred books of which faith?
1)
, Buddhism
2)
Christianity
3)
Hinduism
4)
Judaism -✔✔✔3
The American Red Cross was established by
1)
Louisa May Alcott
2)
Clara Barton
3)
Dorothea Dix
4)
Harriet Tubman -✔✔✔2
Which of the following is the most important reason to develop a definition of nursing?
1)
Recruit more informed people into the nursing profession
2)
Evaluate the degree of role satisfaction
3)
Dispel the stereotypical images of nurses and nursing
What 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 -✔✔✔3
Which of the following is an example of an illness prevention activity? Select all that apply.
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 -✔✔✔3
Which of the following contributions 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 -✔✔✔1
All of the following are aspects of the full-spectrum nursing role. Which one is essential for the nurse to
do in order to successfully carry out all the others?
1)
Thinking and reasoning about the clients care
2)
Providing hands-on client care
3)
Carrying out physician orders
4)
Delegating to assistive personnel -✔✔✔1
Which statement pertaining to Benners practice model for clinical competence is true?
1)
Progression through the stages is constant, with most nurses reaching the proficient stage.
2)
Progression through the stages involves continual development of thinking and technical skills.
3)
The nurse must have experience in many areas before being considered an expert.
4)
,The nurses progress through the stages is determined by years of experience and skills. -✔✔✔2
Which of the following best explains why it is difficult for the profession to develop a definition of
nursing?
1)
There are too many different and conflicting images of nurses.
2)
There are constant changes in healthcare and the activities of nurses.
3)
There is disagreement among the different nursing organizations.
4)
There are different education pathways and levels of practice. -✔✔✔2
Nurses have the potential to be very influential in shaping healthcare policy. Which of the following
factors contributes most to nurses influence?
1)
Nurses are the largest health professional group.
2)
Nurses have a long history of serving the public.
3)
Nurses have achieved some independence from physicians in recent years.
4)
Political involvement has helped refute negative images portrayed in the media. -✔✔✔1
Nursing was described as a distinct occupation in the sacred books of which faith?
1)
, Buddhism
2)
Christianity
3)
Hinduism
4)
Judaism -✔✔✔3
The American Red Cross was established by
1)
Louisa May Alcott
2)
Clara Barton
3)
Dorothea Dix
4)
Harriet Tubman -✔✔✔2
Which of the following is the most important reason to develop a definition of nursing?
1)
Recruit more informed people into the nursing profession
2)
Evaluate the degree of role satisfaction
3)
Dispel the stereotypical images of nurses and nursing
