TestBank For Fundamentals of Nursing All Chapters Covered

FOUNDATIONS OF NURSING PRACTICE C H A P T E R 1 Introduction to Nursing 1 C H A P T E R 2 Cultural Diversity 7 C H A P T E R 3 Health and Illness 12 C H A P T E R 4 Health of the Individual, Family, and Community 17 C H A P T E R 5 Theory, Research, and Evidence-Based Practice 22 C H A P T E R 6 Values, Ethics, and Advocacy 27 C H A P T E R 7 Legal Implications of Nursing 33 COMMUNITY-BASED SETTINGS FOR PATIENT CARE C H A P T E R 8 Healthcare Delivery Systems 39 UNITII UNITIPROMOTING HEALTH ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN C H A P T E R 18 Developmental Concepts 96 C H A P T E R 19 Conception Through Young Adult 103 C H A P T E R 20 The Aging Adult 110 ROLES BASIC TO NURSING CARE C H A P T E R 21 Communicator 114 C H A P T E R 22 Teacher and Counselor 122 C H A P T E R 23 Nurse Leader and Manager 129 ACTIONS BASIC TO NURSING CARE C H A P T E R 24 Vital Signs 134 C H A P T E R 25 Health Assessment 142 C H A P T E R 26 Safety, Security, and Emergency Preparedness 151 C H A P T E R 27 Asepsis and Infection Control 158 C H A P T E R 28 Complementary and Alternative Therapies 165 UNITVI UNITV UNITIV C H A P T E R 29 Medications 169 C H A P T E R 30 Perioperative Nursing 178 PROMOTING HEALTHY PHYSIOLOGIC RESPONSES C H A P T E R 31 Hygiene 186 C H A P T E R 32 Skin Integrity and Wound Care 194 C H A P T E R 33 Activity 204 C H A P T E R 34 Rest and Sleep 215 C H A P T E R 35 Comfort 224 C H A P T E R 36 Nutrition 233 C H A P T E R 37 Urinary Elimination 243 C H A P T E R 38 Bowel Elimination 251 C H A P T E R 39 Oxygenation 262 C H A P T E R 40 Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid–Base Balance 272 UNITVII vi CONTENTSCONTENTS vii PROMOTING HEALTHY PSYCHOSOCIAL RESPONSES C H A P T E R 41 Self-Concept 283 C H A P T E R 42 Stress and Adaptation 290 C H A P T E R 43 Loss, Grief, and Dying 297 UNITVIII C H A P T E R 44 Sensory Functioning 305 C H A P T E R 45 Sexuality 312 C H A P T E R 46 Spirituality 320 ANSWER KEY 3271 PRACTICING FOR NCLEX MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS Circle the letter that corresponds to the best answer for each question. 1. Which of the following statements most clearly defines the role of the nurse in the early Christian period? a. The nurse was viewed as a slave, carrying out menial tasks based on the orders of the priest-physician. b. Women called deaconesses made the first organized visits to the sick, and members of male religious groups gave nursing care and buried the dead. c. The nurse was usually the mother who cared for her family during sickness by providing physical care and herbal remedies. d. Women who had committed crimes were recruited into nursing in lieu of serving jail sentences. 2. Which of the following nursing advocates elevated the status of nursing to a respected occupation, improved the quality of nursing care, and founded modern nursing education? a. Jane Addams b. Clara Barton c. Dorothea Dix d. Florence Nightingale 3. Which of the following statements is an accurate description of nursing’s role, according to the American Nurses Association (ANA)? a. Nursing is a profession dependent upon the medical community as a whole. b. It is the role of the physician, not the nurse, to assist patients in understanding their health problems. c. It is the role of nursing to provide a caring relationship that facilitates health and healing. d. The essential components of professional nursing care are strength, endurance, and cure. 4. The various definitions of nursing provided in this chapter conclude that the central focus of nursing is based on which of the following? a. The care provided by the nurse b. The patient receiving care c. The nurse as the caregiver d. Nursing as a profession 5. Who established the Red Cross in the United States in 1882? a. Clara Barton b. Dorothea Dix c. Jane Addams d. Florence Nightingale 6. When a nurse helps a patient make an informed decision about his/her own health and life, which of the following nurse’s roles has been performed? a. Advocate b. Counselor c. Caregiver d. Communicator C H A P T E R 1 Introduction to Nursing7. Which of the following developments had the greatest influence on the development of nursing as a profession since the l950s? a. Large numbers of women began to work outside the home, asserting their independence. b. Nursing practice was broadened to include practice in a wide variety of healthcare settings. c. Male dominance in the healthcare profession slowed the progress of professionalism in the nursing practice. d. Hospital schools were established to provide more easily controlled and less expensive staff for the hospital. 8. Learning how to use a new piece of hospital equipment would most likely occur in which type of educational setting? a. Continuing education b. Graduate education c. In-service education d. Undergraduate studies 9. Which of the following nursing education programs attracts more men, minorities, and nontraditional students and prepares nurses to give care to patients in various structured settings? a. Diploma in nursing b. Associate degree in nursing c. Baccalaureate degree in nursing d. Graduate education in nursing 10. Which of the following is used by the nurse to identify the patient’s healthcare needs and strengths and to establish and carry out a plan of care to meet those needs? a. Nursing standards b. Nursing orders c. Nurse practice acts d. Nursing process ALTERNATE-FORMAT QUESTIONS Multiple Response Questions Circle the letters that correspond to the best answers for each question. 1. Which of the following nursing actions demonstrate the aim of nursing to promote health? (Select all that apply.) a. Increasing student awareness of sexually transmitted diseases by distributing informational pamphlets at a college health center b. Performing diagnostic measurements and examinations in an outpatient setting c. Serving as a role model of health for patients by maintaining a healthy weight d. Helping a person with paraplegia learn how to use a wheelchair e. Facilitating decisions about lifestyles that would enhance the well-being of a teenager f. Administering an insulin shot to a diabetic patient 2. Which of the following nursing actions demonstrate the aim of nursing to facilitate coping? (Select all that apply.) a. Teaching a class on the nutritional needs of pregnant women b. Changing the bandages of a patient who has undergone heart surgery c. Teaching a patient and his/her family how to live with diabetes d. Assisting a patient and his/her family to prepare for death e. Starting an intravenous line for a malnourished elderly person f. Providing counseling for the family of a teenager with an eating disorder 3. Which of the following criteria define nursing as a profession? (Select all that apply.) a. A well-defined body of specific and unique knowledge b. Standards of performance determined by the medical community c. An established code of ethics d. Commitment to ongoing research e. Selective membership f. Recognized authority by a professional group 4. Which of the following are professional nursing organizations that are operating in the