Contents
Chapter 1: Evolution of Nursing Thought & Action .............................................................. 3
Chapter 2: Critical Thinking & Nursing Process .................................................................... 9
Chapter 3: Assessment .......................................................................................................... 15
Chapter 4: Analysis/Diagnosis .............................................................................................. 21
Chapter 5: Planning Outcomes.............................................................................................. 26
Chapter 6: Planning Interventions ......................................................................................... 30
Chapter 7: Implementation & Evaluation ............................................................................. 33
Chapter 8: Theory, Research, & Evidence-Based Practice ................................................... 38
Chapter 9: Life Span: Infancy Through Middle Adulthood .................................................. 44
Chapter 10: Life Span: Older Adults .................................................................................... 50
Chapter 11: Experiencing Health & Illness .......................................................................... 56
Chapter 12: Stress & Adaptation........................................................................................... 61
Chapter 13: Psychosocial Health & Illness ........................................................................... 67
Chapter 14: The Family ........................................................................................................ 73
Chapter 15: Culture & Ethnicity ........................................................................................... 78
Chapter 16: Spirituality ......................................................................................................... 84
,Chapter 17: Loss, Grief, & Dying ......................................................................................... 90
Chapter 18: Documenting & Reporting ................................................................................ 96
Chapter 19: Teaching & Learning....................................................................................... 101
Chapter 20: Measuring Vital Signs ..................................................................................... 106
Chapter 21: Communication & Therapeutic Relationships ................................................ 113
Chapter 22: Health Assessment .......................................................................................... 118
Chapter 23: Promoting Asepsis & Preventing Infection ..................................................... 124
Chapter 24: Promoting Safety ............................................................................................. 131
Chapter 25: Facilitating Hygiene ........................................................................................ 137
Chapter 26: Administering Medications ............................................................................. 143
Chapter 27: Nutrition .......................................................................................................... 150
Chapter 28: Urinary Elimination ......................................................................................... 156
Chapter 29: Bowel Elimination ........................................................................................... 163
Chapter 30: Sensation, Perception, & Response ................................................................. 169
Chapter 31: Pain .................................................................................................................. 175
Chapter 32: Physical Activity & Immobility ...................................................................... 185
Chapter 33: Sexual Health .................................................................................................. 192
Chapter 34: Sleep & Rest .................................................................................................... 198
Chapter 35: Skin Integrity & Wound Healing .................................................................... 204
Chapter 36: Oxygenation .................................................................................................... 211
Chapter 37: Circulation & Perfusion ................................................................................... 218
Chapter 38: Fluids, Electrolytes, & Acid-Base Balance ..................................................... 221
Chapter 39: Perioperative Care ........................................................................................... 228
Chapter 40: Leading & Managing....................................................................................... 235
Chapter 41: Nursing Informatics ......................................................................................... 242
Chapter 42: Promoting Health ............................................................................................ 248
Chapter 43: Community & Home Health Nursing ............................................................. 256
Chapter 44: Ethics & Values ............................................................................................... 263
Chapter 45: Legal Accountability ....................................................................................... 269
Chapter 46: Holistic Healing ............................................................................................... 275
,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 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
5. Who is considered to be the founder of professional nursing?
A) Dorothea Dix
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
public health 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) AAN
C) ANA
D) The Joint Commission
10. 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
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
Chapter 1: Evolution of Nursing Thought & Action .............................................................. 3
Chapter 2: Critical Thinking & Nursing Process .................................................................... 9
Chapter 3: Assessment .......................................................................................................... 15
Chapter 4: Analysis/Diagnosis .............................................................................................. 21
Chapter 5: Planning Outcomes.............................................................................................. 26
Chapter 6: Planning Interventions ......................................................................................... 30
Chapter 7: Implementation & Evaluation ............................................................................. 33
Chapter 8: Theory, Research, & Evidence-Based Practice ................................................... 38
Chapter 9: Life Span: Infancy Through Middle Adulthood .................................................. 44
Chapter 10: Life Span: Older Adults .................................................................................... 50
Chapter 11: Experiencing Health & Illness .......................................................................... 56
Chapter 12: Stress & Adaptation........................................................................................... 61
Chapter 13: Psychosocial Health & Illness ........................................................................... 67
Chapter 14: The Family ........................................................................................................ 73
Chapter 15: Culture & Ethnicity ........................................................................................... 78
Chapter 16: Spirituality ......................................................................................................... 84
,Chapter 17: Loss, Grief, & Dying ......................................................................................... 90
Chapter 18: Documenting & Reporting ................................................................................ 96
Chapter 19: Teaching & Learning....................................................................................... 101
Chapter 20: Measuring Vital Signs ..................................................................................... 106
Chapter 21: Communication & Therapeutic Relationships ................................................ 113
Chapter 22: Health Assessment .......................................................................................... 118
Chapter 23: Promoting Asepsis & Preventing Infection ..................................................... 124
Chapter 24: Promoting Safety ............................................................................................. 131
Chapter 25: Facilitating Hygiene ........................................................................................ 137
Chapter 26: Administering Medications ............................................................................. 143
Chapter 27: Nutrition .......................................................................................................... 150
Chapter 28: Urinary Elimination ......................................................................................... 156
Chapter 29: Bowel Elimination ........................................................................................... 163
Chapter 30: Sensation, Perception, & Response ................................................................. 169
Chapter 31: Pain .................................................................................................................. 175
Chapter 32: Physical Activity & Immobility ...................................................................... 185
Chapter 33: Sexual Health .................................................................................................. 192
Chapter 34: Sleep & Rest .................................................................................................... 198
Chapter 35: Skin Integrity & Wound Healing .................................................................... 204
Chapter 36: Oxygenation .................................................................................................... 211
Chapter 37: Circulation & Perfusion ................................................................................... 218
Chapter 38: Fluids, Electrolytes, & Acid-Base Balance ..................................................... 221
Chapter 39: Perioperative Care ........................................................................................... 228
Chapter 40: Leading & Managing....................................................................................... 235
Chapter 41: Nursing Informatics ......................................................................................... 242
Chapter 42: Promoting Health ............................................................................................ 248
Chapter 43: Community & Home Health Nursing ............................................................. 256
Chapter 44: Ethics & Values ............................................................................................... 263
Chapter 45: Legal Accountability ....................................................................................... 269
Chapter 46: Holistic Healing ............................................................................................... 275
,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 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
5. Who is considered to be the founder of professional nursing?
A) Dorothea Dix
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
public health 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) AAN
C) ANA
D) The Joint Commission
10. 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
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
