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Chapter 01: Introduction to Nursing and Professional Formation
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.
ANS: C, E, F
2. Which of the following set of terms best describes nursing at the end of the MiddleAges?
A) continuity, caring, critical thinking
B) purpose, direction, leadership
C) assessment, interventions, outcomes
D) advocacy, research, education
ANS: B
3. Which of the following is a characteristic of nursing practiced from earlycivilization
to the 16thcentury?
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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
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
ANS: D
5. Who is considered to be the founder of professional nursing?
A) Dorothea Dix
B) Lillian Wald
C) Florence Nightingale
D) Clara Barton
ANS: C
6. Which of the following nursing pioneers established the Red Cross in the UnitedStates in
1882?
A) Florence Nightingale
B) Clara Barton
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C) Dorothea Dix
D) Jane Addams
ANS: B
7. What was one barrier to the development of the nursing profession in the UnitedStates 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
ANS:A
8. Which of the following individuals provided community-based care and foundedpublic health
nursing?
A) Adelaide Nutting
Chapter 01: Introduction to Nursing and Professional Formation
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.
ANS: C, E, F
2. Which of the following set of terms best describes nursing at the end of the MiddleAges?
A) continuity, caring, critical thinking
B) purpose, direction, leadership
C) assessment, interventions, outcomes
D) advocacy, research, education
ANS: B
3. Which of the following is a characteristic of nursing practiced from earlycivilization
to the 16thcentury?
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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
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
ANS: D
5. Who is considered to be the founder of professional nursing?
A) Dorothea Dix
B) Lillian Wald
C) Florence Nightingale
D) Clara Barton
ANS: C
6. Which of the following nursing pioneers established the Red Cross in the UnitedStates in
1882?
A) Florence Nightingale
B) Clara Barton
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C) Dorothea Dix
D) Jane Addams
ANS: B
7. What was one barrier to the development of the nursing profession in the UnitedStates 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
ANS:A
8. Which of the following individuals provided community-based care and foundedpublic health
nursing?
A) Adelaide Nutting
