,Chapter 01: Introduction to Nursing and Professional Formation
1. Whichof the following statements accuratelydescribe an element of nursing?
Select all that apply.
A) Theskills involved in nursing are primarilytechnical in nature.
B) Theprimaryfocus of nursing is to assist individualsto recover fromillness.
C) Thescience of nursingis the knowledge base for the care that is given.
D) Theart of nursingis the collection of knowledge through research.
E) Nursing is considered to be both an art and ascience.
F) Nursing is aprofession that used specializedknowledge andskills.
2. Which of the following set of terms best describes nursing at the end of the Middle
Ages?
A) continuity, caring, criticalthinking
B) purpose, direction, leadership
C) assessment, interventions, outcomes
D) advocacy, research, education
3. Which of the following is a characteristic of nursingpracticed from early
civilization to the 16th century?
A) Most earlycivilizations believed that illness hadsupernatural causes.
B) Thephysician was the priest who treated disease with prayer.
C) Thenurse wasanuncommitted to caring for the needyandhomeless.
D) Nursing changed from a spiritual focus to an emphasis on knowledge expansion.
,4. In what time period did nursing care as we nowknowit 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 nursingpioneers established the Red Cross in the United
States in 1882?
A) Florence Nightingale
B) Clara Barton
C) Dorothea Dix
D) Jane Addams
7. What wasone barrier to the development of the nursingprofession in the United
States after the Civil War?
A) lack of educationalstandards
B) hospital-based schools ofnursing
C) lack of influence from nursing leaders
D) independence of nursingorders
, 8. Whichof thefollowingindividualsprovidedcommunity-basedcareandfounded
public health nursing?
A) Adelaide Nutting
B) Lillian Wald
C) Sojourner Truth
D) Clara Barton
9. Which of the following nursinggroups provides adefinition andscope of practice
for nursing?
A) ICN
B) AAN
C) ANA
D) The Joint Commission
10. Teachinga womanabout breast self-examination is an example of whatbroadaim of
nursing?
A) promoting health
B) preventing illness
C) restoring health
D) facilitating coping with disabilityand death
11. What nursing activity wouldmeet the broad nursingaim 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 intravenousfluids
1. Whichof the following statements accuratelydescribe an element of nursing?
Select all that apply.
A) Theskills involved in nursing are primarilytechnical in nature.
B) Theprimaryfocus of nursing is to assist individualsto recover fromillness.
C) Thescience of nursingis the knowledge base for the care that is given.
D) Theart of nursingis the collection of knowledge through research.
E) Nursing is considered to be both an art and ascience.
F) Nursing is aprofession that used specializedknowledge andskills.
2. Which of the following set of terms best describes nursing at the end of the Middle
Ages?
A) continuity, caring, criticalthinking
B) purpose, direction, leadership
C) assessment, interventions, outcomes
D) advocacy, research, education
3. Which of the following is a characteristic of nursingpracticed from early
civilization to the 16th century?
A) Most earlycivilizations believed that illness hadsupernatural causes.
B) Thephysician was the priest who treated disease with prayer.
C) Thenurse wasanuncommitted to caring for the needyandhomeless.
D) Nursing changed from a spiritual focus to an emphasis on knowledge expansion.
,4. In what time period did nursing care as we nowknowit 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 nursingpioneers established the Red Cross in the United
States in 1882?
A) Florence Nightingale
B) Clara Barton
C) Dorothea Dix
D) Jane Addams
7. What wasone barrier to the development of the nursingprofession in the United
States after the Civil War?
A) lack of educationalstandards
B) hospital-based schools ofnursing
C) lack of influence from nursing leaders
D) independence of nursingorders
, 8. Whichof thefollowingindividualsprovidedcommunity-basedcareandfounded
public health nursing?
A) Adelaide Nutting
B) Lillian Wald
C) Sojourner Truth
D) Clara Barton
9. Which of the following nursinggroups provides adefinition andscope of practice
for nursing?
A) ICN
B) AAN
C) ANA
D) The Joint Commission
10. Teachinga womanabout breast self-examination is an example of whatbroadaim of
nursing?
A) promoting health
B) preventing illness
C) restoring health
D) facilitating coping with disabilityand death
11. What nursing activity wouldmeet the broad nursingaim 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 intravenousfluids
