C HAPTER 01: T HE E VOLUTION OF N URSING
Cooper: Foundation of Nursing, 9th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. What is the purpose of licensing laws for LPN/ LVNs?
a. To limit the number of LPN/ LVNs
b. Prevention of malpractice
c. Protection of the public from un qualified people
d. To increase revenue for the state board of nursing
ANS: C
The purpose of licensing laws for LPN/ LVNs is to protect the public
from unqualified health care providers. Licensing laws’ purpose is not
to limit the number of LPNs/ LVNs, preven t malpractice, or increase
revenue for the state board of nursing.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 11 OBJ: 4 |
9 | 10 TOP: Licensure KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A
MSC: NC LEX: N/A
2. What premise is Maslow’s hierarchy of needs based on?
a. All needs are equall y important.
b. Basic needs must be met before the next level of needs can be met.
c. Self-actualization is a primary need.
d. Individuals prioritize needs the same way.
, ANS: B
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is based on the premise that basic needs
must be met first. It is not based on all needs being equall y important
or that individuals prioritize needs the same way. Self -actualization is
not a primary need according to Maslow.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 12 | p. 13
OBJ: 8 TOP: Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A MSC: NCLEX: N/A
3. What must the nurse realize when assessing physical and social
environmental factors affecting health and illness?
a. They affect one another.
b. They cause illness.
c. They cause patients to react similarl y.
d. They can be separated.
ANS: A
Physical and social factors affect each other, cannot be separated, and
cause each patient to react in a unique manner. They do not necessaril y
cause illness or cause patients to react similarl y, and t hey cannot be
separated.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 14 OBJ: 4 |
8 TOP: Environmental factors KEY: Nursing
Process Step: Assessment MSC: NC LEX: Health Promotion
and Maintenance
, 4. What organization, established during World War II, p rovided nursing
education and training?
a. Nightingale school
b. Cadet Nurse Corps
c. Public health department
d. Frontier Nursing Service
ANS: B
The Cadet Nurse Corps was established during World War II to provide
nursing education and training. The Nightingale sc hool, public health
department, and Frontier Nursing Service are not organizations
established during World War II to provide nursing education and
training.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 5 OBJ: 1 | 4
TOP: Nursing education KEY: Nursing Process Step:
N/A MSC: NC LEX: N/A
5. What is a modern educational advancement program for the LPN/LVN to
enter RN education?
a. Repetition
b. Exclusion
c. Articulation
d. Coexistence
ANS: C
Cooper: Foundation of Nursing, 9th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. What is the purpose of licensing laws for LPN/ LVNs?
a. To limit the number of LPN/ LVNs
b. Prevention of malpractice
c. Protection of the public from un qualified people
d. To increase revenue for the state board of nursing
ANS: C
The purpose of licensing laws for LPN/ LVNs is to protect the public
from unqualified health care providers. Licensing laws’ purpose is not
to limit the number of LPNs/ LVNs, preven t malpractice, or increase
revenue for the state board of nursing.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 11 OBJ: 4 |
9 | 10 TOP: Licensure KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A
MSC: NC LEX: N/A
2. What premise is Maslow’s hierarchy of needs based on?
a. All needs are equall y important.
b. Basic needs must be met before the next level of needs can be met.
c. Self-actualization is a primary need.
d. Individuals prioritize needs the same way.
, ANS: B
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is based on the premise that basic needs
must be met first. It is not based on all needs being equall y important
or that individuals prioritize needs the same way. Self -actualization is
not a primary need according to Maslow.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 12 | p. 13
OBJ: 8 TOP: Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
KEY: Nursing Process Step: N/A MSC: NCLEX: N/A
3. What must the nurse realize when assessing physical and social
environmental factors affecting health and illness?
a. They affect one another.
b. They cause illness.
c. They cause patients to react similarl y.
d. They can be separated.
ANS: A
Physical and social factors affect each other, cannot be separated, and
cause each patient to react in a unique manner. They do not necessaril y
cause illness or cause patients to react similarl y, and t hey cannot be
separated.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 14 OBJ: 4 |
8 TOP: Environmental factors KEY: Nursing
Process Step: Assessment MSC: NC LEX: Health Promotion
and Maintenance
, 4. What organization, established during World War II, p rovided nursing
education and training?
a. Nightingale school
b. Cadet Nurse Corps
c. Public health department
d. Frontier Nursing Service
ANS: B
The Cadet Nurse Corps was established during World War II to provide
nursing education and training. The Nightingale sc hool, public health
department, and Frontier Nursing Service are not organizations
established during World War II to provide nursing education and
training.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 5 OBJ: 1 | 4
TOP: Nursing education KEY: Nursing Process Step:
N/A MSC: NC LEX: N/A
5. What is a modern educational advancement program for the LPN/LVN to
enter RN education?
a. Repetition
b. Exclusion
c. Articulation
d. Coexistence
ANS: C
