TEST BANK: DEWIT’S FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS AND SKILLS FOR NURSING, 5TH EDITION BY WILLIAMS

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MULTIPLE CHOICE s s




1. Florence Nightingale‘s contributions to nursing practice and education:
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a. are historically important but have no validity for nursing today.
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b. were neither recognized nor appreciated in her own time.
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c. were a major factor in reducing the death rate in the Crimean War.
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d. were limited only to the care of severe traumatic wounds.
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ANS: s s C
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge s s s s REF: p. 2 s s




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Nursing Process Step: N/A MSC: NCLEX: N/A s s s s s s ss s s




2. Early nursing education and care in the United States:
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a. were directed at community health.
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b. provided independence for women through education and employment.
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c. were an educational model based in institutions of higher learning.
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d. have continued to be entirely focused on hospital nursing.
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,ANS: s s B
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge s s s s REF: p. 2
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OBJ: Theory #4 TOP:
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, 3. In order to fulfill the common goals defined by nursing theorists
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s s health), the LPN must take on the roles of:
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b. nursing assistant, delegator, and environmental specialist.
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d. dietitian, manager, and housekeeper.
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ANS: s s A
In order for the LPN to apply the common goals of nursing, he or
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: s s s s p. 3 s s




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4. Although nursing theories differ in their attempts to define
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