Test Bank for Fundamental Concepts and Skills for Nursing, 6th Edition, By Patricia Williams, 9780323694766, All Chapters 1-41 LATEST

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Williams: deWit's Fundamental Concepts and Skills for Nursing, 5th Edition
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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: / f C
By improving sanitation, nutrition ventilation, and handwashing techniques, Florence
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Nightingale‘s nurses dramatically reduced the death rate from injuries in the Crimean
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War.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge / f / f REF: p. 2 OBJ: Theory / f /f


#1 TOP: Nursing History
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2. Early nursing education and care in the United States:
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a. were directed at community health. /f / f / f / f


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: / f B
Because of the influence of early nNuUrRs iSnI gN Gl eTaBd.eCrOs ,Mn ursing education became
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more formalized through apprenticeships in Nightingale schools that offered independence
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to women through education and employment.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge / f / f REF: p. 2 OBJ: Theory / f /f


#4 TOP: Nursing History
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N/A MSC:
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,3. In order to fulfill the common goals defined by nursing theorists (promote
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wellness, prevent illness, facilitate coping, and restore health), the LPN must
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take on the roles of:
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a. caregiver, educator, and collaborator. /f / f / f


b. nursing assistant, delegator, and environmental specialist.
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c. medication dispenser, collaborator, and transporter.
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d. dietitian, manager, and housekeeper. / f / f / f




ANS: / f A
In order for the LPN to apply the common goals of nursing, he or she
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must assume the roles of caregiver, educator, collaborator, manager, and
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advocate.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 3 OBJ: Theory
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#2 TOP: Art and Science of Nursing KEY:
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Process Step: N/A MSC:
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4. Although nursing theories differ in their attempts to define nursing, all
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VERIFIED-TEST

, a. self-actualization, fundamental needs, and belonging. /f /f / f / f


b. stress reduction, self-care, and a systems model.
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c. curative care, restorative care, and terminal care.
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d. human relationships, the environment, and health.
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ANS: / f D
Although nursing theories differ, they all base their beliefs on human relationships,
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the environment, and health.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 4 OBJ: Theory / f / f / f /f


#2 TOP: Nursing Theories
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5. Standards of care for the nursing practice of the LPN are established by the:
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a. Boards of Nursing Examiners in each state. / f / f / f / f / f / f


b. National Council of States Boards of Nursing (NCSBN). / f / f / f / f / f / f / f


c. American Nurses Association (ANA). / f / f / f


d. National Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses. /f /f / f / f / f




ANS: / f D
The National Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses modified the standards
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published by the ANA in 2015 to better fit the role of the LPN. In 2015
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the American Nurses Association (ANA) revised the Standards of Nursing
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Practice which contained 17 standards of national practice of nursing,
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describing all facets of nursing practice: who, what, when, where, how.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension
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#2 TOP:
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6. The LPN /f / fdemonstrates an evidence-based practice by: / f / f / f / f


a. using / f a drug manual to check compatibility of drugs.
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b. using / f scientific information to guide decision making. / f / f / f / f / f


c. using / f medical history of a patient to direct nursing interventions.
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d. basing /fnursing care on advice from an experienced nurse. / f / f / f /f / f / f / f




ANS: / f B
The use of scientific information from high-quality research to guide nursing decisions
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is reflective of the application of evidence-based practice.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge / f / f REF: p. 7 OBJ: Theory / f /f


#3 TOP: Evidence-Based Practice
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7. Lillian Wald and Mary Brewster established the Henry Street Settlement Service
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/f in New York in 1893 in order to:
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a. offer a shelter to injured war veterans.
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b. found a nursing apprenticeship.
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c. provide health care to poor persons living in tenements.
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d. offer better housing to low-income families.
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ANS: / f C