LPN/LVN 7th Edition Dahlkemper Test Bank j8 j8 j8 j8 j8 j8
Chapter 1. Historical Perspectives and Current Trends
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Chapter 1: Historical Perspective and Current Trends
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Multiple Choice j8
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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j 1. The nursing student predominantly uses knowledge about the history of
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j8 nursing for what purpose?
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1. To understand the professional choices open j8 j8 j8 j8 j8
to the student j8 j8
2. To prevent making medication errors in j8 j8 j8 j8 j8
practice
3. To determine what geographical area is the j8 j8 j8 j8 j8 j8
best place to practice j8 j8 j8
4. To reduce the cost of delivering quality j8 j8 j8 j8 j8 j8
healthcare
j 2. 8 The nurse is working in an underdeveloped country and observes the j8 j8 j8 j8 j8 j8 j8 j8 j8 j8
j8 natives lighting ritual fires and pounding on primitive drums around the sick person to
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j8 promote recovery. The nurse interprets this behavior as indicating the natives believe
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j8 illness results from what?
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1. Pathogens and genetics j8 j8
2. Evil spirits j8
3. Tides and planets j8 j8
4. Plants and animals j8 j8
j3. The person credited with making a written record of healthcare practices and
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j8 removing the mythical aspect of healthcare is who?
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1. Hammurabi
2. Florence Nightingale j8
3. Hippocrates
4. Apollo
j 8 4. Who served as the first public health nurses, caring for the sick and the poor?
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1. The Presbyterian Church j8 j8
2. Salerno
, 3. Jewish scholars j8
4. Convent deaconesses j 8
5. What is a crucial issue the nurse working in the late industrialization era
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j8 would need to address in order to promote health?
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1. Reducing spread of infection j8 j8 j8
2. Reducing sedentary lifestyle j8 j8
3. Teaching proper use of medications j8 j8 j8 j8
4. Teaching use of car seats j8 j8 j8 j8
6. What types of skills would a nursing student learn while attending
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j8 Kaiserworth Deaconess Institution in 1836?
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1. Administering immunizations j 8
2. Assisting in surgery j8 j8
3. Washing and changing bed linens j8 j8 j8 j8
4. Developing a plan of care j8 j8 j8 j8
7. The nurse demonstrates Florence Nightingale’s theory of nursing with
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j8 what intervention?
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1. Respecting the patient’s culture and j8 j8 j8 j8
incorporating cultural needs in the plan of care j8 j8 j8 j8 j8 j8 j8
2. Promoting good health and treating those who j8 j8 j8 j8 j8 j 8
are ill in a holistic manner
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3. Understanding how to motivate people to j8 j8 j8 j8 j8
practice a healthy lifestyle and reduce risks
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4. Teaching other nurses how to deliver the j8 j8 j8 j8 j8 j8
highest quality of nursing care. j8 j8 j8 j8
8. What action performed by the nurse directly resulted from the contribution
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j8 made by Linda Richards?
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1. Using an antiseptic before administering an j8 j8 j 8 j8 j8
injection
2. Exploring the psychosocial needs of the j8 j8 j 8 j8 j8
patient
3. Documenting patient care in the medical j8 j8 j8 j8 j8
record
4. Listening to a patient describe his or her j8 j8 j8 j8 j8 j8 j8
condition
, 9. After graduating from nursing school, the graduate takes a licensure
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j8 examination as the result of what nurse’s contribution?
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1. Florence Nightingale j8
2. MaryAdelaid Nutting j8 j8
3. Lavinia L. Dock j8 j8
4. Isabel Hampton Robb j8 j8
10. In addition to caring for the sick, what other skills would the first LPN
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j8 students learn when attending the Ballard School in New York in 1893?
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1. Political advocacy j8
2. Homemaking
3. Communication
4. Carpentry
11. The nurse responds to an alarm on a pulse oximeter and sees the patient’s
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oxygen saturation is reading 38%. The nurse observes the patient, noting a respiratory rate of
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12 breaths per minute, pink mucous membranes, and easy regular respirations.
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The nurse concludes the pulse oximeter is not reading accurately. Whose theory of nursing
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is this nurse demonstrating?
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1. Annie Goodrich j8
2. Lillian D. Wald j8 j8
3. Florence Nightingale j8
4. Linda Richards j8
j 8 12. What statement describes Florence Nightingale’s beliefs about nursing?
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1. Practicing nurses should be licensed. j8 j8 j8 j8
2. Promotion of good health and treating the ill j8 j8 j8 j8 j8 j8 j8
are nursing priorities. j 8 j8
3. Nurses could simultaneously have a career j8 j8 j8 j8 j 8
and a marriage. j8 j8
4. Organisms cause infection. j 8 j 8
j 8 13. What was Mary Eliza Mahoney’s contribution to nursing?
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1. She organized the first visiting nurse j8 j8 j8 j8 j8
association.
2. She founded the American Journal of j8 j8 j8 j8 j8
Nursing.
, 3. She founded the National League of Nursing.
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4. She worked for the acceptance ofAfrican
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Americans into the nursing profession. j8 j8 j 8 j8
j 14. What professional organization was the first to focus on licensed practical
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j8 nurses (LPNs)?
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1. NationalAssociation for Practical Nurse j8 j8 j8 j8
Education and Services (NAPNES) j8 j8 j 8
2. National Federation of Licensed Practical j8 j8 j8 j8
Nurses (NFLPN) j8
3. National League for Nursing (NLN) j8 j8 j8 j8
4. American NursesAssociation (ANA) j8 j8 j8
j 8 15. What statement accurately describes the NFLPN?
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1. It represents both registered nurses (RNs) and j8 j8 j8 j8 j8 j8
LPNs.
2. It represents LPNs/LVNs only. j8 j8 j8
3. It is open to anyone interested in nursing. j8 j8 j8 j8 j8 j8 j8
4. It is open to anyone in the healthcare field. j8 j8 j8 j8 j8 j8 j8 j8
j 8 16. What organizations represent only LPNs/LVNs?
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1. ANAand NLN j8 j8
2. NFLPN and NLN j8 j8
3. NAPNES and NFLPN j8 j8
4. NAPNES andANA j8 j8
j17. The nurse working in mental health nursing honors what historical nurse for
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j8 working to improve care of the mentally ill?
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1. Clara Barton j 8
2. Florence Nightingale j8
3. Dorothea Dix j8
4. Lillian D. Wald j8 j8
j 8 18. What is the difference between the LPN and LVN nursing title?
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1. LPNs have a longer educational program than j8 j8 j8 j8 j8 j8
LVNs.
2. LVNs and LPNs have the same duties and j8 j8 j8 j8 j8 j8 j8
skills, just different titles. j8 j8 j8