Question 1

Which of the following nursing advocates elevated the status of nursing to a respected occupation, improved the quality of nursing care, and founded modern nursing education?*

A. Jane Addams

B. Clara Barton

C. Dorothea Dix

D. Florence Nightingale

Question 2

Which of the following statements is an accurate description of nursing’s role, according to the American Nurses Association (ANA)?*

A. Nursing is a profession dependent upon the medical community as a whole.

B. It is the role of the physician, not the nurse, to assist patients in understanding their health problems.

C. It is the role of nursing to provide a caring relationship that facilitates health and healing.

D. The essential components of professional nursing care are strength, endurance, and cure.

Question 3

The various definitions of nursing provided in this chapter conclude that the central focus of nursing is based on which of the following?*

A. The care provided by the nurse

B. The patient receiving care

C. The nurse as the caregiver

D. Nursing as a profession

Question 4

Who established the Red Cross in the United States in 1882?*

A. Clara Barton

B. Dorothea Dix

C. Jane Addams

D. Florence Nightingale

Question 5

When a nurse helps a patient make an informed decision about his/her own health and life, which of the following nurse’s roles has been performed?*

A. Advocate

B. Counselor

C. Caregiver

D. Communicator

Question 6

Which of the following developments had the greatest influence on the development of nursing as a profession since the l950s?*

A. Large numbers of women began to work outside the home, asserting their independence.

B. Nursing practice was broadened to include practice in a wide variety of healthcare settings.

C. Male dominance in the healthcare profession slowed the progress of professionalism in the nursing practice.

D. Hospital schools were established to provide more easily controlled and less expensive staff for the hospital.

Question 7

Learning how to use a new piece of hospital equipment would most likely occur in which type of educational setting?*

A. Continuing education

B. Graduate education

C. In-service education

D. Undergraduate studies

Question 8

Which of the following nursing education programs attracts more men, minorities, and nontraditional students and prepares nurses to give care to patients in various structured settings?*

A. Diploma in nursing

B. Associate degree in nursing

C. Bachelor degree in nursing

D. Graduate education in nursing

Question 9

Which of the following is used by the nurse to identify the patient’s healthcare needs and strengths and to establish and carry out a plan of care to meet those needs?*

A. Nursing standards

B. Nursing orders

C. Nurse practice acts

D. Nursing process

Question 10

Which of the following statements most clearly defines the role of the nurse in the early Christian period?*

A. The nurse was viewed as a slave, carrying out menial tasks based on the orders of the priest-physician.

B. Women called deaconesses made the first organized visits to the sick, and members of male religious groups gave nursing care and buried the dead.

C. The nurse was usually the mother who cared for her family during sickness by providing physical care and herbal remedies.

D. Women who had committed crimes were recruited into nursing in lieu of serving jail sentences.

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