Chapter 1.

Nursing Past & Present

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. Which is the most influential factor that has shaped the nursing profession?
1) Physicians’ need for handmaidens
2) Societal need for healthcare outside the home
3) Military demand for nurses in the field
4) Germ theory influence on sanitation
ANS: 3
Chapter number and title: 1, Nursing Past & Present
Chapter learning objective: Define nursing in your own words.
Chapter page reference: p. 7
Heading: Historical Context of Nursing
Integrated Processes: Teaching and Learning
Client Need: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
Cognitive level: Comprehension [Understanding]
Concept: Professionalism
Difficulty: Easy

Feedback
1 The physician's handmaiden was/is a nursing stereotype rather than an
influence on nursing.
2 Although there has been a need for healthcare outside the home throughout
history, this has more influence on the development of hospitals than on
nursing; this need provided one more setting for nursing work.
3 Throughout the centuries, stability of the government has been related to the
success of the military to protect or extend its domain. As the survival and
well-being of soldiers are both critical, nurses provided healthcare to the sick
and injured at the battle site.
4 Germ theory and sanitation helped to improve healthcare but did not shape
nursing.

PTS: 1 CON: Professionalism

2. Which is an example of an illness-prevention activity?

1) Encouraging the use of a food diary
2) Joining a cancer support group
3) Administering immunization for HPV
4) Teaching a diabetic patient about his diet
ANS: 3
Chapter number and title: 1, Nursing Past & Present
Chapter learning objective: Name and recognize the four purposes of nursing care.
Chapter page reference: p. 15
Heading: Nursing Practice: Caring for Clients
Integrated Processes: Nursing Process – Implementation
Client Need: Health Promotion and Maintenance
 Cognitive level: Application [Applying]
Concept: Health Promotion
Difficulty: Moderate
Feedback
1 Illness-prevention activities focus on avoiding a specific disease. A food diary
is a health-promotion activity.
2 Although cancer is a disease, it is assumed that a person joining a support
group would already have the disease; therefore, this is not disease prevention
but treatment.
3 Administering immunization for HPV is an example of illness prevention.
4 Teaching a diabetic patient about diet is a treatment for diabetes; the patient
already has diabetes, so it cannot prevent diabetes.

PTS: 1 CON: Health Promotion

3. Which contribution of Florence Nightingale had an immediate impact on improving patients’

health?
1) Providing a clean environment
2) Improving nursing education
3) Changing the delivery of care in hospitals
4) Establishing nursing as a distinct profession
ANS: 1
Chapter number and title: 1, Nursing Past & Present
Chapter learning objective: Name nine expanded roles for nursing.
Chapter page reference: p. 9
Heading: Table 1-1 Roles and Functions of the Nurse
Integrated Processes: Caring
Client Need: Health Promotion and Maintenance
Cognitive level: Comprehension [Understanding]
Concept: Evidence-Based Practice
Difficulty: Easy
Feedback
1 Improved sanitation (a clean environment) greatly and immediately reduced the
rate of infection and mortality in hospitals.
2 This is an activity of Florence Nightingale that improved healthcare or nursing,
but the impact is long range, not immediate.
3 This is an activity of Florence Nightingale that improved healthcare or nursing,
but the impact is long range, not immediate.
4 This is an activity of Florence Nightingale that improved healthcare or nursing,
but the impact is long range, not immediate.

PTS: 1 CON: Evidence-Based Practice

4. Which aspect of the full-spectrum nursing role is essential for the nurse to do in order to
successfully carry out all the others?
1) Thinking and reasoning about the client’s care
2) Providing hands-on client care
3) Carrying out physician orders
 4) Delegating to assistive personnel
ANS: 1
Chapter number and title: 1, Nursing Past & Present
Chapter learning objective: Name and recognize the four purposes of nursing care.
Chapter page reference: p. 8
Heading: Nursing Today: Full-Spectrum Nursing
Integrated Processes: Nursing Process
Client Need: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
Cognitive level: Analysis [Analyzing]
Concept: Patient-Centered Care
Difficulty: Difficult
Feedback
1 A substantial portion of the nursing role involves using clinical judgment,
critical thinking, and problem solving, which directly affect the care the client
will actually receive.
2 Providing hands-on care is important; however, clinical judgment, critical
thinking, and problem-solving are essential to do it successfully.
3 Carrying out physician orders is a small part of a nurse’s role; it, too, requires
nursing assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation.
4 Many simple nursing tasks are being delegated to nursing assistive personnel;
delegation requires careful analysis of patient status and the appropriateness of
support personnel to deliver care.

PTS: 1 CON: Patient-Centered Care

5. Which statement pertaining to Benner’s practice model for clinical competence is true?
1) Progression through the stages is constant, with most nurses reaching the
proficient stage.
2) Progression through the stages involves continual development of thinking and
technical skills.
3) The nurse must have experience in many areas before being considered an expert.
4) The nurse’s progress through the stages is determined by years of experience and
skills.
ANS: 2
Chapter number and title: 1, Nursing Past & Present
Chapter learning objective: Discuss the transitions nursing education has undergone in the last
century.
Chapter page reference: p. 12
Heading: Benner’s Model
Integrated Processes: Caring
Client Need: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
Cognitive level: Comprehension [Understanding]
Concept: Evidence-Based Practice
Difficulty: Easy
Feedback
1 Movement through the stages is not constant.
2 Benner’s model is based on integration of knowledge, technical skill, and
intuition in the development of clinical wisdom.
 3 The model does not mention experience in many areas.
4 The model does not mention years of experience.

PTS: 1 CON: Evidence-Based Care

6. Which best explains why it is difficult for the profession to develop a definition of nursing?
1) There are too many different and conflicting images of nurses.
2) There are constant changes in healthcare and the activities of nurses.
3) There is disagreement among the different nursing organizations.
4) There are different education pathways and levels of practice.
ANS: 2
Chapter number and title: 1, Nursing Past & Present
Chapter learning objective: Discuss the transitions that nursing education has undergone in the
last century.
Chapter page reference: p. 8
Heading: How Is Nursing Defined?
Integrated Processes: Caring
Client Need: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
Cognitive level: Analysis [Analyzing]
Concept: Professionalism
Difficulty: Difficult
Feedback
1 The conflicting images of nursing make it more important to develop a
definition; they may also make it more difficult but not to the extent that
constant change does.
2 Healthcare is constantly changing and with it come changes in where, how, and
what nursing care is delivered. Constant changes make it difficult to develop a
definition.
3 Although different nursing organizations have different definitions, they are
similar in most ways.
4 The different education pathways affect entry into practice, not the definition of
nursing.

PTS: 1 CON: Professionalism

7. Nurses have the potential to be very influential in shaping healthcare policy. Which factor
contributes most to nurses’ influence?
1) Nurses are the largest health professional group.
2) Nurses have a long history of serving the public.
3) Nurses have achieved some independence from physicians in recent years.
4) Political involvement has helped refute negative images portrayed in the media.
ANS: 1
Chapter number and title: 1, Nursing Past & Present
Chapter learning objective: Discuss issues related to healthcare reform.
Chapter page reference: p. 24
Heading: Influence of Nurses on Health Policy
Integrated Processes: Caring
Client Need: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
 Cognitive level: Comprehension [Understanding]
Concept: Health Care System
Difficulty: Easy
Feedback
1 Nurses are trusted professionals and the largest health professional group. As
such, they have political power to effect changes. If nursing were a small
group, there would be little potential for power in shaping policies, even if all
the other answers were true.
2 Serving the public, although positive, does not necessarily help nurses to be
influential in establishing health policy.
3 Independence from physicians, although positive, does not necessarily make
nurses influential in establishing healthcare policy.
4 Refuting negative media, although positive, does not necessarily make nurses
influential in establishing healthcare policy.

PTS: 1 CON: Health Care System

8. Nursing was described as a distinct occupation in the sacred books of which faith?
1) Buddhism
2) Christianity
3) Hinduism
4) Judaism
ANS: 3
Chapter number and title: 1, Nursing Past & Present
Chapter learning objective: Discuss the transitions that nursing education has undergone in the
last century.
Chapter page reference: p. 6
Heading: Historical Context of Nursing
Integrated Processes: Caring
Client Need: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
Cognitive level: Knowledge [Remembering]
Concept: Professionalism
Difficulty: Easy
Feedback
1 Nursing was not described as a distinct occupation in the sacred books of
Buddhism.
2 Nursing was not described as a distinct occupation in the sacred books of
Christianity.
3 The Vedas, the sacred books of the Hindu faith, described Indian healthcare
practices and were the earliest writings of a distinct nursing occupation.
4 Nursing was not described as a distinct occupation in the sacred books of
Judaism.

PTS: 1 CON: Professionalism

9. Which individual established the American Red Cross?

1) Louisa May Alcott
2) Clara Barton
 3) Dorothea Dix
4) Harriet Tubman
ANS: 2
Chapter number and title: 1, Nursing Past & Present
Chapter learning objective: Give four examples of influential nursing organizations.
Chapter page reference: p. 19
Heading: Charitable Organizations
Integrated Processes: Caring
Client Need: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
Cognitive level: Knowledge [Remembering]
Concept: Evidence-Based Practice
Difficulty: Easy
Feedback
1 Louisa May Alcott was an American novelist who wrote Little Women in 1868.
2 Clara Barton was an American teacher, nurse, and humanitarian who organized
the American Red Cross after the Civil War.
3 Dorothea Dix was an American activist who acted on behalf of the indigent
population with mental illness. She was credited for establishing the first
psychiatric institution.
4 Harriet Tubman was an African American abolitionist and Union spy during the
Civil War. After escaping captivity, she set up a network of antislavery activists
known as the Underground Railroad.

PTS: 1 CON: Evidence-Based Practice

10. Which is the most important reason to develop a definition of nursing?

1) Recruit more informed people into the nursing profession
2) Evaluate the degree of role satisfaction
3) Dispel the stereotypical images of nurses and nursing
4) Differentiate nursing activities from those of other health professionals
ANS: 4
Chapter number and title: 1, Nursing Past & Present
Chapter learning objective: Define nursing in your own words.
Chapter page reference: p. 8
Heading: How Is Nursing Defined?
Integrated Processes: Caring
Client Need: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
Cognitive level: Comprehension [Understanding]
Concept: Professionalism
Difficulty: Easy
Feedback
1 A definition of nursing would not be likely to increase the number of informed
people recruited into nursing.
2 A definition of nursing would do little to improve the nurse’s role satisfaction.
3 Although a definition of nursing might contribute to fighting stereotypes of
nursing, other, more powerful influences (e.g., media portrayals) exist to
counteract it.
4 Nursing organization leaders think it is important to develop a definition of
 nursing to bring value and understanding to the profession, differentiate
nursing activities from those of other health professionals, and help student
nurses understand what is expected of them.

PTS: 1 CON: Professionalism

11. Which provides evidence-based support for the contribution that advanced practice nurses
(APNs. make within healthcare?
1) Reduced usage of diagnostics using advanced technology
2) Decreased number of unnecessary visits to the emergency department
3) Improved patient compliance with prescribed treatments
4) Increased usage of complementary alternative therapies
ANS: 3
Chapter number and title: 1, Nursing Past & Present
Chapter learning objective: Name nine expanded roles for nursing.
Chapter page reference: p. 22
Heading: Expanded Career Roles for Nurses
Integrated Processes: Nursing Process – Planning
Client Need: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
Cognitive level: Comprehension [Understanding]
Concept: Evidence-Based Practice
Difficulty: Easy
Feedback
1 No well-known scientific studies support APNs’ effect on the use of advanced
technology.
2 No well-known scientific studies support APNs’ effect on the frequency of
emergency department visits.
3 Studies demonstrate that APNs have improved patient outcomes over those of
physicians, including increased patient understanding and cooperation with
treatments and decreased need for hospitalizations.
4 No well-known scientific studies support APNs’ effect on the use of alternative
therapies.

PTS: 1 CON: Evidence-Based Practice

12. Which is an example of what traditional medicine and complementary and alternative
medicine therapies have in common?
1)Both can produce adverse effects in some patients.
2)Both use prescription medications.
3)Both are usually reimbursed by insurance programs.
4)Both are regulated by the FDA.
ANS: 1
Chapter number and title: 1, Nursing Past & Present
Chapter learning objective: Delineate the forces and trends affecting contemporary nursing
practice.
Chapter page reference: p. 22
Heading: What Are Some Trends in Nursing and Healthcare?
Integrated Processes: Caring
 Client Need: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
Cognitive level: Comprehension [Understanding]
Concept: Evidence-Based Practice
Difficulty: Easy
Feedback
1 Both traditional and complementary therapies can produce adverse effects in
some patients.
2 Many medications are derived from herbs, but the alternative treatments
usually use the herbs, not prescription medication.
3 Insurance programs do not necessarily reimburse alternative treatments,
because many are not supported by sound scientific research methodology.
4 Alternative medications are not regulated by the FDA.

PTS: 1 CON: Evidence-Based Practice

13. Which is the biggest disadvantage of having nursing assistive personnel (NAP) assist nurses
in practice?
1) Nurses must know what aspects of care can legally and safely be delegated to the
NAP.
2) Nurses may rely too heavily on information gathered by the NAP when making
patient care decisions.
3) Nurses are removed from many components of direct patient care that have been
delegated to the NAP.
4) Nurses still maintain responsibility for the patient care given by the NAP.
ANS: 2
Chapter number and title: 1, Nursing Past & Present
Chapter learning objective: Delineate the forces and trends affecting contemporary nursing
practice.
Chapter page reference: p. 24
Heading: Increased Use of Nursing Assistive Personnel
Integrated Processes: Nursing Process – Implementation
Client Need: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
Cognitive level: Comprehension [Understanding]
Concept: Collaboration
Difficulty: Easy
Feedback
1 All of the options may be disadvantages to using NAPs, but making decisions
based on another’s information is the greatest drawback because of the
potential for negatively affecting patient care. Treatment decisions based on
incorrect information may cause harm to the patient.
2 All of the options may be disadvantages to using NAPs, but making decisions
based on another’s information is the greatest drawback because of the
potential for negatively affecting patient care. Treatment decisions based on
incorrect information may cause harm to the patient.
3 All of the options may be disadvantages to using NAPs, but making decisions
based on another’s information is the greatest drawback because of the
potential for negatively affecting patient care. Treatment decisions based on
incorrect information may cause harm to the patient.
 4 All of the options may be disadvantages to using NAPs, but making decisions
based on another’s information is the greatest drawback because of the
potential for negatively affecting patient care. Treatment decisions based on
incorrect information may cause harm to the patient.

PTS: 1 CON: Collaboration

14. An older adult patient is diagnosed with type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM). The patient can
perform self-care activities but needs help with shopping and meal preparation as well as with
blood glucose monitoring and insulin administration. Which type of healthcare facility would
be most appropriate for this patient?
1) Acute care facility
2) Ambulatory care facility
3) Extended care facility
4) Assisted living facility
ANS: 4
Chapter number and title: 1, Nursing Past & Present
Chapter learning objective: Describe the healthcare delivery system in the United States,
including sites for care, types of workers, regulation, and financing of healthcare.
Chapter page reference: p. 16
Heading: Extended Care Facilities
Integrated Processes: Nursing Process – Planning
Client Need: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
Cognitive level: Application [Applying]
Concept: Patient-Centered Care
Difficulty: Moderate
Feedback
1 Acute care facilities focus on preventing illnesses and treating acute problems.
These facilities include physicians’ offices, clinics, and diagnostic centers.
2 Ambulatory care facilities provide outpatient care. Clients live at home or in
nonhospital settings and come to the site for care. Ambulatory care facilities
include private health and medical offices, clinics, surgery centers, and
outpatient therapy centers.
3 Extended care facilities typically provide long-term care, rehabilitation, wound
care, and ongoing monitoring of patient conditions.
4 Assisted living facilities are intended for those who are able to perform self-
care activities but who require assistance with meals, housekeeping, or
medications.

PTS: 1 CON: Patient-Centered Care

15. The nurse in the intensive care unit is providing care for only one patient, who was admitted
in septic shock. Based on this information, which care delivery model is the nurse
implementing?
1) Functional
2) Primary
3) Case method
4) Team
 ANS: 3
Chapter number and title: 1, Nursing Past & Present
Chapter learning objective: Describe the healthcare delivery system in the United States,
including sites for care, types of workers, regulation, and financing of healthcare.
Chapter page reference: p. 15
Heading: What Models of Care Are Used to Provide Nursing Care?
Integrated Processes: Nursing Process – Planning
Client Need: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
Cognitive level: Application [Applying]
Concept: Patient-Centered Care
Difficulty: Moderate
Feedback
1 When the functional nursing model is employed, care is compartmentalized
and each task is assigned to a staff member with the appropriate knowledge and
skills.
2 In primary nursing, one nurse plans the care for a group of patients around the
clock. The primary nurse assesses the patient and develops the plan of care.
When that nurse is working, he or she provides care for those patients for
whom he or she is responsible. In his or her absence, the associate nurses
deliver care. Although the nurse in this case could possibly be a primary nurse,
there are not enough data to confidently infer that.
3 The nurse is following the case method model of nursing care. In this model,
one nurse cares for one patient during a single shift.
4 If the team nursing approach is utilized, a licensed nurse (RN or LVN) is paired
with a nursing assistant. The pair is then assigned to a group of patients.

PTS: 1 CON: Patient-Centered Care

16. Which healthcare worker should the nurse consult to counsel a patient about financial and
family stressors affecting healthcare?
1) Social worker
2) Occupational therapist
3) Physician’s assistant
4) Technologist
ANS: 1
Chapter number and title: 1, Nursing Past & Present
Chapter learning objective: Describe the healthcare delivery system in the United States,
including sites for care, types of workers, regulation, and financing of healthcare.
Chapter page reference: p. 17
Heading: Who Are the Members of the Interprofessional Healthcare Team?
Integrated Processes: Nursing Process – Planning
Client Need: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
Cognitive level: Application [Applying]
Concept: Collaboration
Difficulty: Moderate
Feedback
1 The social worker coordinates services and counsels patients about financial,
housing, marital, and family issues affecting healthcare.
 2 The occupational therapist helps patients regain function and independence in
activities of daily living.
3 Physician’s assistants work under the physician’s direction to diagnose certain
diseases and injuries.
4 Technologists provide a variety of specific functions in hospitals, diagnostic
centers, and emergency care. For example, laboratory technologists aid in the
diagnosis and treatment of patients by examining blood, urine, tissue, and body
fluids. Radiology technologists perform x-rays and other diagnostic testing.

PTS: 1 CON: Collaboration

17. Which type of managed care allows patients the greatest choice of providers, medications, and
medical devices?
1) Health maintenance organization
2) Integrated delivery network
3) Preferred provider organization
4) Employment-based private insurance
ANS: 3
Chapter number and title: 1, Nursing Past & Present
Chapter learning objective: Describe the healthcare delivery system in the United States,
including sites for care, types of workers, regulation, and financing of healthcare.
Chapter page reference: p. 19
Heading: Managed Care
Integrated Processes: Nursing Process – Planning
Client Need: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
Cognitive level: Application [Applying]
Concept: Patient-Centered Care
Difficulty: Moderate
Feedback
1 Health maintenance organizations allow patients to choose a primary care
provider within the organization to coordinate their care. This type of program
will only reimburse medical care when patients have first obtained a referral
from their primary providers.
2 Integrated delivery networks combine providers, healthcare facilities,
pharmaceuticals, and services into one system, and patients must remain within
the system to receive care.
3 Preferred provider organizations are a form of managed care that allows
patients greater choice of providers, medications, and medical devices within
the designated list.
4 Employment-based private insurance is not a managed care organization.

PTS: 1 CON: Patient-Centered Care

18. A patient who underwent a total abdominal hysterectomy is assisted out of bed as soon as her
vital signs are stable. Which item is directing this intervention?
1) Critical pathway
2) Nursing care plan
3) Case manager
 4) Traditional care model
ANS: 1
Chapter number and title: 1, Nursing Past & Present
Chapter learning objective: Delineate the forces and trends affecting contemporary nursing
practice.
Chapter page reference: p. 20
Heading: Work Redesign
Integrated Processes: Nursing Process – Implementation
Client Need: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
Cognitive level: Comprehension [Understanding]
Concept: Health Care System
Difficulty: Easy
Feedback
1 This patient’s care is most likely being directed by a critical pathway. A critical
pathway is a multidisciplinary approach to care that sequences interventions
over a length of stay for a given case type such as total abdominal
hysterectomy. Using this model, the patient can be assisted out of bed as soon
as her vital signs are stable.
2 The nursing care plan guides nursing care but cannot specify when the patient
can get out of bed postoperatively without a physician’s order.
3 When case management is used, care is coordinated by the case manager across
the healthcare setting, but the case manager does not direct each care
intervention.
4 Using the traditional model, the nurse would have to obtain a physician’s order
to assist the patient out of bed after surgery.

PTS: 1 CON: Health Care System

19. Which member of the healthcare team typically serves as the case manager?
1) Occupational therapist
2) Physician
3) Physician’s assistant
4) Registered nurse
ANS: 4
Chapter number and title: 1, Nursing Past & Present
Chapter learning objective: Name nine expanded roles for nursing.
Chapter page reference: p. 9
Heading: Table 1-1 Roles and Functions of the Nurse
Integrated Processes: Caring
Client Need: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
Cognitive level: Comprehension [Understanding]
Concept: Collaboration
Difficulty: Easy
Feedback
1 The occupational therapist, physician, and physician’s assistant all serve on the
healthcare team and take direction from the case manager.
2 The occupational therapist, physician, and physician’s assistant all serve on the
healthcare team and take direction from the case manager.
 3 The occupational therapist, physician, and physician’s assistant all serve on the
healthcare team and take direction from the case manager.
4 Typically, registered nurses serve as case managers for patients with specific
diagnoses. Their role is coordinator of care across the healthcare system.

PTS: 1 CON: Collaboration

20. Which is considered a primary care service?

1) Providing wound care
2) Administering childhood immunizations
3) Providing drug rehabilitation
4) Outpatient hernia repair
ANS: 2
Chapter number and title: 1, Nursing Past & Present
Chapter learning objective: Describe the healthcare delivery system in the United States,
including sites for care, types of workers, regulation, and financing of healthcare.
Chapter page reference: p. 17
Heading: How Is Healthcare Categorized?
Integrated Processes: Nursing Process – Implementation
Client Need: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
Cognitive level: Comprehension [Understanding]
Concept: Health Care System
Difficulty: Easy
Feedback
1 Wound care is an example of a tertiary care service.
2 Primary care services focus on health promotion and disease prevention;
administering childhood immunizations is one such service.
3 Drug rehabilitation is an example of a tertiary care service.
4 Outpatient hernia repair surgery is an example of a secondary care service.

PTS: 1 CON: Health Care System

21. Which nursing activities represent direct care? Choose all that apply
1) Administering a medication
2) Documenting an assessment
3) Participating in a care conference
4) Making work assignments for the shift
ANS: 1
Chapter number and title: 1, Nursing Past & Present
Chapter learning objective: Name nine expanded roles for nursing.
Chapter page reference: p. 15
Heading: Who Are the Recipients of Nursing Care?
Integrated Processes: Nursing Process – Implementation
Client Need: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
Cognitive level: Comprehension [Understanding]
Concept: Professionalism
Difficulty: Easy
Feedback
 1 Direct care involves personal interaction between the nurse and clients (e.g.,
giving medications, dressing a wound, or teaching a client about medicines or
care).
2 Nurses deliver indirect care when they work on behalf of an individual, group,
family, or community to improve their health status (e.g., restocking the code
blue cart [an emergency cart], ordering unit supplies, or arranging unit
staffing).
3 Nurses deliver indirect care when they work on behalf of an individual, group,
family, or community to improve their health status (e.g., restocking the code
blue cart [an emergency cart], ordering unit supplies, or arranging unit
staffing).
4 Nurses deliver indirect care when they work on behalf of an individual, group,
family, or community to improve their health status (e.g., restocking the code
blue cart [an emergency cart], ordering unit supplies, or arranging unit
staffing).

PTS: 1 CON: Professionalism

22. An 80-year-old patient fell and fractured her hip and is in the hospital. Before the fall, the
patient lived at home with her spouse and managed their activities of daily living (ADLs) very
well. The hospital is ready to discharge the patient because the recommended length of stay in
a hospital has been exceeded. However, she cannot walk or perform ADLs independently. She
requires lengthy physical therapy and further monitoring of medications and both physical and
mental status. To which type of facility should the patient be transferred?
1) Nursing home
2) Rehabilitation center
3) Outpatient therapy center
4) None of these; she should receive home healthcare
ANS: 2
Chapter number and title: 1, Nursing Past & Present
Chapter learning objective: Describe the healthcare delivery system in the United States,
including sites for care, types of workers, regulation, and financing of healthcare.
Chapter page reference: p. 16
Heading: Extended Care Facilities
Integrated Processes: Nursing Process – Planning
Client Need: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
Cognitive level: Application [Applying]
Concept: Patient-Centered Care
Difficulty: Moderate
Feedback
1 A nursing home provides custodial care for those people who cannot live on
their own but who are not sick enough to require hospitalization. It provides a
room, custodial care, and opportunity for recreation.
2 A skilled nursing facility primarily provides skilled nursing care for patients
who can be expected to improve with treatment. For example, a patient who no
longer needs hospitalization may transfer to a skilled nursing facility, such as a
rehabilitation center, to get skilled care until able to return home.
3 This patient cannot ambulate or perform ADLs, so outpatient therapy and home
 care would not be appropriate.
4 This patient cannot ambulate or perform ADLs, so outpatient therapy and home
care would not be appropriate.

PTS: 1 CON: Patient-Centered Care

23. A high school graduate desires to become a registered nurse in order to work in a community
setting. In which type of program should this student enroll?
1) RN-BSN
2) Associate degree
3) Diploma program
4) Baccalaureate degree
ANS: 4
Chapter number and title: 1, Nursing Past & Present
Chapter learning objective: Differentiate between the various forms of nursing education.
Chapter page reference: p. 11
Heading: How Do Nurses’ Educational Paths Differ?
Integrated Processes: Nursing Process
Client Need: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
Cognitive level: Application [Applying]
Concept: Professionalism
Difficulty: Easy
Feedback
1 Nurses who have already received basic nursing education, passed the
NCLEX-RN® examination, and now desire to earn a baccalaureate degree
would enter an RN-BSN program.
2 Associate program nurses are prepared to provide direct patient care.
3 Diploma program nurses are prepared to provide direct patient care.
4 Baccalaureate degree nurses are prepared to address complex clinical
situations, provide direct patient care, work in community care, apply research
findings, and enter graduate education.

PTS: 1 CON: Professionalism

24. A practicing registered nurse wants to become a staff development educator. Which type of
education should this nurse investigate?
1) Master’s degree
2) Doctoral degree
3) Baccalaureate degree
4) Continuing education
ANS: 1
Chapter number and title: 1, Nursing Past & Present
Chapter learning objective: Differentiate between the various forms of nursing education.
Chapter page reference: p. 11
Heading: How Do Nurses’ Educational Paths Differ?
Integrated Processes: Nursing Process
Client Need: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
Cognitive level: Application [Applying]
 Concept: Professionalism
Difficulty: Easy
Feedback
1 Master’s degree programs prepare RNs to function in a more independent and
autonomous role, such as nurse educator.
2 Baccalaureate and master’s degrees are required before entrance to a doctoral
program. Courses of study in doctoral programs include practice or research.
3 Baccalaureate degree nurses are prepared to address complex clinical
situations, provide direct patient care, work in community care, apply research
findings, and enter graduate education.
4 Continuing education courses do not prepare nurses for a particular role.

PTS: 1 CON: Professionalism

25. In preparation for relocating to another state the nurse contacts the state board of nursing to
obtain the necessary transfer of nursing license. Where will the nurse learn about continuing
education requirements for the new state of practice?
1) State board of nursing
2) The Joint Commission
3) School of original nursing education
4) Human resource department at new place of employment
ANS: 1
Chapter number and title: 1, Nursing Past & Present
Chapter learning objective: Differentiate between the various forms of nursing education.
Chapter page reference: p. 11
Heading: How Do Nurses’ Educational Paths Differ?
Integrated Processes: Nursing Process
Client Need: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
Cognitive level: Application [Applying]
Concept: Professionalism
Difficulty: Easy
Feedback
1 The state board of nursing notifies nurses about continuing education
requirements and will notify nurses of any changes in the requirements.
2 The Joint Commission is a regulatory body that does not license nurses.
3 The school of original nursing education will not notify registered nurses about
continuing education requirements for licensure.
4 The Human Resources department at the new place of employment will not
notify or track continuing education requirements for the nursing staff.

PTS: 1 CON: Professionalism

MULTIPLE RESPONSE

26. Which are examples of a health-promotion activity? Select all that apply.
1) Helping a client develop a plan for a low-fat, low-cholesterol diet
2) Disinfecting an abraded knee after a child falls off a bicycle
3) Administering a tetanus vaccination after an injury from a car accident
 4) Distributing educational brochures about the benefits of exercise
5) Administering a measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) immunization to a toddler at 15
months of age
ANS: 1, 4, 5
Chapter number and title: 1, Nursing Past & Present
Chapter learning objective: Discuss issues related to healthcare reform.
Chapter page reference: p. 18
Heading: Nursing and Health Promotion
Integrated Processes: Nursing Process – Implementation
Client Need: Health Promotion and Maintenance
Cognitive level: Comprehension [Understanding]
Concept: Health Promotion
Difficulty: Moderate

Feedback
1. This is correct. Health promotion includes strategies that promote positive lifestyle
changes, such a developing a healthy diet.
2. This is incorrect. Disinfecting an abraded knee is a treatment/intervention for an
injury.
3. This is incorrect. Administering a vaccination is a disease-prevention and treatment
activity.
4. This is correct. Health promotion includes strategies that promote positive lifestyle
changes.
5. This is correct. Primary care focuses on health promotion and disease prevention.
Activities include health education and immunizations for infectious diseases.

PTS: 1 CON: Health Promotion

27. The nurse registers to attend an in-service education program. What should the nurse expect
this program to provide? Select all that apply.
1) Review of new policies
2) Introduction to new equipment
3) Credit toward a professional nursing degree
4) Continuing education hours for license renewal
5) Enhancement of competency in knowledge, skills, and attitudes
ANS: 1, 2, 5
Chapter number and title: 1, Nursing Past & Present
Chapter learning objective: Differentiate between the various forms of nursing education.
Chapter page reference: p.11
Heading: How Do Nurses’ Educational Paths Differ?
Integrated Processes: Nursing Process
Client Need: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
Cognitive level: Application [Applying]
Concept: Professionalism
Difficulty: Moderate

Feedback
1. In-service education is institution specific and provides information about policy
 changes.
2. In-service education is institution specific and provides information about the use of
new equipment.
3. In-service education does not provide credit toward a professional nursing degree.
4. In-service education does not count toward meeting the continuing education
requirement for licensure or renewal.
5. In-service education is designed to enhance continuing competence in knowledge,
skills, and attitudes.

PTS: 1 CON: Professionalism

28. The nurse manager prepares information on the regulations of nursing practice for a group of
new nursing employees. Which information should the manager include in this presentation?
Select all that apply.
1) Laws
2) Standards of practice
3) Facility policies and procedures
4) The Joint Commission regulations
5) Professional organization guidelines
ANS: 1, 2, 5
Chapter number and title: 1, Nursing Past & Present
Chapter learning objective: Explain how nursing practice is regulated.
Chapter page reference: p. 13
Heading: How Is Nursing Practice Regulated?
Integrated Processes: Teaching and Learning
Client Need: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
Cognitive level: Application [Applying]
Concept: Professionalism
Difficulty: Easy

Feedback
1. Laws regulate the practice of nursing
2. Standards of practice regulate the practice of nursing
3. Facility policies and procedures do not regulate the practice of nursing.
4. The Joint Commission regulations are not used to regulate the practice of nursing.
5. Guidelines from professional organizations regulate the practice of nursing

PTS: 1 CON: Professionalism

29. The nursing instructor provides a program on the state board of nursing for students preparing
to graduate from a school of nursing. What should the instructor emphasize about the role of
the state boards of nursing? Select all that apply.
1) Approve nursing education programs
2) Define the scope of practice for nursing
3) Develop rules and regulations for nursing practice
4) Provide guidance on knowledge, skills, and attitudes
5) Publish statements of duties for competent performance
ANS: 1, 2, 3
 Chapter number and title: 1, Nursing Past & Present
Chapter learning objective: Explain how nursing practice is regulated.
Chapter page reference: p. 13
Heading: How Is Nursing Practice Regulated?
Integrated Processes: Teaching and Learning
Client Need: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
Cognitive level: Application [Applying]
Concept: Professionalism
Difficulty: Easy

Feedback
1. Each state board of nursing is responsible for approving nursing education programs.
2. Each state board of nursing is responsible for defining the scope of practice for
nursing.
3. Each state board of nursing is responsible for developing rules and regulations for
guidance to nurses.
4. Standards provide a guide to the knowledge, skills, and attitudes (KSAs) that nurses
must incorporate into their practice to provide safe, quality care.
5. Standards are authoritative statements of the duties that all registered nurses,
regardless of role, population, or specialty, are expected to perform competently.

PTS: 1 CON: Professionalism

30. The nurse reviews standards of professional practice every 3 to 4 months. Why does the nurse
complete this review? Select all that apply.
1) Judge own performance
2) Develop an improvement plan
3) Incorporate into evaluation tools
4) Educate the public about nursing
5) Understand employer expectations
ANS: 1, 2, 5
Chapter number and title: 1, Nursing Past & Present
Chapter learning objective: Explain how nursing practice is regulated.
Chapter page reference: p. 13
Heading: How Is Nursing Practice Regulated?
Integrated Processes: Nursing Process
Client Need: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care
Cognitive level: Application [Applying]
Concept: Professionalism
Difficulty: Moderate

Feedback
1. Practicing nurses use the standards to judge their own performance.
2. Practicing nurses use the standards to develop an improvement plan.
3. Employers may incorporate the standards into annual employee evaluation tools.
4. Professional organizations use the standards to educate the public about nursing.
5. Practicing nurses use the standards to understand employers’ expectations.
PTS: 1 CON: Professionalism