TEST BANK FOR NURSING LEADERSHIP MANAGEMENT AND PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE 6TH EDITION TAMARA R. DAHLKEMPER ISBN-10: 0803660855 ISBN-13: 9780803660854

Chapter 1: Historical Perspectives and Current Trends Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1. The nursing student predominantly uses knowledge about the history of nursing for which purpose? 1. To understand the professional choices open to the student 2. To prevent making medication errors in practice 3. To determine in which geographic area it is best to practice 4. To reduce the cost of delivering quality health care 2. The nurse is working in an underdeveloped country and observes the natives lighting ritual fires and pounding on primitive drums around the sick person to promote recovery. The nurse interprets this behavior as indicating the natives believe illness results from which items? 1. Pathogens and genetics 2. Evil spirits 3. Tides and planets 4. Plants and animals 3. Who is credited with making a written record of health-care practices and removing the mythical aspect of health care? 1. Hammurabi 2. Florence Nightingale 3. Hippocrates 4. Apollo 4. Who served as the first public health nurses, caring for the sick and the poor? 1. The Presbyterian Church 2. Salerno 3. Jewish scholars 4. Convent deaconesses 5. Which is a crucial issue the nurse working in the late industrialization era would need to address to promote health? 1. Reducing spread of infection 2. Reducing sedentary lifestyle 3. Teaching proper use of medications 4. Teaching use of car seats 6. The nurse demonstrates Florence Nightingale’s theory of nursing with which intervention? 1. Respecting the patient’s culture and incorporating cultural needs in the plan of care 2. Promoting good health and treating those who are ill in a holistic manner 3. Understanding how to motivate people to practice a healthy lifestyle and reduce risks 4. Teaching other nurses how to deliver the highest quality of nursing care