Test 1 Flashcards
The nursing student predominantly uses knowledge about the history of nursing for which purpose?
To understand the professional choices available to them
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?
Evil spirits
Who is credited with making a written record of health-care practices and removing the
mythical aspect of health care?
Hippocrates
Who served as the first publie health nurses, caring for the sick and the poor?
Convent deaconesses
Which is a crucial issue the nurse working in the late industrialization era would need to
address to promote health
Reducing spread of infection
The nurse demonstrates Florence Nightingale’s theory of nursing with which intervention?
Promoting good health and treating those who are ill in a holistic manner
Which action performed by the nurse directly resulted from the contribution made by Linda
Richards?
Documenting patient care in the medical record
The nurse responds to an alarm on a pulse oximeter and sees the patient’s oxygen saturation is reading 38%. The nurse observes the patient, noting a respiratory rate of 12 breaths per minute, pink mucous membranes, and easy regular respirations. The nurse concludes the pulse oximeter is not reading accurately. Whose theory of nursing is this nurse demonstrating?
Florence Nightingale
Which professional organization was the first to focus on licensed practical nurses (LPNs)?
National Association for Practical Nurse Education and Services (NAPNES)
Accurately describe the NFLPN?
It represents LPNs/LVNs only.
The nurse working in mental health nursing honors what historical nurse for working to
improve care of the mentally ill?
Dorthea Dix
What is the difference between the LP and LVN nursing title?
LVNs and LPs have the same duties and skills, just different titles
What factor has had the greatest impact on the current nursing shortage?
More employment options for women
What factors are contributing to the nursing shortage?
-Shortage of nursing faculty
-Nurses leaving the profession due to poor working conditions
-Increased demand for nurses
To deliver the safest possible care, the nurse needs to understand what?
-The equipment needed to perform the procedure.
-How to perform the procedure correctly
-How the procedure will affect the patient
-Why the procedure is being performed.
The patient tells the nurse that he has no interest in quitting smoking, even though he knows it is bad for his health. The nurse demonstrates caring by responding how?
“Let’s look at ways you could reduce the harm from smoking as much as possible.
The hospital nurse caring for a terminally ill patient who wishes she could see her dog one
more time demonstrates holistic care with which action?
Arranging a reunion with the dog in front of the hospital
The nurse demonstrates transpersonal caring for patients when maintaining which attitude?
Nonjudgmental
The nurse is teaching the newly diagnosed diabetic patient how to provide self-care and
demonstrates a caring paradigm with which statement?
“Blood sugar levels are most accurate if taken before meals. Let’s figure
out the best times for you.”
The nursing model of care is demonstrated with which nursing intervention?
Consoling a fearful mother whose child is in surgery
Which is the term used by Florence Nightingale that is like Watson’s transpersonal caring?
Holistic nursing care
The nurse overhears a physician yelling at a newly hired graduate nurse in the hall. Which is
the nurse’s best caring response?
suggest that the physician take a quieter and more private approach to the problem.
The student nurse enters the cafeteria and joins others who are making fun of the nursing
instructor for being so particular in the skills lab. Which is the most caring response the
student can make?
Ask the other students why they think the instructor is so picky.
The student nurse demonstrates care for classmates by exhibiting which behavior?
Arriving for class on time and prepared for class
