7.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 profes-
sion 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.
8.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
9.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.Baccalaureate degree in nursing
d.Graduate education in nursing
10.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 processALTERNATE-FORMAT QUESTIONS
Multiple Response Questions
Circle the letters that correspond to the best
answers for each question.
1.Which of the following nursing actions
demonstrate the aim of nursing to promote
health? (Select all that apply.)a.Increasing student awareness of sexually
transmitted diseases by distributing
informational pamphlets at a college
health center
b.Performing diagnostic measurements and
examinations in an outpatient setting
c.Serving as a role model of health for
patients by maintaining a healthy weight
d.Helping a person with paraplegia learn how
to use a wheelchair
e.Facilitating decisions about lifestyles that
would enhance the well-being of a teenager
f.Administering an insulin shot to a diabetic
patient
2.Which of the following nursing actions
demonstrate the aim of nursing to facilitate
coping? (Select all that apply.)
a.Teaching a class on the nutritional needs of
pregnant women
b.Changing the bandages of a patient who
has undergone heart surgery
c.Teaching a patient and his/her family how
to live with diabetes
d.Assisting a patient and his/her family to
prepare for death
e.Starting an intravenous line for a malnour-
ished elderly person
f.Providing counseling for the family of a
teenager with an eating disorder
3.Which of the following criteria define nursing
as a profession? (Select all that apply.)
a.A well-defined body of specific and unique
knowledge
b.Standards of performance determined by
the medical community
c.An established code of ethics
d.Commitment to ongoing research
e.Selective membership
f.Recognized authority by a professional group
4.Which of the following are professional nurs-
ing organizations that are operating in the
United States? (Select all that apply.)
a.ANA
b.NNO
c.ICN
d.AACN
e.NASN
f.ANO2 UNIT I FOUNDATIONS OF NURSING PRACTICE
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