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PRACTICING FOR NCLEX

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

Circle the letter that corresponds to the best

answer for each question.

1.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.

2.Which of the following nursing advocates ele-

vated the status of nursing to a respected occu-

pation, improved the quality of nursing care,

and founded modern nursing education?

a.Jane Addams

b.Clara Barton

c.Dorothea Dix

d.Florence Nightingale

3.Which of the following statements is an

accurate description of nursing’s role, accord-

ing 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.

4.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

5.Who established the Red Cross in the United

States in 1882?

a.Clara Barton

b.Dorothea Dix

c.Jane Addams

d.Florence Nightingale

6.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

CHAPTER 1

Introduction to Nursing

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