PRACTICING FOR NCLEX
a.Nursing is a profession dependent upon
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
Circle the letter that corresponds to the best
answer for each question.
1.Which of the following statements most
clearly defi
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PRACTICING FOR NCLEX
a.Nursing is a profession dependent upon
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
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
(ANA)?
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