Test Bank for Davis Advantage Basic Nursing: Thinking, Doing, and Caring, 2nd Edition

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1. Which is the most influential factor that has shaped the nursing profession?1)Physicians' need for handmaidens2)Societal need for healthcare outside the home3)Military demand for nurses in the fiel... d4)Germ theory influence on sanitation ANS: 3Chapter number and title: 1, Nursing Past & PresentChapter learning objective: Definenursingin your own words.Chapter page reference: p. 7Heading: Historical Context of NursingIntegrated Processes: Teaching and LearningClient Need: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of CareCognitive level: Comprehension [Understanding]Concept: ProfessionalismDifficulty: EasyFeedback1The physician's handmaiden was/is a nursing stereotype rather than aninfluence on nursing.2Although there has been a need for healthcare outside the homethroughout history, this has more influence on the development of hospitalsthan on nursing; this need provided one more setting for nursing work.3Throughout the centuries, stability of the government has been related tothe success of the military to protect or extend its domain. As the survivaland well-being of soldiers are both critical, nurses provided healthcare to the sick and injured at the battle site.4Germ theor [Show More]

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