Chapter 1: The Evolution of Nursing - Nurselytic

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: The purpose of licensing laws for LPN/LVNs is to protect the public from unqualified health care providers. Licensing laws' purpose is not to limit the number of LPNs/LVNs, prevent malpractice, or increase revenue for the state board of nursing.

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: Maslow's hierarchy of needs is based on the premise that basic needs must be met first. It is not based on all needs being equally important or that individuals prioritize needs the same way. Self-actualization is not a primary need according to Maslow.

Correct Answer: A

Rationale: Physical and social factors affect each other, cannot be separated, and cause each patient to react differently. They do not necessarily cause illness or cause patients to react similarly, and they cannot be separated.

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: The Cadet Nurse Corps was established during World War II to provide nursing education and training. The Nightingale school, public health department, and Frontier Nursing Service are not organizations established during World War II to provide nursing education and training.

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: Most states have some type of articulation program in which the LPN/LVN can achieve advanced standing in an RN program without having to enroll in the entire curriculum. Repetition, exclusion, and coexistence do not refer to educational advancement.