A Nursing Student Is Preparing Study Notes from a Recent

Multiple Choice

A nursing student is preparing study notes from a recent lecture in nursing history. The student would credit Florence Nightingale for which definition of nursing?

A) The imbalance between the patient and the environment decreases the capacity for health.
B) The nurse needs to focus on interpersonal processes between nurse and patient.
C) The nurse assists the patient with essential functions toward independence.
D) Human beings are interacting in continuous motion as energy fields.