Leadership Final test bank Study Guide Graded A+
1. Which item below correctly describes the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics predictions by 2020?
a. Positions that historically required registered nurses will be filled by unlicensed personnel.
b. The job growth rate for RNs will surpass job grow...
1). 1. which item below correctly describes the u.s. bureau of labor statistics predictions by
2020?
a. positions that historically required registered nurses will be filled by unlicensed personnel.
b. the job growth rate for rns will surpass job growth in all other occupations.
c. the need for hospital nurses will dramatically decrease.
d. hospitals will finally achieve the required rn workforce.
ans: b
in 2020 the united states is projected to have only 64% of the registered nursing workforce
required to meet the demand for rns.
unlicensed personnel will not be filling positions for nurses because this group does not have
the education needed to provide such care.
the need for hospital nurses will dramatically increase, not decrease.
hospitals will not have enough nurses as stated per statistics.
dif: knowledge ref: page 28
2. what effect did the movie one flew over the cuckoo's nest have on health care?
a. funding for mental health care increased, allowing the point of care to change from the
community to standardized institutional care.
b. the public and the nursing profession were made aware of the right of vulnerable
populations.
c. nurses were seen as advocates for individuals who cannot advocate for themselves.
d. funding for nursing traineeships was eliminated.
ans: b
one flew over the cuckoo's nest reminded us that all individuals have rights and that it is the
responsibility of the public and health care professionals to ensure that these rights are
protected.
the context for the care of patients with mental disability did not change as a
one flew over the cuckoo's nest portrayed nurses as the enforcers of the system.
funding for nursing traineeships was not eliminated. rather, the nurse training act was
established in 1964.
dif: comprehension ref: page 30
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, 3. which nurse died after deliberately acquiring two bites from yellow fever carrier
mosquitoes to enable her to provide care to soldiers with yellow fever during the spanish-
american war?
a. florence nightingale
b. margaret hoolihan
c. clara maas
d. sairy gamp
ans: c
clara maas is noted as the nurse who deliberately acquired two bites from yellow fever
carrier mosquitoes to enable her to provide care to soldiers with yellow fever.
florence nightingale is the founder of professional nursing.
margaret hoolihan is a character on a tv show, not an actual nurse.
sairy gamp is a character in a charles dickens novel.
dif: knowledge ref: page 30
4. a bronze statue of a nurse in battle fatigues who is obviously exhausted but demonstrates
caring by holding a soldier's head is an artistic representation of nurses who served in which
war?
a. world war i
b. world war ii
c. spanish-american war
d. vietnam war
ans: d
this statue represents the caring provided by nurses during the vietnam war.
there is no statue that represents nursing during world war i.
there is no statue that represents nursing during world war ii.
there is no statue that represents nursing during the spanish-american war.
dif: knowledge ref: page 31
5. what is the purpose of the nurse reinvestment act of 2002?
a. provides disability insurance to rns who contract a life-threatening illness while on duty
b. funds public service announcements that promote unlicensed caregivers as an alternative
to professional nurses
c. focuses on nurse retention and safety enhancement grants
d. provides pediatric nursing training grants
ans: c
this act funded $20 million to provide nursing scholarships, public service announcements
promoting nursing as a career, faculty loan cancellation programs, geriatric training grants,
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, and nurse retention and safety enhancement grants.
this act does not provide disability insurance to rns.
these funds do not promote unlicensed caregivers as an alternative to professional nurses.
this act provides for geriatric training grants, not pediatric training grants.
dif: knowledge ref: page 28
6. potential nursing students are concerned about choosing a profession with job security
and ask, "because more people are choosing nursing, will i have a job in a few years?" the
nurse answers, on the basis of the u.s. bureau of labor statistics prediction, that by 2020,
a. positions that have historically required rns will be filled by foreign nurses.
b. the total number of rns will not meet the demand for the workforce number required.
c. the need for hospital nurses will dramatically decrease.
d. hospitals will finally achieve the required rn workforce.
ans: b
according to the u.s. bureau of labor statistics, the nursing profession is predicted to have
only 64% of the rn workforce required to meet demands.
the number of foreign nurses arriving in the united states is not sufficient to cure the
shortage, and a large number of these nurses are unsuccessful on the nclex-rn®, resulting in
an inability of foreign rns to practice.
more than half of all nurses practice in hospitals, and it has not been indicated that this will
change.
even by 2020, it is projected that the united states will achieve only 64% of the needed
nursing workforce.
dif: comprehension ref: page 28
7. charles dickens' character sairy gamp:
a. portrayed nurses as trained professional individuals who put others before themselves.
b. chose nursing because she had no other avenue for employment.
c. was a prostitute who took advantage of sick old men.
d. characterized nurses as being at the forefront of technology and autonomy.
ans: b
sairy gamp endured nursing because of the lack of other opportunities.
sairy gamp did not portray a professional image of nursing, but that of an untrained caregiver
who profited from the sick and dying.
sairy gamp was a nurse who used her position to take advantage of her patients. dicken's
portrayal of a nurse does not suggest that the nurse is at the forefront of technology and
autonomy.
dif: knowledge ref: page 29
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, 8. what does the spirit of nursing statue honor?
a. florence nightingale's accomplishments in public health
b. edith cavell's attempt to help the victims of the tuskegee experiment seek treatment
c. clara maas, who found the cure for yellow fever during wwii
d. all military nurses for their bravery and compassion
ans: d
the statue the spirit of nursing was created to honor all military nurses.
the statue does not seek to honor florence nightingale.
nurse rivers was the nurse who attempted to help the victims of the tuskegee experiment.
the statue does not honor clara maas, and clara maas did not find the cure for yellow fever.
dif: knowledge ref: page 29
9. although the media portrayed nursing in a negative light in m*a*s*h through the character
of a promiscuous, uncaring nurse, it also provided americans with a promising glimpse of:
a. nurses who can be promiscuous and still help doctors.
b. the fact that caring is not as important as the desire to serve one's country.
c. the ability of nurses to cope with the dreadfulness of war by using humor.
d. the contributions of male military nurses.
ans: c
the sitcom m*a*s*h did show humor as a coping mechanism for nurses in a war setting.
m*a*s*h's portrayal of promiscuous nurses has no merit because nurses assist physicians.
the sitcom addressed both factors as part of the nurse's role in the military.
d: no male nurses were portrayed in the sitcom.
dif: knowledge ref: page 30
10. with the crisis in health care and the nursing shortage, why is the image of nursing still
important?
a. nursing care is often delivered during a time of uncertainty, and the image of nurses during
this time can reinforce trust in the nurse-patient relationship.
b. physicians have a distinctive body of knowledge that identifies them as professionals,
whereas nursing has yet to develop a unique body of knowledge on which to base practice.
c. nurses must present a unified image if they hope to ever move nursing to a profession.
d. the dynamic state of today's health care requires nurses to move from a caring image to
one of technologic competence.
ans: a
a person who seeks health care is entering a world of uncertainty. the nurse provides
continuity and compassion and stabilizes the environment of the patient.
nursing has a unique body of knowledge.
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