DIMENSIONS - RASMUSSEN EXAM 1
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
ANSWERS
A group of tasks assigned to one individual - Answer-Position
Group of positions similar in nature & level of skill that can be carried out by one or
more individuals - Answer-Job
Group of jobs similar in type of work that are usually found throughout an industry or
work environment - Answer-Occupation
Type of occupation that requires prolonged preparation & formal qualifications and
meets certain higher level criteria that raise it to a level above that of an occupation -
Answer-Profession
A person who belongs to and practices a profession - Answer-Professional
The demonstration of high-level personal, ethical, and skill characteristics of a member
of a profession - Answer-Professionalism
The practice of nursing in which interventions are based on data from research that
demonstrates that they are appropriate & successful - Answer-evidence-based practice
Provides services vital to human and social welfare
Has its own special body of knowledge on which it builds its skills and services
Involves essentially intellectual operations
Activities involve high level of individual responsibility
Educates its members in institutions of higher education
Establishes and controls it own policies and activities
Members have a relatively high degree of independence in practice
Attracts individuals whose primary motives are service, not gain
Members see it as their life's work (career)
Has a code organization that fosters & insures quality of practice
Practitioners must be able to demonstrate competency in order to practice
Requires licensure to protect the public - Answer-Traits of a profession
Process approach, power approach and trait approach - Answer-Stand out features of
Profession
Members have a relatively high degree of independence in practice
Members see it as their life's work or career
, The public still does not see nursing as a profession - Answer-Comparisons of Nursing
to other professions
Gain experience
Learn how to work with higher levels of government
Run for office
Influence important policies
View nursing as a profession and career, not just a job
Participate in establishing professional standards
Demonstrate continuing competency
Become actively involved in patient's rights issues
Education, education, education
Establish a nurse support network - Answer-Main method in which nurses can gain
power in nursing
Having good manners and being polite
Respecting others
Based on recognizing that all human beings are important
Protection from discrimination - Answer-Civility
The basis for caring
Promotes emotional health
Creates a positive environment for learning and the promotion of healing
Develops emotional intelligence in nurses
Transforms negative attitudes - Answer-Civility in nursing
Any type of speech or behavior that disrupts the harmony of the home, work or
educational environment
Cyber-harassment, vicious anonymous e-mails, hate text messaging, acts of rudeness,
social rejection, bullying. - Answer-Incivility
Any behavior that could be reasonably be considered humiliating, intimidating,
threatening, or demeaning to an individual or group of individuals
Can occur anywhere
Can become habitual, being repeated over and over
A complex concept that includes physical, emotional, verbal abuse, or a combination of
all three - Answer-Bullying
A "bully" may have low self-esteem or poor self-image
Use bullying to make themselves feel more powerful
Seek the approval from others
Were the target of bullying themselves as children or early in their careers - Answer-
Why bullying occurs
Many of same characteristics as bullying except that it takes place almost exclusively in
the work setting among peers. - Answer-Horizontal violence
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
ANSWERS
A group of tasks assigned to one individual - Answer-Position
Group of positions similar in nature & level of skill that can be carried out by one or
more individuals - Answer-Job
Group of jobs similar in type of work that are usually found throughout an industry or
work environment - Answer-Occupation
Type of occupation that requires prolonged preparation & formal qualifications and
meets certain higher level criteria that raise it to a level above that of an occupation -
Answer-Profession
A person who belongs to and practices a profession - Answer-Professional
The demonstration of high-level personal, ethical, and skill characteristics of a member
of a profession - Answer-Professionalism
The practice of nursing in which interventions are based on data from research that
demonstrates that they are appropriate & successful - Answer-evidence-based practice
Provides services vital to human and social welfare
Has its own special body of knowledge on which it builds its skills and services
Involves essentially intellectual operations
Activities involve high level of individual responsibility
Educates its members in institutions of higher education
Establishes and controls it own policies and activities
Members have a relatively high degree of independence in practice
Attracts individuals whose primary motives are service, not gain
Members see it as their life's work (career)
Has a code organization that fosters & insures quality of practice
Practitioners must be able to demonstrate competency in order to practice
Requires licensure to protect the public - Answer-Traits of a profession
Process approach, power approach and trait approach - Answer-Stand out features of
Profession
Members have a relatively high degree of independence in practice
Members see it as their life's work or career
, The public still does not see nursing as a profession - Answer-Comparisons of Nursing
to other professions
Gain experience
Learn how to work with higher levels of government
Run for office
Influence important policies
View nursing as a profession and career, not just a job
Participate in establishing professional standards
Demonstrate continuing competency
Become actively involved in patient's rights issues
Education, education, education
Establish a nurse support network - Answer-Main method in which nurses can gain
power in nursing
Having good manners and being polite
Respecting others
Based on recognizing that all human beings are important
Protection from discrimination - Answer-Civility
The basis for caring
Promotes emotional health
Creates a positive environment for learning and the promotion of healing
Develops emotional intelligence in nurses
Transforms negative attitudes - Answer-Civility in nursing
Any type of speech or behavior that disrupts the harmony of the home, work or
educational environment
Cyber-harassment, vicious anonymous e-mails, hate text messaging, acts of rudeness,
social rejection, bullying. - Answer-Incivility
Any behavior that could be reasonably be considered humiliating, intimidating,
threatening, or demeaning to an individual or group of individuals
Can occur anywhere
Can become habitual, being repeated over and over
A complex concept that includes physical, emotional, verbal abuse, or a combination of
all three - Answer-Bullying
A "bully" may have low self-esteem or poor self-image
Use bullying to make themselves feel more powerful
Seek the approval from others
Were the target of bullying themselves as children or early in their careers - Answer-
Why bullying occurs
Many of same characteristics as bullying except that it takes place almost exclusively in
the work setting among peers. - Answer-Horizontal violence
