TEST BANK NURSING NOW Today's Issues, Tomorrow's Trends 8TH EDITION CATALANOChapter 1: The Growth of Nursing Questions 1. Nurses are often the primary, and frequently the only, defendants named when errors are made that result in injury to the client. This is due to which concept associated with th...
1. Nurses are often the primary, and frequently the only, defendants named when errors are madethat result
in injury to the client. This is due to which concept associated with the nursing profession?
1. Autonomy
2. Accountability
3. Precision
4. Specificity
Answer:
2. If a nurse uses information from research as the basis for making decisions about providingcare, this
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nurse is engaging in which type of practice?
1. Client-based practice
2. Physician-based practice
3. Evidence-based practice
4. Provider-based practice
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3. Today’s nurses are often found in remote and often hostile areas, providing care for the sickand dying,
working 12-hour shifts, being on call, and working rotating shifts. This is why nursing is universally
known as which type of profession?
1. Altruistic
2. Synergistic
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,3. Optimistic
4. Pragmatic
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4. With Florence Nightingale’s radically new idea about a separate educational setting for nurses,
the nursing profession took its first steps toward which of the following?
1. Autonomy
2. Accountability
3. Precision
4. Specificity
Answer:
5. If an advanced practice nurse is prepared to provide direct client care in primary care settings,
focusing on health promotion, illness prevention, early diagnosis, and treatment of commonhealth
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problems, this nurse is acting in which advanced practice role?
1. Nurse practitioner
2. Certified nurse midwife
3. Clinical nurse specialist
4. Case manager
Answer:
6. If an advanced practice nurse focuses on the care of pregnant women before, during, and afterthe birth
process, this nurse is acting in which advanced practice role?
1. Nurse practitioner
2. Certified nurse midwife
3. Clinical nurse specialist
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,4. Case manager
Answer:
7. If an advanced practice nurse is comfortable working in high-tech environments with seriouslyill
individuals and their families, this nurse is acting in which advanced practice role?
1. Nurse practitioner
2. Certified nurse midwife
3. Clinical nurse specialist
4. Case manager
Answer:
8. If an advanced practice nurse functions to coordinate services for clients with high-risk or long-term
health problems who require access to the full continuum of health-care services, this
nurse is acting in which advanced practice role?
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1. Nurse practitioner
2. Certified nurse midwife
3. Clinical nurse specialist
4. Case manager
Answer:
9. If a nurse taking action to perform the activities that promote patient care, this nurse is actingwith which
of the following?
1. Power
2. Control
3. Authority
4. Empowerment
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10. Although the client likely would prefer to avoid taking medications, tolerating uncomfortabletreatments,
and participating in demanding activities, he or she cooperates because the nurse has a good relationship with
the client; this is an example of which type of power?
1. Referent power
2. Expert power
3. Coercive power
4. Legitimate power
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11. By demonstrating their knowledge of the client’s condition, recent laboratory tests, and otherelements
that are vital to the client’s recovery, nurses demonstrate which type of power?
1. Referent power
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2. Expert power
3. Coercive power
4. Legitimate power
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12. If a nurse employs the underlying principles in the process of behavior modification, thenurse is
utilizing which type of power?
1. Referent power
2. Expert power
3. Coercive power
4. Power of rewards
Answer:
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