TEST BANK For Essentials of Nursing Leadership & Management 8th Edition
Sally A. Weiss, Verified Chapters 1 - 16, Complete
TEST BANK For Essentials of Nursing Leadership & Management 8th Edition
Sally A. Weiss, Verified Chapters 1 - 16, Complete
TEST BANK For Essentials of Nursing Leadershi...
Chapter 11: Quality and Safety
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Chapter 12: Maintaining a Safe Work Environment
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Chapter 13: Promoting a Healthy Work Environment
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Chapter 14: Launching Your Career
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Chapter 15: Advancing Your Career
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Chapter 16: What the Future Holds
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Chapter1: Characteristics of a Profession—Answers and Rationales
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1. Professionalism has been historically difficult to define. Early definitions of IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll
professionalismincluded which of the following characteristics?
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A. Expertise
B. Empathy
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D. Honesty
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A. This is correct. Older definitions of professionalism only look at knowledge and
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expertise.
B. This is incorrect. Empathy is a modern characteristic of professional behavior.
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C. This is incorrect.Acode of ethics and moral values are more recent characteristics of
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professionalism.
D. This is incorrect. Honesty is a more recent characteristic of professional behavior.
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2. A registered nurse (RN) who usually uses public transportation has not renewed her
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driver’s license. During a recent car trip with a friend, she took over driving when her
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friend becametired.Which of the following is true?
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A. She has acted in a professional manner. IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll
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A. This is incorrect. Professionalism requires nurses to avoid illegal behaviors.
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Driving without a license is illegal. IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll
B. This is correct. Driving without a license is deemed an unprofessional and illegal
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behavior for which a nurse may lose his or her license.
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C. This is incorrect. It is up to the individual to decide if she should renew her
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license.
D. This is incorrect. Driving without a valid driver’s license is illegal, and the nurse
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may lose her nursing license.
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3. An RN visits a middle school class to discuss the profession of nursing.Which of
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thefollowing statements is true of nursing?
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D. Nurses must adhere to expected professional behaviors in their lives. IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll
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A. This is incorrect. Nurses must graduate from a nursing program to be eligible to take
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theNCLEX examination. Nurses must pass the NCLEX examination in order to be
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eligible to obtain a license to practice. Passing the NCLEX examination demonstrates
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the nurse has received specialized education and training and enables the nurse to
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obtain a license
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to practice in the state.
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B. This is incorrect. Although lifelong learning is required in nursing, nursing is a
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profession rather than a vocation. IIll IIll IIll IIll
C. This is correct. Rather than being assistants to doctors, nurses are able to function
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autonomously within their scope of practice. Nurses formulate and deliver a plan of
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care
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for clients, utilizing nursing judgment and critical thinking skills to make decisions
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inclient care.
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D. This is incorrect. The state boards of nursing expect nurses to uphold professional
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standards of behavior in their practice and personal lives in order to maintain IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll IIll
theirlicense.
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4. An RN is reviewing professional behavior expectations with a group of new nurses.Which
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ofthe following statements should be included in the teaching?
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A. This is incorrect. Inappropriate use of social media may lead to a nurse losing
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both
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