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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 the nursing
profession?
1. Autonomy
2. Accountability
3. Precision
4. Specificity
ANS: 2
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1. This is incorrect. The autonomous nature of the nursing profession has no impact
on nurses acting as defendants in court cases.
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2. This is correct. Nurses must be accountable and demonstrate a high level of
responsibility for the care and services they provide.
3. This is incorrect. The precision in which nurses must practice has no impact on
nurses acting as defendants in court cases.
4. This is incorrect. The specificity in which nurses must practice has no impact on
nurses acting as defendants in court cases.
2. If a nurse uses information from research as the basis for making decisions about providing
care, this nurse is engaging in which type of practice?
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1. Client-based practice
2. Physician-based practice
3. Evidence-based practice
4. Provider-based practice
ANS: 3
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1. This is incorrect. Client-based care does not use information from research as the
basis for making decisions.
2. This is incorrect. Physician-based care does not use information from research as
the basis for making decisions.
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3. This is correct. Evidence-based care uses information from research as the basis
for making decisions.
4. This is incorrect. Provider-based care does not use information from research as
the basis for making decisions.
3. Today’s nurses are often found in remote and often hostile areas, providing care for the sick
and 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
3. Optimistic
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4. Pragmatic
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1. Thisbisbcorrect.bNursingbhasbbeenbviewedbuniversallybasbanbaltruisticbprofessionbcom
posedbofbselflessbindividualsbwhobplacebtheblivesbandbwell-beingbofbtheir
clientsbabovebtheirbpersonalbsafety.
2. Thisbisbincorrect.bNursingbisbnotbviewedbuniversallybasbabsynergisticbprofession.
3. Thisbisbincorrect.bNursingbisbnotbviewedbuniversallybasbanboptimisticbprofession.
4. Thisbisbincorrect.bNursingbisbnotbviewedbuniversallybasbabpragmaticbprofession.
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4.bWithbFlorencebNightingale’sbradicallybnewbideababoutbabseparatebeducationalbsettingbforbnurses,bthe
b nursingbprofessionbtookbitsbfirstbstepsbtowardbwhichbofbthebfollowing?
1. Autonomy
2. Accountability
3. Precision
4. Specificity
ANS:b 1
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NURSING 110 FINAL TEST/NURSING NOW 8TH EDITION CATALANO TEST
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Catalano Page 1 of 19
Nursing Now 8e TB
Catalano
Chapter 1: The Growth of Nursing
Questions
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Questions, Answers, and Rationales
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 the nursing
profession?
1. Autonomy
2. Accountability
3. Precision
4. Specificity
ANS: 2
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1. This is incorrect. The autonomous nature of the nursing profession has no impact
on nurses acting as defendants in court cases.
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2. This is correct. Nurses must be accountable and demonstrate a high level of
responsibility for the care and services they provide.
3. This is incorrect. The precision in which nurses must practice has no impact on
nurses acting as defendants in court cases.
4. This is incorrect. The specificity in which nurses must practice has no impact on
nurses acting as defendants in court cases.
2. If a nurse uses information from research as the basis for making decisions about providing
care, this nurse is engaging in which type of practice?
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1. Client-based practice
2. Physician-based practice
3. Evidence-based practice
4. Provider-based practice
ANS: 3
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1. This is incorrect. Client-based care does not use information from research as the
basis for making decisions.
2. This is incorrect. Physician-based care does not use information from research as
the basis for making decisions.
NURSINGTB.COM
3. This is correct. Evidence-based care uses information from research as the basis
for making decisions.
4. This is incorrect. Provider-based care does not use information from research as
the basis for making decisions.
3. Today’s nurses are often found in remote and often hostile areas, providing care for the sick
and 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
3. Optimistic
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4. Pragmatic
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1. Thisbisbcorrect.bNursingbhasbbeenbviewedbuniversallybasbanbaltruisticbprofessionbcom
posedbofbselflessbindividualsbwhobplacebtheblivesbandbwell-beingbofbtheir
clientsbabovebtheirbpersonalbsafety.
2. Thisbisbincorrect.bNursingbisbnotbviewedbuniversallybasbabsynergisticbprofession.
3. Thisbisbincorrect.bNursingbisbnotbviewedbuniversallybasbanboptimisticbprofession.
4. Thisbisbincorrect.bNursingbisbnotbviewedbuniversallybasbabpragmaticbprofession.
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4.bWithbFlorencebNightingale’sbradicallybnewbideababoutbabseparatebeducationalbsettingbforbnurses,bthe
b nursingbprofessionbtookbitsbfirstbstepsbtowardbwhichbofbthebfollowing?
1. Autonomy
2. Accountability
3. Precision
4. Specificity
ANS:b 1
Page:b00
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