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, Advanced Practice Nursing: Essential Knowledge for the Profession 3rd Edition Denisco Test Bank
Chapter1 Introduction to the Role of Advanced Practices Nursing
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Multiple Choice
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1. In which year did the American Association of College of Nursing (AACN)
introduced the Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP)?
a. 2006
b. 2004
c. 2000
d. 2002
TAhNeSA: ABC N introduced the DNP degree in 2004 to prepare advanced practice nurses
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(APRNs) to meet challenges and standardize practice beyond master’s degree programs.
2. Which of the following is the best explanation for the creation of the
Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree?
a. To compete against master’s degree programs
b. To ensure standardized curriculum ensuring independent practice
c. To validate APRN’s for financial reimbursement
d. To address increasing curriculum requirements of master’s degree programs
ANS: D
Although all answers are influenced bythe DNP core competencies, the DNP program
creation in 2004 bythe AACN was designed to address curriculum
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requirements ofmaster’s degree programs.
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3. Which of the following was the first recognized area of advanced practice nursing?
a. Clinical Nurse Specialist
b. Family nurse practitioner
c. Pediatric nurse practitioner
d. Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
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ANS: D
In 1931, the National Association of Nurse Anesthetists (NANA), renamed in 1939 to
the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) was the first recognized
group promoting advanced nursing practice. Agatha Hodgins founded the AANM at
Lakeside Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio.
4. Which factor is broadlyperceived to solidifyand standardize the role of the APNs
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over the last 25 years?
a. Lack of access to health care providers
b. Standardized curriculum development
c. Payment for services
d. Societal forces
ANS: B
As the evolution of Advanced Practice Nursing advances specific specialties and needs
are identified. Through the evolution of organization and standardization these
roles have solidified the APN’s role in today’s health care environment.
5. During the formation of early APN roles in anesthesia, which of the
following increased demand for access to health care?
a. Poverty
b. War
c. Rural access to care
d. Availability of training
ANS: B
Earliest demand for nursing-provided anesthesia spiked during periods of war
when numbers of physicians were inadequate. The earliest records date back to the
American Civil War with the administration of chloroform. During World War I in
1917 more than 1000 nurses, some trained anesthetists, traveled into battle. Other
factors such as need for rural health care came later in the validation and need for
APNs.
6. In 1889, Dr. William Worrall Mayo built and opened St. Mary’s hospital in Rochester,
NY. He is known for some of the earliest recruitment and specialized training of
nurses in which of the following roles?
a. Pediatrics
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b. Anesthesia
c. Obstetrics
d. Research and statistics
e. Family nursing