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Test Bank for Advanced Practice Nursing, 3rd Edition (Susan M. DeNisco, 2016), Chapter 1-31 |All ChaptersThis document contains a comprehensive test bank for Advanced Practice Nursing: Essential Knowledge for the Profession (3rd Edition) by DeNisco. It includes a wide range of practice questions with answers designed to assess understanding of essential advanced practice nursing concepts and support exam preparation. The material covers key areas such as advanced practice nursing roles, professional standards, scope of practice, leadership, healthcare policy, ethics, and evidence-based practice. It also explores clinical decision-making, health assessment, quality improvement, informatics, research, interprofessional collaboration, and the evolving role of advanced practice nurses in healthcare delivery. The questions are intended as study and exam-preparation material and are not represented as confidential or unreleased examination content.

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,Chapter1 Introduction to the Role of Advanced Practices Nursing
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1. In which year did the American Association of College of Nursing (AACN) introduced the
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Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP)? vy vy vy vy




a. 2006
b. 2004
c. 2000
d. 2002

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: ABC N introduced the DNP degree in 2004 to prepare advanced practice nurses (APRNs) to m
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eet challenges and standardize practice beyond master’s degree programs.
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2. Which of the following is the best explanation for the creation of the Doctorate of Nursing
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Practice (DNP) degree? vy vy




a. To compete against master’s degree programs
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b. To ensure standardized curriculum ensuring independent practice
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c. To validate APRN’s for financial reimbursement
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d. To address increasing curriculum requirements of master’s degree programs
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ANS: D v y



Although all answers are influenced by the DNP core competencies, the DNP program creation in 20
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04 bythe AACN was designed to address curriculum requirements of master’s degree programs.
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3. Which of the following was the first recognized area of advanced practice nursing?
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a. Clinical Nurse Specialist vy vy



b. Family nurse practitioner vy vy



c. Pediatric nurse practitioner vy vy



d. Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist vy vy vy

,ANS: D v y



In 1931, the National Association of Nurse Anesthetists (NANA), renamed in 1939 to the Ameri
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can Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) was the first recognized group promoting advanc
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ed nursing practice. Agatha Hodgins founded the AANM at Lakeside Hospital in Cleveland, Ohi
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4. Which factor is broadly perceived to solidify and standardize the role of the APNs over the last 2
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5 years? vy




a. Lack of access to health care providers
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b. Standardized curriculum development vy vy



c. Payment for services vy vy



d. Societal forces vy




ANS: B v y



As the evolution of Advanced Practice Nursing advances specific specialties and needs are identi
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fied. Through the evolution of organization and standardization these roles have solidified the A
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PN’s role in today’s health care environment.
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5. During the formation of early APN roles in anesthesia, which of the following increased
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demand for access to health care? vy vy vy vy vy




a. Poverty
b. War
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d. Availability of training vy vy




ANS: B v y



Earliest demand for nursing- vy vy vy



provided anesthesia spiked during periods of war when numbers of physicians were inadequate.
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The earliest records date back to the American Civil War with the administration of chloroform.
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During World War I in 1917 more than 1000 nurses, some trained anesthetists, traveled into battl
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e. Other factors such as need for rural health care came later in the validation and need for APNs.
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6. In 1889, Dr. William Worrall Mayo built and opened St. Mary’s hospital in Rochester, NY. He i
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s known for some of the earliest recruitment and specialized training of nurses in which of the f
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ollowing roles? vy




a. Pediatrics
b. Anesthesia
c. Obstetrics
d. Research and statistics vy vy



e. Family nursing vy

, ANS: B v y



In 1889, Dr. William Worrall Mayo began formally training and recognizing nurse anesthetists.
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This has been regarded as the earliest training in nurse-provided anesthesia.
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7. In 1893, Lillian Wald established the HenryStreet Settlement (HSS) House for which purpose?
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a. Access to health care of rural areasvy vy vy vy vy vy



b. Create inner-city nursing awarenessvy vy vy



c. Provide the disadvantaged access to care vy vy vy vy vy



d. Establish guidelines for advanced nursing roles vy vy vy vy vy




ANS: C v y



The HHS was established to provide nursing services to immigrants and low-
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income patients and their families in Manhattan. As resistance to nurse-
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provided care grew, standing orders were drafted from a group of Lower East Side physicians the
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reby circumventing then-existing legal ramifications.
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8. The Frontier Nursing Service (FNS) founded in Kentucky in 1925 by Mary Breckenridge ini
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tiallyprovided Appalachia with nursing resources and which type of advanced nursing care?
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a. Pediatric care vy



b. Anesthesia
c. Midwifery
d. Surgical services vy




ANS: C v y



The original FNS provided nursing services and obstetric services to Appalachian residents. Later
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working from standard orders developed from their medical advisory committee nurses treated p
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atients, made diagnoses, and dispensed medications.
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9. Which organization founded in 1941 under Mary Breckenridge’s leadership merged with the
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American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) in 1969? vy vy vy vy vy vy




a. American Association of Nurse-Midwives (AANM) vy vy vy vy



b. American Nurses Association (ANA) vy vy vy



c. Association for National Nurse-Midwifery (ANNM) vy vy vy vy



d. Council of Nursing Midwifery (ANM) vy vy vy vy




ANS: A v y



The American College of Nurse-
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Midwives (ACNM) formed under the leadership of Mary Breckenridge in 1941 to provide nurse-
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midwife development and collaboration for midwife
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Susan M. DeNisco, Anne M. Barker Advanced Practice Nursing
Publisher: 2015 ISBN: 9781284072570 Edition: Unknown

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