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: 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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1. Professionalism has been historically difficult to define. Early definitions of professionalismi
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B. This is incorrect. Empathy is a modern characteristic of professional behavior.
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C. This is incorrect. A code of ethics and moral values are more recent characteristics ofprofessi
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onalism.
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 driver’sli
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cense. During a recent car trip with a friend, she took over driving when her friend becametir
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ed. Which of the following is true?
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D. Under the circumstances, she will not be faulted for driving without a license. fk fk fk fk fk fk fk fk fk fk fk fk
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A. This is incorrect. Professionalism requires nurses to avoid illegal behaviors.Drivin
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g without a license is illegal.
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B. This is correct. Driving without a license is deemed an unprofessional and illegalbehav
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ior 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 herlicens
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D. This is incorrect. Driving without a valid driver’s license is illegal, and the nursema
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y lose her nursing license.
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A. This is incorrect. Nurses must graduate from a nursing program to be eligible to take the N
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CLEX examination. Nurses must pass the NCLEX examination in order to be eligible toob
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tain a license to practice. Passing the NCLEX examination demonstrates the nurse has recei
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ved specialized education and training and enables the nurse to obtain a license
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to practice in the state.
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n rather than a vocation.
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C. This is correct. Rather than being assistants to doctors, nurses are able to function auton
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omously within their scope of practice. Nurses formulate and deliver a plan of care for clie
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nts, utilizing nursing judgment and critical thinking skills to make decisions inclientcare.
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2. A registered nurse (RN) who usually uses public transportation has not renewed her driver’sli
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cense. During a recent car trip with a friend, she took over driving when her friend becametir
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ed. Which of the following is true?
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A. This is incorrect. Professionalism requires nurses to avoid illegal behaviors.Drivin
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e.
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CLEX examination. Nurses must pass the NCLEX examination in order to be eligible toob
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tain a license to practice. Passing the NCLEX examination demonstrates the nurse has recei
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ved specialized education and training and enables the nurse to obtain a license
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nts, utilizing nursing judgment and critical thinking skills to make decisions inclientcare.
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