Test Bank For Essentials of Nursing Leadership & Management 8th Edition by Sally A. Weiss 9781719646581 Verified Chapters 1 - 16

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Chapter 1. Characteristics of a Profession. Chap
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ter 2. Professional Ethics and Values. Chapter 3.
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Nursing Practice and the Law. Chapter 4. Leade
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rship and Followership. Chapter 5. The NURSE
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as a Manager of Care.
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Chapter 6. Delegation and Prioritization of Client Care Staffing.
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Chapter 7. Communicating with Others and Working with the Interprofessional Team. Cha
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pter 8. Resolving Problems and Conflicts.
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Chapter 9. Organizations, Power and Professional Empowerment. Chapte
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Chapter 12. Maintaining a Safe Work Environment. Chapte
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Launching your Career. ty ty




Chapter 15. Advancing your Career. Chapte
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r 16. What the Future Holds.
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Chapter 1: Characteristics of a Profession—Answers and Rationales
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1. Professionalism has been historically difficult to define. Early definitions of professionalism
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included which of the following characteristics?
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A. Expertise
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D. Honesty

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A. This is correct. Older definitions of professionalism only look at knowledge and expertis
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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 of profe
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ssionalism.
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 driv
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er’s license. During a recent car trip with a friend, she took over driving when her friend bec
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ametired. Which of the following is true?
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B. She may lose her RN license for driving without a license.
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C. She should renew her driver’s license as soon as possible.
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D. Under the circumstances, she will not be faulted for driving without a license.
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A. This is incorrect. Professionalism requires NURSEs to avoid illegal behaviors.Driv
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ing without a license is illegal.
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B. This is correct. Driving without a license is deemed an unprofessional and illegal b
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ehavior 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 licen
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se.
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 the
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A. This is incorrect. NURSEs must graduate from a nursing program to be eligible to take
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ytheNCLEX examination. NURSEs must pass the NCLEX examination in order to be
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eligibleto obtain a license to practice. Passing the NCLEX examination demonstrates t
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he NURSE has received specialized education and training and enables the NURSE to
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obtain a licenseto practice in the state.
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B. This is incorrect. Although lifelong learning is required in nursing, nursing is a professi
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on rather than a vocation.
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C. This is correct. Rather than being assistants to doctors, NURSEs are able to function a
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utonomously within their scope of practice. NURSEs formulate and deliver a plan of c
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arefor clients, utilizing nursing judgment and critical thinking skills to make decisions i
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D. This is incorrect. The state boards of nursing expect NURSEs to uphold professio
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nal standards of behavior in their practice and personal lives in order to maintain
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theirlicense.


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. It is OK to discuss your days at work on social media.
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A. This is incorrect. Inappropriate use of social media may lead to a NURSE losing hi
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sor her license.
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C. This is incorrect. NURSEs are expected to behave in a professional manner in both
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their personal and professional lives.
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