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,TEST BANK: NURSING NOW 8TH EDITION CATALANO
Well Elaborated Questions & Answers (Answers at the End of Each Chapter)
Chapter 1: The Growth of Nursing
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
Answer:
2. If a nurse uses information from research as the basis for making decisions about providing
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care, this nurse is engaging in which type of practice?
1. Client-based practice
2. Physician-based practice
3. Evidence-based practice
4. Provider-based practice
Answer:
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
4. Pragmatic
Answer:
4. With Florence Nightingale’s radically new idea about a separate educational setting for nurses,
the nursing profession took its first steps toward which of the following?
1. Autonomy
2. Accountability
3. Precision
4. Specificity
Answer:
5. If an advanced practice nurse is prepared to provide direct client care in primary care settings,
focusing on health promotion, illness prevention, early diagnosis, and treatment of common
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health problems, this nurse is acting in which advanced practice role?
1. Nurse practitioner
2. Certified nurse midwife
3. Clinical nurse specialist
4. Case manager
Answer:
6. If an advanced practice nurse focuses on the care of pregnant women before, during, and after
the birth process, this nurse is acting in which advanced practice role?
1. Nurse practitioner
2. Certified nurse midwife
3. Clinical nurse specialist
,4. Case manager
Answer:
7. If an advanced practice nurse is comfortable working in high-tech environments with seriously
ill individuals and their families, this nurse is acting in which advanced practice role?
1. Nurse practitioner
2. Certified nurse midwife
3. Clinical nurse specialist
4. Case manager
Answer:
8. If an advanced practice nurse functions to coordinate services for clients with high-risk or
long-term health problems who require access to the full continuum of health-care services, this
nurse is acting in which advanced practice role?
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1. Nurse practitioner
2. Certified nurse midwife
3. Clinical nurse specialist
4. Case manager
Answer:
9. If a nurse taking action to perform the activities that promote patient care, this nurse is acting
with which of the following?
1. Power
2. Control
3. Authority
4. Empowerment
,Answer:
10. Although the client likely would prefer to avoid taking medications, tolerating uncomfortable
treatments, and participating in demanding activities, he or she cooperates because the nurse has
a good relationship with the client; this is an example of which type of power?
1. Referent power
2. Expert power
3. Coercive power
4. Legitimate power
Answer:
11. By demonstrating their knowledge of the client’s condition, recent laboratory tests, and other
elements that are vital to the client’s recovery, nurses demonstrate which type of power?
1. Referent power
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2. Expert power
3. Coercive power
4. Legitimate power
Answer:
12. If a nurse employs the underlying principles in the process of behavior modification, the
nurse is utilizing which type of power?
1. Referent power
2. Expert power
3. Coercive power
4. Power of rewards
Answer:
,13. If fa fnurse fuses fwhich ftype fof fpower, fit fcan fdestroy ftherapeutic fand fpersonal
frelationships, fand f it fcan falso fbe f considered funethical f and feven f illegal f in fcertain
fsituations?
1. Referent fpower
2. Expert fpower
3. Coercive fpower
4. Power fof frewards
fAnswer: f
14. Nursing fdecisions fmade fabout fclient fcare fcan fcome fonly ffrom findividuals fwho fhave
fwhich fsource fof fpower?
1. Referent fpower
2. Expert fpower
3. Coercive fpower
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4. Legitimate fpower
fAnswer: f
15. The ffirst, fand fcertainly fthe fmost fimportant, fway fin fwhich fnurses fcan fgain fpower fin fall
fareas f is fthrough fwhich faction?
1. Professional funity
2. Political factivity
3. Accountability fand fprofessionalism
4. Networking
f Answer: f
, Questions, fAnswers, fand fRationales
1. Nurses fare foften fthe fprimary, fand ffrequently fthe fonly, fdefendants fnamed fwhen ferrors
fare fmade fthat fresult f in f injury fto fthe fclient. fThis f is fdue fto fwhich f concept fassociated
fwith fthe f nursing fprofession?
1. Autonomy
2. Accountability
3. Precision
4. Specificity
ANS: f2
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1. This fis fincorrect. fThe fautonomous fnature fof fthe fnursing fprofession fhas fno
fimpact fon fnurses facting fas fdefendants f in fcourt fcases.
2. This fis fcorrect. fNurses fmust fbe faccountable fand fdemonstrate fa fhigh flevel fof
fresponsibility f for fthe fcare fand f services fthey fprovide.
3. This fis fincorrect. fThe fprecision fin fwhich fnurses fmust fpractice fhas fno fimpact
fon fnurses f acting fas fdefendants f in fcourt fcases.
4. This fis fincorrect. fThe fspecificity fin fwhich fnurses fmust fpractice fhas fno
f impact fon fnurses facting f as fdefendants f in fcourt fcases.
2. If fa fnurse fuses finformation ffrom fresearch fas fthe fbasis ffor fmaking fdecisions fabout
fproviding f care, fthis f nurse f is f engaging f in fwhich ftype fof fpractice?
Med C
,TEST BANK: NURSING NOW 8TH EDITION CATALANO
Well Elaborated Questions & Answers (Answers at the End of Each Chapter)
Chapter 1: The Growth of Nursing
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
Answer:
2. If a nurse uses information from research as the basis for making decisions about providing
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care, this nurse is engaging in which type of practice?
1. Client-based practice
2. Physician-based practice
3. Evidence-based practice
4. Provider-based practice
Answer:
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
4. Pragmatic
Answer:
4. With Florence Nightingale’s radically new idea about a separate educational setting for nurses,
the nursing profession took its first steps toward which of the following?
1. Autonomy
2. Accountability
3. Precision
4. Specificity
Answer:
5. If an advanced practice nurse is prepared to provide direct client care in primary care settings,
focusing on health promotion, illness prevention, early diagnosis, and treatment of common
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health problems, this nurse is acting in which advanced practice role?
1. Nurse practitioner
2. Certified nurse midwife
3. Clinical nurse specialist
4. Case manager
Answer:
6. If an advanced practice nurse focuses on the care of pregnant women before, during, and after
the birth process, this nurse is acting in which advanced practice role?
1. Nurse practitioner
2. Certified nurse midwife
3. Clinical nurse specialist
,4. Case manager
Answer:
7. If an advanced practice nurse is comfortable working in high-tech environments with seriously
ill individuals and their families, this nurse is acting in which advanced practice role?
1. Nurse practitioner
2. Certified nurse midwife
3. Clinical nurse specialist
4. Case manager
Answer:
8. If an advanced practice nurse functions to coordinate services for clients with high-risk or
long-term health problems who require access to the full continuum of health-care services, this
nurse is acting in which advanced practice role?
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1. Nurse practitioner
2. Certified nurse midwife
3. Clinical nurse specialist
4. Case manager
Answer:
9. If a nurse taking action to perform the activities that promote patient care, this nurse is acting
with which of the following?
1. Power
2. Control
3. Authority
4. Empowerment
,Answer:
10. Although the client likely would prefer to avoid taking medications, tolerating uncomfortable
treatments, and participating in demanding activities, he or she cooperates because the nurse has
a good relationship with the client; this is an example of which type of power?
1. Referent power
2. Expert power
3. Coercive power
4. Legitimate power
Answer:
11. By demonstrating their knowledge of the client’s condition, recent laboratory tests, and other
elements that are vital to the client’s recovery, nurses demonstrate which type of power?
1. Referent power
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2. Expert power
3. Coercive power
4. Legitimate power
Answer:
12. If a nurse employs the underlying principles in the process of behavior modification, the
nurse is utilizing which type of power?
1. Referent power
2. Expert power
3. Coercive power
4. Power of rewards
Answer:
,13. If fa fnurse fuses fwhich ftype fof fpower, fit fcan fdestroy ftherapeutic fand fpersonal
frelationships, fand f it fcan falso fbe f considered funethical f and feven f illegal f in fcertain
fsituations?
1. Referent fpower
2. Expert fpower
3. Coercive fpower
4. Power fof frewards
fAnswer: f
14. Nursing fdecisions fmade fabout fclient fcare fcan fcome fonly ffrom findividuals fwho fhave
fwhich fsource fof fpower?
1. Referent fpower
2. Expert fpower
3. Coercive fpower
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4. Legitimate fpower
fAnswer: f
15. The ffirst, fand fcertainly fthe fmost fimportant, fway fin fwhich fnurses fcan fgain fpower fin fall
fareas f is fthrough fwhich faction?
1. Professional funity
2. Political factivity
3. Accountability fand fprofessionalism
4. Networking
f Answer: f
, Questions, fAnswers, fand fRationales
1. Nurses fare foften fthe fprimary, fand ffrequently fthe fonly, fdefendants fnamed fwhen ferrors
fare fmade fthat fresult f in f injury fto fthe fclient. fThis f is fdue fto fwhich f concept fassociated
fwith fthe f nursing fprofession?
1. Autonomy
2. Accountability
3. Precision
4. Specificity
ANS: f2
Page: f00
Feedback
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1. This fis fincorrect. fThe fautonomous fnature fof fthe fnursing fprofession fhas fno
fimpact fon fnurses facting fas fdefendants f in fcourt fcases.
2. This fis fcorrect. fNurses fmust fbe faccountable fand fdemonstrate fa fhigh flevel fof
fresponsibility f for fthe fcare fand f services fthey fprovide.
3. This fis fincorrect. fThe fprecision fin fwhich fnurses fmust fpractice fhas fno fimpact
fon fnurses f acting fas fdefendants f in fcourt fcases.
4. This fis fincorrect. fThe fspecificity fin fwhich fnurses fmust fpractice fhas fno
f impact fon fnurses facting f as fdefendants f in fcourt fcases.
2. If fa fnurse fuses finformation ffrom fresearch fas fthe fbasis ffor fmaking fdecisions fabout
fproviding f care, fthis f nurse f is f engaging f in fwhich ftype fof fpractice?
