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1. The CNL role includes:
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a. client and community advocacy.
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c. oversite of care delivery and outcomes.
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d. all of the above
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a. client and community advocacy.
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2. Which statement is true about practice settings for the CNL?
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a. The CNL role is designed for the acute-care hospital setting.
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b. CNLs practice in all healthcare settings.
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c. The design of the CNL curriculum is such that CNLs cannot move from one practice setting to
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d. The CNL's quality improvement and care coordination training is applicable only to acute-
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3. The clinical nurse leader role is the first new nursing role in
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c. 25 years. t
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d. over 40 years.
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4. The first regular administration of the CNL Certification Examination occurred in
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a. 1993.
b. 2002.
c. 2007.
d. 2012.
c. 2007.
5. For the CNL, the measure of quality practice
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b. has not yet been articulated by the AACN.
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a. is client care outcomes.
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6. A 2012 U.S. Department of Labor report projected that the number of employed nurses
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7. In The Future of Nursing, the Institute of Nursing called for
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c. 80%
d. 95%
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8. The CNL graduate education program assumes that
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a. the graduate does not meet the criteria for advanced practice registered nursing scope of
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b. the education program culminates in a baccalaureate degree.
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c. the graduate is not eligible to matriculate to a doctoral program.
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9. How many models for graduate CNL education programs have emerged?
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a. 2
b. 5
c. 8
d. 15
b. 5
10. In what settings are CNLs currently practicing?
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b. was evidence-based since its inception.
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c. is slightly outmoded.
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a. is relationship-based.
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12. With changes in the Affordable Care Act,
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13. It could be said that nursing
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