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Chapter1 Introduction to the Role of Advanced Practices Nursing
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y. Multiple Choice y.
1. In which year did the American Association of College of Nursing (AACN) introduced the
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Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP)?
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a. 2006
b. 2004
c. 2000
d. 2002
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AhNeSA
: ABC N introduced the DNP degree in 2004 to prepare advanced practice nurses (APRNs) to meet
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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?
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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 degreeprograms
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ANS: D y .
Althoughallanswersare influenced bythe DNP corecompetencies, theDNP programcreation in 2004
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bytheAACNwasdesigned toaddresscurriculumrequirementsofmaster’sdegreeprograms.
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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 y. y.
b. Familynurse practitioner y. y.
c. Pediatric nurse practitioner y. y.
d. Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist y. y. y.
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ANS: D y .
In 1931, the National Association of Nurse Anesthetists (NANA), renamed in 1939 to the American
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Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) was the first recognized group promoting advanced
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nursing practice. Agatha Hodgins founded the AANM at Lakeside Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio.
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4. Whichfactorisbroadlyperceivedto solidifyand standardizetheroleofthe APNsover the last 25
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years? y.
a. Lack of access to health care providers
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b. Standardized curriculum development y. y.
c. Payment for services y. y.
d. Societal forces y.
ANS: B y .
As the evolution of Advanced Practice Nursing advances specific specialties and needs are
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identified. Through the evolution of organization and standardization these roles have solidified the
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APN’s role in today’s health care environment.
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5. During the formation of earlyAPN roles in anesthesia, which of the following increased
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demand for access to health care?
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a. Poverty
b. War
c. Rural access to care y. y. y.
d. Availability oftraining y. y.
ANS: B y .
Earliest demand for nursing-provided anesthesia spiked during periods of war when numbers of
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physicians were inadequate. The earliest records date back to the American Civil War with the
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administration of chloroform. During World War I in 1917 more than 1000 nurses, some trained
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anesthetists, traveled into battle. Other factors such as need for rural health care came later in the
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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 is
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known for some of the earliest recruitment and specialized training of nurses in which of the
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following roles?
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a. Pediatrics
b. Anesthesia
c. Obstetrics
d. Research and statistics y. y.
e. Familynursing y.
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ANS: B 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. In1893,LillianWaldestablishedtheHenryStreetSettlement(HSS)Houseforwhichpurpose?
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a. Access to health care of ruralareas y. y. y. y. y. y.
b. Create inner-citynursing awareness y. y. y.
c. Provide the disadvantaged access to care y. y. y. y. y.
d. Establish guidelines for advanced nursing roles y. y. y. y. y.
ANS: C y .
The HHS was established to provide nursing services to immigrants and low-income patients and
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their families in Manhattan. As resistance to nurse-provided care grew, standing orders were
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drafted from a group of Lower East Side physicians thereby circumventing then-existing legal
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ramifications.
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8. The Frontier Nursing Service (FNS) founded in Kentucky in 1925 by Mary Breckenridge
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initiallyprovidedAppalachiawithnursingresources andwhichtypeofadvancednursingcare?
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a. Pediatric care y.
b. Anesthesia
c. Midwifery
d. Surgicalservices y.
ANS: C 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
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patients, made diagnoses, and dispensed medications.
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9. Which organization founded in1941 under Mary Breckenridge’s leadership merged with the
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American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) in 1969?
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a. American Association of Nurse-Midwives (AANM) y. y. y. y.
b. American Nurses Association (ANA) y. y. y.
c. Association for National Nurse-Midwifery(ANNM) y. y. y. y.
d. Council of Nursing Midwifery(ANM) y. y. y. y.
ANS: A y .
The American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) formed under the leadership of Mary
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Breckenridge in 1941 to provide nurse-midwife development and collaboration for midwife
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