Module 2 Ch 1 Proctor U || QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS!!
Which national nursing organization serves as a primary source of research data about
nursing education, and is the professional organization for nurse educators?
A) American Nurses Association (ANA)
B) American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)
C) National League for Nursing (NLN)
D) Sigma Theta Tau International correct answers National League for Nursing (NLN)
The NLN serves as the primary source of research data about nursing education, conducting
annual surveys of schools and new RNs. The NLN's objective is to foster the development
and improvement of nursing services and nursing education, and it serves as the professional
nursing organization for nurse educators. The ANA is the professional organization for RNs
in the United States, and it establishes standards of practice, encourages research to advance
nursing practice, and represents nursing for legislative actions. Sigma Theta Tau International
is the honor society for nursing. AACN is the national voice for baccalaureate and higher-
degree nursing education programs and provides accreditation for collegiate nursing
programs.
Teaching a woman about breast self-examination is an example of what broad aim of
nursing?
A) preventing illness
B) facilitating coping
C) restoring health
D) treating illness correct answers preventing illness
Explanation:
Nurses primarily prevent illness by teaching and personal example. Illness prevention
activities focus on avoiding illness or achieving early detection of an illness, such as breast
cancer. Treating illness involves nursing interventions for people who have surgery or are ill.
Facilitating coping is involved with easing transitions to new states of being. Restoring health
involves helping clients return to a former level of health after experiencing an illness or
injury.
Although all of the following are nursing responsibilities, which one would be expected of a
nurse with a baccalaureate degree?
A) collaborating with other health care providers
B) administering medications as prescribed
C) providing direct physical care
D) using research findings to improve practice correct answers using research findings to
improve practice
Explanation:
Nurses with baccalaureate degrees are expected to use research findings to improve practice.
Graduates from vocational, diploma, and associate degree programs do not have coursework
in nursing research and are not expected to independently use it in clinical practice. Nurses
from all levels of education provide direct care, administer medications, and collaborate with
other health care providers.
, A registered nurse wishes to work as a nurse researcher. Which is true regarding nurse
researchers?
A) They usually have a baccalaureate degree in nursing.
B) They tend to work in community health centers and long-term care units.
C) They are responsible for the continued development and advancement of nursing.
D) They serve as liaisons between staff members and directors of nursing. correct answers
They are responsible for the continued development and advancement of nursing.
Explanation:
Nursing research requires extensive education and is a uniquely specialized field. Nurse
researchers are responsible for the continued development and refinement of nursing. They
usually have advanced education post baccalaureate degree in nursing and most often work in
large teaching hospitals or research centers. Nurse administrators, not nurse researchers, serve
as liaisons between staff members and directors of nursing, Nurse researchers may be found
with a school of nursing at academic institutions, but not at community health centers and
long-term care units.
During the Reformation, which factor influenced the decline of nursing?
A) Implementation of technology
B) Women's subordination to men
C) Establishment of men in nursing
D) Advancement of medicine correct answers Women's subordination to men
Explanation:
Women were viewed as subordinate to men and were expected to remain at home caring for
children; this decreased the number of qualified women practicing nursing.
The need for university-based nursing education programs was brought to light during which
important historical time?
A) Korean War
B) World War II
C) Spanish-American War
D) World War I correct answers World War II
Explanation:
During the middle of the twentieth century, Esther Lucile Brown, in her report on nursing
education published at that time, wrote that nursing education belonged in colleges and
universities, not in hospitals. During the Spanish-American War, nursing was still in its
earliest phase of development. Even with the input of Florence Nightingale and her followers
after WWI, nursing continued to struggle. Professional nursing began during the period and
crisis needs of WWII. Nursing continues to evolve today.
A student is choosing an educational path and desires a nursing degree with a track for
community nursing and leadership and that allows for classes in liberal arts. The student
would best be suited in which type of program?
A) diploma nursing program
B) baccalaureate program
C) certification in a nursing specialty
D) licensed practical nursing program correct answers baccalaureate program
Explanation:
The baccalaureate degree in nursing offers students a full college or university education,
with a background in liberal arts. It is an intense program as it includes a focus on nursing
leadership skills with additional requirements for clinical practice labs and clinical
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS!!
Which national nursing organization serves as a primary source of research data about
nursing education, and is the professional organization for nurse educators?
A) American Nurses Association (ANA)
B) American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)
C) National League for Nursing (NLN)
D) Sigma Theta Tau International correct answers National League for Nursing (NLN)
The NLN serves as the primary source of research data about nursing education, conducting
annual surveys of schools and new RNs. The NLN's objective is to foster the development
and improvement of nursing services and nursing education, and it serves as the professional
nursing organization for nurse educators. The ANA is the professional organization for RNs
in the United States, and it establishes standards of practice, encourages research to advance
nursing practice, and represents nursing for legislative actions. Sigma Theta Tau International
is the honor society for nursing. AACN is the national voice for baccalaureate and higher-
degree nursing education programs and provides accreditation for collegiate nursing
programs.
Teaching a woman about breast self-examination is an example of what broad aim of
nursing?
A) preventing illness
B) facilitating coping
C) restoring health
D) treating illness correct answers preventing illness
Explanation:
Nurses primarily prevent illness by teaching and personal example. Illness prevention
activities focus on avoiding illness or achieving early detection of an illness, such as breast
cancer. Treating illness involves nursing interventions for people who have surgery or are ill.
Facilitating coping is involved with easing transitions to new states of being. Restoring health
involves helping clients return to a former level of health after experiencing an illness or
injury.
Although all of the following are nursing responsibilities, which one would be expected of a
nurse with a baccalaureate degree?
A) collaborating with other health care providers
B) administering medications as prescribed
C) providing direct physical care
D) using research findings to improve practice correct answers using research findings to
improve practice
Explanation:
Nurses with baccalaureate degrees are expected to use research findings to improve practice.
Graduates from vocational, diploma, and associate degree programs do not have coursework
in nursing research and are not expected to independently use it in clinical practice. Nurses
from all levels of education provide direct care, administer medications, and collaborate with
other health care providers.
, A registered nurse wishes to work as a nurse researcher. Which is true regarding nurse
researchers?
A) They usually have a baccalaureate degree in nursing.
B) They tend to work in community health centers and long-term care units.
C) They are responsible for the continued development and advancement of nursing.
D) They serve as liaisons between staff members and directors of nursing. correct answers
They are responsible for the continued development and advancement of nursing.
Explanation:
Nursing research requires extensive education and is a uniquely specialized field. Nurse
researchers are responsible for the continued development and refinement of nursing. They
usually have advanced education post baccalaureate degree in nursing and most often work in
large teaching hospitals or research centers. Nurse administrators, not nurse researchers, serve
as liaisons between staff members and directors of nursing, Nurse researchers may be found
with a school of nursing at academic institutions, but not at community health centers and
long-term care units.
During the Reformation, which factor influenced the decline of nursing?
A) Implementation of technology
B) Women's subordination to men
C) Establishment of men in nursing
D) Advancement of medicine correct answers Women's subordination to men
Explanation:
Women were viewed as subordinate to men and were expected to remain at home caring for
children; this decreased the number of qualified women practicing nursing.
The need for university-based nursing education programs was brought to light during which
important historical time?
A) Korean War
B) World War II
C) Spanish-American War
D) World War I correct answers World War II
Explanation:
During the middle of the twentieth century, Esther Lucile Brown, in her report on nursing
education published at that time, wrote that nursing education belonged in colleges and
universities, not in hospitals. During the Spanish-American War, nursing was still in its
earliest phase of development. Even with the input of Florence Nightingale and her followers
after WWI, nursing continued to struggle. Professional nursing began during the period and
crisis needs of WWII. Nursing continues to evolve today.
A student is choosing an educational path and desires a nursing degree with a track for
community nursing and leadership and that allows for classes in liberal arts. The student
would best be suited in which type of program?
A) diploma nursing program
B) baccalaureate program
C) certification in a nursing specialty
D) licensed practical nursing program correct answers baccalaureate program
Explanation:
The baccalaureate degree in nursing offers students a full college or university education,
with a background in liberal arts. It is an intense program as it includes a focus on nursing
leadership skills with additional requirements for clinical practice labs and clinical
