Test Bank For Hamric and Hansons Advanced Practice Nursing: An Integrative
Approach 7th Edition (LATEST)
by Mary Fran Tracy, Eileen T. O'Grady, Susanne J. Phillips
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 01 History and Evolution of Advanced Practice Nursing
Chapter 02 Conceptualizations of Advanced Practice Nursing
Chapter 03 A Definition of Advanced Practice Nursing
Chapter 04 Role Development of the Advanced Practice Nurse
Chapter 05 International Development of Advanced Practice Nursing
Chapter 06 Direct Clinical Practice
Chapter 07 Guidance and Coaching
Chapter 08 Evidence-Based Practice
Chapter 09 Leadership
Chapter 10 Collaboration
Chapter 11 Ethical Practice
Chapter 12 The Clinical Nurse Specialist
Chapter 13 The Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
Chapter 14 The Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
Chapter 15 The Certified Nurse-Midwife
Chapter 16 The Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
Chapter 17 Maximizing APRN Power and Influencing Policy
Chapter 18 Marketing Yourself as an APRN Contracting and Negotiation
Chapter 19 Reimbursement and Payment for APRN Services
Chapter 20 Understanding Regulatory, Legal, and Credentialing Requirements
Chapter 21 APRN Outcomes and Performance Improvement Research
Chapter 22 Future Technologies Influencing APRN Practice
Chapter 23 Using Healthcare Information Technology to Evaluate and Improve Performance and
Patient Outcomes
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Chapter 01: History and Evolution of Advanced Practice Nursing
Tracy & O’Grady: Hamric & Hanson’s Advanced Practice Nursing, 7th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following is the best explanation for the creation of the Doctorate of Nursing
Practice (DNP) degree?
a. To validate APRN’s for financial reimbursement
b. To address increasing curriculum requirements of master’s degree programs
c. To compete against master’s degree programs
d. To ensure standardized curriculum ensuring independent practice
ANSWER: B
Although all answers are influenced by the DNP core competencies, the DNP program creation in
2004 by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) was designed to address
curriculum requirements of master’s degree programs.
2. Which of the following was the first recognized area of advanced practice nursing?
a. Clinical Nurse Specialist
b. Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
c. Family Nurse practitioner
d. Pediatric Nurse practitioner
ANSWER: B
In 1931, the National Association of Nurse Anesthetists (NANA), renamed in 1939 to the American
Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AWASNA) was the first recognized group promoting advanced
nursing practice. Agatha Hodgins founded the AANM at Lakeside Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio.
3. Which factor is broadly perceived to solidify and standardize the role of the APNs over the
last 25 years?
a. Societal forces
b. Lack of access to health care providers
c. Payment for services
d. Standardized curriculum development
ANSWER: D
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As the evolution of Advanced Practice Nursing advances specific specialties and needs are
identified. Through the evolution of organization and standardization these roles have solidified the
APN’s role in today’s health care environment.
4. During the formation of early APN roles in anesthesia, which of the following increased
demand for access to health care?
a. War
b. Poverty
c. Rural access to care
d. Availability of training ANSWER: A
Earliest demand for nursing-provided anesthesia spiked during periods of war when numbers of
physicians were inadequate. The earliest records date back to the American Civil War with the
administration of chloroform. During World War I in 1917 more than 1000 nurses, some trained
anesthetists, traveled into battle. Other factors such as need for rural health care came later in the
validation and need for APNs.
5. In 1889, Dr. William Worrall Mayo built and opened St. Mary’s hospital in Rochester, NY. He
is known for some of the earliest recruitment and specialized training of nurses in which of the
following roles?
a. Obstetrics
b. Anesthesia
c. Family nursing
d. Pediatrics
e. Research and statistics
ANSWER: B
In 1889, Dr. William Worrall Mayo began formally training and recognizing nurse anesthetists. This
has been regarded as the earliest training in nurse-provided anesthesia.
6. In 1893, Lillian Wald established the Henry Street Settlement (HSS) House for which
primary purpose?
a. Access to health care of rural areas
b. Provide the disadvantaged access to care
c. Establish guidelines for advanced nursing roles
d. Create inner-city nursing awareness
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