NURB 3030 EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE | 2025/2026
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what are the characteristics of a profession? Answer - - High intellectual level
- High level of individual responsibility and accountability
- Specialized body of knowledge
How were accountability and autonomy fostered in the profession of nursing?
Answer - - Nurses are common targets for malpractice suits; Florence
Nightingale began the separation of education for nurses from that for doctors.
- There is a role of shifting social norms.
- Nurses still generally suffer from a subservient image.
- Some progress has been made in some areas, such as nurse practitioners
How can nurses attain/ maintain power over practice (empowerment)?
Answer - • Social structure of the work setting
• Relationships
• Group effort or environmental change or the individual nurse's own efforts at
self-growth and actualization
o Ability or capacity to exert influence over another person or group
o Individual power usually is in a state of flux. Answer - the nature of power
, o depends on close personal relationships Answer - referent power
o derives from the amount of knowledge, skill, or expertise that an individual
or group has Answer - expert power
o depends on the ability of one person to grant another some type of reward
for specific behaviors or changes in behavior Answer - power of reward
o comes from the ability to reprimand, withhold rewards, and threaten
punishment. Answer - - Coercive Power
o depends on a legislative or legal act that gives the individual or organization a
right to make decisions that he or she might not otherwise have the authority
to make. Answer - legitimate power
o Broader context than individual client care
o Underlying source for many other sources of power
o Depends on professional organizations and politics Answer - collective power
Which wars helped to shape what nursing is today and how? Answer - - The
Civil War: more death and injury than any war in U. .S. history
- Origin of Army Nurse Corps nurses, Navy Nurses, and the American Red Cross
- After 1914, nurses' roles rapidly expanded due to demand.
- Red Cross began a training program for nurse's aides.
- W W II created highly positive image for nurses.
- After the war, vacancies filled with graduates of new programs (L P N's, L V
N's)
- The concept of team nursing widely accepted
UPDATE | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 100%
CORRECT!!
what are the characteristics of a profession? Answer - - High intellectual level
- High level of individual responsibility and accountability
- Specialized body of knowledge
How were accountability and autonomy fostered in the profession of nursing?
Answer - - Nurses are common targets for malpractice suits; Florence
Nightingale began the separation of education for nurses from that for doctors.
- There is a role of shifting social norms.
- Nurses still generally suffer from a subservient image.
- Some progress has been made in some areas, such as nurse practitioners
How can nurses attain/ maintain power over practice (empowerment)?
Answer - • Social structure of the work setting
• Relationships
• Group effort or environmental change or the individual nurse's own efforts at
self-growth and actualization
o Ability or capacity to exert influence over another person or group
o Individual power usually is in a state of flux. Answer - the nature of power
, o depends on close personal relationships Answer - referent power
o derives from the amount of knowledge, skill, or expertise that an individual
or group has Answer - expert power
o depends on the ability of one person to grant another some type of reward
for specific behaviors or changes in behavior Answer - power of reward
o comes from the ability to reprimand, withhold rewards, and threaten
punishment. Answer - - Coercive Power
o depends on a legislative or legal act that gives the individual or organization a
right to make decisions that he or she might not otherwise have the authority
to make. Answer - legitimate power
o Broader context than individual client care
o Underlying source for many other sources of power
o Depends on professional organizations and politics Answer - collective power
Which wars helped to shape what nursing is today and how? Answer - - The
Civil War: more death and injury than any war in U. .S. history
- Origin of Army Nurse Corps nurses, Navy Nurses, and the American Red Cross
- After 1914, nurses' roles rapidly expanded due to demand.
- Red Cross began a training program for nurse's aides.
- W W II created highly positive image for nurses.
- After the war, vacancies filled with graduates of new programs (L P N's, L V
N's)
- The concept of team nursing widely accepted
