Correct Answers Graded A+ Y Y Y
What is the most influential factor that has shaped the nursing profession? 1)Physicians
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need for handmaidens
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2) Societal need for healthcare outside the home
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3) Military demand for nurses in the field
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4) Germ theory influence on sanitation - Answer 3
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Which of the following is an example of an illness prevention activity? Select all that
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apply.
1) Encouraging the use of a food diary FY FY FY FY FY FY
2) Joining a cancer support group FY FY FY FY FY
3)Administering immunization for HPV FY FY FY
4)Teaching a diabetic patient about his diet - Answer 3 FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY
Which of the following contributions of Florence Nightingale had an immediate impact on
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improving patients health? FY FY
1)Providing a clean environment FY FY FY FY
2)Improving nursing education FY FY
3)Changing the delivery of care in hospitals FY FY FY FY FY FY F Y
4)Establishing nursing as a distinct profession - Answer 1 FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY
All of the following are aspects of the full-spectrum nursing role. Which one is essential for
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the nurse to do in order to successfully carry out all the others?
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1) Thinking and reasoning about the clients care FY FY FY FY FY FY FY
2)Providing hands-on client care FY FY FY
3) Carrying out physician orders FY FY FY
4) Delegating to assistive personnel - Answer 1 FY FY FY FY FY FY
Which statement pertaining to Benners practice model for clinical competence is true?
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1) Progression through the stages is constant, with most nurses reaching the proficient
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stage.
2) Progression through the stages involves continual development of thinking and FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY
technical skills. FY
,3) The nurse must have experience in many areas before being considered an expert.
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4) The nurses progress through the stages is determined by years of experience and
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skills. - Answer 2
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Which of the following best explains why it is difficult for the profession to develop a
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definition of nursing? FY FY
1) There are too many different and conflicting images of nurses.
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2) There are constant changes in healthcare and the activities of nurses.
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3) There is disagreement among the different nursing organizations.
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4) There are different education pathways and levels of practice. - Answer 2
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Nurses have the potential to be very influential in shaping healthcare policy. Which of the
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following factors contributes most to nurses influence?
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1) Nurses are the largest health professional group.
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2) Nurses have a long history of serving the public.
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3) Nurses have achieved some independence from physicians in recent years.
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4) Political involvement has helped refute negative images portrayed in the media. -
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Nursing was described as a distinct occupation in the sacred books of which faith?
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1)Buddhism
2) Christianity F
Y 3)Hinduism
4)Judaism - Answer 3 FY FY FY
The American Red Cross was established by
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1) Louisa May Alcott FY FY
2) Clara Barton FY
3) Dorothea Dix FY
, 4) Harriet Tubman - Answer 2 FY FY FY FY
Which of the following is the most important reason to develop a definition of nursing?
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1) Recruit more informed people into the nursing professionFY FY FY FY FY FY FY
2) Evaluate the degree of role satisfaction FY FY FY FY FY
3) Dispel the stereotypical images of nurses and nursing
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4) Differentiate nursing activities from those of other health professionals - Answer 4 FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY
Which of the following provides evidence-based support for the contribution that
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advanced practice nurses (APNs) make within healthcare? FY FY FY FY FY FY
1) Reduced usage of diagnostics using advanced technology FY FY FY FY FY FY F Y
2)Decreased number of unnecessary visits to the emergency department FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY
3)Improved patient compliance with prescribed treatments FY FY FY FY FY FY
4)Increased usage of complementary alternative therapies - Answer 3 FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY
Which of the following is an example of what traditional medicine and complementary
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and alternative medicine therapies have in common?
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1) Both can produce adverse effects in some patients.
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2) Both use prescription medications. FY FY FY
3) Both are usually reimbursed by insurance programs.
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4) Both are regulated by the FDA. - Answer 1
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Of the following, the biggest disadvantage of having nursing assistive personnel (NAP)
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help nurses is that the nurse
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1) Must know what aspects of care can legally and safely be delegated to the NAP
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2) May rely too heavily on information gathered by the NAP when making patient care
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decisions
3) Is removed from many components of direct patient care that have been delegated to
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the NAP FY
4) Still maintains responsibility for the patient care given by the NAP - Answer 2
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An older adult has type 1 diabetes. He can perform self-care activities but needs help with
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shopping and meal preparation as well as with blood glucose monitoring and insulin
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administration. Which type of healthcare facility would be most appropriate for him? FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY
1) Acute care facility FY FY
2) Ambulatory care facility FY FY
3) Extended care facility FY FY