Test Bank - Nursing Now: Today's Issues, Tomorrows Trends 8th Edition (Catalano, 2020)
TEST BANK
Nursing Now
Today's Issues, Tomorrows Trends
Joseph T. Catalano
8th Edition
, Test Bank - Nursing Now: Today's Issues, Tomorrows Trends 8th Edition (Catalano, 2020)
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: The Growth of Nursing
Chapter 2: Historical Perspectives
Chapter 3: Theories and Models of Nursing
Chapter 4: The Process of Educating Nurses
Chapter 5: The Evolution of Licensure, Certification, and Nursing Organizations
Chapter 6: Ethics in Nursing
Chapter 7: Bioethical Issues
Chapter 8: Nursing Law and Liability
Chapter 9: Reality Shock in the Workplace
Chapter 10: Leadership, Followership, and Management
Chapter 11: Communication, Negotiation, and Conflict Resolution
Chapter 12: Understanding and Dealing Successfully With Difficult Behavior
Chapter 13: Health-Care Delivery Systems
Chapter 14: Ensuring Quality Care
Chapter 15: Delegation in Nursing
Chapter 16: Incivility: The Antithesis of Caring
Chapter 17: Nursing Informatics
Chapter 18: The Politically Active Nurse
Chapter 20: Spirituality in Health Care
Chapter 21: Cultural Diversity
Chapter 22: Impact of the Aging Population on Health-Care Delivery
Chapter 28: NCLEX: What You Need to Know
, Test Bank - Nursing Now Today’s Issues, Tomorrows Trends 8th Edition (Catalano, 2020)
Well Elaborated Questions and Answers (Answers at the End of Each Chapter)
Chapter 1: The Growth of Nursing
Questions
1. Nurses are often the primary, and frequently the only, defendants named when errors are made
that result in injury to the client. This is due to which concept associated with the nursing
profession?
1. Autonomy
2. Accountability
3. Precision
4. Specificity
Answer:
2. If a nurse uses information from research as the basis for making decisions about
providing Care, this nurse is engaging in which type of practice?
1. Client-based practice
2. Physician-based practice
3. Evidence-based practice
4. Provider-based practice
Answer:
3. Today’s nurses are often found in remote and often hostile areas, providing care for the sick
and dying, working 12-hour shifts, being on call, and working rotating shifts. This is why
nursing is universally known as which type of profession?
1. Altruistic
2.Synergistic
3. Optimistic
, Test Bank - Nursing Now Today’s Issues, Tomorrows Trends 8th Edition (Catalano, 2020)
4. Pragmatic
Answer:
4. With Florence Nightingale’s radically new idea about a separate educational setting for nurses,
The nursing profession took its first steps toward which of the following?
1. Autonomy
2. Accountability
3. Precision
4. Specificity
Answer:
5. If an advanced practice nurse is prepared to provide direct client care in primary care settings,
Focusing on health promotion, illness prevention, early diagnosis, and treatment of common
Health problems, this nurse is acting in which advanced practice role?
1. Nurse practitioner
2. Certified nurse midwife
3. Clinical nurse specialist
4. Case manager
Answer:
6. If an advanced practice nurse focuses on the care of pregnant women before, during, and after
the birth process, this nurse is acting in which advanced practice role?
1. Nurse practitioner
2. Certified nurse midwife
3. Clinical nurse specialist
, Test Bank - Nursing Now Today’s Issues, Tomorrows Trends 8th Edition (Catalano, 2020)
4. Case manager
Answer:
7. If an advanced practice nurse is comfortable working in high-tech environments with seriously
ill individuals and their families, this nurse is acting in which advanced practice role?
1. Nurse practitioner
2. Certified nurse midwife
3. Clinical nurse specialist
4. Case manager
Answer:
8. If an advanced practice nurse functions to coordinate services for clients with high-risk or
long-term health problems who require access to the full continuum of health-care services, this
Nurse is acting in which advanced practice role?
1. Nurse practitioner
2. Certified nurse midwife
3. Clinical nurse specialist
4. Case manager
Answer:
9. If a nurse taking action to perform the activities that promote patient care, this nurse is acting
with which of the following?
1. Power
2. Control
, Test Bank - Nursing Now Today’s Issues, Tomorrows Trends 8th Edition (Catalano, 2020)
3. Authority
4. Empowerment
Answer:
10. Although the client likely would prefer to avoid taking medications, tolerating uncomfortable
treatments, and participating in demanding activities, he or she cooperates because the nurse has
a good relationship with the client; this is an example of which type of power?
1. Referent power
2. Expert power
3. Coercive power
4. Legitimate power
Answer:
11. By demonstrating their knowledge of the client’s condition, recent laboratory tests, and other
elements that are vital to the client’s recovery, nurses demonstrate which type of power?
1. Referent power
2. Expert power
3. Coercive power
4. Legitimate power
Answer:
12. If a nurse employs the underlying principles in the process of behavior modification, the
nurse is utilizing which type of power?
1. Referent power
2. Expert power
, Test Bank - Nursing Now Today’s Issues, Tomorrows Trends 8th Edition (Catalano, 2020)
3. Coercive power
4. Power of rewards
Answer:
13. If a nurse uses which type of power, it can destroy therapeutic and personal relationships, and
it can also be considered unethical and even illegal in certain situations?
1. Referent power
2. Expert power
3. Coercive power
4. Power of rewards
Answer:
14. Nursing decisions made about client care can come only from individuals who have which
source of power?
1. Referent power
2. Expert power
3. Coercive power
4. Legitimate power
Answer:
15. The first, and certainly the most important, way in which nurses can gain power in all areas is
through which action?
1. Professional unity
2. Political activity
, Test Bank - Nursing Now Today’s Issues, Tomorrows Trends 8th Edition (Catalano, 2020)
3. Accountability and professionalism
4. Networking
Answer:
Questions, Answers, and Rationales
1. Nurses are often the primary, and frequently the only, defendants named when errors are made
that result in injury to the client. This is due to which concept associated with the nursing
profession?
1. Autonomy
2. Accountability
3. Precision
4. Specificity
ANS: 2
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Feedback
1. This is incorrect. The autonomous nature of the nursing profession has no impact
on nurses acting as defendants in court cases.
2. This is correct. Nurses must be accountable and demonstrate a high level of
responsibility for the care and services they provide.
3. This is incorrect. The precision in which nurses must practice has no impact on
nurses acting as defendants in court cases.
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4. This is incorrect. The specificity in which nurses must practice has no impact on
nurses acting as defendants in court cases.
2. If a nurse uses information from research as the basis for making decisions about providing
care, this nurse is engaging in which type of practice?
1. Client-based practice
2. Physician-based practice
3. Evidence-based practice
4. Provider-based practice
ANS: 3
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Feedback
1. This is incorrect. Client-based care does not use information from research as the
basis for making decisions.
2. This is incorrect. Physician-based care does not use information from research as
the basis for making decisions.
3. This is correct. Evidence-based care uses information from research as the basis
for making decisions.
4. This is incorrect. Provider-based care does not use information from research as
the basis for making decisions.
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Catalano Page 8 of 19 Nursing Now 8e TB
3. Today’s nurses are often found in remote and often hostile areas, providing care for the sick
and dying, working 12-hour shifts, being on call, and working rotating shifts. This is why
nursing is universally known as which type of profession?
1. Altruistic
2. Synergistic
3. Optimistic
4. Pragmatic
ANS: 1
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Feedback
1. This is correct.Nursing has beenviewed universally as an altruistic profession
composed of selfless individuals who placethe lives and well-being of their
clients above their personal safety.
2. This is incorrect.Nursing is not viewed universally as a synergistic profession.
3. This is incorrect.Nursing is not viewed universally as an optimistic profession.
4. This is incorrect.Nursing is not viewed universally as a pragmatic profession.
4. With Florence Nig htingale’s radically new idea abouta separateeducationalseting for nurses,
the nursing profession took its first steps toward which of the following?
1. Autonomy
2. Accountability
TEST BANK
Nursing Now
Today's Issues, Tomorrows Trends
Joseph T. Catalano
8th Edition
, Test Bank - Nursing Now: Today's Issues, Tomorrows Trends 8th Edition (Catalano, 2020)
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: The Growth of Nursing
Chapter 2: Historical Perspectives
Chapter 3: Theories and Models of Nursing
Chapter 4: The Process of Educating Nurses
Chapter 5: The Evolution of Licensure, Certification, and Nursing Organizations
Chapter 6: Ethics in Nursing
Chapter 7: Bioethical Issues
Chapter 8: Nursing Law and Liability
Chapter 9: Reality Shock in the Workplace
Chapter 10: Leadership, Followership, and Management
Chapter 11: Communication, Negotiation, and Conflict Resolution
Chapter 12: Understanding and Dealing Successfully With Difficult Behavior
Chapter 13: Health-Care Delivery Systems
Chapter 14: Ensuring Quality Care
Chapter 15: Delegation in Nursing
Chapter 16: Incivility: The Antithesis of Caring
Chapter 17: Nursing Informatics
Chapter 18: The Politically Active Nurse
Chapter 20: Spirituality in Health Care
Chapter 21: Cultural Diversity
Chapter 22: Impact of the Aging Population on Health-Care Delivery
Chapter 28: NCLEX: What You Need to Know
, Test Bank - Nursing Now Today’s Issues, Tomorrows Trends 8th Edition (Catalano, 2020)
Well Elaborated Questions and Answers (Answers at the End of Each Chapter)
Chapter 1: The Growth of Nursing
Questions
1. Nurses are often the primary, and frequently the only, defendants named when errors are made
that result in injury to the client. This is due to which concept associated with the nursing
profession?
1. Autonomy
2. Accountability
3. Precision
4. Specificity
Answer:
2. If a nurse uses information from research as the basis for making decisions about
providing Care, this nurse is engaging in which type of practice?
1. Client-based practice
2. Physician-based practice
3. Evidence-based practice
4. Provider-based practice
Answer:
3. Today’s nurses are often found in remote and often hostile areas, providing care for the sick
and dying, working 12-hour shifts, being on call, and working rotating shifts. This is why
nursing is universally known as which type of profession?
1. Altruistic
2.Synergistic
3. Optimistic
, Test Bank - Nursing Now Today’s Issues, Tomorrows Trends 8th Edition (Catalano, 2020)
4. Pragmatic
Answer:
4. With Florence Nightingale’s radically new idea about a separate educational setting for nurses,
The nursing profession took its first steps toward which of the following?
1. Autonomy
2. Accountability
3. Precision
4. Specificity
Answer:
5. If an advanced practice nurse is prepared to provide direct client care in primary care settings,
Focusing on health promotion, illness prevention, early diagnosis, and treatment of common
Health problems, this nurse is acting in which advanced practice role?
1. Nurse practitioner
2. Certified nurse midwife
3. Clinical nurse specialist
4. Case manager
Answer:
6. If an advanced practice nurse focuses on the care of pregnant women before, during, and after
the birth process, this nurse is acting in which advanced practice role?
1. Nurse practitioner
2. Certified nurse midwife
3. Clinical nurse specialist
, Test Bank - Nursing Now Today’s Issues, Tomorrows Trends 8th Edition (Catalano, 2020)
4. Case manager
Answer:
7. If an advanced practice nurse is comfortable working in high-tech environments with seriously
ill individuals and their families, this nurse is acting in which advanced practice role?
1. Nurse practitioner
2. Certified nurse midwife
3. Clinical nurse specialist
4. Case manager
Answer:
8. If an advanced practice nurse functions to coordinate services for clients with high-risk or
long-term health problems who require access to the full continuum of health-care services, this
Nurse is acting in which advanced practice role?
1. Nurse practitioner
2. Certified nurse midwife
3. Clinical nurse specialist
4. Case manager
Answer:
9. If a nurse taking action to perform the activities that promote patient care, this nurse is acting
with which of the following?
1. Power
2. Control
, Test Bank - Nursing Now Today’s Issues, Tomorrows Trends 8th Edition (Catalano, 2020)
3. Authority
4. Empowerment
Answer:
10. Although the client likely would prefer to avoid taking medications, tolerating uncomfortable
treatments, and participating in demanding activities, he or she cooperates because the nurse has
a good relationship with the client; this is an example of which type of power?
1. Referent power
2. Expert power
3. Coercive power
4. Legitimate power
Answer:
11. By demonstrating their knowledge of the client’s condition, recent laboratory tests, and other
elements that are vital to the client’s recovery, nurses demonstrate which type of power?
1. Referent power
2. Expert power
3. Coercive power
4. Legitimate power
Answer:
12. If a nurse employs the underlying principles in the process of behavior modification, the
nurse is utilizing which type of power?
1. Referent power
2. Expert power
, Test Bank - Nursing Now Today’s Issues, Tomorrows Trends 8th Edition (Catalano, 2020)
3. Coercive power
4. Power of rewards
Answer:
13. If a nurse uses which type of power, it can destroy therapeutic and personal relationships, and
it can also be considered unethical and even illegal in certain situations?
1. Referent power
2. Expert power
3. Coercive power
4. Power of rewards
Answer:
14. Nursing decisions made about client care can come only from individuals who have which
source of power?
1. Referent power
2. Expert power
3. Coercive power
4. Legitimate power
Answer:
15. The first, and certainly the most important, way in which nurses can gain power in all areas is
through which action?
1. Professional unity
2. Political activity
, Test Bank - Nursing Now Today’s Issues, Tomorrows Trends 8th Edition (Catalano, 2020)
3. Accountability and professionalism
4. Networking
Answer:
Questions, Answers, and Rationales
1. Nurses are often the primary, and frequently the only, defendants named when errors are made
that result in injury to the client. This is due to which concept associated with the nursing
profession?
1. Autonomy
2. Accountability
3. Precision
4. Specificity
ANS: 2
Page: 00
Feedback
1. This is incorrect. The autonomous nature of the nursing profession has no impact
on nurses acting as defendants in court cases.
2. This is correct. Nurses must be accountable and demonstrate a high level of
responsibility for the care and services they provide.
3. This is incorrect. The precision in which nurses must practice has no impact on
nurses acting as defendants in court cases.
, Test Bank - Nursing Now Today’s Issues, Tomorrows Trends 8th Edition (Catalano, 2020)
Catalano Page 7 of 19 Nursing Now 8e TB
4. This is incorrect. The specificity in which nurses must practice has no impact on
nurses acting as defendants in court cases.
2. If a nurse uses information from research as the basis for making decisions about providing
care, this nurse is engaging in which type of practice?
1. Client-based practice
2. Physician-based practice
3. Evidence-based practice
4. Provider-based practice
ANS: 3
Page: 00
Feedback
1. This is incorrect. Client-based care does not use information from research as the
basis for making decisions.
2. This is incorrect. Physician-based care does not use information from research as
the basis for making decisions.
3. This is correct. Evidence-based care uses information from research as the basis
for making decisions.
4. This is incorrect. Provider-based care does not use information from research as
the basis for making decisions.
, Test Bank - Nursing Now Today’s Issues, Tomorrows Trends 8th Edition (Catalano, 2020)
Catalano Page 8 of 19 Nursing Now 8e TB
3. Today’s nurses are often found in remote and often hostile areas, providing care for the sick
and dying, working 12-hour shifts, being on call, and working rotating shifts. This is why
nursing is universally known as which type of profession?
1. Altruistic
2. Synergistic
3. Optimistic
4. Pragmatic
ANS: 1
Page: 00
Feedback
1. This is correct.Nursing has beenviewed universally as an altruistic profession
composed of selfless individuals who placethe lives and well-being of their
clients above their personal safety.
2. This is incorrect.Nursing is not viewed universally as a synergistic profession.
3. This is incorrect.Nursing is not viewed universally as an optimistic profession.
4. This is incorrect.Nursing is not viewed universally as a pragmatic profession.
4. With Florence Nig htingale’s radically new idea abouta separateeducationalseting for nurses,
the nursing profession took its first steps toward which of the following?
1. Autonomy
2. Accountability
