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Well Elaborated Questions & Answers (Answers at the End of Each Chapter)
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1. Nurses are often the primary, and frequently the only, defendants named when errors are made that
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v result in injury to the client. This is due to which concept associated with the nursing profession?
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1. Autonomy

2. Accountability

3. Precision

4. Specificity

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2. Ifa nurse uses information from research as the basis for making decisions about providing care,
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v this nurse is engaging in which type of practice?
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3. Today’s nurses are often found inremote and often hostile areas, providing care forthe sick and
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v dying, working 12-hour shifts, being on call, and working rotating shifts. This is why nursing is
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v universally known as which type of profession? v v v v v v




1. Altruistic

2. Synergistic

,3. Optimistic

4. Pragmatic

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4. With Florence Nightingale’s radically new idea about aseparate educational setting fornurses, the
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v nursing profession took its first steps toward which of the following?
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1. Autonomy

2. Accountability

3. Precision

4. Specificity

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5. Ifan advanced practice nurse is prepared to provide direct client care in primarycare settings,
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v focusing on health promotion, illness prevention, early diagnosis, and treatment of common health
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v problems, this nurse is acting in which advanced practice role?
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6. Ifan advanced practice nurse focuses on the care of pregnant women before, during, and after the
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v birth process, this nurse is acting in which advanced practice role?
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7. If an advanced practice nurse is comfortable working in high-tech environments with seriously ill
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v individuals and their families, this nurse is acting in which advanced practice role?
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8. If an advanced practice nurse functions to coordinate services for clients with high-risk or long-
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term health problems who require access to the full continuum of health-care services, this nurse is
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v acting in which advanced practice role?
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9. Ifa nurse taking action to performthe activities that promote patient care, this nurse is acting with
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v which of the following?
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1. Power

2. Control

3. Authority

4. Empowerment