TEST BANKS FOR Nursing Now: Today's Issues,
Tomorrow's Trends: Today's Issues, Tomorrows
Trends Ninth Edition
by Joseph T. Catalano PhD RN (Author)
Ninth Edition
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1: The Growth of Nursing ____________________________________________ 3
Chapter 2: Historical Perspectives ___________________________________________ 21
Chapter 3: Theories and Models of Nursing ____________________________________42
Chapter 4: The Process of Educating Nurses __________________________________ 64
Chapter 5: The Evolution of Licensure, Certification, and Nursing Organizations _______ 85
Chapter 6: Ethics in Nursing _______________________________________________105
Chapter 7: Bioethical Issues _______________________________________________128
Chapter 8: Nursing Law and Liability ________________________________________ 153
Chapter 9: Reality Shock in the Workplace ___________________________________ 174
Chapter 10: Leadership, Followership, and Management ________________________ 194
Chapter 11: Communication, Negotiation, and Conflict Resolution _________________ 217
Chapter 12: Understanding and Dealing Successfully With Difficult Behavior _________237
Chapter 13: Health-Care Delivery Systems ___________________________________ 260
Chapter 14: Ensuring Quality Care __________________________________________280
Chapter 15: Delegation in Nursing __________________________________________ 301
Chapter 16: Incivility: The Antithesis of Caring _________________________________323
Chapter 17: Nursing Informatics ____________________________________________344
Chapter 18: The Politically Active Nurse _____________________________________ 367
Chapter 19: The Health-Care Debate: Best Allocation of Resources for the Best Outcomes387
Chapter 20: Spirituality in Health Care _______________________________________ 392
Chapter 21: Cultural Diversity ______________________________________________413
Chapter 22: Impact of the Aging Population on Health-Care Delivery _______________ 436
,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
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
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
Answer: 1
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: 1
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
Tomorrow's Trends: Today's Issues, Tomorrows
Trends Ninth Edition
by Joseph T. Catalano PhD RN (Author)
Ninth Edition
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1: The Growth of Nursing ____________________________________________ 3
Chapter 2: Historical Perspectives ___________________________________________ 21
Chapter 3: Theories and Models of Nursing ____________________________________42
Chapter 4: The Process of Educating Nurses __________________________________ 64
Chapter 5: The Evolution of Licensure, Certification, and Nursing Organizations _______ 85
Chapter 6: Ethics in Nursing _______________________________________________105
Chapter 7: Bioethical Issues _______________________________________________128
Chapter 8: Nursing Law and Liability ________________________________________ 153
Chapter 9: Reality Shock in the Workplace ___________________________________ 174
Chapter 10: Leadership, Followership, and Management ________________________ 194
Chapter 11: Communication, Negotiation, and Conflict Resolution _________________ 217
Chapter 12: Understanding and Dealing Successfully With Difficult Behavior _________237
Chapter 13: Health-Care Delivery Systems ___________________________________ 260
Chapter 14: Ensuring Quality Care __________________________________________280
Chapter 15: Delegation in Nursing __________________________________________ 301
Chapter 16: Incivility: The Antithesis of Caring _________________________________323
Chapter 17: Nursing Informatics ____________________________________________344
Chapter 18: The Politically Active Nurse _____________________________________ 367
Chapter 19: The Health-Care Debate: Best Allocation of Resources for the Best Outcomes387
Chapter 20: Spirituality in Health Care _______________________________________ 392
Chapter 21: Cultural Diversity ______________________________________________413
Chapter 22: Impact of the Aging Population on Health-Care Delivery _______________ 436
,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
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
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
Answer: 1
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: 1
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
