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CoMplEtE QUEstioNs ANd CoRRECt ANswERs |AlREAdy gRAdEd
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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.
CoMplEtE QUEstioNs ANd CoRRECt ANswERs |AlREAdy gRAdEd
A+||BRANd NEw VERsioN!
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.
