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Catalano Nursing Now 8th Edition Test Bank| Chapter 1-28| Complete Guide A+ Unit 1: The Growth of Nursing 1: The Development of a Profession 2: Historical Perspectives 3: Theories and Models of Nursing 4: The Process of Educating Nurses 5: The Evolution of Licensure, Certification, and Nursing Organizations Unit 2: Making the Transition to Professional 6: Ethics in Nursing 7: Bioethical Issues 8: Nursing Law and Liability 9: Reality Shock in the Workplace Unit 3: Leading and Managing 10: Leadership, Followership, and Management 11: Communication, Negotiation, and Conflict Resolution 12: Understanding and Dealing Successfully With Difficult Behavior 13: Health-Care Delivery Systems 14: Ensuring Quality Care 15: Delegation in Nursing 16: Incivility: The Antithesis of Caring 17: Nursing Informatics 18: The Politically Active Nurse Unit 4: Issues in Delivering Care 19: The Health-Care Debate: Best Allocation of Resources for the Best Outcomes 20: Spirituality and Health Care 21: Diversity 22: Impact of the Aging Population on Health-Care Delivery 23: Client Education: A Moral Imperative 24: Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice 25: Integrative Health Practices 26: Preparing for and Responding to Disasters 27: Developments in Current Nursing Practice 28: NCLEX: What You Need to Know 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 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 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 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 3. Coercive power 4. Power of rewards Answer: Catalano Nursing Now 8e 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 3. Accountability and professionalism 4. Networking Answer: Chapter 2: Historical Perspectives Questions 1. In ancient civilizations, starting from about 3500 B.C., health care was intertwined with religion. Which religion emphasized balance and driving demons out of the ailing body? 1. Taoism 2. Hinduism 3. Buddhism 4. Catholicism Answer: 2. Which war caused more death and injury than any war in the history of the United States and dramatically increased the demand for nurses? 1. Civil War 2. Korean War 3. Vietnam War 4. Revolutionary War Answer: 3. World War II produced another nursing shortage and, in response, Congress passed which legislative act that shortened hospital-based diploma programs from 36 to 30 months? 1. HITECH Act 2. Bolton Act 3. Hill-Burton Act 4. EMTALA Catalano Page 2 of 19 Nursing Now 8e TB Answer: 4. For graduate nurses, which nursing symbol retains its significance as a symbol of the ideals and selfless devotion of Florence Nightingale? 1. Nursing cap 2. Nursing pin 3. Lamp 4. Coat of arms Answer: 5.

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made that result in injury to the client. This is due to which concept associated with the
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2. Physician-based practice xx




3. Evidence-based practice xx




4. Provider-based practice xx




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3. Today’s nurses are often found in remote and often hostile areas, providing care for the
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sick and dying, working 12-hour shifts, being on call, and working rotating shifts. This
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xx is why nursing is universally known as which type of profession?
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3. Optimistic

4. Pragmatic

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

2. Accountability

3. Precision

4. Specificity

xx Answer: xx




5. If an advanced practice nurse is prepared to provide direct client care in primary care
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settings, focusing on health promotion, illness prevention, early diagnosis, and treatment
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xx of common health problems, this nurse is acting in which advanced practice role?
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1. Nurse practitioner xx




2. Certified nurse midwife xx xx




3. Clinical nurse specialist xx xx




4. Case manager xx




xx Answer: xx




6. If an advanced practice nurse focuses on the care of pregnant women before, during, and
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xx after the birth process, this nurse is acting in which advanced practice role?
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1. Nurse practitioner xx




2. Certified nurse midwife xx xx




3. Clinical nurse specialist xx xx

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7. If an advanced practice nurse is comfortable working in high-tech environments with
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seriously ill individuals and their families, this nurse is acting in which advanced practice
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xx role?

1. Nurse practitioner xx




2. Certified nurse midwife xx xx




3. Clinical nurse specialist xx xx




4. Case manager xx




xx Answer: xx




8. If an advanced practice nurse functions to coordinate services for clients with high-risk
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xx or long-term health problems who require access to the full continuum of health-care
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services, this nurse is acting in which advanced practice role?
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1. Nurse practitioner xx




2. Certified nurse midwife xx xx




3. Clinical nurse specialist xx xx




4. Case manager xx




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9. If a nurse taking action to perform the activities that promote patient care, this nurse is
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acting with which of the following?
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1. Power

2. Control

3. Authority

4. Empowerment

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