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,TEST BANK: NURSING NOW 8TH EDITION CATALANO
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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
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ft that result in injury to the client. This is due to which concept associated with the nursing
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1. Autonomy
2. Accountability
3. Precision
4. Specificity
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2. If a nurse uses information from research as the basis for making decisions about providing
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3. Today’s nurses are often found in remote and often hostile areas, providing care for the sick
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ft and dying, working 12-hour shifts, being on call, and working rotating shifts. This is why
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ft nursing is universally known as which type of profession?
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1. Altruistic
2. Synergistic
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4. Pragmatic
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4. With Florence Nightingale’s radically new idea about a separate educational setting for nurses,
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ft the nursing profession took its first steps toward which of the following?
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1. Autonomy
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4. Specificity
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5. If an advanced practice nurse is prepared to provide direct client care in primary care settings,
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ft focusing on health promotion, illness prevention, early diagnosis, and treatment of common
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ft health problems, this nurse is acting in which advanced practice role?
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6. If an advanced practice nurse focuses on the care of pregnant women before, during, and after
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ft the 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
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ft ill 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
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ft long-term health problems who require access to the full continuum of health-care services, this
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9. If a nurse taking action to perform the activities that promote patient care, this nurse is acting
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with which of the following?
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1. Power
2. Control
3. Authority
4. Empowerment