Test Bank Complete_ Advanced Practice Nursing: Essential Knowledge for the Profession 5th Edition, (2026) By Susan M. DeNisco (Author) All Chapters 1-32| 6 Units| Latest Version With Detailed Answers

,Chapter 1: Introduction to the Role of Advanced Practices Nursing
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DeNisco: Advanced Practice Nursing: Essential Knowledge for the Profession 5th Edition
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1. In which year did the American Association of College of Nursing (AACN)
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Q introduced theDoctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP)?
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a. 2006
b. 2004
c. 2000
d. 2002


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Introduced the DNP degree in 2004 to prepare advanced practice nurses (APRNs) to meet challen
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ges and standardize practice beyond master’s degree programs.
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2. Which of the following is the best explanation for the creation of the Doctorate of
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a. To compete against master’s degree programs
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b. To ensure standardized curriculum ensuring independent practice
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c. To validate APRN’s for financial reimbursement
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d. To address increasing curriculum requirements of master’s degree programs
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ANS: D W Q




Although all answers are influenced by the DNP core competencies, the DNP program crea
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tion in 2004 bythe AACN was designed to address curriculum requirements of master’s de
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gree programs.
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3. Which of the following was the first recognized area of advanced practice nursing?
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a. Clinical Nurse Specialist WQ WQ




b. Family nurse practitioner WQ WQ




c. Pediatric nurse practitioner WQ WQ




d. Certified Registered Nurse WQ WQ

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In 1931, the National Association of Nurse Anesthetists (NANA), renamed in 1939 to
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Q the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) was the first recognize
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d group promoting advanced nursing practice. Agatha Hodgins founded the AANM at
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4. Which factor is broadly perceived to solidify and standardize the role of the APNs over t
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he last25 years?
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a. Lack of access to health care providers
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b. Standardized curriculum development WQ WQ




c. Payment for services WQ WQ




d. Societal forces WQ




ANS: B W Q




As the evolution of Advanced Practice Nursing advances specific specialties and needs are
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identified. Through the evolution of organization and standardization these roles have solidi
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fied the APN’s role in today’s health care environment.
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5. During the formation of early APN roles in anesthesia, which of the following
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Qincreaseddemand for access to health care? WQ WQ WQ WQ WQ




a. Poverty
b. War
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d. Availability of training WQ WQ




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Earliest demand for nursing- WQ WQ WQ




provided anesthesia spiked during periods of war when numbers of physicians were inadequ
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ate. The earliest records date back to the American Civil War with the administration of ch
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loroform. During World War I in 1917 more than 1000 nurses, some trained anesthetists, tra
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veled into battle. Other factors such as need for rural health care came later in the validation
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and need for APNs.
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, 6. In 1889, Dr. William Worrall Mayo built and opened St. Mary’s hospital in Rochester,
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NY. He is known for some of the earliest recruitment and specialized training of nurses in
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which of thefollowing roles?
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a. Pediatrics
b. Anesthesia
c. Obstetrics
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e. Family nursing WQ




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In 1889, Dr. William Worrall Mayo began formally training and recognizing nurse anesthetists.
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This has been regarded as the earliest training in nurse-provided anesthesia.
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7. In 1893, Lillian Wald established the Henry Street Settlement (HSS) House for which purpose?
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b. Create inner-city nursing awareness WQ WQ WQ




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d. Establish guidelines for advanced nursing roles WQ WQ WQ WQ WQ




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The HHS was established to provide nursing services to immigrants and low-
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income patients and their families in Manhattan. As resistance to nurse-
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provided care grew, standing orders were drafted from a group of Lower East Side physicia
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ns thereby circumventing then- existing legal ramifications.
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8. The Frontier Nursing Service (FNS) founded in Kentucky in 1925 by Mary Breck
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enridge initiallyprovided Appalachia with nursing resources and which type of
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