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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
ANS: 2
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1. This is incorrect. The autonomous nature of the nursing profession has no
impact on nurses acting as defendants in court cases.
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2. This is correct. Nurses must be accountable and demonstrate a high level
of
responsibility for the care and services they provide.
3. This is incorrect. The precision in which nurses must practice has no
impact on nurses acting as defendants in court cases.
4. This is incorrect. The specificity in which nurses must practice has no
impact on nurses acting as defendants in court cases.
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?
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1. Client-based practice
2. Physician-based practice
3. Evidence-based practice
4. Provider-based practice
ANS: 3
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1. This is incorrect. Client-based care does not use information from research
as the
basis for making decisions.
2. This is incorrect. Physician-based care does not use information from
research as
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the basis for making decisions.
3. This is correct. Evidence-based care uses information from research as
the basis for making decisions.
4. This is incorrect. Provider-based care does not use information from
research as
the basis for making decisions.
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
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4. Pragmatic
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1. This is correct. Nursing has been viewed universally as an altruistic
profession composed of selfless individuals who place the lives and well-
being of their
clients above their personal safety.
2. This is incorrect. Nursing is not viewed universally as a synergistic
profession.
3. This is incorrect. Nursing is not viewed universally as an optimistic
profession.
4. This is incorrect. Nursing is not viewed universally as a pragmatic
profession.
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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
ANS: 1
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NURSING 110 FINAL TEST/NURSING NOW
8TH EDITION CATALANO TEST BANK
Catalano Page 1 of 19
Nursing Now 8e TB
Catalano
Chapter 1: The Growth of Nursing
Questions
Catalano Page 6 of 19
Nursing Now 8e TB
Questions, Answers, and Rationales
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
ANS: 2
Page: 00
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1. This is incorrect. The autonomous nature of the nursing profession has no
impact on nurses acting as defendants in court cases.
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2. This is correct. Nurses must be accountable and demonstrate a high level
of
responsibility for the care and services they provide.
3. This is incorrect. The precision in which nurses must practice has no
impact on nurses acting as defendants in court cases.
4. This is incorrect. The specificity in which nurses must practice has no
impact on nurses acting as defendants in court cases.
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?
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1. Client-based practice
2. Physician-based practice
3. Evidence-based practice
4. Provider-based practice
ANS: 3
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1. This is incorrect. Client-based care does not use information from research
as the
basis for making decisions.
2. This is incorrect. Physician-based care does not use information from
research as
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the basis for making decisions.
3. This is correct. Evidence-based care uses information from research as
the basis for making decisions.
4. This is incorrect. Provider-based care does not use information from
research as
the basis for making decisions.
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
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4. Pragmatic
ANS: 1
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1. This is correct. Nursing has been viewed universally as an altruistic
profession composed of selfless individuals who place the lives and well-
being of their
clients above their personal safety.
2. This is incorrect. Nursing is not viewed universally as a synergistic
profession.
3. This is incorrect. Nursing is not viewed universally as an optimistic
profession.
4. This is incorrect. Nursing is not viewed universally as a pragmatic
profession.
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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
ANS: 1
Page: 00
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