,TEST BANK: NURSING NOW 8TH EDITION CATALANO
Well Elaborated Questions & Answers (Answers at the End of Each Chapter)
Chapter 1: The Growth of Nursing
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
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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
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Well Elaborated Questions & Answers (Answers at the End of Each Chapter)
Chapter 1: The Growth of Nursing
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
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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
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4. $toWith $toFlorence $toNightingale’s $toradically $tonew $toidea $toabout $toa $toseparate $toeducational $tosetting
$to for $tonurses, $tothe $tonursing $toprofession $totook $toits $tofirst $tosteps $totoward $towhich $toof $tothe
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1. Autonomy
2. Accountability
3. Precision
4. Specificity
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$to practice $torole?
1. Nurse $topractitioner
2. Certified $tonurse $tomidwife
3. Clinical $tonurse $tospecialist
4. Case
manager
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1. Nurse $topractitioner
2. Certified $tonurse $tomidwife
, 3. Clinical $tonurse $tospecialist
