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Contents
Unit 1: The Growth of Nursing
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1: The Development of a Profession
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2: Historical Perspectives
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3: Theories and Models of Nursing 4:
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The Process of Educating Nurses
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5: The Evolution of Licensure, Certification, and Nursing Organizations Unit
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2: Making the Transition to Professional
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6: Ethics in Nursing 7:
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Bioethical Issues
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8: Nursing Law and Liability
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9: Reality Shock in the Workplace
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Unit 3: Leading and Managing
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10: Leadership, Followership, and Management
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11: Communication, Negotiation, and Conflict Resolution
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12: Understanding and Dealing Successfully With Difficult Behavior 13:
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Health-Care Delivery Systems
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14: Ensuring Quality Care 15:
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Delegation in Nursing
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16: Incivility: The Antithesis of Caring 17:
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Nursing Informatics
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18: The Politically Active Nurse Unit
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4: Issues in Delivering Care
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19: The Health-Care Debate: Best Allocation of Resources for the Best Outcomes 20:
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Spirituality and Health Care
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21: Diversity
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22: Impact of the Aging Population on Health-Care Delivery 23:
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Client Education: A Moral Imperative
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24: Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice
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25: Integrative Health Practices
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26: Preparing for and Responding to Disasters
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27: Developments in Current Nursing Practice
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28: NCLEX: What You Need to Know
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1. Nurses are often the primary, and frequently the only, defendants named when errors are made
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that result in injury to the client. This is due to which concept associated with the nursing
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1. Autonomy
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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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care, this nurse is engaging in which type of practice?
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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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and dying, working 12-hour shifts, being on call, and working rotating shifts. This is why
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nursing is universally known as which type of profession?
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1. Altruistic
2. Synergistic
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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 nurses, the
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nursing profession took its first steps toward which of the following?
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1. Autonomy
2. Accountability
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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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focusing on health promotion, illness prevention, early diagnosis, and treatment of common
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health problems, this nurse is acting in which advanced practice role?
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1. Nurse practitioner j
2. Certified nurse midwife j j
3. Clinical nurse specialist j j
4. Case manager j
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6. If an advanced practice nurse focuses on the care of pregnant women before, during, and after the
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birth process, this nurse is acting in which advanced practice role?
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4. Case manager j
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7. If an advanced practice nurse is comfortable working in high-tech environments with seriously ill
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individuals and their families, this nurse is acting in which advanced practice role?
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4. Case manager j
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8. If an advanced practice nurse functions to coordinate services for clients with high-risk or long-
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term health problems who require access to the full continuum of health-care services, this nurse is
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acting in which advanced practice role?
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1. Nurse practitioner j
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4. Case manager j
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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
Nursing Now: Today's Issues, Tomorrows Trends 8Th Edition By Joseph T Catalano
Catalano Nursing Now 8th Edition j j j j
Test Bank j j
Contents
Unit 1: The Growth of Nursing
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1: The Development of a Profession
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2: Historical Perspectives
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3: Theories and Models of Nursing 4:
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The Process of Educating Nurses
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5: The Evolution of Licensure, Certification, and Nursing Organizations Unit
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2: Making the Transition to Professional
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6: Ethics in Nursing 7:
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Bioethical Issues
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8: Nursing Law and Liability
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9: Reality Shock in the Workplace
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Unit 3: Leading and Managing
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10: Leadership, Followership, and Management
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11: Communication, Negotiation, and Conflict Resolution
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12: Understanding and Dealing Successfully With Difficult Behavior 13:
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Health-Care Delivery Systems
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14: Ensuring Quality Care 15:
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Delegation in Nursing
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16: Incivility: The Antithesis of Caring 17:
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Nursing Informatics
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18: The Politically Active Nurse Unit
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4: Issues in Delivering Care
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19: The Health-Care Debate: Best Allocation of Resources for the Best Outcomes 20:
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Spirituality and Health Care
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21: Diversity
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22: Impact of the Aging Population on Health-Care Delivery 23:
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Client Education: A Moral Imperative
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24: Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice
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25: Integrative Health Practices
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26: Preparing for and Responding to Disasters
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27: Developments in Current Nursing Practice
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28: NCLEX: What You Need to Know
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Answers are at the end of Each Chapter
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Chapter 1: The Growth of Nursing
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Questions
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1. Nurses are often the primary, and frequently the only, defendants named when errors are made
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that result in injury to the client. This is due to which concept associated with the nursing
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profession?
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1. Autonomy
2. Accountability
3. Precision
4. Specificity
Answer:
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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?
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1. Client-based practice j
2. Physician-based practice j
3. Evidence-based practice j
4. Provider-based practice j
Answer:
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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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and dying, working 12-hour shifts, being on call, and working rotating shifts. This is why
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nursing is universally known as which type of profession?
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1. Altruistic
2. Synergistic
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3. Optimistic
4. Pragmatic
Answer:
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4. With Florence Nightingale’s radically new idea about a separate educational setting for nurses, the
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nursing profession took its first steps toward which of the following?
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1. Autonomy
2. Accountability
3. Precision
4. Specificity
Answer:
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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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focusing on health promotion, illness prevention, early diagnosis, and treatment of common
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health problems, this nurse is acting in which advanced practice role?
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1. Nurse practitioner j
2. Certified nurse midwife j j
3. Clinical nurse specialist j j
4. Case manager j
Answer:
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6. If an advanced practice nurse focuses on the care of pregnant women before, during, and after the
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birth process, this nurse is acting in which advanced practice role?
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1. Nurse practitioner j
2. Certified nurse midwife j j
3. Clinical nurse specialist j j
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4. Case manager j
Answer:
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7. If an advanced practice nurse is comfortable working in high-tech environments with seriously ill
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individuals and their families, this nurse is acting in which advanced practice role?
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1. Nurse practitioner j
2. Certified nurse midwife j j
3. Clinical nurse specialist j j
4. Case manager j
Answer:
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8. If an advanced practice nurse functions to coordinate services for clients with high-risk or long-
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term health problems who require access to the full continuum of health-care services, this nurse is
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acting in which advanced practice role?
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1. Nurse practitioner j
2. Certified nurse midwife j j
3. Clinical nurse specialist j j
4. Case manager j
Answer:
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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
