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QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT

What was the target of Florence Nightingale's initiatives to improve the mortality rate of soldi
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ers in Scutari during the Crimean War? - ANSWER-
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Improving the hospital environment and sanitary conditions
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Which of the four core themes of the undergraduate nursing program at Penn is represented
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by the following: knowledge acquisition; lifelong learning; evidence-based practice? -
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Which of the following is NOT included in the American Nurses Association's (ANA) definition
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of nursing?: 1) Diagnosis and treatment of disease, 2) Protection, promotion and optimization
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of health and abilities, 3)Prevention of illness and injury, 4)Diagnosis and treatment of human
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response - ANSWER- B B Diagnosis and treatment of disease B B B B




Which is not a cause of the nursing shortage?: 1)Economic recession of 2008, 2)Baby boomers
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and growing health care needs, 3)Nurses reaching retirement age, 4)Colleges and universities
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unable to accept new applicants due to nurse faculty shortage - ANSWER-
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Economic recession of 2008 B B B




The top reason reported by nursing schools for not accepting all qualified students into entry l
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evel baccalaureate programs include: - ANSWER-
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Tammy R. is a nurse who has worked clinically for 3 years and is interested in pursuing advance
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d education. She is interested in the DNP. Tammy lives in the District of Columbia and hopes to
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still work and attend graduate school. What should she know about the DNP? - ANSWER-
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The DNP is a practice doctorate and follows in the tradition of other professions includi
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ng Dentistry (DDS, Pharmacy (PharmD) and Psychology (PsyD)
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What state regulation is required of all nurses as an entry point to practice? - ANSWER-
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Licensure

,What is the process of validating a high level of knowledge and proficiency in a particular pract
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ice area? Confers professional but not legal status. - ANSWER-
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This pioneer in psychiatric nursing helped to turn the definition of nursing toward the emotion
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al needs of individuals. - ANSWER-
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Dorothea Orem (1959) was a nurse theorists who believed that nurses should do for a person
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only those things that the person cannot do without assistance. This definition of nursing emp
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hasizes the: - ANSWER- B B B emphasized the patient's active role B B B B




The American Nurses Association is: - ANSWER-
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the largest professional nursing organization which supports the educational requirem
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ents of the profession
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This nursing educational program was the first type of nursing education program and was for
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med around the apprenticeship model: - ANSWER-
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True or False: The RN is ultimately responsible for all acts that he/she delegates to licensed pro
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fessional nurses (LPNs) and certified nursing assistants (CNAs). - ANSWER-
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What serves as the center of Miller's Wheel of Professionalism in nursing? - ANSWER-
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Education in university setting and scientific background in nursing
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Which of the following is not recommended by Black as a strategy to prevent legal problems in
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B nursing practice? - ANSWER- B B B Do not delegate tasks to other nursing personnel
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Under what cooperative agreement between State Boards of Nursing can registered nurses pr
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actice in different states without repeating the licensure examination? - ANSWER-
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Licensure by endorsement B B

, Which document outlines the expectations of the RN professional role and standards of care?
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- ANSWER-
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True or False: Completion of a state-
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approved educational program at a school of nursing the only requirement to practice as a reg
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istered nurse. - ANSWER- B B B False



A competent resident in a long-
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term care facility refuses an ordered antidepressant medication by the physician. The nurse b
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elieves the patient needs the medication because he is clearly showing signs of depression an
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d dissolves the medication in juice without telling the patient. This illustrates negligence by fail
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ure to: - ANSWER-
B B B communicate with the patient B B B




True or False. Negligence is the intentional failure to act as a reasonably prudent person would
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B act in the same circumstamces. - ANSWER-
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Which of the following statements are true regarding malpractice?: Malpractice can occur eit
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her by commission or omission, Malpractice is oftentimes not intentional, and When assessin
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g malpractice, it is important to consider how prudently nurse behaved - ANSWER-
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All of the above
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According to the Baer article, what has influenced nurses to provide an intellectual framework
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to guide and explain their work, to answer questions about nursing's legitimacy and to be rec
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ognized as experts in the field? - ANSWER-
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Which answer below is not true about the definition of a profession?: A profession requires kn
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owledge that is acquired at universities, A profession requires certification by a national organ
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ization, A profession is often recognized and protected by legal status, or The internal govern
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ment of a profession must lie with its own membership - ANSWER-
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A profession requires certification by a national organization
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Which answer below is not one of the eight Kelly's criteria of a profession?: Services provided
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are vital to the welfare of society, There is a code of ethics that guide decisions, There is an org
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