NURSING NOW 8TH EDITION Chapter 1: The Growth of Nursing Questions
1. Nurses are
... [Show More] 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 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
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3. Optimistic
4. Pragmatic Answer:
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 Answer:
5. If an advanced practice nurse is prepared to provide direct client care in primary care settings,
focusing on health promotion, illness prevention, early diagnosis, and treatment of common health
problems, this nurse is acting in which advanced practice role?
1. Nurse practitioner
2. Certified nurse midwife
3. Clinical nurse specialist
4. Case manager Answer:
6. If an advanced practice nurse focuses on the care of pregnant women before, during, and after the
birth process, this nurse is acting in which advanced practice role?
1. Nurse practitioner
2. Certified nurse midwife
3. Clinical nurse specialist
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4. Case manager Answer:
7. If an advanced practice nurse is comfortable working in high-tech environments with seriously ill
individuals and their families, this nurse is acting in which advanced practice role?
1. Nurse practitioner
2. Certified nurse midwife
3. Clinical nurse specialist
4. Case manager Answer:
8. If an advanced practice nurse functions to coordinate services for clients with high-risk or long-term
health problems who require access to the full continuum of health-care services, this
nurse is acting in which advanced practice role?
1. Nurse practitioner
2. Certified nurse midwife
3. Clinical nurse specialist
4. Case manager Answer:
9. If a nurse taking action to perform the activities that promote patient care, this nurse is acting with
which of the following? [Show Less]