Contemporary Issues in Nursing
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Course Introduction
This course explores current challenges and trends in the nursing profession, emphasizing the impact of social, ethical, legal, and technological developments on nursing practice. Topics include healthcare policy, diversity and cultural competence, emerging diseases, evidence-based practice, patient safety, leadership, and advocacy. Students critically analyze case studies and real-world scenarios to develop problem-solving and decision-making skills, preparing them to address complex issues in today's dynamic healthcare environments.
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Professional Nursing Concepts Challenges 8th Edition by Beth Black
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Chapter 1: Nursing in Todays Evolving Health Care Environment
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Q1) NPs are advanced practice nurses who
A) are required to have physician collaboration or supervision.
B) function under a set of universal advanced practitioner laws.
C) cannot receive direct reimbursement for their services.
D) can diagnose and treat common and chronic conditions.
Answer: D
Q2) Which of the following nursing roles is not considered an advanced practice role?
A) Certified nurse-midwife (CNM)
B) Community health nurse
C) Certified nurse practitioner (CNP)
D) Clinical nurse specialist (CNS)
Answer: B
Q3) Which of the following is most essential for the nurse entrepreneur to be successful?
A) Ability to take direction well
B) Excellent time-management skills
C) Avoidance of risks
D) A college degree in business
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: The History and Social Contexts of Nursing
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Q1) Who was the first educated African-American professional nurse?
A) Linda Richards
B) Phoebe Pember
C) Sojourner Truth
D) Mary Eliza Mahoney
Answer: D
Q2) The nursing profession is responsible for improving its own image.The most effective avenue for changing the image of nursing is to
A) write letters expressing concerns to those responsible for negative images on television and in films.
B) have nurses as consultants to the media to ensure that the media producers have accurate information about nursing.
C) have nurses appear and behave professionally and explain what nurses do in each patient interaction.
D) support the Johnson & Johnson campaign by distributing their information about nursing to students interested in nursing.
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Nursings Pathway to Professionalism
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Q1) Similarities exist between various ideas about what constitutes a profession.Which of the following is believed to be a characteristic of a profession?
A) Members have autonomy.
B) Members are trained on the job.
C) Members are motivated primarily by financial reward.
D) The group lacks a code of ethics.
Answer: A
Q2) A major challenge to full autonomy for nurses is/are A) state nurse practice acts.
B) lobbyists for the American Medical Association (AMA) and hospital associations.
C) the status of nurses in hospital hierarchy.
D) the view of physicians as the gatekeepers in health care.
Answer: B
Q3) According to the nurse's Code of Ethics,the hallmark of nursing practice is A) autonomy.
B) accountability.
C) evidence-based practice.
D) altruism.
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Nursing Education in an Evolving Health Care Environment
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Q1) Why is accreditation of nursing education programs is important?
A) It assures students that their educational program is offering quality education.
B) Acceptance into graduate programs in nursing depends on graduation from an accredited program.
C) It serves as stimulus for programs to initiate periodic self-examination and self-improvement.
D) It has established standards to allow graduates to take licensure examinations.
E) Graduating from an accredited program ensures successful completion of the licensure exam.
Q2) Which type of basic nursing education program graduates the largest number of RNs in the United States today?
A) Diploma programs
B) Associate degree programs
C) BSN programs
D) Nurse practitioner programs
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Chapter 5: Becoming a Professional Nurse: Defining Nursing and
Socialization Into Practice
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Q1) A mother asks the nurse if her 5-year-old can visit his twin brother in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU)after cardiac surgery.The nurse denies the request because hospital policy states that children younger than 12 years of age are not allowed to visit the PICU.This illustrates which of Benner's stages of nursing proficiency?
A) Novice
B) Advanced beginner
C) Competent practitioner
D) Proficient practitioner
Q2) A mother asks the nurse if her 5-year-old can visit his twin brother in the PICU after cardiac surgery.The nurse knows that hospital policy states that children younger than 12 years of age are not allowed to visit the PICU.The nurse grants the request.This illustrates which of Benner's stages of nursing proficiency?
A) Advanced beginner
B) Competent practitioner
C) Proficient practitioner
D) Expert practitioner
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Chapter 6: Legal Aspects of Professional Nursing Practice
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Q1) A competent resident in a long-term care facility refuses an ordered antidepressant medication.The nurse believes the patient needs the medication because he is clearly showing signs of depression and dissolves the medication in juice without telling the patient.This illustrates negligence by failure to
A) follow the standard of care.
B) assess and monitor a patient.
C) communicate with a patient.
D) document.
Q2) In which of the following situations should the legality of an informed consent be questioned?
A) Patient with dementia; consent given by spouse
B) Patient who received a preoperative dose of Demerol before giving consent
C) Patient who is anxious and asks many questions of the physician
D) Patient who expresses concern about the cost of the procedure
Q3) Which of the following is an example of civil law?
A) Possession of marijuana
B) Assault and battery
C) Giving alcohol to a minor
D) Child custody case
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Chapter 7: Ethics: Basic Concepts for Professional Nursing Practice
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Q1) Gilligan's theory on moral development differed from Kohlberg's theory because Gilligan considered which population not addressed by Kohlberg?
A) Children
B) Men
C) Women
D) Adolescents
Q2) Which of the following situations is an example of moral distress?
A) You hear nurses in the lounge making off-color jokes about a patient. You are afraid to speak up for fear of retaliation.
B) You have been late for work a couple of times in the last 2 weeks, and your co-workers are covering for you.
C) You become romantically involved with a co-worker, which is against the unit policy, so you resign your position.
D) You purposefully use vague language when explaining a patient's condition to the family. Staff expects that the patient may be brain-dead, but test results are not yet conclusive.
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Chapter 8: Conceptual and Philosophical Foundations of Professional Nursing Practice
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Q1) Which of the following is the World Health Organization's definition of "health"?
A) People in harmony with environment
B) A state of optimum functioning for an individual in the performance of roles and tasks
C) Physical, mental, and social well-being, not just the absence of disease or infirmity
D) Functioning at maximum potential with the environment
Q2) Which of the following describes one of the five levels of human needs identified by Maslow?
A) Equilibration
B) Love and belonging
C) Growth and development
D) Adaptation
Q3) The nursing process is an example of which of the following branches of philosophy?
A) Aesthetics
B) Ethics
C) Epistemology
D) Logic
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Chapter 9: Nursing Theory: The Basis for Professional Nursing
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Q1) Which nursing theorist based her model on the belief that adaptation to changes in the environment is the basis of health?
A) Watson
B) King
C) Roy
D) Peplau
Q2) A patient who had a broken neck in an automobile accident and was paralyzed,but eventually went back to college,obtained a law degree,and became a practicing lawyer could be said to be demonstrating
A) adaptation.
B) caring.
C) self-care.
D) homeostasis.
Q3) A nurse conducts theory testing and theory development research to develop nursing science.This nurse is prepared at which level of nursing education?
A) Associate degree
B) Bachelor's degree
C) Master's degree
D) Doctoral degree
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Chapter 10: The Science of Nursing and Evidence-Based Practice
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Q1) An intensive care unit (ICU)nurse notices that patients seem to have more normal vital signs when they are being visited by their family members,especially when the visitors seem to be more "caring." However,the hospital has strict visiting hours of 10 minutes every other hour.What would be the most appropriate research question to ask at this time?
A) What is patient and family satisfaction with visitation time?
B) What is the relationship between length of visitation and vital signs?
C) What are the vital signs of ICU patients when visited by caring visitors in comparison with when they are alone?
D) Do ICU patients have vital signs in the normal range more frequently when they are being visited by family members?
Q2) Which research design would be used to determine the relationship between self-concept,physical fitness,and health habits in school-aged children?
A) Experimental design
B) Nonexperimental design
C) Applied research design
D) Pretest and posttest design
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Chapter 11: Developing Nursing Judgment Through Critical Thinking
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Q1) A nursing student asks a faculty member how to improve critical thinking.Which response by the faculty is best?
A) "Don't worry too much; it will come with time and experience."
B) Pay close attention to how you solve problems; assess your own style of thinking."
C) "Spend time shadowing an experienced nurse to see how it is done."
D) "Use ethical standards to guide how you approach patient situations."
Q2) Which of the following statements describes the purpose of the nursing process?
A) Process of documentation designed to decrease liability
B) Process designed to maximize reimbursement potential
C) A sophisticated time-management strategy
D) Process used to identify and solve patient problems
Q3) Which of the following is an appropriate long-term goal to measure diabetes control for a patient in whom diabetes has been newly diagnosed?
A) Patient will inject insulin twice daily.
B) Patient will keep appointments with physician over the next 6 months.
C) Patient's A1c will be 5% at 1 year postdiagnosis.
D) Patient's recorded blood glucose will be between 60 and 120 mg/dL each day.
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Chapter 12: Communication and Collaboration in Professional Nursing Practice
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Q1) How would a nurse's use of the technique of reflection help a person?
A) Showing an awareness of the person's feelings
B) Causing the person to answer more fully than yes or no
C) Showing knowledge the person is not expected to know
D) Encouraging the person to think through problems for himself or herself
Q2) A new mother says to the nurse,"It really hurts me to breastfeed.I think I should wean my baby." The most appropriate response by the nurse is,
A) "It is good to wean the baby early because it is easier on you."
B) "If I understand you, it hurts when you breastfeed. Tell me how and when it hurts."
C) "It is your decision to make whether you breastfeed."
D) "You should continue to breastfeed because it is much better for the baby."
Q3) When a co-worker tells the nurse,"I am not sure I will be able to give the right answers in the job interview," the nurse replies,"I know what you mean.Interviews have always been a problem for me,too." This response can be evaluated as lacking
A) appropriateness.
B) efficiency.
C) feedback.
D) flexibility.
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Chapter 13: Nurses,patients Families: Caring at the
Intersection of Health,Illness Culture
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Q1) Nurses can best help patients deal with stress by
A) helping patients eliminate all stress from their lives.
B) helping patients communicate their stress better to friends and family.
C) helping patients evaluate their lifestyles for areas of potential stress.
D) intervening in the family system to reduce family stress.
Q2) A patient is in the intensive care unit after a myocardial infarction and refuses to stay in bed,saying,"I have to be up and walking around.When I stayed in bed after having my babies 40 years ago,I got so weak I could hardly move." This patient's illness behavior is being influenced by
A) hardiness.
B) past experiences.
C) culture.
D) role expectations.
Q3) Which statement about acute illness is true?
A) Most people with acute illness develop chronic illness.
B) Most people with acute illness return to their previous level of wellness.
C) All people with an acute illness need medical care.
D) Acute illnesses are usually catastrophic in nature.
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Chapter 14: Health Care in the United States
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Q1) Hospices that provide care to terminally ill patients and their families in hospitals,in the home,or in special hospice facilities provide which level of health care?
A) Subacute care
B) Primary care
C) Secondary care
D) Tertiary care
Q2) Which of the following is an example of health promotion and maintenance?
A) Talking to a women's church group about having an annual mammogram
B) Establishing an exercise program for postmenopausal women to reduce bone loss
C) Providing colonoscopy examinations for high-risk individuals
D) Talking to a state legislator about supporting a motorcycle helmet law
Q3) Which care delivery model uses critical pathways and continuous quality improvement to guide care practices?
A) Managed care
B) Primary care
C) Case management
D) Care redesign
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Chapter 15: Political Activism in Nursing: Communities, Organizations,
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Q1) A variety of benefits result from membership in professional organizations,including A) availability of practice guidelines to influence policy development.
B) discount on licensure fees.
C) continuing education opportunities.
D) opportunities to develop personal leadership skills.
E) increased pay and prestige in the work setting.
Q2) The principles and values that govern actions directed at influencing and determining decisions,actions,and other matters are known as A) policy.
B) politics.
C) political power.
D) power.
Q3) The most critical aspect of nurses becoming personally "political" is A) financially supporting political action committees (PACs).
B) being informed of social and political issues.
C) communicating with legislators.
D) running for office.
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Q1) Approximately what percentage of today's nurses belong to the ANA?
A) 10%
B) 20%
C) 25%
D) 30%
Q2) What is true about genetics and nursing practice?
A) In the future, all drugs will be genetically based.
B) Nurses will need competence in genetics.
C) Genetic diseases will become more prevalent.
D) All genetic conditions can be identified prenatally.
Q3) A new graduate medical-surgical nurse is interested in joining a professional organization.Which organization should the nurse's manager recommend?
A) National Student Nurses Association (NSNA)
B) American Nurses Association (ANA)
C) The unit-based journal club
D) A national political action committee
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