Contemporary Issues in Nursing Test
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Course Introduction
This course explores current trends, challenges, and developments affecting the nursing profession in today's dynamic healthcare environment. Students will critically examine topics such as evidence-based practice, healthcare policy, ethical dilemmas, cultural competence, technology integration, and interprofessional collaboration. Emphasis is placed on understanding the impact of social, economic, and political factors on nursing roles and patient care, as well as developing strategies for leadership and advocacy to address emerging issues within the field.
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Professional Nursing Concepts and Challenges 7th Edition by Beth Black RN MSN PhD
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Chapter 1: Nursing Today: A Time of Transformation
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Q1) 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
Q2) 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
Q3) Which of the following best describes trends in nursing education?
A) Numbers of RNs with bachelor's and higher degrees are increasing.
B) Numbers of RNs with associate degrees are decreasing.
C) Foreign-born nurses practicing in the United States are seen as less knowledgeable because of their lesser educational preparation.
D) Numbers of RNs with diploma educations are increasing.
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: The History and Social Context of Nursing
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Q1) When surveyed, what is the primary reason given by men for entering nursing?
A) To make a difference
B) High salaries
C) Flexible schedules
D) Opportunity for travel
Answer: A
Q2) A recent trend in nursing has been an increase in the number of men and women with degrees in other fields or other careers applying to nursing programs. What is the single most important reason for this trend?
A) Nursing as a career has gained increased status and prestige.
B) Nursing salaries have outpaced many other fields.
C) A nursing career provides both job security and meaningful employment.
D) Working conditions in nursing have improved.
Answer: C
Q3) Who was the first educated African-American professional nurse?
A) Linda Richards
B) Phoebe Pember
C) Sojourner Truth
D) Mary Eliza Mahoney
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Nursing's Pathway to Professionalism
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Q1) Preparation is a component that separates occupations from professions. Which of the following is the best way that a nurse demonstrates preparation for the profession?
A) Improves nursing practice through the use of trial and error methods
B) Focuses on the skills needed for the practice setting
C) Articulates the values of caring and compassion in patient-centered care
D) Utilizes textbooks from college to support practice 5 years after graduation
Answer: C
Q2) Which of the following was recognized earliest as a true profession?
A) Ministry
B) Teaching
C) Social work
D) Engineering
Answer: A
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: Legal Aspects of Nursing
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Q1) The nurse practice act of a state defines the scope and responsibilities of nursing practice in that state. Which of the following is true regarding nurse practice acts?
A) They determine the educational requirements for licensure.
B) They describe the process for gaining membership to a professional organization.
C) They regulate how many professional nursing organizations may be formed.
D) They define the practice of medicine in relation to nursing.
Q2) The American Nurses Association (ANA) published a guide for state nurses associations seeking to revise their nurse practice acts. According the ANA, which of the following should be included in these revisions? (Select all that apply.)
A) Differentiation between advanced and generalist nursing practice
B) Authority for boards of nursing to oversee UAP
C) Specified frequency of revisions to the nurse practice acts
D) Authority for boards of nursing to regulate prescription writing by advanced practice nurses
E) Nurses' responsibility for delegating to LPN/LVNs
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Chapter 5: Ethics: Basic Concepts for Nursing Practice
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Q1) Which of the following are activities in the ethical decision making process? (Select all that apply.)
A) Avoid looking at legal cases or precedents related to the situation.
B) Determine if the people who are affected by the dilemma have value conflicts.
C) Brainstorm with others involved to identify all possible solutions.
D) Evaluate the action taken to determine whether it accomplished its purpose.
E) Discuss only acceptable solutions that are practical to implement.
Q2) Answering a terminally ill child's questions about his or her condition honestly is based on a belief in the ethical principle of
A) autonomy.
B) fidelity.
C) justice.
D) veracity.
Q3) According to Kohlberg's theory of moral development, adolescents who shoplift are operating in which level of moral development?
A) Preconventional
B) Conventional
C) Postconventional
D) Developmental
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Chapter 6: Becoming a Nurse: Defining Nursing and
Socialization into Professional Practice
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Q1) Which early nursing theorist defined nursing in interpersonal terms by stating that nursing is a significant, therapeutic, and interpersonal process?
A) Virginia Henderson
B) Hildegard Peplau
C) Martha Rogers
D) Dorothea Orem
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
Q3) The legal definition of nursing for any particular state can be found in the
A) state legislature's official newsletter.
B) state board of nursing's bylaws.
C) governor's official papers.
D) state's nurse practice act.
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Chapter 7: The Education of Nurses: On the Leading Edge of Transformation
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Q1) Which of the following is a primary reason for the initial slow growth of bachelor's degree nursing programs in the United States?
A) Belief that hands-on training received in hospital-based diploma programs was superior to the theoretical-focused content in bachelor's degree programs
B) Belief that hospital-based diploma programs were more scientifically based
C) Belief that students prepared in hospital-based diploma programs were more compassionate caregivers
D) Belief that hospital-based education programs facilitated career mobility
Q2) The purpose of mandatory continuing education for license renewal is to
A) ensure that nurses remain up to date in knowledge.
B) ensure that nurses remain competent in psychomotor skills.
C) ensure that nurses attend regular staff development meetings.
D) ensure consistency between states regarding continuing education requirements.
Q3) Who is credited with developing the model of associate degree nursing education?
A) Esther Lucille Brown
B) Annie W. Goodrich
C) Mildred Montag
D) National League for Nursing
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Chapter 8: Critical Thinking, the Nursing Process, and Clinical Judgment
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Q1) The use of standardized plans of care for different patient populations has A) facilitated the use of critical paths as interdisciplinary plans of care.
B) required the nurse to individualize the plan of care to the patient.
C) eliminated the need for the nurse to develop a plan of care for an individual.
D) increased the time the nurse has to document the plan of care.
Q2) 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.
Q3) 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."
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Chapter 9: Communication and Collaboration in Nursing
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Q1) A new mother says to the nurse, "It really hurts me to breastfeed. I think I should wean my baby." The nurse responds, "If I understand you, it hurts when you breastfeed. Tell me how and when it hurts." This response best represents which criterion of successful communication?
A) Appropriateness
B) Efficiency
C) Feedback
D) Flexibility
Q2) Collaboration in health care settings involves
A) professionals respected for their unique knowledge and abilities.
B) professionals educated in a collaborative model of education.
C) recognition of individual professional accomplishments.
D) a multitiered system hierarchy.
Q3) A nurse is irrigating pressure ulcers on a patient's coccyx. When the patient asks how they are healing, the nurse grimaces and says, "Oh, they're doing just fine." This is
A) incongruence between verbal and nonverbal messages.
B) a confirming statement.
C) objectivity in responding to the question.
D) the therapeutic use of humor.
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Chapter 10: Illness, Culture, and Caring: Impact on
Families, and Nurses
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Q1) When planning for patient teaching, the nurse is aware that which of the following factors create(s) a barrier to learning?
A) Mild anxiety
B) Pain and fatigue
C) Family presence
D) Patient autonomy
Q2) 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.
Q3) The best definition of ethnocentrism is
A) a tendency to compare the behavior of others with your own cultural values.
B) an astute awareness of your own personal biases regarding other cultures.
C) a tendency to view your own culture as superior to others.
D) the ability to incorporate patients' cultural beliefs and values into health teaching.
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Chapter 11: The Science of Nursing and Evidence-Based Practice
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Q1) To build the body of knowledge of nursing, a problem amenable to study should be
A) able to ensure participants that the intervention is a "good idea."
B) based on published research findings and fit logically with what is already known.
C) an original area of study never researched previously.
D) able to produce results that are applicable to a variety of situations.
Q2) What is the current name of the agency that serves as an important source of funding for nursing research?
A) NIH
B) National Institute of Nursing Research
C) National Center for Nursing Research
D) National Nursing Research Agenda
Q3) Which of the following are the three most common sources of research questions?
A) Study of clinical problems, anecdotal stories, requests by the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
B) Requests by drug companies, doctoral students, review of the literature
C) Clinical problems, replication of prior research, testing nursing theory
D) Review of existing research, NIH grants, request by state board of nursing
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Chapter 12: Conceptual and Philosophical Bases of Nursing
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Q1) Bandura's theory of self-efficacy described people's response to health-related behaviors. Which of the following was a major premise of this theory?
A) Patients will take responsibility for their health if they understand the risks and benefits.
B) A "cue to action" is a powerful motivator for changing health behavior.
C) Belief in self as having the ability to improve health is important in changing health behaviors.
D) Health is genetically predetermined and cannot be influenced by an individual's actions or beliefs.
Q2) Who is credited with developing the theory on systems?
A) Rogers
B) Maslow
C) Rosenstock
D) von Bertalanffy
Q3) How can nurses contribute to a healthier environment?
A) Supporting the purchase of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) products
B) Teaching the benefits of using disposable diapers to new parents
C) Recommending the purchase of nondisposable products when possible
D) Leaving the computer on to reduce the electrical use of rebooting
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Chapter 13: Nursing Theory: The Basis for Professional Nursing
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Q1) The nurse has established a relationship with a patient in whom asthma was recently diagnosed. Through their interactions, the nurse helps the patient understand the mechanism of asthma and develop the skills to use a spacer with the inhaler. The nurse could be basing care on the theory of
A) Leininger.
B) Peplau.
C) Orlando.
D) Neuman.
Q2) Leininger's theory uses the sunrise model. What is the major premise of Leininger's theory?
A) Nursing care should be culturally congruent.
B) Nursing care is based on personal, interpersonal, and social systems.
C) Nursing care is a deliberate action based on observation.
D) Nursing care is only possible after scientific evaluation.
Q3) A group of concepts and propositions that describe linkages between the concepts is a
A) conceptual model.
B) metaparadigm.
C) philosophy.
D) theory.
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Chapter 14: Health Care in the United States
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Q1) 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
Q2) How can staff nurses play an important role in controlling health care costs? (Select all that apply.)
A) Becoming aware of cost of supplies
B) Questioning the need for unnecessary or repetitive tests
C) Suggesting the use of brand-name medications to support the economy
D) Handwashing to prevent infections
E) Assuring that the payment method is identified on admission
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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Q1) 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.
Q2) The area of philosophy that deals with the regulation and control of people living in society to preserve prosperity, defend rights, and augment resources is known as A) policy.
B) politics.
C) political power.
D) power.
Q3) A nurse who lobbies state legislators to support a change in the scope of practice in nursing is engaging in A) power sharing.
B) setting policy.
C) politics.
D) legislative power.
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Chapter 16: Nursing's Challenge: The Call for Transformation
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Q1) A nurse sees an advertisement for work shoes that include a sexualizing image of a nurse wearing them. Which action by the nurse is best?
A) Buying the shoes and complaining to the store manager
B) Refusing to buy the shoes and writing a letter of complaint to the company
C) Looking around to see if there are other shoes that fit and are appropriate for work
D) Asking co-workers what they think about this advertisement campaign
Q2) Which of the following are including in the basic beliefs set forth in the ANA's Nursing's Agenda for the Future? (Select all that apply.)
A) Health care is a basic human right.
B) Health policies should be based on outcomes research.
C) Government should be the only health care insurer.
D) Health care should provide more balance by including preventive and community care.
E) All people should have access to an all-inclusive package of health care.
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