Health Care Policy and Politics Study Guide
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Course Introduction
Health Care Policy and Politics explores the principles, processes, and outcomes of health policy development within the context of political systems. This course examines the roles of stakeholders, including government agencies, healthcare professionals, advocacy groups, and the public, in shaping healthcare policy at local, national, and global levels. Students will analyze the impact of political ideologies, legislative processes, and regulatory frameworks on healthcare delivery and outcomes. Key topics include health reform, financing, access, quality of care, and ethical considerations, equipping students to critically assess policy proposals and participate effectively in health policy advocacy.
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Contemporary Nursing Issues Trends and Management 7th Edition by Cherry
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Chapter 1: The Evolution of Professional Nursing
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Q1) Which group in early civilization__________ is credited with developing a pharmacopoeia to classify more than 700 drugs used in caring for the sick?
Answer: Egyptians
A pharmacopoeia that classified more than 700 drugs was written by the Egyptians to assist in the care and management of disease.
Q2) What historical event first led to the recognition of the contribution of blacks to nursing?
A) Florence Nightingale's acceptance of black nurses into the first nursing school
B) The contributions of black nurses at the Pennsylvania Hospital, the first hospital in America
C) Mary Seacole's efforts to care for soldiers during the Crimean War
D) The work done by wives of wealthy black nobles who carried food and medicine from house to house during the Middle Ages
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: The Contemporary Image of Professional Nursing
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Q1) Although the media portrayed nursing in a negative light in M*A*S*H through the character of a promiscuous, uncaring nurse, it also provided Americans with a promising glimpse of:
A) nurses who can be promiscuous and still help doctors.
B) the fact that caring is not as important as the desire to serve one's country.
C) the ability of nurses to cope with the dreadfulness of war by using humor.
D) the contributions of male military nurses.
Answer: C
Q2) The Nurses of America's media campaign raised awareness of which aspects of nursing? (select all that apply)
A) Nurses are expert clinicians.
B) A higher nurse/patient ratio is needed.
C) Nurses are invisible in the news media.
D) Nurses are caring.
E) Nurses are well paid.
Answer: A, C
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Chapter 3: The Influence of Contemporary Trends and Issues on Nursing Education
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Q1) A nurse realizes that a health care concern related to globalization was:
A) the emergence of epidemic hepatitis A.
B) the pandemic of H1N1 "swine flu."
C) reemergence of polio.
D) an increase in chronic illnesses.
Answer: B
Q2) Although the use of technology and the Internet provides nursing faculty and students with unlimited resources and current information, an outcome associated with this trend is that:
A) users of electronic resources spend a disproportionate amount of time looking for pertinent content.
B) additional time is available to study and revise curricula because special skills are not needed to access information via the Internet.
C) immediate results and outcomes are expected from students and faculty, thus enhancing time management.
D) skills that require problem solving and reflective abilities are developed.
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Nursing Licensure and Certification
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Q1) The primary purpose of licensure for RNs is to:
A) prevent others from using the title nurse.
B) demonstrate a specialized body of knowledge.
C) protect the public.
D) enhance recognition for the profession.
Q2) To ensure that nursing legislation is current and is reviewed by specific dates, if a nurse practice act fails to be reviewed, it is automatically rescinded under which law?
A) Nurse review act
B) Sunset legislation
C) Mandatory revocation
D) Grandfathering
Q3) Who establishes the "rules" for nursing practice?
A) Individual state boards of nursing
B) Employer, based on area of practice
C) United States Department of Health and Human Services
D) Local health officials
Q4) The primary purpose of licensure is protection of the ___________.
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Chapter 5: Theories of Nursing Practice
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Q1) A client involved in a motor vehicle accident is blinded. The nurse helps the client obtain a guide dog so the client may continue grocery shopping and visiting friends and family. This enables the client to cope with the handicap and perform activities of daily living. Which nursing theory can be applied to this scenario?
A) Watson's philosophy and science of caring and humanistic nursing
B) Mishel's uncertainty in illness
C) Orem's self-care deficit
D) Rogers' science of unitary human beings
Q2) A community health nurse has been visiting a postpartum client who suffered domestic violence throughout the pregnancy, and now the infant may be at risk. The nurse assisted the client in finding shelter and legal protection. The nurse's role and the conceptual framework involved are:
A) change agent, according to Roy's adaptation model.
B) translator, according to Leininger's theory of cultural care diversity and universality.
C) case manager, according to Peplau's interpersonal relations model.
D) caregiver, according to Rogers' science of unitary human beings.
Q3) The basic ingredients of theory are ____________.
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Chapter 6: Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice
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Q1) A researcher seeks funding from an agency that limits studies to quantitative research. The researcher can select from which of the following study designs? (select all that apply)
A) Survey
B) Grounded theory
C) Phenomenology
D) Needs assessment
E) Experimental
Q2) A nurse interested in life satisfaction among patients receiving hemodialysis reviews databases and identifies relevant studies which are then statistically analyzed providing generalization through multiple studies. The nurse researcher is using which type of research?
A) Quasi-experimental
B) Secondary analysis
C) Meta-analysis
D) Survey
Q3) Development and validation of the body of knowledge and foundation on which practice is based is called ____________.
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Chapter 7: Paying for Health Care in America: Rising Costs and Challenges
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Q1) A patient is eligible to change health care providers and insurance and asks, "I am interested in health promotion activities; I walk, swim, and eat healthy. Which health insurance plan would support these activities rather than just pay for services when I am sick"? Which, if any, health insurance plan would best meet the needs of this patient?
A) Health Maintenance Organization (HMO).
B) Fee for Service.
C) Preferred Provider Organization (PPO).
D) None, because health insurance plans currently cover only disease management, not preventive care.
Q2) A nurse who speaks at a health fair states that current attempts to increase efficiency of health care include: (select all that apply)
A) an increase in acute care, so that specialized care can be provided.
B) the growing use of outpatient services.
C) shifting toward health promotion and prevention.
D) allowing physicians to control health care decision making.
E) the use of technology to educate the public about cost-effective measures.
Q3) The largest single payer of hospital charges in the United States is ___________.
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Chapter 8: Legal Issues in Nursing and Health Care
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Q1) All hospitals receiving Medicare and Medicaid funds must ask clients whether they have a living will or a durable power of attorney. This act is known as the:
A) Emergency Treatment and Active Labor Law.
B) Americans with Disabilities Act.
C) Uniform Health Care Decisions Act.
D) doctrine of res ipsa loquitur.
Q2) A nurse is caring for a client with malignant hypertension whose blood pressure has increased by 40 mm Hg during the past hour. The nurse goes to lunch and fails to report the change to the physician. The nurse is at risk for being charged with:
A) negligence.
B) assault.
C) defamation of character.
D) tort.
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Chapter 9: Ethical and Bioethical Issues in Nursing and Health Care
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Q1) When assessing an ethical issue, the nurse must first:
A) ask, "What is the issue?"
B) identify all possible alternatives.
C) select the best option from a list of alternatives.
D) justify the choice of action or inaction.
Q2) During a seminar on ethics, the educator realizes that more information is needed when a participant describes which situation as a violation of the ethical principle of autonomy?
A) An older person with advanced stages of Alzheimer's disease is denied the right to ambulate in the hallway.
B) A mentally competent adult refuses medical treatment for the autoimmune disease lupus erythematosus, stating that this condition reflects the will of a higher power.
C) A mentally competent visitor fell during visiting hours but refused to be examined by the physician on call.
D) A mentally competent adult with a broken wrist refuses to be given a local anesthetic prior to a procedure.
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Chapter 10: Cultural Competency and Social Issues in
Nursing and Health Care
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Q1) A nurse is given a referral to make a home visit to a Russian immigrant. The nurse knows very little about the health beliefs of this ethnic group. To research this group, she can use an Internet search engine and enter the term "Russian cultures" or "Russian health beliefs." To obtain more generalized information, she could also search under:
A) federally recognized minorities.
B) marginalized populations.
C) Asian/Pacific Islander cultures.
D) Latino cultures.
Q2) Although communication varies among members of different cultures, the greatest obstacle to providing multicultural care is differences in _____.
Q3) A nurse is submitting a grant application to improve access to health care and mortality for minority groups. The grant focuses on the six causes of death that are identified as priorities for minorities, which include:
A) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
B) malnutrition.
C) cirrhosis of the liver.
D) cancer.
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Chapter 11: Complementary and Alternative Healing
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Q1) A nurse investigates energy therapies and learns that which therapies would be included? (select all that apply)
A) Qi gong
B) Osteopathy
C) Imagery
D) Healing touch
E) Magnet therapy
Q2) A person who is recovering from a stroke is becoming more forgetful and is unable to recall people's names. A friend suggests the use of a natural ingredient, ginkgo biloba. The nurse is concerned about the most serious risk associated with this herb, which is:
A) thromboembolism due to increased clotting.
B) seizures due to interaction with anticonvulsants.
C) hypertension due to sodium retention.
D) photosensitivity due to increased melanin production.
Q3) The nurse caring for a patient who practices Ayurveda would assess for:
A) an increased stool osmolality gap resulting from dehydration.
B) petechiae resulting from fine-needle punctures.
C) use of over-the-counter remedies intended for intended symptom.
D) magnets strategically placed on affected joints.
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Chapter 12: Palliative Care
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Q1) What is the primary factor that characterizes a patient receiving palliative care
A) A diagnosis of a serious, life-threatening disease
B) Ability to make sound health care decisions
C) An interest in exploring available life sustaining treatment options
D) A life expectancy of less than 12 months
Q2) A peaceful death is best characterized by which terminally ill patient?
A) One who is surrounded by family
B) One who uses meditation to help manage pain
C) One who has advanced directives in place
D) One who has drifted from lethargy to coma
Q3) Which patient's decision-making capacity should be a concern for the palliative care nurse?
A) The one who asks, "Why do I need palliative care?"
B) The patient with a diagnosis of moderate Alzheimer's disease
C) The one whose family is used to being consult about decisions affecting the patient
D) The patient who has expressed concerns about "all the decisions I have to make."
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Chapter 13: Workforce Advocacy for a Professional Nursing
Practice Environment
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Q1) The Institute of Medicine report (2011):
A) recommended that only physicians have the legal privilege to prescribe medications.
B) called for increasing the number of baccalaureate-prepared nurses in the workforce to 80% by 2020.
C) called for a minimum staffing ratio be in place in no later than 10 years.
D) called for nurse technicians to provide care during the nursing shortage.
Q2) A nurse is interviewing for a job and recently read the American Nurses Association's (ANA) recommendation for questions to ask regarding before accepting employment. Which questions should the nurse ask?
A) Do you have flexible scheduling?
B) What are the expectations for advancement?
C) How long do staff nurses stay before resigning?
D) What is the mission of the parent organization?
E) Does the organization have a means for staff nurses to have an active role in decision making by participation and accountability for the outcomes of practice decisions?
Q3) Nurses who are expected to work overtime as dictated by their employer are being subjected to a ___________ hazard in the workplace.
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Q1) A nurse is interested in working in a large trauma center that is unionized but does not want to join the union or pay fees. She accepts the position but is not required to join or pay fees to the union based on which law?
A) National Labor Relations Act
B) Right-to-work law
C) National Labor Relations Act
D) Taft-Hartley Act
Q2) A nurse has heard rumors that other nurses are interested in unionizing but knows little about the purpose of unions. The nurse's first action is to:
A) contact an arbitrator who has worked with other nurses in unions.
B) picket the agency where employed to gain inside information as to why unionization is sought.
C) sign the dual-purpose union authorization card.
D) review the National Nurses United website for collective bargaining information.
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Chapter 15: Information Technology in the Clinical Setting
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Q1) A nurse is interested in locating reliable information concerning noninvasive blood glucose monitoring. Information is located, and the author is a scientist who conducted studies within the last year on the effectiveness of a particular noninvasive blood glucose monitor. The scientist received funding from a pharmaceutical company to support the studies. The URL indicates the pharmaceutical company site.com. The nurse is concerned about this information's:
A) authority.
B) objectivity.
C) accuracy.
D) currency.
Q2) Software programs that process data to produce or recommend valid choices are known as ______________.
Q3) During a search for the term informatics, when the nurse finds the domain ".edu," the site is affiliated with a(n):
A) government agency.
B) commercial site.
C) educational institution
D) Internet service provider.
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Chapter 16: Emergency Preparedness and Response for
Todays World
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Q1) The term used during a pandemic disaster that refers to the attempt to contain germs by limiting socialization and personal interactions is ___________.
Q2) The crisis communication officer may first inform the public or health care facility of a disaster or an act of terrorism. This representative has the responsibility to:
A) contain the facts to within the administration group.
B) incite the public to quickly take cover and obtain emergency supplies.
C) provide understandable and straightforward facts about the event within the facility and possibly to the news media.
D) inform the public that no information can be released until it has been confirmed by state and federal agencies.
Q3) During the relief response phase of a disaster resulting from a "dirty bomb":
A) treatment for burns and poisoning is provided for victims.
B) emergency plans are coordinated between agencies.
C) reconstruction of destroyed facilities and homes begins.
D) food stores are collected for potential victims.
Q4) The emergency preparedness term that is used to describe the process of limiting the emergency situation within a well-defined area is ___________.
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Chapter 17: Nursing Leadership and Management
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Q1) One difference between a leader and a manager is that a:
A) leader has legitimate authority.
B) manager motivates and inspires others.
C) manager focuses on coordinating resources.
D) leader focuses on accomplishing goals of the organization.
Q2) An RN with excellent assessment and psychomotor skills would derive power on the basis of which source?
A) Rewards
B) Coercion
C) Expert
D) Legitimate
Q3) The first step in the nursing process and in the problem-solving process is to:
A) identify the problem.
B) gather information.
C) consider the consequences.
D) implement interventions.
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Chapter 18: Budgeting Basics for Nurses
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Q1) A primary function of the budgeting process is to provide managers with an opportunity to:
A) insist that salary increases for all nurses are included in the annual budget.
B) discuss concerns about resource allocation with leaders of the organization who are capable of resolving issues.
C) develop a mechanism for changing from zero-based budgeting to incremental budgeting.
D) develop for all staff an educational program related to supply usage.
Q2) A nursing unit's census consists primarily of long-term residents with a high risk for falls. To meet new safety regulations, the nurse manager must plan to replace all 50 patient beds with new beds equipped with Fall Watch electronic sensors that will detect when patients get out of bed. The manager will be involved in which type of budgeting to replace the beds?
A) Fiscal
B) Labor
C) Operational
D) Capital
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Chapter 19: Effective Communication and Conflict Resolution
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Q1) A male nurse hired to work in the emergency department is observed throwing a contaminated needle into the trash can. The team leader reprimands the nurse for not appropriately disposing of sharps. The nurse states, "You don't care that I threw the needle in the trash. You just want an all-female staff," putting the team leader in a defensive position. This communication technique is known as:
A) straw man.
B) red herring.
C) slippery slope.
D) confusing cause and effect.
Q2) A group of nurses are meeting to decide how to staff the upcoming holidays. Each of the four members freely expresses thoughts about fair staffing but is willing to listen to other thoughts and reconsider their first recommendations. The nurses are avoiding conflict and supporting professional communication through:
A) empathy.
B) positiveness.
C) supportiveness.
D) accommodation.
Q3) The healthiest form of communication is the ________ style.
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Chapter 20: Effective Delegation and Supervision
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Q1) An RN is counseled by the nurse manager regarding inappropriate delegation when the:
A) RN instructs the nursing assistant to greet ambulatory surgery patients and show them to their rooms.
B) nursing assistant informs the RN that she has not been trained to collect a sputum specimen and the RN states, "I will show you this time and you can show me the next time."
C) RN assigns the float LPN/LVN the task of completing a plan of care for a stable patient who was admitted for routine replacement of a feeding tube.
D) LPN/LVN who has demonstrated competence is asked to perform a dressing change for a patient before she is discharged home.
Q2) A nurse is concerned about the risk of delegating tasks to licensed practical nurses and unlicensed assistive personnel. What is the best way for the nurse to determine competency of an inexperienced delegatee?
A) Actually observe the delegatee perform the assigned task.
B) Ask the delegatee how many times he/she has performed the task.
C) Ask the patient if the care provided was satisfactory.
D) Ask other nurses if they feel the delegatee is competent.
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Chapter 21: Staffing and Nursing Care Delivery Models
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Q1) The nurse manager is planning staffing levels and realizes that the first step is to:
A) know the intensity of care needed by patients according to physical and psychosocial factors.
B) examine the educational level of the staff.
C) assess the skill level of caregivers.
D) review the budget to determine the financial consequences of past staffing patterns.
Q2) A nurse groups patients with criteria such as "high risk for falls," "infection protocols," and "special communication needs" to determine the mix and number of staff needed on a telemetry unit. The nurse is using:
A) a patient classification system to determine safe staffing levels.
B) diagnostic-related groups for Medicare billing.
C) case management to coordinate care.
D) clinical pathways to determine care.
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Chapter 22: Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
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Q1) A nurse is removing a saturated dressing from an abdominal incision and must cut the tape to remove the dressing. The nurse accidentally cuts the sutures holding the incision, and evisceration occurs. In quality improvement, this incident is best identified as a:
A) root cause.
B) sentinel event.
C) variation in performance.
D) causal factor.
Q2) The number of IV site infections has more than doubled on a nursing unit. The staff determine common causes include the site is cleaned using inconsistent methods, dressing frequently becomes wet when patient showers, IV tubing is not changed every 48 hours per protocol, and inadequate hand washing of RN prior to insertion. A bar graph demonstrates the frequency in descending order, with 80% of infections being attributed to inadequate hand washing. The quality tool used is a:
A) cause-and-effect diagram.
B) run chart.
C) Pareto chart.
D) flowchart.
Q3) Quality is defined by the ____________.
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Q1) A person who is covered by Medicaid moves from one state to another and asks the nurse at the health department why the benefits changed. The correct response by the nurse is:
A) "Local government controls which benefits each county can provide to Medicaid recipients."
B) "The federal government does not fund any part of Medicaid, so each state must find ways to pay for benefits."
C) "Each state determines benefits on the basis of the present economy."
D) "Medicaid is funded by both state and federal governments, but benefits vary from state to state."
Q2) A nurse would like to advocate for increased protective services and reporting mechanisms for elder abuse and attends the "meet the candidate" session at the town hall meeting. This is an important time for the nurse to:
A) educate the public about the nurse's political platform.
B) be spontaneous and not deliver a rehearsed speech.
C) address the person as "candidate" rather than using a first name that implies a working relationship.
D) learn what the key issues are in the candidate's platform.
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Chapter 24: Making the Transition from Student to Professional Nurse
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Q1) It is important for novice nurses to know that "self-esteem = self-confidence + self-______."
Q2) A student nurse wants to meet other nursing students from different countries and to learn of employment possibilities. The student nurse should:
A) participate in the clinical facility's employee satisfaction task force.
B) join the Student Nurses Association.
C) take part in self-mentoring.
D) postpone taking the licensure examination so he or she can take a tour of foreign countries.
Q3) A novice nurse notices a patient is pacing the floor and twisting his hands. When the nurse enters the room, the patient stares at her and mumbles, "Can't anyone understand what I want?" while smiling and reaching out to shake the nurse's hand. The nurse recognizes a risk for violence based on which clinical findings? (select all that apply)
A) Glaring at the nurse
B) Nervousness, twisting of hands
C) Murmuring when talking
D) Diagnosis of a terminal illness
E) Isolation, desire to be alone
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Chapter 25: Managing Time: The Path to High
Self-Performance
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Q1) In deciding whether to say no to a request that involves a time commitment, the professional nurse must consider:
A) the cost-benefit ratio.
B) the time commitment of coworkers.
C) ways to buffer saying no.
D) personal preference.
Q2) Time can be maximized to produce the best outcomes by:
A) making the first hour of each workday productive.
B) completing trivial tasks before performing important tasks.
C) eliminating all recreational activities.
D) omitting breaks until the entire task has been completed.
Q3) To conduct a productive meeting, the nurse should:
A) provide each person all the time needed to discuss desired topics.
B) cover all emotional topics first.
C) create an agenda with specific times allotted for each agenda item.
D) wait for latecomers and ask for their excuse for being late.
Q4) The most important step in time management is ____________.
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Chapter 26: Contemporary Nursing Roles and Career
Opportunities
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Q1) People are living longer and with older age comes a higher risk of terminal illness. Many individuals have chosen to maximize their quality of life but stop aggressive life-sustaining treatments. Nurses who work with terminally ill patients and their families to provide end-of-life care, pain management, and family support are practicing in which role?
A) Hospice
B) Infection control
C) Coordinator
D) Case manager
Q2) The role of the Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) would include:
A) diagnosing a patient with pneumonia and prescribing antibiotics.
B) teaching members of a faith community how to avoid skin cancer and referring those with suspicious lesions.
C) participating in the team who is investigating possible abuse of elderly persons by members of a gang known to sell illegal drugs.
D) coordinating care of a patient admitted 4 days ago with stage IV heart failure and chronic bronchitis by revising care plan to include ambulation 50 feet with assistance.
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Chapter 27: Job Search: Finding Your Match
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Q1) When preparing the education section of a resume:
A) list high school, followed by the first college attended.
B) include all colleges attended, even if a degree was not awarded.
C) omit the address of the university unless requested by the potential employer.
D) list in reverse chronologic order the names, dates, and addresses of universities that awarded degrees.
Q2) Which message would be appropriate to leave on answering systems?
A) "You have reached 910-999-1212. Please leave your name and number and I look forward to returning your call as soon as possible."
B) Music that has messages that might be offensive to some callers downloaded as the response when applicant is unavailable.
C) "Hi, I'm not here. Sorry you missed me. Call again."
D) "I am interviewing for positions, hope to be home soon. If you are calling about an interview, please leave your name, number, and possible positions available."
Q3) The key to a successful interview is being ____________.
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Chapter 28: The NCLEX-RN Examination
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Q1) The primary purpose of the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN) examination is to:
A) ensure that practitioners have the minimum skills and knowledge needed to provide care that will produce the best patient care outcomes.
B) regulate nursing education.
C) determine the mandatory educational level required for nurses to practice.
D) accredit schools of nursing.
Q2) In the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN) examination test plan, client needs form the organizing framework of the examination with questions in four categories: safe and effective care environment, health promotion and maintenance, psychosocial integrity, and physiologic integrity. Certain processes are then integrated throughout the categories of client needs. Which process is integrated into all client need categories?
A) Teaching/learning
B) Health promotion
C) Infection control
D) Pharmacology
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