Healthcare Policy and Advocacy for Nurses
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Course Introduction
This course explores the foundational principles of healthcare policy and the pivotal role of nurses in advocacy within the healthcare system. Students will examine the structures of health policymaking at local, state, and national levels, understanding how these policies affect patient care, nursing practice, and healthcare outcomes. Emphasis is placed on developing strategies for effective advocacy, learning to influence policy change, and engaging with stakeholders. Through case studies and practical applications, nurses will be empowered to act as informed leaders and advocates for patients, families, and the nursing profession in shaping equitable and effective healthcare policy.
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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) What uniquely twenty-first century issue challenges today's professional nurse. (select all that apply)
A) Caring for an aging population
B) Increased patient acuity
C) Access to health care services
D) Expanding technology
E) Increasing intercultural patient population
Answer: A, B, D, E
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) A group of new graduate nurses is asked to speak to a group of politicians to describe the current state of professional nursing and how best to alleviate the nursing shortage. Which statements accurately portray professional nursing today and tomorrow? (select all that apply)
A) More RNs attain a bachelor's degree than an associate degree or diploma.
B) Because of pressure to shorten length of stay in hospitals, more RNs practice in outpatient settings and home health than in acute care settings.
C) The most popular advanced practice specialty is nurse anesthesia.
D) White nurses are more likely to enter graduate school than nurses from other ethnic groups.
E) Nursing represents the largest health care professional group, followed by medical doctors.
Answer: A, E
Q2) Which nurse best portrays nursing as a "knowledge worker"?
A) Nurse in matched scrubs with lab coat, hair back, small stud earrings
B) Nurse in mismatched scrubs, no lab coat, large hoop earrings
C) Nurse in white uniform with apron with no jewelry/hair back
D) Nurse with nose ring and eyebrow piercing with starched white uniform and cap
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: The Influence of Contemporary Trends and Issues on Nursing Education
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Q1) Which experience is best designed to support a nursing student's preparation for interprofessional team participation?
A) Attending a seminar on interprofessional team cooperation
B) Completing a preceptorship with an advanced practice nurse
C) Carrying for three patients with varying medical diagnoses
D) Presenting patient information at the daily care planning meeting on a mental health unit
Answer: D
Q2) One of the major trends that currently influences nursing education and practice is:
A) increased technology in the field of critical care.
B) a narrowing scope of practice for nurses.
C) incivility or disregard of others' rights in social interactions.
D) a decrease in ethnicity due to international programs allowing students to study from a distance.
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Nursing Licensure and Certification
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Q1) A graduate of a nursing school in the United States plans to practice nursing in Paris, France. To request licensure to practice in Paris, the nurse:
A) must contact the Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools to complete a special examination.
B) realizes that education in the United States is so generalized that he or she is eligible to practice in other countries without additional licensure.
C) is required to take a language proficiency examination for the primary language of that particular country, as well as a cultural assessment test, prior to licensure.
D) should contact the International Council of Nurses or the nursing regulatory board of that country.
Q2) The primary purpose of licensure is protection of the ___________.
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
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Chapter 5: Theories of Nursing Practice
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Q1) A client is hypertensive, and the doctor prescribes weight reduction. The client is excited about beginning the diet, but on arriving home the spouse states, "You have always been fat, and I am not going to starve because you can't control yourself." The client becomes anxious and is unable to participate in the diet plan, resulting in a weight gain of 5 pounds in 2 weeks. Which theorist could best be referred to for guidance regarding interventions in this situation?
A) Martha E. Rogers
B) Hildegard E. Peplau
C) Florence Nightingale
D) Myra Estrin Levine
Q2) When reading Peplau's theory, a nurse was unable to determine the relationships among concepts. The nurse listed each concept and drew lines denoting relationships to be able to understand the effect of each element. The nurse created a:
A) hypothesis.
B) model.
C) construct.
D) variable.
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 nurse is reading an abstract about a study related to Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. The purpose is stated as follows: "To examine the generalizability of two randomized placebo-controlled clinical trials in patients with Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever to determine whether steroid therapy resulted in the positive outcomes." The nurse knows generalizability refers to the:
A) conclusion that findings can be generalized from the sample to the entire population.
B) fact that the group of steroids used are from the same organic compounds.
C) possibility that the subjects were carefully selected and that outside influence is thus suspected.
D) fact that the type of bacteria carried by ticks is universal.
Q2) Which organization provides federal funding for research?
A) National Institute of Nursing Research
B) Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
C) W. K. Kellogg Foundation
D) Sigma Theta Tau International
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 upset because her health insurance plan refused to pay for a mammogram and services by a women's health specialist because the primary care physician did not order the referral or the mammogram. Which type of insurance plan adheres to this type of payment system?
A) Fee for Service
B) Health Maintenance Organization (HMO)
C) Preferred Provider Organization (PPO)
D) Point of Service (POS)
Q2) Diagnosis-related groups (DRGs) have attempted to reduce health care costs by decreasing:
A) hospital admission rates.
B) length of hospital stay.
C) outpatient services.
D) specialty groups.
Q3) The type of insurance that shifts the largest percentage of costs for goods and services to employees and consumers is _____________ insurance.
Q4) 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) When differentiating between slander and libel, the nurse knows that libel: A) results from defamation caused by subjective comments written in the nurse's notes. B) results from negative subjective comments made to those who are not providing care.
C) occurs when the nurse verbally describes to the oncoming nurse assigned to the client objective data that place the client in a negative light. D) consists of repeating prejudiced comments made by the primary caregiver to a neighbor at the local supermarket.
Q2) Although a hospital reversed all charges when a client was the victim of wrong site surgery, the court awarded the client $1.5 million. The client was able to return to work in 6 weeks and had no permanent damages. This monetary compensation is termed: A) res ipsa loquitur.
B) punitive damages.
C) vicarious liability.
D) immunity.
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Chapter 9: Ethical and Bioethical Issues in Nursing and Health Care
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Q1) 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.
Q2) A researcher calculated the risk-to-benefit ratio and concluded that no harmful effects were associated with a survey of college sophomores. The researcher was applying the principles of:
A) beneficence.
B) human dignity. C) justice.
D) human rights.
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Chapter 10: Cultural Competency and Social Issues in
Nursing and Health
Care
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Q1) A nurse caring for a Hispanic child admitted with diarrhea notices the child is wearing red yarn around the wrist. The nurse compliments the child's "jewelry," knowing it is believed to prevent:
A) mal ojo.
B) susto.
C) bilis.
D) empacho.
Q2) Which statement is true regarding health care for minorities?
A) Federal legislation that provides free health insurance for minorities has resulted in fewer minorities than members of the general population who lack health insurance.
B) Higher costs of health care coupled with lower wages for minorities have prevented most minorities from seeking health care.
C) Because many Mexican Americans are highly skilled workers with comparable wages, they have the lowest uninsured rate.
D) Asians, because of their quiet demeanor and unwillingness to challenge the health care system, have the highest rate of uninsured people.
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Chapter 11: Complementary and Alternative Healing
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Q1) A nurse practices a relaxing massage technique to stimulate and apply pressure to the feet or hands, increasing blood supply circulation to various parts of the body and relieving pain. The massage technique used by the practitioner is referred to as:
A) reflexology.
B) Feldenkrais method.
C) Reiki.
D) Rolfing.
Q2) An older adult has atrial fibrillation, which causes the heart to have an irregular rhythm. The client uses imagery to alter the dysrhythmia. The client is using which type of complementary alternative medicine (CAM)?
A) Ayurveda
B) Dosha
C) Homeopathy
D) Biofeedback
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) 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."
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) 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
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Chapter 13: Workforce Advocacy for a Professional Nursing
Practice Environment
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Q1) Nurses entering the workforce at a large urban hospital soon began volunteering for excessive overtime. A focus group found that upon graduation, many of these nurses purchased expensive cars and furniture. They lacked skills in managing their checkbook and were often unable to pay recurring bills; this finding would be relevant to which component of the Workforce Advocacy Ecosystem Model?
A) Staffing
B) Workflow design
C) Organizational factors
D) Personal and social factors
Q2) When an RN is asked to accept an assignment that he or she may not be qualified to perform, the nurse should:
A) accept the assignment as appropriate if assigned by a legitimate power.
B) be primarily concerned with the number of patients being assigned.
C) ask how other nurses have handled the assignment in the past.
D) determine whether he or she is familiar with the types of patients being assigned.
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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Chapter 14: Collective Bargaining and Unions in Todays Workplace
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Q1) Historically, what movement most influenced unionization in American health care agencies/hospitals?
A) Immigration laws protected foreign employees from discrimination in hiring or discharge on the basis of national origin and citizenship status.
B) Women entered the workforce, gaining voice to support unions.
C) The Industrial Revolution led to poor working conditions and the need to protect workers.
D) Nurses were exposed to communicable diseases, which led to death and disability.
Q2) Nurses in a unionized hospital are paid "compensatory pay" when working holidays equal to the number of hours worked with no extra compensation. Although they have suggested changes during the annual survey of employee satisfaction, management refuses to consider another system for compensatory pay. A trained member listened to both nurses and management to make recommendations that were not legally binding.
This type of settlement is termed:
A) picketing.
B) binding arbitration.
C) mediation.
D) grievance.
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Chapter 15: Information Technology in the Clinical Setting
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Q1) Software programs that process data to produce or recommend valid choices are known as ______________.
Q2) A nurse is preparing a presentation using different websites to collect information. The nurse is concerned that contact information and the author's credentials are not listed for one of the websites reviewed. Which criterion required to establish a reputable website is missing?
A) Authority
B) Objectivity
C) Usability
D) Currency
Q3) A physician has installed a computer-based patient records system. An outside care provider who requests medical information must obtain the patient's signed consent and then is assigned a password to gain access to the medical information. A monthly audit is conducted to determine for whom and for what purpose patient records have been accessed. This protection is referred to as:
A) privacy.
B) confidentiality.
C) security.
D) data capture.
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Chapter 16: Emergency Preparedness and Response for
Todays World
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Q1) A nurse learns of a mass casualty disaster following a known terrorist attack. On arriving at the scene, the nurse knows that:
A) the response of local hospitals will be dictated by the federal government.
B) the same ground rules practiced in other settings and during smaller crises will be applicable.
C) the least experienced nurses will be assigned to triage low-risk victims and victims who have no chance of survival.
D) multiple incident commanders ensure a quick, effective response.
Q2) Nurses and community officials are working together to ensure that churches and schools have needed supplies to provide shelter for large numbers of individuals in the event of a natural or manmade disaster. These activities represent which phase of a disaster continuum?
A) Preparedness
B) Relief response
C) Recovery
D) Crisis intervention
Q3) The term used during a pandemic disaster that refers to the attempt to contain germs by limiting socialization and personal interactions is ___________.
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Chapter 17: Nursing Leadership and Management
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Q1) 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.
Q2) A nurse is reading about positive reinforcement with the goal of increasing staff motivation. Which action would demonstrate positive reinforcement?
A) Every morning at shift change, thank each employee for an excellent job.
B) Rotate a monthly "employee recognition award" among all employees on the unit.
C) Wait until the annual performance review to recognize accomplishments.
D) Give spur-of-the-moment recognition to an employee who has accomplished a goal.
Q3) Managers who exhibit an authoritative behavioral style are most likely to use which source of power?
A) Informal
B) Expert
C) Coercive
D) Reward
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Chapter 18: Budgeting Basics for Nurses
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Q1) A nurse manager plans the fiscal budget to include salaries for two RNs for two 12-hour shifts with a patient census of 6 in the short-stay observation room. The nurse manager reviews the budget report 3 months later and notes that the salary expenses are higher than was budgeted because of higher-than-planned RN staff salaries. This additional RN staff is necessary to meet patient care needs because the census has remained constant at 10 patients rather than the 6 projected when the budget was developed. The difference between the planned budget and the actual cost is known as:
A) revenue.
B) variance.
C) monitoring.
D) capital expenditures.
Q2) A nurse manager is preparing a budget that does not base annual budgets on the revenue and expenditures of the prior year and has the advantage that outdated information is not integrated into the budget. The manager is using which budget method?
A) Zero-based
B) Incremental
C) Labor
D) Operational
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Chapter 19: Effective Communication and Conflict Resolution
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Q1) A nurse is listening to a patient's apical heart rate. The patient asks, "Is everything okay?" The nurse says nothing and shrugs her shoulders. The nurse is demonstrating:
A) open communication.
B) filtration.
C) blocking.
D) false assurance.
Q2) A nurse is asked to "float" to another area where the patients require total care. The nurse smiles, picks up her stethoscope, and says, "I'll come back and eat lunch with everyone here." When she enters the elevator she hits the wall and mutters, "Always me. Don't I have any rights"? The nurse is demonstrating which communication style?
A) Assertive
B) Aggressive
C) Passive
D) Passive-aggressive
Q3) The healthiest form of communication is the ________ style.
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Chapter 20: Effective Delegation and Supervision
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Q1) A patient is admitted with hypotension, shortness of breath, flushing, and hives. All levels of staff have been trained to assess vital signs. Given budget restrictions and proper delegation rules, to which care provider would the RN delegate the task of obtaining the initial blood pressure reading?
A) RN
B) LPN/LVN
C) Unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP)
D) Use the blood pressure obtained in the ambulance, because it was assessed via electronic monitoring.
Q2) Which task is most likely to be considered in a state's practice act as appropriate to delegate to a LPN/LVN if the patient's condition is stable and competence in the task has been established?
A) Administer an enema for an elective surgery patient.
B) Administer an antiarrhythmic medication IV while interpreting the patient's rhythm on the cardiac monitor.
C) Develop a plan of care for a stable patient admitted for observation after a head injury.
D) Teach a patient how to instill eye drops for glaucoma.
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Chapter 21: Staffing and Nursing Care Delivery Models
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Q1) A patient is admitted with pneumonia. The case manager refers to a plan of care that specifically identifies dates when supplemental oxygen should be discontinued, positive-pressure ventilation with bronchodilators should be changed to self-administered inhalers, and antibiotics should be changed from intravenous to oral treatment, on the basis of assessment findings. This plan of care is referred to as a:
A) patient classification system.
B) clinical pathway.
C) patient-centered plan of care.
D) diagnosis-related group (DRG).
Q2) 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.
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Chapter 22: Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
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Q1) A nonprofit organization that distributes to governmental agencies, the public, business, and health care professionals knowledge related to health care for the purpose of improving health is the:
A) Institute for Safe Medication Practices.
B) Institute of Medicine.
C) National Committee for Quality Assurance.
D) The Joint Commission.
Q2) A nurse is preparing to administer a medication by using the vastus lateralis site and is unfamiliar with the process. A step-by-step reference that shows how to complete the process is called a:
A) deployment flowchart.
B) top-down flowchart.
C) Pareto chart.
D) control plot.
Q3) Quality is defined by the ____________.
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Q1) A group of nurses meet with a state representative to explain the importance of allowing registered nurses the right to sign death certificates for patients who were under their care. As constituents and nurses, they requested that the senator vote against the bill restricting this practice. These nurses are serving as:
A) lobbyists.
B) policymakers.
C) officials with regulatory power.
D) advocates for the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act.
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.
Q3) Another name for an eligible voter is a _________.
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Chapter 24: Making the Transition from Student to Professional Nurse
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Q1) A novice nurse notices the medication nurse hurriedly gathering medications to be administered for the entire day, removing them from the packages, and placing them in a paper cup with the patient's name and room number on the cup. When one of the patients points at a pill and asks, "What is this?" and "What does this do?" the medication nurse is uncertain, because it has long since been removed from the packaging. The novice nurse speaks to the nurse manager about her observations and describes her concerns. The novice nurse has assumed the role of:
A) loner.
B) "rutter."
C) change agent.
D) "native."
Q2) In distinguishing between evaluation methods used in school versus those used in the work environment, it is noted that the work environment evaluation includes:
A) determining whether steps are logical.
B) formulating increments in correct order.
C) efficiently organizing stages of the procedure.
D) appraising outcomes according to policy.
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Chapter 25: Managing Time: The Path to High
Self-Performance
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Q1) As part of a quality assurance project, a nurse is to round on every patient daily for 1 month to ensure the intravenous tubing is labeled with date hung and nurse's initials. The nurse is hoping to be promoted to a full-time position within the quality department, and her success on this project is very important to her receiving the position. The nurse retains all other assignments, and she is often interrupted to help other staff or answer call lights. The nurse discusses her concerns with the manager, who frees her for 1 hour each day to make rounds. During this 1 hour each day the nurse will organize herself and environment by practicing the:
A) art of "no detourism."
B) reducing stacked-desk syndrome.
C) art of "wastebasketry."
D) managing e-mail and memo mania.
Q2) When planning, a nurse should:
A) delay planning until the "first task of the morning" has been completed.
B) recognize that rewarding oneself has a negative consequence.
C) rotate between several tasks to stimulate creativity.
D) remember that most tasks take longer than anticipated to complete.
Q3) 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 RN who identifies the best resources at the lowest cost to achieve optimal health outcomes for the client is fulfilling the role of:
A) informatics specialist.
B) educator.
C) case manager.
D) quality manager.
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Chapter 27: Job Search: Finding Your Match
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Q1) When preparing a portfolio, the nurse should include: (select all that apply)
A) copies of diplomas awarded by colleges/universities.
B) copies of college transcripts.
C) a personal photograph, if not included with the application.
D) letters of recognition for scoring high on national achievement tests while in nursing school.
E) a copy of the voter's registration card.
Q2) The appropriate procedure for addressing a cover letter when the applicant is unsure of the name and title of the person to whom the letter should be addressed is to:
A) address the letter to "To Whom It May Concern."
B) address the letter to "Nurse Recruiter."
C) call the facility to inquire about the name and title of the person.
D) leave the salutation blank if the name and the title are unknown.
Q3) Many nursing professionals have portfolios that include:
A) family pictures.
B) letters of commendation.
C) articles that describe lack of quality in health care.
D) high school achievements.
Q4) The key to a successful interview is being ____________.
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Chapter 28: The NCLEX-RN Examination
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Sample Questions
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) Although the NCLEX-RN examination has new formats for questions, the most common format is the:
A) fill-in-the-blank item because candidates are not provided with clues from distracters.
B) multiple-choice question item, which allows candidates to select the one correct answer.
C) multiple-response item because these questions require a higher level of critical thinking.
D) hot-spot item because these questions are written at the application level of Bloom's analysis.
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