Introduction to Nursing Test Preparation
Course Introduction
Introduction to Nursing provides students with a foundational understanding of the nursing profession, covering essential concepts, roles, and responsibilities of nurses within healthcare settings. The course explores the history and evolution of nursing, basic healthcare terminology, ethical and legal principles, patient care fundamentals, and effective communication skills. Students will also be introduced to various healthcare environments, interdisciplinary team collaboration, and the importance of cultural competence in patient care. This course lays the groundwork for further nursing education and fosters the development of professional and compassionate nursing practices.
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Ethics and Issues in Contemporary Nursing 3rd Canadian Edition by Margaret Burkhardt
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Chapter 1: Social, Philosophical, and Other Historical Forces
Influencing the Development of Nursing
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Q1) Which of the following had the greatest influence on nursing traditions in Canada?
A)Britain
B)indigenous persons
C)France
D)Germany
Answer: C
Q2) Which of the following had the greatest influence on establishing the first hospital in the New World?
A)Marie Rollet Hebert
B)Marguerite d'Youville
C)Jeanne Mance
D)Renee Descartes
Answer: C
Q3) How is Mary Agnes Snively significant to the development of Canadian nursing?
A)She established the mission of Grey Nuns to new settlers.
B)She established the International Council of Nursing.
C)She established the first national organization for nursing.
D)She established certification for nurses to become experts.
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Ethical Theory
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Q1) Which moral perspective propounds the belief that people can figure out absolute moral rules which derive from the universe and that these truths are superior to the information received from the senses?
A)moral belief
B)rationalism
C)deontology
D)naturalism
Answer: B
Q2) What is the term for the Kantian maxim requiring that no action be judged as right which cannot reasonably become a law by which every person should always abide?
A)the categorical imperative
B)the practical imperative
C)deontology
D)utilitarianism
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Ethical Principles
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Q1) Which principle of the Canada Health Act entitles reasonable contact with insured health care services in terms of physical availability of medically necessary services?
A)comprehensiveness
B)universality
C)accessibility
D)public administration
Answer: C
Q2) A nurse supports the physician's decision to withhold full disclosure of the patient's poor prognosis as the physician believes the patient is not strong enough to handle the bad news. While violating patient autonomy, what ethical principle is the physician using to support this act of paternalism?
A)informed consent
B)beneficence
C)veracity
D)fidelity
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Values Clarification
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Q1) What is the correct terminology for values that are implicit in the expectations of an institution, but are not in set out writing?
A)formal values
B)covert values
C)integral values
D)overt values
Q2) A female patient is hospitalized with traumatic injuries caused by a vehicular collision. Her daughter, who was killed in the accident, was taken to the same hospital. The patient, who had been driving the vehicle, constantly asks the nurse about her daughter. The orthopedic surgeon has told the nurse not to tell the patient about the death of her daughter. The orthopedic surgeon does not give the nurse any reason for these instructions. The nurse expresses concern to the nurse manager, who says that the orthopedic surgeon will decide when the patient should be told. However, the nurse is not comfortable with this and wonders what should be done. Which of the following terms best describes this situation?
A)incongruent values
B)values conflict
C)overt values
D)societal values
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Chapter 5: Values Development
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Q1) What is one of the stages at the post-conventional level in Kohlberg's theory of moral development?
A)prior rights and social contract
B)individual instrumental purpose and exchange
C)punishment and obedience
D)universal moral principles
Q2) Whose frameworks do the discussions of moral development found in current literature primarily flow from?
A)Kohlberg and Gilligan
B)Piaget and Fowler
C)Thomas
D)Colby and Kohlberg
Q3) According to Kohlberg and Gilligan, which of the following is the final stage in an adult's values development?
A)universal consideration
B)renewed perspective
C)perceived authority
D)general consensus
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Chapter 6: Ethical Decision Making
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Q1) During which step of the ethical decision-making process is it appropriate to determine the key participants?
A)data gathering
B)problem articulation
C)strategy exploration
D)strategy implementation
Q2) When does moral uncertainty occur?
A)when we sense that there is a moral problem, but are not sure of the morally correct action
B)when someone else in the health care setting performs an act the nurse believes to be immoral
C)when two or more mutually exclusive moral claims clearly apply to the situation
D)when participants disagree on the appropriate course of action for the moral problem
Q3) When do moral dilemmas occur?
A)when the nurse is unsure of the morally correct action
B)when there are conflicting moral claims
C)when moral claims conflict with practical claims
D)when participants disagree on the appropriate course of action
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Chapter 7: Legal Issues
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Q1) Which of the following best defines a wilful act that violates another person's rights or property?
A)intentional tort
B)fraud
C)assault
D)battery
Q2) How are the majority of lawsuits against nurses and other health care professionals classified?
A)as accidental claims
B)as unintentional tort
C)as civil law
D)as indictable offences
Q3) Which of the following terms is best defined as "acting in a heinous, reckless, or extreme way, and bringing about mental or psychological pain"?
A)defamation of character
B)intentional infliction of emotional distress
C)invasion of privacy
D)false imprisonment
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Chapter 8: Professional Issues
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Q1) Which of the following is universally accepted as one criterion of a profession that is profoundly important to nursing?
A)codes of nursing ethics
B)standards of nursing practice
C)scope of practice statutes
D)nursing theories and practice
Q2) Which of the following terms relates to the characteristic of having a high level of specialized skill and knowledge?
A)profession
B)expertise
C)wisdom
D)authority
Q3) Which of the following refers to being answerable to another person or persons for something one has done?
A)autonomy
B)expertise
C)authority
D)accountability
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Chapter 9: Professional Relationship Issues
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Q1) Which of the following prohibits harassment related to race?
A)Workplace Code of Ethics
B)ICN Code of Harassment for Nurses
C)Canada's Labour Code
D)Canadian Human Rights Act
Q2) When problem solving in situations of conflict, what should the nurse remember?
A)The nurse has a fiduciary relationship with the patient.
B)The institution's policies and procedures are paramount.
C)The nurse's own personal values must be put aside.
D)The nurse has an ethical duty to protect her/himself.
Q3) Which of the following is characteristic of workplace incivility?
A)acknowledgement of diverse opinions
B)recognizing adversity
C)maintaining moral integrity
D)demeaning treatment of patients
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Chapter 10: Practice Issues Related to End Of Life Care
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Q1) To appropriately utilize health care technology, what must health care providers, patients, and families understand?
A)its purpose, benefits, and limitations
B)its cost, availability, and usefulness
C)its outcomes, benefits, and costs
D)its risks, availability, and purpose
Q2) What ethical dilemma may arise from the use of life-sustaining technologies associated with health care providers ?
A)having each person define a quality of life
B)when families typically opt for fewer interventions
C)that technology permits a more peaceful death
D)the idea that death is an enemy to be overcome
Q3) What is the term for instructions designating someone to act as a surrogate in a very specific context if one loses decision-making capacity?
A)guardian ad litem
B)advance directives
C)self-determination
D)do not resuscitate
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Chapter 11: Practice Issues Related to Patient
Self-Determination
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Q1) Which source document acknowledges the importance of living wills by clearly identifying, promoting, and respecting informed decision making?
A)Substitute Decision Maker Proxy
B)Code of Ethics
C)Lifestyle Choices Policy
D)Advance Directives Act
Q2) A nurse is caring for a patient with cancer who describes using meditation, guided imagery, and mega intravenous doses of vitamin C as part of her treatment. Which of the following nursing actions would take into consideration the patient's ability for self-determination?
A)Honour the patient's right to use therapies other than conventional medicine to address their health care needs.
B)Tell the patient that she should stop these therapies because the research does not support them.
C)Inform the patient that she has a right to do what she wants, but that it is unwise to mix different modalities of therapy.
D)Encourage the patient to share the alternative therapies with other patients to see if they might help them as well.
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Chapter 12: Scholarship Issues
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Q1) Which of the following is an example of fraudulent research?
A)reporting studies that were never conducted
B)reporting outcomes of studies
C)reporting of a research hypothesis
D)reporting of exclusion and inclusion criteria
Q2) Which of the following characteristics may a nurse experience when participating in conducting research?
A)academic dishonesty
B)personal bias
C)misrepresentation
D)role conflict
Q3) Which of the following does a nurse researcher include in the research protocol to protect human rights?
A)the right to have no risk involved
B)the right to be assigned to any group
C)the right to autonomy
D)the right to free medical care
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Chapter 13: The Future of Canadian Health Care: Challenges
and Priorities
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Q1) Which of the following is an example of provincial or territorial responsibility for health care?
A)deciding upon the principles for health care
B)delivering direct health care services to veterans
C)providing health-related functions such as health protection programs
D)evaluating physician and hospital care
Q2) What is one circumstance that precipitated the movement of nursing education away from the hospital base to universities?
A)the growing numbers of university prepared nursing faculty
B)the growth of public health nursing as a specialty
C)the Nightingale Report, which recommended the need for higher education to prepare nurses
D)an increasing public demand for nursing education that could no longer be met in the hospital-based system with its relationships and curative measures
Q3) What report emphasized the need for primary health care reform in Canada?
A)Drummond Report
B)Declaration of Alma-Ata
C)Romanow Report
D)Quinquennial Report
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Chapter 14: Health Policy Issues
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Q1) What is the term for plans of action that guide the actions of governments, institutions, corporations, and communities?
A)common law
B)policies
C)legislation
D)torts
Q2) Which phase of the health policy process occurs when studying the consequences of existing policies indicates that the original problem still exists?
A)policy implementation
B)policy modification
C)policy formulation
D)policy circumstances
Q3) What is the term for issues that are created, affected, or regulated by any of the government branches?
A)political issues
B)partisan issues
C)health policy issues
D)regulatory issues
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Chapter 15: Economic Issues
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Q1) What is one of the ethical problems associated with the traditional fee-for-service system that medicine is predominantly driven by?
A)overutilization
B)privatization
C)privileges
D)opportunities
Q2) In Canada, almost all people are insured against the cost of hospital and physician expenses through a government health insurance program. What is this type of health care financing commonly called?
A)fee for service
B)out-of-pocket expenses
C)universal health insurance
D)voluntary or private insurance
Q3) What is a natural consequence of utilitarian forms of health care financing?
A)Resources and services will be distributed equally.
B)Some people will not receive resources and services.
C)The people with the greatest need will receive the bulk of resources and services.
D)People who have greater personal resources will receive greater benefit.
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Chapter 16: Social Issues
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Q1) Which kind of precarious housing is being experienced by a young adult who moves frequently between the homes of family members and friends?
A)roaming homelessness
B)relative homelessness
C)short-term homelessness
D)hidden homelessness
Q2) What is a long-term consideration for supporting more families to move out of poverty?
A)decrease in pressures to support increasing welfare cases
B)improvement of the health and reduction of health problems for the next generation
C)improvement for the family in quality of life and enjoyment
D)ability to reallocate the resources to education and environmental concerns
Q3) Which ethical principle would lead to working with an abused woman to develop a strong sense of identity and to help her see various options?
A)non-maleficence
B)justice
C)beneficence
D)autonomy
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Chapter 17: Issues of Gender and Culture
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Q1) Which of the following is a major limiting factor for men still entering the profession of nursing?
A)collective bargaining
B)pay gap
C)societal stereotyping
D)caring behaviours
Q2) When are transcultural issues and conflicts more likely to arise?
A)when nurses are aware of their own biases and judgments of others
B)when nurses judge other people's behaviour by their own cultural values
C)when nurses understand their own cultural beliefs and values
D)when nurses avoid judging others based on preconceived ideas
Q3) What is the term for the gender division of labour pertaining to nurses and physicians and how they relate to each other in health care settings?
A)physician-nurse relations
B)mean-spiritedness
C)the doctor-nurse game
D)male domination
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Chapter 18: Rural, Remote, and Indigenous Nursing in Canada
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Q1) Which of the following is a factor that impacts the health and well-being of Indigenous persons?
A)social inclusion
B)civil war
C)population growth
D)physical environment
Q2) A nurse works in a small outpost hospital in Inuvik. The nurse attends a local hockey game at the arena and is asked the following question by a resident of the town: "When I saw you last week about the pain in my stomach and was given the medication, it helped for a bit. Today it's the same but different, what do you think I should do?" What concept is this scenario an example of?
A)being professional
B)meeting obligations
C)avoiding boundaries
D)being enmeshed
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Chapter 19: Empowerment for Nurses
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Q1) What nursing focus does patient empowerment evolve from?
A)advocacy
B)patient care
C)paternalism
D)locus of control
Q2) To enable patient empowerment, what do nurses need to recognize?
A)Health professionals know what is best for patients.
B)Patients need help in making health care decisions.
C)Patients are responsible for their own health.
D)Health professionals give power to patients.
Q3) A patient tells you that he cannot lose weight because his job keeps him on the road so he cannot exercise, and his wife fixes too many high-calorie meals. What is he demonstrating?
A)internal locus of control
B)external locus of control
C)negative locus of control
D)positive locus of control
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