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Course Introduction
Introduction to Professional Nursing provides students with a comprehensive overview of the nursing profession, emphasizing its historical development, ethical foundations, and core values. The course explores the roles and responsibilities of professional nurses in diverse healthcare settings, introducing students to key concepts such as patient-centered care, interdisciplinary collaboration, evidence-based practice, and legal aspects of nursing. Students will also examine standards of practice, the nursing process, and the importance of lifelong learning and professional development as they begin to shape their own professional identity within the field of nursing.
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Conceptual Foundations The Bridge to Professional Nursing Practice 6th Edition by Elizabeth E. Friberg
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Chapter 1: A Brief History of Professional Nursing in the
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Q1) The development of associate degree (AD)nursing programs has had which effect on nursing today? (Select all that apply. )
A)A wider student pool has been able to study nursing.
B)AD programs have helped ease the nursing shortage.
C)Hospitals have been influenced to close their training programs.
D)Social status for graduates of nursing programs has improved.
E)The public has suffered some confusion about nursing education.
Answer: A,B,C,E
Q2) A nursing instructor explains to students that the major goal of the Society of Superintendents of Training Schools for Nurses of the United States and Canada was to
A)improve working conditions for students.
B)obtain legal recognition for the profession.
C)raise and standardize the training of nurses.
D)reverse discrimination in admissions policies.
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Pathways of Nursing Education
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Q1) A nursing dean in a baccalaureate nursing (BSN)program wishes to create a program that meets the needs of multiple and diverse students,responds to current trends,and increases enrollment.What modification to the existing program would best meet this goal?
A)Allow RNs to validate community health nursing through volunteer work.
B)Bring faculty and classes to major hospitals employing non-BSN nurses.
C)Create seamless entry points and tracts for RN and second-degree students.
D)Find alternative times and days for classroom and clinical experiences.
Answer: C
Q2) An analysis of the three major types of basic nursing education would reveal to the student that the biggest difference in programs is that
A)ADN nurses lack the education in community health that other program graduates have.
B)BSN nurses are educated to work independently and enter leadership roles.
C)collegiate experiences in BSN programs ensure that graduates have a well-rounded education.
D)diploma graduates are trained to function under the supervision of a BSN nurse.
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Beyond Professional Socialization
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Q1) An astute practitioner recognizes that the dynamic process of nursing includes which possibilities? (Select all that apply. )
A)Engaged stakeholder: speaking up and establishing leadership within the system
B)Expert learner: engaging in lifelong learning and synthesizing learning into practice
C)Innovation catalyst: developing new technologies and conducting research
D)Interprofessional collaborator: being an advocate to promote systems-level change
E)Reflective practitioner: reflecting on whether or not new knowledge is relevant
Answer: A,B,D
Q2) Which of the following does the nursing student learn about professional socialization? (Select all that apply. )
A)Everyday experiences are vital for professional socialization.
B)Interaction with peers can have a positive or negative effect.
C)Knowledge,skills,and behaviors contribute to socialization.
D)Norms and values are more important than skill to socialization.
E)Socialization happens during a memorable event in time.
Answer: A,B,C
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Chapter 4: Professional Nursing Roles
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Q1) A charge nurse has decided that a newly hired nurse suffers from role ambiguity.The best action by the charge nurse would be to
A)assist the new nurse with delegating and prioritizing tasks.
B)help the new nurse organize and manage time more effectively.
C)remind the new nurse that personal calls are allowed on breaks.
D)review and clarify the job description with the new nurse.
Q2) What terms and definitions about role stress does the nurse learn? (Select all that apply. )
A)Role ambiguity: expectations of a role are not clearly defined
B)Role conflict: personal values conflict with job requirements
C)Role discrepancy: conflict between conception and expectation of a role
D)Role extension: expansion of duties associated with a role
E)Role overload: demands of the role are overwhelming and endless
Q3) A nursing manager explains to students why he or she still prefers the "team" approach to nursing.What explanation best articulates this opinion? Team nursing
A)capitalizes on each member's unique skills and talents.
B)gives nursing students the chance to hone their skills as aids.
C)makes it easier to staff than using an all-RN nursing staff.
D)is more cost effective than other types of care delivery.
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Chapter 5: Theories and Frameworks for Professional
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Q1) A patient is angry and frustrated and is complaining bitterly to the nurse about these feelings.The nurse sits quietly and listens attentively,nodding occasionally.What Watson caritas process is the nurse using?
A)Creating a healing environment
B)Developing helping,trusting,and caring relationships
C)Practicing loving kindness
D)Promoting and accepting positive and negative feelings
Q2) A nurse works in an emergency department and frequently uses Lazarus's theory of coping.When a family is distraught by a family member's apparent heart attack,what action by the nurse is best from this theory's standpoint? (Select all that apply. )
A)Assess the family for coping strategies used during previous crises.
B)Begin assessing the family for discharge teaching and support needs.
C)Help the family understand treatments available to manage the condition.
D)Inform the family of the location of the cafeteria and waiting rooms.
E)Provide the family with food and beverages as a universal sign of caring.
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Chapter 6: Health Policy and Planning and the Nursing
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Q1) A chief nursing officer (CNO)wishes to demonstrate to the community that the quality of nursing in his or her particular hospital meets or exceeds professional standards.The best method for demonstrating this would be for the CNO to
A)advertise nurse-patient ratios.
B)apply for magnet hospital status.
C)hire advanced practice nurses.
D)publish complication rates.
Q2) An individual is an ardent supporter of a specific candidate in a federal election.This person wants to contribute $2800 to the candidate's campaign.How can the individual make this kind of contribution? The individual can give (Select all that apply. )
A)$2600 to the candidate and $200 to the national party.
B)all of it to the candidate of choice without restriction.
C)half to the candidate and the other half to the national party.
D)the entire amount to the national party without restriction.
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Chapter 7: Economic Issues in Nursing and Health Care
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Q1) A faculty member explains to a class of nursing students that Medicare (Select all that apply. )
A)covers children younger than 18 years of age.
B)covers persons older than 65 years of age.
C)helps pay for medications.
D)includes some chronic disability.
E)is a federal insurance program.
Q2) While studying health care economics,the nursing professor explains to a class that the economic principle of opportunity costs means that
A)economic decisions are based on the best opportunity that arises.
B)free market failure occurs when efficient use of resources is lacking.
C)satisfying one desire eliminates the possibility of satisfying another.
D)we make our decisions based on opportunities to benefit others.
Q3) The Director of Nursing (DON)at a large urban hospital is tasked with increasing the hospital's profits and improving quality.What action by the DON is best?
A)Engage in monopsony with regional hospitals.
B)Hire more nonprofessional ancillary staff.
C)Implement policies to prevent hospital-acquired infections.
D)Purchase capital budget items only when necessary.
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Chapter 8: Effective Communication
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Q1) A seasoned nurse and a student are completing an admission history with a patient.On leaving the room and discussing their findings,the novice nurse is stunned that what the seasoned nurse learned about the patient seems so different from what he or she took from the interview.What explanation by the seasoned nurse best illustrates the dynamics of this interaction?
A)Experience facilitates selective attention and helps create reality for seasoned nurses.
B)Nurses working on one floor see similar patients and learn how to focus the questions.
C)The novice nurse simply does not know the most important questions to ask patients.
D)The novice nurse was focusing on asking all the questions on the admission database.
Q2) The nurse knows that reframing is a useful technique when the patient
A)cannot articulate fears embedded in the conversation.
B)is confused and unable to articulate his or her concerns.
C)pauses the conversation,letting the nurse summarize.
D)uses absolutely concrete verbiage such as "never."
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Chapter 9: Think Like a Nurse: Essential Thinking Skills for Professional Nurses
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Q1) A student is confused about the need to answer questions in a clinical journal about what happened during the day that could have been handled differently and what the possible outcomes might have been.The nursing instructor explains that this kind of questioning
A)allows students to contemplate theoretical possibilities in clinical.
B)focuses on the need for interdisciplinary collaboration and the skills required for this.
C)helps cement in students' minds that the actions they took were best.
D)provides a chance to understand assumptions that guided their actions.
Q2) Some nursing students are complaining about having to write "so many journals." Which statement by the nursing instructor provides the best explanation for this? "Journaling
A)allows reflection,an important critical thinking skill."
B)gives you time to review what happened in your clinical."
C)is a way to organize your thoughts about your experiences."
D)teaches open-mindedness,a critical thinking disposition."
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Chapter 10: Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century
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Q1) A patient has been attending an outpatient diabetes education group.On assessing the patient after several sessions,the nurse determines that the patient's knowledge is far below what the diabetic educator expects.The patient states,"I can't stand that group! All that talk mixes me up." The nurse concludes the most likely reason for this response is that the patient
A)is not an auditory learner and is frustrated.
B)should give the group experience more time.
C)really does not like the people in the group.
D)would respond better to personal discussion.
Q2) A student nurse is teaching a patient from an unfamiliar culture about diabetic self-care.The patient is willing and able to take blood glucose readings and give insulin injections but will not use the sliding scale insulin protocol the physician has ordered.Which action by the student would be most beneficial?
A)Ask why the patient is unwilling to follow the scale.
B)Assess the patient's health-related value system.
C)Call the physician and ask for a simplified regimen.
D)Have someone else try to teach the sliding scale.
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Chapter 11: Legal Aspects of Nursing Practice
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Q1) A patient is constantly disrupting therapeutic medical devices,such as intravenous lines and catheters.The staff wants to restrain the patient.Before doing this,the best action by the nursing staff would be to
A)be sure security is available to apply restraints.
B)get orders from the physician for a sedative.
C)move the patient away from other patients.
D)try other methods to keep the patient safe.
Q2) A patient is having an operation in the morning.During the nurse's shift,the patient asks several questions that lead the nurse to determine that the patient does not understand the procedure.The best action by the nurse is to
A)call the surgeon to come back and explain the procedure.
B)pass this information on to the day shift in shift report.
C)reassure the patient that he or she understood the operation correctly earlier.
D)try to explain the operation so that the patient understands.
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Chapter 12: Ethical Dimensions of Nursing and Health Care
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Q1) A nurse is complaining about the pharmacy being too slow in delivering medications.The nurse describes an example in which a patient could have been harmed from the delay and is angry because the nurse knows it is critical that certain medications be given on time.This nurse is most likely experiencing A)caregiver fatigue.
B)job burnout.
C)moral distress.
D)personal fatigue.
Q2) A nurse studying the history of nursing ethics over the years would conclude that A)articles show the topics of concern have stayed fairly similar. B)ethics has been slow in responding to independent practice. C)nurses' behavior in caring for sick patients is the main subject. D)the subject has evolved to more abstract situational ethics.
Q3) The nurse knows that the American Nurses Association (ANA)adopted its first code of ethics in A)1893. B)1896. C)1950. D)1969.
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Chapter 13: Information Management
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Q1) A nurse manager is assessing the unit staff on their degree of information literacy.What actions by staff members best indicate good information literacy skills? (Select all that apply. )
A)Able to conduct relevant computer searches for information
B)Evaluate sources of information as to their validity and reliability
C)Notice that a particular problem exists and recognize the need for information
D)Search common lay Internet sites for health care-related information
E)Use information to inform best practices and improve patient care
Q2) A student is researching a topic for a class paper.The student would find the most information by
A)looking for related research instruments.
B)querying a database such as the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Record (CINAHL).
C)reading textbook and journal indexes.
D)searching the newspaper's online index.
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Chapter 14: Diversity in Health and Illness
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Q1) When working with Campinha-Bacote's model of cultural competence,the nurse is aware that the most important concept inherent in the model is cultural
A)awareness.
B)desire.
C)encounters. D)skill.
Q2) The nurse working in a diverse community works to address discrepancies in health care,which include (Select all that apply. )
A)employer-provided insurance.
B)institutionalized racism.
C)resentment of lack of access.
D)social realities of different groups.
E)the drive to be "color blind."
Q3) A nurse explains to a student that ethnicity may be more relevant to cultural diversity than race,because an ethnic group
A)contains people who are easily classified as group members.
B)has a common culture and history and a collective identity.
C)has members who are all from the same countries of origin.
D)may be easier to identify than race when physical traits differ.
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Chapter 15: Health and Health Promotion
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Q1) A nurse who is teaching a patient assesses the patient's goals in life.The nurse then explains to a student nurse that this practice is important because
A)goals can be motivators for making health changes.
B)it helps the nurse become familiar with the patient.
C)social interactions relax the patient and increase trust.
D)this shows whether the person has self-agency or not.
Q2) A nurse has worked to teach patients disease prevention strategies and is frustrated by the low level of compliance.This nurse would most likely conclude that
A)it is hard to convince people that they can attain higher wellness levels.
B)most people have very low levels of motivation to make changes.
C)patients do not like being told that good health requires deprivation.
D)the information being given is too difficult for patients to follow.
Q3) A nurse assessing a patient with the role performance model of health in mind would add which question to the nursing assessment as a priority?
A)"Are you able to meet your needs when you are sick?"
B)"How has this illness affected your daily activities?"
C)"How much stress do you have in your life right now?"
D)"When did the symptoms first become bothersome?"
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Chapter 16: Genetics and Genomics in Professional Nursing
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Q1) A genetics nurse is working with a couple undergoing genetic counseling.The nurse would evaluate that goals for counseling have been met when the couple A)decides not to have children because of the chance of genetic illness.
B)is able to consider consequences of testing without cultural influences.
C)makes informed decisions regarding testing and subsequent actions.
D)understands a particular genetic illness and how it can be transmitted.
Q2) A genetics nurse explains to a patient that pharmacogenetics is the study of A)how individuals respond uniquely to medications.
B)the effects of drug therapy on developing fetuses.
C)the way drugs interact with reproductive ability.
D)using genetic material to create new pharmaceuticals.
Q3) A patient wishes to construct a family medical history but does not know how to begin.The best response by the nurse would be to
A)have the patient use the U.S.Surgeon General's Family History Tool.
B)interview the patient and try to construct as good a history as possible.
C)refer the patient to a qualified genetics and genomics counselor for help. D)send the patient home with a list of questions to ask his or her relatives.
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Chapter 17: Global Rural Nursing Practice
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Q1) A rural nurse is planning a community health event and explains to the sponsors that the focus needs to be the most common health problems faced in the area,which include
A)diabetes and premature birth.
B)heart failure and stroke.
C)lung disease and stroke.
D)liver disease and cancer.
Q2) A nurse plans to work in a rural hospital and commute from her suburban home.What response by the nursing manager is best?
A)"Are you sure that long commute won't be too much for you?"
B)"Living that far away won't work with being on call on your days off."
C)"That arrangement will give you the best of both worlds."
D)"You should seriously consider moving into this community."
Q3) The nursing instructor explains that defining "rural" is often difficult because A)agencies use multiple different definitions.
B)everyone's ideas of "rural" are different.
C)there has been no need to define this population.
D)there is no interest in defining this population.
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Chapter 18: Violence Against Women: An Epidemic and a Health Issue
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Q1) A nurse in the emergency department (ED)wants to screen a patient for intimate partner violence (IPV),but the woman's partner will not leave her side.Which intervention by the nurse would be best?
A)Ask the patient the questions with the partner present,because he will not leave.
B)Bluntly tell the partner he has to leave so the nurse can assess the patient.
C)Have security escort the partner to the ED waiting room.
D)Tell the patient she will help her collect a urine specimen in the restroom.
Q2) A nurse is evaluating the plan of care for a woman who has experienced intimate partner violence (IPV).The nurse would evaluate that goals had been met when the woman
A)articulates her choices.
B)leaves the abuser safely.
C)phones the abuse hotline.
D)presses criminal charges.
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Chapter 19: Telehealth
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Q1) A nurse working in a rural area is convinced of the benefits of using telehealth to improve patient outcomes.What action by the nurse would be best to ensure the availability of telehealth services to all those who need them?
A)Advocate for federal legislation requiring third-party reimbursement for services.
B)Become certified in telehealth nursing by the telehealth resource center (TRC).
C)Provide education for small,rural facilities and their staffs on telehealth practice.
D)Work to ensure telehealth centers have specific policies on confidentiality.
Q2) A new nurse is being oriented to the intensive care unit and is startled when,during intradisciplinary patient rounds,a person "joins" the conversation on a computer screen in the patient's room.How does the nurse's mentor best explain the benefits of this procedure?
A)"It's another set of eyes and ears for good patient care."
B)"The remote person can help assess,treat,or educate patients."
C)"This ensures we are compliant with all our policies."
D)"We are short physicians here,so this fills the gaps."
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Chapter 20: Patient Safety
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Q1) The nurse explains that benefits of the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 include (Select all that apply. )
A)being able to learn from the mistakes of others.
B)finding trends amenable to quality improvement.
C)financial rewards to facilities that reduce errors.
D)having data that can be aggregated into trends.
E)tax breaks if facilities show quality improvement.
Q2) The nursing executive attempting to incorporate the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses' (AACN's)Healthy Work Environment Standards would formulate which policy? The manager would create a policy to
A)encourage all nurses to return to school to complete degrees.
B)limit environmental hazards currently present in the facility.
C)provide discounts to a local fitness center for all employees.
D)use a standard "handoff" report format at change of shift.
Q3) A nurse is explaining to a student that SBAR is a type of
A)format for conducting a debriefing.
B)process for multidisciplinary meetings.
C)standardized patient chart template.
D)structured communication strategy.
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