Nursing in Society Review Questions
Course Introduction
Nursing in Society explores the multifaceted role of nurses within the broader context of healthcare systems and communities. This course examines the historical evolution of nursing, ethical and legal responsibilities, and the impact of social, cultural, economic, and political factors on nursing practice. Students will analyze current issues affecting the profession, including workforce diversity, health policy, healthcare disparities, and advocacy. Emphasizing holistic care, the course prepares students to understand and address societal challenges, promote health equity, and contribute to the advancement of nursing in a global society.
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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) World War I contributed to the advancement of health care by:
A) increasing the number of private care hospitals and decreasing the role of public health services.
B) employing a large number of civilians to provide care to returning soldiers through the Red Cross.
C) introducing specialists in nursing such as nurse anesthetists.
D) increasing the number of community health nurses.
Answer: C
Q2) The practice of public health nursing and the Henry Street Settlement are credited to:
A) Mary Breckenridge.
B) Mary Seacole.
C) Clara Barton.
D) Lillian Wald.
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: The Contemporary Image of Professional Nursing
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Q1) Nurses can combat the nursing shortage by:
A) joining unions, which influence employers to provide incentives such as pay raises and free child care, thus encouraging the large percentage of nonworking nurses to return to the workforce.
B) demanding that the requirements of the qualifying examination for foreign nurses should be reduced, so they are eligible to sit for the licensure examination.
C) working more hours with a higher nurse/patient ratio.
D) advocating for funds to pay for nursing education and a safer work environment.
Answer: D
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) When focusing on addressing issues identified by the 2000 Institute of Medicine report, the nursing faculty will access information associated with which initiative?
A) Quality and Safety in Nursing Education
B) Competency Outcomes and Performance Model (COPA)
C) The National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF)
D) Academic Center for Evidence-Based Practice (ACE)
Answer: A
Q2) The oldest, most traditional type of program that prepares a candidate for RN licensure is the hospital-based _________ program.
Answer: diploma
The earliest training programs for nurses were hospital based and designed to meet the needs of the particular institution; these were referred to as diploma programs.
Q3) The NCLEX examination is created and administered by the:
A) American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN).
B) American Nurses Association (ANA).
C) National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN).
D) National League for Nursing (NLN).
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Nursing Licensure and Certification
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Q1) Current trends in telecommunications and increased mobility of nurses have led to the approval of a mutual recognition model of nursing regulation, in which nurses are allowed to practice in states that are compact states without obtaining a license in each state. On which website would a nurse find a list of current compact states?
A) National League for Nursing (NLN)
B) National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN)
C) American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)
D) Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)
Q2) A group of graduates were just notified that they had successfully passed the licensure examination. During the orientation process at the hospital, one asks, "I am looking at my license, but I don't really know the duties performed by the board of nursing." The staff development nurse explains that the board of nursing: (select all that apply)
A) grants nursing licensure.
B) constructs the licensure examination.
C) assigns disciplinary action when the nurse acts in a manner that results in harm to a patient.
D) members are appointed.
E) conducts certification examinations for advanced practice nurses.
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Chapter 5: Theories of Nursing Practice
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Q1) A group of nurses are interested in the how to improve teaching effectiveness for patients who have a hearing impairment and lack family involvement while hospitalized. They believe "hearing loss decreases the teaching effectiveness while hospitalized." The group plans to evaluate teaching effectiveness using a 10-point Likert scale pre-post teaching, perform a hearing test to determine degree of hearing loss on admission, and have social work evaluate the impact of hearing impairment on patient's ability to safely live alone prior to discharge. The group is working in which step of the scientific process?
A) Hypothesis
B) Method
C) Results
D) Evaluation
Q2) What are general explanations that scholars use to explain, predict, control, and understand commonly occurring events?
A) Theories
B) Constructs
C) Systems
D) Propositions
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 qualitative researcher reviews data collected with a grief support group to develop a theory of how widows and widowers mourn. The researcher is using which qualitative research design?
A) Phenomenology
B) Grounded theory
C) Case study
D) Hypothesis generation
Q2) A nurse studied a community to determine if there were clients who would benefit from a hospice program if one were developed. This type of research is:
A) a survey.
B) quasi-experimental.
C) a needs assessment method.
D) a pilot study.
Q3) The use of research to guide nursing practice is called:
A) utilization.
B) dissemination.
C) generalizability.
D) analysis.
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Chapter 7: Paying for Health Care in America: Rising Costs and Challenges
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Q1) A nurse is offered several health care plans as part of employee benefits. Which plan is based on a monthly fee per participant and offers a range of preventive, diagnostic, and treatment services?
A) Prospective payment system
B) Retrospective payment system
C) Single-payer system
D) Capitation
Q2) The largest single payer of hospital charges in the United States is ___________.
Q3) 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.
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Chapter 8: Legal Issues in Nursing and Health Care
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Q1) A nurse learns in orientation that an incident report does not "blame" anyone but concisely documents the events leading up to an occurrence. Which events would warrant completion of an incident report? (select all that apply)
A) The client is crying and distraught when he learns of a diagnosis of cancer.
B) An intravenous antibiotic given preoperatively does not infuse because of a faulty pump.
C) The nurse is unable to carry out orders written by the specialist because of illegibility.
D) A client falls while in the shower, although she was told not to get up alone.
E) The registered nurse is not available to complete the preoperative checklist.
Q2) A nursing student planning to apply for licensure knows that being charged with which offense would result in a minor criminal offense?
A) Solicitation of illegal drugs
B) Stealing a car
C) Failing to report elder abuse
D) Billing Medicare for services not rendered
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Chapter 9: Ethical and Bioethical Issues in Nursing and Health Care
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Q1) Practicing nurses participate in employer-sponsored professional development classes that provide case studies related to ethical situations and decision making. Ethical considerations are debated among teams, and an expert helps the class arrive at the "best practices." The nurses are experiencing ethics ______________.
Q2) A nurse is caring for a client who just consented to an elective abortion. The nurse is unsure of his or her own values as they relate to this issue. The nurse must:
A) know his or her own values and how these values relate to beliefs and the philosophy of nursing.
B) rid the impurities in his or her value system.
C) ignore his or her own values.
D) realize that values do not change and that they cannot be influenced by others.
Q3) Ethics applied to nursing can best be defined as:
A) doing what is best for the client.
B) making good decisions about care.
C) care based on what should be done in keeping with the values of the client.
D) rules for providing competent care that is based on scientific principles.
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Chapter 10: Cultural Competency and Social Issues in
Nursing and Health Care
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Q1) A Mexican-American patient is attacked and beaten. This patient is at risk for "fright disease," which is known as:
A) susto.
B) empacho.
C) bilis.
D) mal ojo.
Q2) A nurse involved in researching the leading causes of death for minorities considers the federally defined minority groups, which include: (select all that apply)
A) Blacks
B) Russians
C) Hispanics
D) Asians or Pacific Islanders
E) Scandinavians
Q3) A priority action for the nurse who works with culturally diverse clients is completion of a:
A) sign language course.
B) cultural self-assessment.
C) cultural client assessment.
D) continuing education course on how to speak Spanish.
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Chapter 11: Complementary and Alternative Healing
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Q1) A patient informs the nurse, "I burn a lavender-scented candle for an hour before bedtime to help me relax and sleep." The nurse realizes this patient is using:
A) the mind-body intervention of aromatherapy.
B) an energy technique known as qi gong.
C) the manipulative method using the Alexander technique.
D) conventional medicine, also called allopathic.
Q2) A patient observes the practitioner burning a dried herb on the needle during an acupuncture session and asks about this practice. The practitioner responds, "I am inciting the acupuncture points and this is referred to as:
A) doshas."
B) moxibustion."
C) yoga."
D) kapha."
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) ________________ occurs when a physician predicts the course and outcome of a disease process.
Q2) According to the Palliative Performance Scale which patient is considered to possess 70% of normal function?
A) 40 year old diagnosed with AIDS whose condition makes it impossible to hold a job.
B) 70 year old diagnosed with end stage renal failure who spends most of the day in bed.
C) 50 year old diagnosed with emphysema whose disease has begun to impact normal ambulate.
D) 30 year old diagnosed with muscular dystrophy who is bed bound.
Q3) The principle of autonomy is best supported by what intervention made available to palliative care patients?
A) Arranging for in-home health care
B) Addressing the patient's specific pain management needs
C) Helping the patient decide on the details of their advanced plan of care
D) Conducting a thorough performance status screening on the patient
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Chapter 13: Workforce Advocacy for a Professional Nursing
Practice Environment
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Q1) One workplace issue-the nursing shortage-is caused by several complex issues, including:
A) movement of nurses into acute care settings.
B) the use of unlicensed assistive personnel to replace RNs.
C) a mass of Baby Boomers who have chosen nursing as a career.
D) an aging nursing workforce.
Q2) A nurse is concerned about safe staffing levels at a facility and observes that several units have no RN coverage but instead have RNs who float among several units. In determining whether this staffing concern should be reported to an outside agency, the nurse understands that, with whistle-blowing:
A) reporting unsafe staffing levels to The Joint Commission provides protection from the employer.
B) keeping copies of documented inappropriate staffing patterns in the nurse's personal file is illegal.
C) when observing inappropriate staffing, the nurse should record her personal thoughts concerning the outcomes.
D) one should seek guidance from a trusted individual who can provide an objective point of view.
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Q1) A group of nurses interested in unionizing decides to contact the largest union in the United States representing registered nurses, which is the:
A) American Nurses Association.
B) United American Nurses.
C) National Nurses United.
D) National Labor Relations Board.
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) An advanced practice nurse inputs into a computer software program the following clinical manifestations: open wound with tibia exposed, petechial hemorrhage, and temporary loss of consciousness. The computer diagnosis of fat emboli is generated by a system known as:
A) decision support.
B) telehealth.
C) robotic technology.
D) biometric technology.
Q2) 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.
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Chapter 16: Emergency Preparedness and Response for
Todays World
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Q1) The emergency preparedness term that is used to describe the process of limiting the emergency situation within a well-defined area is ___________.
Q2) During a community health fair the disaster medical assistance team (DMAT) informs participants that every community must be ready to provide disaster care. A participant asks, "In a disaster, the local community cannot possibly be effective, so why not have a plan to call federal agencies immediately to provide relief?" The correct response by the DMAT is:
A) "Unless known terrorist activities involving mass destruction occur, the federal government does not become involved."
B) "The community is essentially the 'first responder' to any disaster."
C) "The preparedness phase of a disaster is the responsibility of the community, the relief response phase is assigned to state agencies, and the recovery phase is the responsibility of federal agencies."
D) "Unless local health care facilities are incapacitated, state and federal agencies will withhold assistance."
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) Florence Nightingale is attributed with being intelligent (she developed statistical methods to evaluate health care), dependable (she often worked long hours to care for the injured), and ambitious (she fought against society's perception of nursing). Those who depict her as a leader on the basis of these qualities are practicing which leadership theory?
A) Trait
B) Chaos
C) Bureaucracy
D) Organizational
Q2) In an attempt to persuade employees to bargain for another type of health insurance, a handout is circulated that describes the present employees' health care insurance as being insensitive, limiting choices of care providers, and providing inferior care. This reflects which aspect of Lewin's planned change?
A) Unfreeze
B) Move
C) Refreeze
D) Acceptance
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Chapter 18: Budgeting Basics for Nurses
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Q1) 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
Q2) Organizations measure the effectiveness of their budgets by examining actual revenues and expenditures versus:
A) planned variances.
B) incremental budgets.
C) productivity metrics.
D) expected performance.
Q3) The financial plan required for the distribution of resources and expenses is a
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Chapter 19: Effective Communication and Conflict Resolution
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Q1) During height and weight assessments at a school's health fair, a child admits to drinking a cup of coffee with his mother every morning, and another child reports enjoying a morning cup of coffee on the commute to school. These two children are both below average on the height chart, and the nurse states, "Drinking coffee stunts a child's growth." This logical fallacy is referred to as:
A) appeal to common practice.
B) confusing cause and effect.
C) ad hominem abusive.
D) red herring.
Q2) A patient's spouse was just diagnosed with lung cancer although there was no history of tobacco use. The spouse states, "I am so mad. How can you get cancer without smoking?" Which statement by the nurse represents empathy?
A) "Research is identifying many risk factors for cancer besides smoking."
B) "I understand how you could feel angry about the diagnosis."
C) "He is still a good husband."
D) "Why do you think he got cancer?"
Q3) The healthiest form of communication is the ________ style.
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Chapter 20: Effective Delegation and Supervision
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Q1) 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.
Q2) A nurse is delegating to the newly hired nursing unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) the task of assisting with oral hygiene, knowing that this assignment "does not require decisions based on the nursing process." The nurse is correctly using which of the five rights of delegation?
A) Supervision
B) Communication
C) Person
D) Circumstance
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Chapter 21: Staffing and Nursing Care Delivery Models
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Q1) A hospital is concerned with nurse retention and realizes that job satisfaction is a major influence. To enhance employee satisfaction related to staffing, the management team:
A) negotiates for additional agency nurses.
B) hires more part-time employees.
C) includes participatory management into staffing decisions.
D) uses "float" nurses to cover vacancies.
Q2) The nurse manager determines that four RNs, five LPN/LVNs, and two unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) are required per shift to meet the needs of the patient population on the unit, according to acuity and census. The nurse manager is concerned with:
A) assignments.
B) staffing.
C) output.
D) productivity.
Q3) Customer satisfaction is primarily based on:
A) access to modern, up-to-date facilities.
B) availability of an extensive menu selection.
C) personal interactions with employees.
D) having to undergo fewer invasive procedures.
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Chapter 22: Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
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Q1) Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) proposed a process for quality improvement with steps known as "PDCA." When explaining the steps to a group of nurses interested in improving the process of medication reconciliation for heart failure patients with high rates of recidivism, the instructor states:
A) P stands for process. Following a top-down flowchart provides the steps for reviewing patient medications taken at home compared to those prescribed during hospitalization.
B) D stand for deviation, which is an alteration in the expected drugs ordered.
C) C is for check if the process for change worked. Was there an improvement in accurate reconciliation? And what was learned? A stands for algorithm, which includes all steps of the process.
D) A stands for algorithm, which includes all steps of the process.
Q2) 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.
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Q1) The greatest barrier to access to health care for a poor Hispanic person living in downtown Chicago is lack of health ____________________.
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) A bill is pending in the state legislature that will mandate teaching health promotion related to smoking cessation. Which action by the nurse should have the greatest impact on passage of the bill?
A) Explain the rationale for the bill to the school board.
B) Contact the elected representative's office by telephone to request support for the bill.
C) Support a health advocate to run for election as state representative.
D) Tell all students about the bill.
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Chapter 24: Making the Transition from Student to Professional Nurse
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Q1) A recruiter is explaining benefits to a group of nursing externs who are highly sought for employment. The recruiter states, "We are the only hospital in town that offers a residency program." The recruiter further explains that a residency program:
A) provides housing for the graduate nurse to decrease expenses until income is established.
B) partners a medical resident with a nurse resident to learn interprofessional care.
C) allows new graduates to work on a higher degree in nursing while being paid full-time.
D) offers extended time for both theory and clinical activities that promote problem solving and clinical decision making.
Q2) When the novice nurse asks, "What will happen if this task is not completed," which skill is being demonstrated?
A) Priority setting
B) Delegation
C) Organization
D) Clinical skills
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Chapter 25: Managing Time: The Path to High
Self-Performance
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Q1) A nurse is hoping for a promotion and seeks the help of a coach to improve time management skills. The first task assigned by the coach is for the nurse to list all external distractors that prevent organization and completion of tasks. The nurse would include:
A) waiting for oncoming shift to start walking rounds.
B) failure to delegate tasks to the licensed practical nurse and unlicensed assistive personnel and instead, completing task herself.
C) talking with a patient's family member who is also a personal friend.
D) spending time thinking about the vacation to the beach.
E) using the Internet to read about a new drug that will be administered; then taking time to look for news about the profession, new legislation about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and new uniforms for the season.
Q2) When deciding whether and when a task should be completed, a nurse must:
A) complete all tasks as they are thought of to prevent having to take time to consider which is most important.
B) procrastinate and hope that someone will volunteer to do it.
C) ask, "What will happen if I don't complete the task now?"
D) view large projects holistically and not as many small pieces.
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Chapter 26: Contemporary Nursing Roles and Career
Opportunities
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Q1) A nurse is responsible for determining the incidence rates of hospital-acquired diarrhea on a pediatric ward after receiving reports that five children admitted with uncontrolled asthma had developed diarrhea while hospitalized. The nurse is working in the role of:
A) quality management.
B) infection control.
C) occupational health.
D) forensics.
Q2) A nurse notices that care is often withheld until an interpreter arrives, if the nurse is not multilingual. The nurse discusses this with the management team and suggests a three-part series be presented to the nursing staff to teach some commonly used medical terms in Spanish. This nurse is involved in the role of:
A) change agent.
B) educator.
C) manager.
D) coordinator.
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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) According to the Hallmarks of the Professional Nursing Environment, a nurse should ask a potential employer:
A) how salaries compare with those of larger facilities.
B) what benefits are provided to RNs that are not available to other health care providers.
C) what role nurses have in determining the quality of care.
D) how the employer plans to provide long-term economic security to RNs.
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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Q1) A candidate who is taking the NCLEX-RN examination received only 75 questions before the test was stopped. She called her professor and stated, "I passed. I had to answer only 75 questions." The professor correctly responds by saying:
A) "You are now officially licensed; you answered the more difficult questions correctly."
B) "It is possible to receive only 75 questions and not be successful; however, we will keep a positive attitude."
C) "If you were given only 75 questions, you will have to retest because this is not enough to determine competency."
D) "You must have been extremely close to the passing standard because the computer shut off."
Q2) The length of the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN) examination is based on the:
A) last four numbers of the candidate's social security number.
B) location of testing.
C) candidate's educational preparation.
D) performance of the candidate.
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