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Course Introduction
Nursing Professional Development explores the ongoing process of acquiring and refining the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary for nurses to deliver high-quality patient care in a changing healthcare landscape. This course covers the principles of lifelong learning, evidence-based practice, leadership, ethical responsibilities, and the roles that nurses play in mentoring, education, and organizational improvement. Students will examine strategies for professional growth, certification, and career advancement, as well as methods to evaluate and enhance clinical competence and promote a culture of safety and collaboration within healthcare teams.
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Professional Nursing Practice Concepts and Perspectives 7th Edition by Blais
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Chapter 1: Beginning the Journey
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Q1) What is one indicator that an Internet site may not be accurate?
A)A long bibliography is provided for additional information.
B)There are spelling errors on the site.
C)An editor is listed on the site.
D)Background information is provided by link,not on site.
Answer: B
Q2) Which statement regarding age trends of RNs is correct?
A)The average age of persons holding RN licensure has remained the same for the last 10 years.
B)The average age of male RN graduates is decreasing while the age for female RN graduates is increasing.
C)The average age of RN graduates has increased.
D)Overall,the average age of practicing RNs has decreased.
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Socialization to Professional Nursing Roles
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Q1) Which coping skill would be helpful as a strategy for stress reduction and time management?
A)Avoid being assigned to committees at work.
B)Delegate only when it is absolutely necessary.
C)Attend a support group to help give up the need for perfection.
D)Learn to use communication skills to win conflicts at work.
Answer: C
Q2) How does a return to school for a baccalaureate degree affect socialization of practicing nurses?
A)It has little effect.
B)These nurses regress in socialization back to the pre-nursing levels.
C)These nurses experience resocialization in many ways.
D)Resocialization does not occur until the degree is completed.
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Historical Foundations of Professional Nursing
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Q1) Who was the first health care provider to acquire AIDS?
A)Linda Richards
B)Clara Maass
C)Barbara Fassbinder
D)Sharon Lane
Answer: C
Q2) The history of nursing is most strongly associated with which other factor?
A)The history of women
B)The development of medical technology
C)The growth of religion across the frontier
D)The decline of the family unit
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Ethical Foundations of Professional Nursing
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Q1) According to Gilligan,which statement is true?
A)Men usually follow the moral development path of nonviolence.
B)Women usually follow the moral development path of equality.
C)Men usually follow the moral development path of fairness.
D)Women usually follow the moral development path of justice.
Q2) How is the Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretative Statements most useful for nurses?
A)It gives direction for actions as related to specific cases of ethical dilemma.
B)It gives suggestions for use in cases of general-duty ethical dilemma.
C)It is best used to make suggestions to solve problems in critical situations.
D)It offers general guidelines for the ethical delivery of nursing care.
Q3) To what does the moral principle of fidelity refer?
A)Truth telling
B)Duty to do no harm
C)Faithfulness
D)Doing good
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Chapter 5: Legal Foundations of Professional Nursing
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Q1) A nurse who has been taking antihistamines for a head cold says these medications always make her "sleepy." Is this nurse impaired?
A)No;impairment means under the influence of alcohol.
B)Yes;any situation that clouds the nurse's professional vigilance can be thought of as impairment.
C)No;impairment from drug ingestion occurs only if the drugs are illegal.
D)The nurse is impaired only if he or she has taken more medication than is recommended by the medication literature.
Q2) The nurse has made a claim of sexual harassment against a coworker.What evidence must this nurse present?
A)The sexual advances occurred over a period of at least 6 weeks.
B)The conduct was explicit and was a condition of employment.
C)There was psychological damage from the conduct.
D)The actions created a hostile or abusive environment.
Q3) What is the first action the victim of sexual harassment should take?
A)Ignore the behavior,hoping it will decrease.
B)Confront the harasser and ask that the behavior stop.
C)Report the sexual harassment to the appropriate supervisor.
D)Report the sexual harassment to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
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Chapter 6: Remembering Development in Nursing
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Q1) The nurse's research is directed toward testing a specific hypothesis deduced from a theory.Which research approach does this work represent?
A)Dynamicism
B)Positivist
C)Constructivist
D)Naturalistic
Q2) The nurse who bases practice on the theory of unitary human beings will focus on which set of concepts?
A)Caring factors,transpersonal caring relationships,and caring moments/situations.
B)Regulator,cognator,stimuli,and adaptation.
C)Energy fields,universe of open systems,pattern,and pandimensionality.
D)Self-care deficit,self-care agency,and therapeutic self-care demand.
Q3) The nurse strongly believes that truth is based in experiences.Which research approach is this nurse most likely to favor?
A)Hard science model
B)Positivist
C)Cause and effect
D)Constructivist
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Chapter 7: The Nurse As Health Promoter and Care Provider
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Q1) What is the primary role in which the nurse works when leading a health-promotion group?
A)Provider of care
B)Manager of care
C)Facilitator of the process
D)Member of the discipline of nursing
Q2) What is the purpose of a risk appraisal program?
A)To inform the public about the risks of particular lifestyle choices.
B)To improve the quality of risky environmental situations.
C)To enhance the quality of life and extend the life span.
D)To apprise individuals of the risk factors that are inherent in their lives.
Q3) The nurse has been asked to provide a health-promotion session for a group of preschool children.Can the nurse work in this capacity?
A)No;health-promotion activities are limited to individual sessions.
B)The nurse may do so only if there is a medical order for the session.
C)No;health promotion is effective only with adult clients.
D)Yes;the nurse can work with groups or individuals of all ages.
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Chapter 8: The Nurse As Learner and Teacher
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Q1) Who should be involved in the development of a nursing teaching plan?
A)Only the nurse-teacher
B)The nurse-teacher and the client's physician
C)Only the client-learner
D)Both the nurse-teacher and the client-learner
Q2) Which teaching objective is correctly written?
A)At the end of the teaching session the client will list three strategies for control of hypertension.
B)The client will write a comprehensive review of two articles about hypertension.
C)During the class the nurse will present material regarding risk factors associated with the development of hypertension.
D)The client will understand how hypertension develops by the end of the second teaching session.
Q3) What would be the best environment for conducting client teaching?
A)The client is in the clinical educator's office.
B)The client is reclining in bed with the television on.
C)The client has just been medicated for pain.
D)The client is upright in bed with family members present.
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Chapter 9: The Nurse As Leader and Manager
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Q1) The nurse-manager tends to make most unit decisions without consulting the nursing staff.Which word best describes this style of leadership?
A)Authoritarian
B)Situational
C)Transformational
D)Laissez-faire
Q2) The nurse serving as a mentor documents the following information in a mentoring log:
Mentee: Sandra Martin,RN: During last shift Sandra questioned her ability to meet goals negotiated several weeks ago.Discussed clarifying the goals strategies to achieve them.Shared personal experiences with achieving goals and efforts taken to be successful.
In which mentoring phase is the nurse when mentoring this new employee?
A)Preceptor phase
B)Invitational phase
C)Questioning phase
D)Transitional phase
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Chapter 10: The Nurses Role in Evidence-Based Health Care
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Q1) Which organization has the support of learning,knowledge,and professional development of nurses committed to make a difference in health worldwide as its mission?
A)National League for Nursing
B)State boards of nursing
C)Joint Commission
D)Sigma Theta Tau International
Q2) In the 1970s there was a focus on translating research findings into practice.What term was used to describe this focus?
A)Evidence-based practice
B)Randomized clinical trials
C)Research utilization
D)Scientific evidence
Q3) Why is research important in nursing?
A)Nurses are expected to adopt evidence-based practice into their decision making.
B)Outcomes are more important than process.
C)The nurses' prime consideration should be cost-effectiveness.
D)It uses the scientific approach.
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Chapter 11: The Nurses Role in Quality and Safety
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Q1) The nurse manager has plans to improve teamwork among the nurses and other health care providers.What actions should the manager take to achieve this goal? (Select all that apply. )
A)Used standardized team processes
B)Monitor team members' performance
C)Reinforce the three duties when providing care
D)Observe for behaviors that encourage occurrence
E)Understanding all team members' responsibilities
Q2) A staff nurse accidentally provided a client with an incorrect stock medication,however did not report the occurrence to anyone.What behavior is this staff nurse demonstrating?
A)At-risk
B)Human error
C)Recklessness
D)Fear of punishment
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Chapter 12: The Nurses Role As Political Advocate
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Q1) The nurse has decided to contact state legislators regarding support for a health bill.Which is true about such requests?
A)Drop-in visits to the legislator's office are very effective.
B)Faxed copies of a form letter have the most impact.
C)Legislators should be addressed informally by first name.
D)Letters should be thoughtful and informed,but concise.
Q2) Which skills are useful to increase a nurse's political astuteness and activity? (Select all that apply. )
A)Keep informed about health issues.
B)Be able to analyze an issue.
C)Be able to speak out and voice an opinion.
D)Be able to work best independently.
E)Have the ability to use a power base.
Q3) Benner identified six types of power used by nurses.With which concept are these powers associated?
A)Becoming
B)Caring
C)Curing
D)Healing
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Chapter 13: The Nurse As Colleague and Collaborator
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Q1) The nurse is collaborating with another health care provider to help a client regain skills needed to function in the home environment.This nurse is most likely working with a member of which discipline?
A)Physical therapy
B)Social work
C)Occupational therapy
D)Respiratory therapy
Q2) What is true about poverty in the United States?
A)The number of poor in the United States has decreased sharply in the last 10 years.
B)The number of people living in extreme poverty has increased in recent years.
C)The number of poor in the United States has increased sharply in the last 10 years.
D)The number of people living in extreme poverty has decreased in recent years.
Q3) Dalton extended Kim's theory of collaborative decision making in nursing practice to include which group?
A)Social workers
B)Children and vulnerable populations
C)Psychologists
D)Family caregivers
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Chapter 14: Communicating Effectively
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Q1) What is true of computer documentation systems?
A)Computer documentation takes more time than traditional charting.
B)Accuracy of computer charting is less than that of traditional narrative charting.
C)It is difficult to incorporate data into the client's record in a timely manner.
D)Client information can be transferred rapidly from one healthcare setting to another.
Q2) What is included in intrapersonal communication?
A)Exchange of information
B)Two or more people
C)Rapport
D)Knowledge
Q3) The nurse documents that the client's communication is congruent.What does this indicate?
A)The client's communication is therapeutic.
B)The client's nonverbal behaviors match the verbal message.
C)Nonverbal behaviors are expressed more strongly than the verbal message.
D)The verbal message is more important than the nonverbal message.
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Chapter 15: Managing Change
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Q1) A consultant is hired to recommend organizational changes in a healthcare institution.What best describes this consultant's role?
A)Leader
B)Legitimate authority
C)Internal change agent
D)External change agent
Q2) The nurse is preparing a seminar for community members newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus.The nurse is aware that these members are confused about the diagnosis and the changes that they will have to make in their diet and exercise patterns.In which order should the nurse review the stages of change with these members?
A)The change is implemented and new behaviors are adopted.
B)The person makes specific plans for implementation of the change.
C)The change is fully integrated into the person's behaviors with support provided.
D)The person is willing to consider a change and obtains information about the proposed change.
E)The person is not thinking about change,nor is he or she interested in information about a proposed change.
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Chapter 16: Technology and Informatics
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Q1) Nurses can be certified in nursing informatics through which organization?
A)American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
B)American Nurses Association (ANA)
C)The state board of nursing (BON)in which they have primary residence
D)Any accredited master of nursing (MSN)program
Q2) The nurse working in the computer information department is planning to introduce the FITT concept to the nursing staff in anticipation of upgrading the clinical documentation system.In which order should the nurse provide this information?
A)Fit
B)Task
C)Individuals
D)Technology
Q3) What is the term informatics used to describe?
A)The use of the World Wide Web
B)PDAs
C)How nurses use data
D)All aspects of computers and information systems
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Chapter 17: Nursing in an Evolving Health Care Delivery System
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Q1) What has shaped many of the changes in health care affecting nurses?
A)The American Medical Association
B)The U.S.Congress
C)Nursing Agenda for Health Care Reform
D)Third-party payers
Q2) In which way would an office nurse setting up a patient's appointment and operating in a rationing of healthcare environment accept appointments?
A)The patient's ability to pay
B)The lottery system
C)Referrals
D)Recommendations from case managers
Q3) What health care shift from centralized biomedical centers did the American Nurses Association identify to address cost containment?
A)Academic health centers
B)HMOs
C)Community nursing centers
D)Case management
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Chapter 18: Providing Care in Home and Community
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Q1) On what do home health services focus?
A)Intravenous therapy
B)Individualized,episodic care with curative,short-term outcomes
C)Prevention of disease processes
D)Reimbursement issues first
Q2) When a home health nurse consults the patient's physician and pharmacy about a patient's medications,which role is being demonstrated?
A)Teacher
B)Researcher
C)Collaborator
D)Care provider
Q3) Which is the largest source of reimbursement for home health services?
A)Self-pay
B)Private insurance
C)Medicaid
D)Worker's compensation
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Chapter 19: Global Health
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Q1) A local high school is planning a fundraising event to help with global health issues and asks the nurse for the names of organizations in which the funds can be sent.Which organizations should the nurse recommend? (Select all that apply. )
A)DAV
B)CARE
C)OxFam
D)Project Hope
E)Save the Children
Q2) The public health nurse notes that certain diseases and health problems are becoming more prevalent in countries that previously had few issues.What should the nurse consider as reasons for this change? (Select all that apply. )
A)Health coverage for the disease has changed
B)People have visited countries with the disease
C)Reduced numbers of providers who treat the disease
D)People have moved into the country with the disease
E)People are living longer in the country with the disease
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Chapter 20: Dimensions of Holistic Health Care
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Q1) Which statements describe stages of therapeutic touch?
A)Centering oneself physically and psychologically to prepare for the healing session.
B)Preparing the field of energy for therapeutic touch through mind sensitizing to detect subtle energy flow changes.
C)Helping the client to "re-pattern" his or her energy through the use of their excess energy.
D)Utilizing herbal remedies to reach the inner power of one's self.
E)Guiding the patient to empty the mind and focus on a pleasant experience.
Q2) A patient uses therapeutic touch to help with migraines.On what is this therapy based?
A)Biological fields
B)Energy fields
C)Manipulative body movements
D)Mind-body energies
Q3) Of what is providing cholesterol screenings an example?
A)Primary prevention
B)Secondary prevention
C)Tertiary prevention
D)Preventive care
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Chapter 21: Nursing in a Culturally Diverse World
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Q1) Variations of life passage events such as the bar mitzvah for 13-year-old Jewish boys and the quinceaƱero party for 15-year-old Hispanic girls are examples of which cultural event?
A)Cultural universals
B)Cultural awareness
C)Cultural sensitivity
D)Cultural competence
Q2) Which statement best describes acculturation?
A)Also referred to as assimilation,acculturation is the integration of the cultural patterns of the dominant or host culture into the person's way of life.
B)Spector suggests that it takes seven generations for a family to become fully assimilated into the American culture.
C)It doesn't occur because people are already acculturated when they immigrate to the United States.
D)The study of different cultures and subcultures
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Chapter 22: Nursing in a Spiritually Diverse World
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Q1) To provide spiritually competent care,what should the nurse do first?
A)Perform a physical assessment.
B)Perform personal values-clarification activities.
C)Read the patient's nursing history.
D)Research information on the patient's cultural group.
Q2) On what is the holistic health belief view based?
A)The belief that supernatural forces control illness
B)The belief that human life is one aspect of nature
C)The belief that when one's natural balance or harmony is disturbed,illness results
D)The belief that illness results from being bad
E)The belief that forces of nature must be maintained in balance or harmony
Q3) The nurse is using the HOPE tool when assessing a patient's spiritual needs.In which order should the nurse ask the patient the following questions?
A)Identify sources of strength
B)What specific actions conducted?
C)Does religion influence health care?
D)What is the role of religion in your life?
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Chapter 23: Nursing in a Culture of Violence
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Q1) As a school nurse evaluating a child after a fight,it is imperative to understand that violent acts committed at school are often associated with which characteristics?
(Select all that apply. )
A)Social ostracism
B)Physical bullying
C)Close peer relationships
D)Bullying
E)More at high schools than middle schools
Q2) What behavior should the nurse demonstrate when caring for victims of abuse?
A)Distant
B)Authoritarian
C)Nonjudgmental
D)Judgmental
Q3) What is the result of exposure to violence in the community?
A)Inevitable depression
B)Not a problem outside the poor neighborhoods
C)Mediated by the quality of family and social supports
D)Important only for children
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Chapter 24: Advanced Nursing Education and Practice
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Q1) Certification through the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)for APNs is offered to which group of nurses? (Select all that apply. )
A)Nurse practitioners
B)Associate degree
C)Baccalaureate prepared nurses
D)Diploma prepared nurses
E)Clinical nurse specialists
Q2) What should be the motivation behind the evolution of advanced practice nursing becoming more autonomous?
A)The American Nurses Credentialing Center
B)The nursing profession's vision
C)Nurse leaders
D)Supply and demand
Q3) Which advanced practice role's participation is preoperative teaching and administering anesthesia?
A)Nurse-midwife
B)Nurse practitioner
C)Clinical nurse specialist
D)Nurse-anesthetist
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Chapter 25: The Future of Nursing
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Q1) For nurses to be successful in future health care,what should be the focus?
A)Community focus and information technology
B)Acceptance and efficiency of managed care
C)Lifting of cost-containment measures
D)A surplus of nurses
Q2) While managed care is available,there will be fewer professional nurses in hospitals and more of which type of workers supervised by professional nurses?
A)Janitorial
B)Physicians
C)Multi-skilled
D)Academic
Q3) Working with electronic medical records has created which concern for nurses?
A)Healthcare costs
B)Computer literacy of the public
C)Confidentiality and security of data
D)Medical errors
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