LATEST EXAM ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS |ALREADY GRADED A+
What are the 3 main reasons for nursing shortages? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -
people are living longer, greater acuity in hospitals, extension of care into
community
Name the two solutions for nursing shortage and which one is acceptable -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - increase the supply of nurses (from travel nursing and
foreign-educated) AND create less trained workers to supplement nursing
workforce (NOT ACCEPTABLE)
A non-negotiable ethical standard- tool used to guide a group toward professional
self-definition - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - Code of Ethics
Statement of ethical values, obligations, duties, and ideals of nurses individually
and collective - support nursing as a PROFESSION - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - Code
of Ethics
Compared to an occupation, a profession is ______ as opposed to physical, there
is a high level of individual _________, based on _________, and is both
________ and _______. There is a ______ organization of members and group
________. Can be tough through highly specialized _______, motivated by
_______ and responses to public _______. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - intellectual,
responsibility, research, practical, theoretical, strong, consciousness, education,
altruism, interests
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,Two major differences between Occupation and Profession - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔ - Preparation and Commitment (feel a "calling" to profession)
Responsibilities for which nurses are accountable - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -
Nurses Scope and Standards of Practice
Kelly's Criteria:
1. Services provided are vital to ______, _____ underlies nursing.
2. Special body of ______ that is continually enlarged through both ______ and
______.
3. Education in institutions of higher _______.
4. Control over ones own practice: _______
5. Motivated by service: ________
6. _____ of _______
7. Organization that encourages and supports high ________ : the _________ is
the official voice of nursing - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - humanity, caring,
knowledge, research, EBP, education, autonomy, altruism, Code of Ethics,
standards, ANA
Barriers to professional nursing: ______ levels of education for entry of _______,
______ issues, _______ roots, ______ conflicts (nursing vs. medicine), ______
conflicts, ______ issues - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - varying, practice, demographic,
historical, external, internal, gender
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,Difference between License and Certification - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - Licensure
is REQUIRED - NCLEX - must past in order to be an RN and practice - legal
implication, Certification is voluntary
Certification shows a high level of ______, more earning ______, and job _______
- CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - competency, potential, flexibility
What is the KEY to advanced practice in nursing? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -
CERTFICATION
Hospital-based nursing education - students staffed hospitals- high-quality of
nursing care was not priority - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - Diploma programs
Duration of a Diploma Program - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - 3 years
There are very few diploma programs left due to growth of both ______ and
______ programs, the inability of hospitals to continue to ______ nursing
education, ________, and most colleges do ______ accept _____ from diploma
programs. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - ADN, BSN, finance, accreditation, not, credit
Urged that only college graduates be regarded as truly professional- basic schools
of nursing must be placed in universities and colleges with effort to recruit both
men and minorities - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - Brown Report
Intended for end-point degree, not a Step to BSN - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - ADN
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, The growth of ______ programs were slow due to ________ of universities to
accept nursing as an academic ________, the power of ______ programs, and the
advent of _______ colleges. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - BSN, reluctance, discipline,
diploma, community
_____ are more likely than ______ to have a bachelor's or higher degree in
nursing. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - men, women
Men are _______ in advanced practice, especially the degree of _______ -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - overrepresented, CRNAs
Men as staff nurses and administrators have a _______ representation - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔ - proportional
True of False: there has been a decrease in number of BSN-prepared nurses and
they tend to be OLDER - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - false - there has been an
increase, they are typically younger
Minorities are ________ in nursing - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - underrepresented
What are the four main problems to recruiting foreign-educated nurses in
response to recent shortages? - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ - English as second
language, peers view an unknowleadgable, different views, and upmost respect
for authority (potential for errors)
Recognizes the autonomy of nurses in making decisions are where to live and
work - deters the exploitation of foreign-educated nurses - CORRECT ANSWER
✔✔ - STTI
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