Dimensions Exam 1: Study Guide
Chapter 1
1. Identify the most important element in nursing’s attempt to gain full autonomy of practice.
A) Economic exploitation of nurses
B) Maintaining the education system for
nurses as it is now
C) Gaining and maintaining control of
nursing practice by nurses
D) Restricting the latitude of decisions made
by nurses
2. In its attempt to gain freedom and independence, what corresponding factors must the
nursing profession embrace?
A) Health and happiness
B) Chaos and disorder
C) Loss of control and negative feedback
D) Responsibility and accountability
3. Select the most effective method that nurses can use to gain power over their practice.
A) Use strikes and union tactics to increase
pay.
B) Join professional organizations in large
numbers.
C) Leave nursing as soon as better jobs come
along.
D) Confront hospital administrators about
poor staffing.
4. What allows a nurse to exert referent power over a client when providing nursing care?
A) The ability to withhold pain medication if
the client does not comply with routines
B) The ability to provide the client with
additional food when he or she does
comply with the nurse’s requests
, C) The power given to the nurse by reason of
state licensure
D) The establishment of a professional and
personal relationship with the client
5. What is a group of jobs that is similar in type of work and found throughout an industry or
country?
A) Position
B) Occupation
C) Profession
D) Stint
6. Which of the following types of nurses are classified as technical nurses?
A) BSNs and MSNs
B) LPNs and ADNs
C) LVNs and BSNs
D) UAPs and BSNs
7. Identify the approach that describes a profession as being in a continual state of
development along a continuum.
A) Trait approach
B) Power approach
C) Process approach
D) Educational approach
8. A nursing student is approached by a friend who is not majoring in nursing. The friend
asks why the nursing profession does not seem to be actively involved in the women’s
rights movement. How can the student best respond to this question?
A) Nurses do take an active part in leading
the women’s rights movement, but it is
done very quietly.
B) The women’s rights movement shuns
participation by nurses because of
nursing’s subservient image.
C) The health-care industry discourages
nurses from becoming involved in
women’s rights issues.
, D) Nurses avoid becoming involved in
women’s rights issues because of their
traditional role as “helpers.”
9. Identify the element that is the best indicator of increasing accountability in the
profession of nursing.
A) Increasing pay scale for staff nurses
B) Improved public image of nurses on TV
and in movies
C) Demonstration of competency and high-
quality care through peer review
D) Taking care of larger numbers of clients
with the help of unlicensed assistive
personnel
10. What is the best method for nurses to prepare for future professional practice?
A) Take additional courses in the use of
computers.
B) Understand and explore the issues
involved in professionalism as nurses.
C) Accept that nursing is a profession.
D) Cross-train with other health-care
providers such as physical therapists,
laboratory technicians, and radiologists.
11. What allows a nurse to exert coercive power over a client when providing nursing care?
A) The ability to withhold pain medication if
the client does not comply with routines
B) The ability to provide the client with
additional food when he or she does
comply with the nurse’s requests
C) The power given to the nurse by reason of
state licensure
D) The establishment of a professional and
personal relationship with the client
12. What allows a nurse to exert legitimate power over a client when providing nursing care?
A) The ability to withhold pain medication if
, the client does not comply with routines
B) The ability to provide the client with
additional food when he or she does
comply with the nurse’s requests
C) The power given to the nurse by reason of
state licensure
D) The establishment of a professional and
personal relationship with the client
13. Select the trait of a profession that requires the most improvement in the promotion and
recognition of nursing as a full and equal profession.
A) Activities involve a high level of
individual responsibility.
B) Activities are based on a specialized body
of knowledge.
C) Activities serve the public and are
generally altruistic in nature.
D) Activities are learned in institutions of
higher education.
14. Which statement is the best description of a profession from the power approach method
of defining a profession?
A) The members of the profession attain all
the traits required for that profession.
B) The members of the profession have high
income levels.
C) The profession is near the end of its
developmental process.
D) The education for the members of the
profession must be attained in graduate
schools.
COMPLETION
1. List in correct order the progression of the levels of health-care providers from the most
educated to the least educated. (Enter the letter of each in the proper sequence; do not
use commas or spaces.)
A) APRN
B) LPN-VN
Chapter 1
1. Identify the most important element in nursing’s attempt to gain full autonomy of practice.
A) Economic exploitation of nurses
B) Maintaining the education system for
nurses as it is now
C) Gaining and maintaining control of
nursing practice by nurses
D) Restricting the latitude of decisions made
by nurses
2. In its attempt to gain freedom and independence, what corresponding factors must the
nursing profession embrace?
A) Health and happiness
B) Chaos and disorder
C) Loss of control and negative feedback
D) Responsibility and accountability
3. Select the most effective method that nurses can use to gain power over their practice.
A) Use strikes and union tactics to increase
pay.
B) Join professional organizations in large
numbers.
C) Leave nursing as soon as better jobs come
along.
D) Confront hospital administrators about
poor staffing.
4. What allows a nurse to exert referent power over a client when providing nursing care?
A) The ability to withhold pain medication if
the client does not comply with routines
B) The ability to provide the client with
additional food when he or she does
comply with the nurse’s requests
, C) The power given to the nurse by reason of
state licensure
D) The establishment of a professional and
personal relationship with the client
5. What is a group of jobs that is similar in type of work and found throughout an industry or
country?
A) Position
B) Occupation
C) Profession
D) Stint
6. Which of the following types of nurses are classified as technical nurses?
A) BSNs and MSNs
B) LPNs and ADNs
C) LVNs and BSNs
D) UAPs and BSNs
7. Identify the approach that describes a profession as being in a continual state of
development along a continuum.
A) Trait approach
B) Power approach
C) Process approach
D) Educational approach
8. A nursing student is approached by a friend who is not majoring in nursing. The friend
asks why the nursing profession does not seem to be actively involved in the women’s
rights movement. How can the student best respond to this question?
A) Nurses do take an active part in leading
the women’s rights movement, but it is
done very quietly.
B) The women’s rights movement shuns
participation by nurses because of
nursing’s subservient image.
C) The health-care industry discourages
nurses from becoming involved in
women’s rights issues.
, D) Nurses avoid becoming involved in
women’s rights issues because of their
traditional role as “helpers.”
9. Identify the element that is the best indicator of increasing accountability in the
profession of nursing.
A) Increasing pay scale for staff nurses
B) Improved public image of nurses on TV
and in movies
C) Demonstration of competency and high-
quality care through peer review
D) Taking care of larger numbers of clients
with the help of unlicensed assistive
personnel
10. What is the best method for nurses to prepare for future professional practice?
A) Take additional courses in the use of
computers.
B) Understand and explore the issues
involved in professionalism as nurses.
C) Accept that nursing is a profession.
D) Cross-train with other health-care
providers such as physical therapists,
laboratory technicians, and radiologists.
11. What allows a nurse to exert coercive power over a client when providing nursing care?
A) The ability to withhold pain medication if
the client does not comply with routines
B) The ability to provide the client with
additional food when he or she does
comply with the nurse’s requests
C) The power given to the nurse by reason of
state licensure
D) The establishment of a professional and
personal relationship with the client
12. What allows a nurse to exert legitimate power over a client when providing nursing care?
A) The ability to withhold pain medication if
, the client does not comply with routines
B) The ability to provide the client with
additional food when he or she does
comply with the nurse’s requests
C) The power given to the nurse by reason of
state licensure
D) The establishment of a professional and
personal relationship with the client
13. Select the trait of a profession that requires the most improvement in the promotion and
recognition of nursing as a full and equal profession.
A) Activities involve a high level of
individual responsibility.
B) Activities are based on a specialized body
of knowledge.
C) Activities serve the public and are
generally altruistic in nature.
D) Activities are learned in institutions of
higher education.
14. Which statement is the best description of a profession from the power approach method
of defining a profession?
A) The members of the profession attain all
the traits required for that profession.
B) The members of the profession have high
income levels.
C) The profession is near the end of its
developmental process.
D) The education for the members of the
profession must be attained in graduate
schools.
COMPLETION
1. List in correct order the progression of the levels of health-care providers from the most
educated to the least educated. (Enter the letter of each in the proper sequence; do not
use commas or spaces.)
A) APRN
B) LPN-VN
