Fundamentals Perspectives on the Art and Science of
Canadian Nursing 2nd Edition Gregory Raymound
Test Bank
Chapter 1 An Introduction to Canadian Nursing
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1.A nurse uses effective strategies to communicate and handle conflict with nurses and other
health care professionals. Which Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) competency
is the nurse demonstrating?
a. Informatics
b. Quality improvement
c. Teamwork and collaboration
d. Evidence-based practice
ANS: C
Teamwork and collaboration uses effective strategies to communicate and handle conflict.
Informatics includes navigating electronic health records. Quality improvement uses tools such
as flow charts and diagrams to improve care. Evidence-based practice integrates best current
evidence with clinical expertise and patient/family preferences and values for delivery of optimal
health care.
PTS:1DIF:Cognitive Level: Applying (Application)
REF:11
OBJescribe the purpose of professional standards of nursing practice.
TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation MSC: NCLEX: Management of Care
2.A nurse is employed by a health care agency that provides an informal training session on how
to properly use a new vital sign monitor. Which type of education did the nurse receive?
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, a. In-service education
b. Advanced education
c. Continuing education
d. Registered nurse education
ANS: A
In-service education programs are instruction or training provided by a health care agency or
institution designed to increase the knowledge, skills, and competencies of nurses and other
health care professionals employed by the institution. Some roles for RNs in nursing require
advanced graduate degrees, such as a clinical nurse specialist or nurse practitioner. There are
various educational routes for becoming a registered nurse (RN), such as associate, diploma, and
baccalaureate. Continuing education involves formal, organized educational programs offered by
universities, hospitals, state nurses associations, professional nursing organizations, and
educational and health care institutions.
PTS:1DIF:Cognitive Level: Applying (Application)
REF:6
OBJ: Discuss the importance of education in professional nursing practice.
TOP: Nursing Process: Evaluation MSC: NCLEX: Management of Care
3.A nurse listens to a patients lungs and determines that the patient needs to cough and deep
breath. The nurse has the patient cough and deep breath. Which concept did the nurse
demonstrate?
a. Accountability
b. Autonomy
c. Licensure
d. Certification
ANS: B
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,Autonomy is essential to professional nursing and involves the initiation of independent nursing
interventions without medical orders. Accountability means that you are professionally and
legally responsible for the type and quality of nursing care provided. To obtain licensure in the
canada, RN candidates must pass the NCLEX-RN examination administered by the individual
State Boards of Nursing to obtain a nursing license. Beyond the NCLEX-RN, some nurses
choose to work toward certification in a specific area of nursing practice.
PTS:1DIF:Cognitive Level: Analyzing (Analysis)
REF: 6 OBJ: Discuss the characteristics of professionalism in nursing.
TOP: Nursing Process: Evaluation MSC: NCLEX: Management of Care
4.A registered nurse is required to participate in a simulation to learn how to triage patients who
are arriving to the hospital after exposure to an unknown gas. This is an example of a response to
what type of influence on nursing?
a. Workplace hazards
b. Nursing shortage
c. Professionalism
d. Emergency preparedness
ANS: D
Many health care agencies, schools, and communities have educational programs to prepare for
nuclear, chemical, or biological attack and other types of disasters. Nurses play an active role in
emergency preparedness. Workplace hazards include violence, harassment, and ergonomics. A
person who acts professionally is conscientious in actions, knowledgeable in the subject, and
responsible to self and others. There is an ongoing global nursing shortage, which results from
insufficient qualified registered nurses (RNs) to fill vacant positions and the loss of qualified
RNs to other professions.
PTS:1DIF:Cognitive Level: Applying (Application)
REF:4
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, OBJ: Discuss the influence of social, political, and economic changes on nursing practices.
TOP: Nursing Process: Evaluation MSC: NCLEX: Safety and Infection Control
5.A nurse is an advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) who cares for geriatrics. This nurse is
which type of advanced practice nurse?
a. Clinical nurse specialist
b. Nurse practitioner
c. Certified nurse-midwife
d. Certified registered nurse anesthetist
ANS: A
The clinical nurse specialist (CNS) is an APRN who is an expert clinician in a specialized area of
practice, such as geriatrics or pediatrics. The nurse practitioner (NP) is an APRN who provides
health care to a group of patients, usually in an outpatient, ambulatory care, or community-based
setting. A certified nurse-midwife (CNM) is an APRN who is educated in midwifery and is
certified by the American College of Nurse-Midwives. A certified registered nurse anesthetist
(CRNA) is an APRN with advanced education in a nurse anesthesia accredited program.
PTS:1DIF:Cognitive Level: Applying (Application)
REF: 8 OBJ: Describe the roles and career opportunities for nurses.
TOP: Nursing Process: Evaluation MSC: NCLEX: Management of Care
6.A patient does not want the treatment that was prescribed. The nurse helps the patient talk to
the primary health care provider and even talks to the primary health care provider when needed.
The nurse is acting in which professional role?
a. Educator
b. Manager
c. Advocate
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Canadian Nursing 2nd Edition Gregory Raymound
Test Bank
Chapter 1 An Introduction to Canadian Nursing
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1.A nurse uses effective strategies to communicate and handle conflict with nurses and other
health care professionals. Which Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) competency
is the nurse demonstrating?
a. Informatics
b. Quality improvement
c. Teamwork and collaboration
d. Evidence-based practice
ANS: C
Teamwork and collaboration uses effective strategies to communicate and handle conflict.
Informatics includes navigating electronic health records. Quality improvement uses tools such
as flow charts and diagrams to improve care. Evidence-based practice integrates best current
evidence with clinical expertise and patient/family preferences and values for delivery of optimal
health care.
PTS:1DIF:Cognitive Level: Applying (Application)
REF:11
OBJescribe the purpose of professional standards of nursing practice.
TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation MSC: NCLEX: Management of Care
2.A nurse is employed by a health care agency that provides an informal training session on how
to properly use a new vital sign monitor. Which type of education did the nurse receive?
PRIMEXAM.COM
, a. In-service education
b. Advanced education
c. Continuing education
d. Registered nurse education
ANS: A
In-service education programs are instruction or training provided by a health care agency or
institution designed to increase the knowledge, skills, and competencies of nurses and other
health care professionals employed by the institution. Some roles for RNs in nursing require
advanced graduate degrees, such as a clinical nurse specialist or nurse practitioner. There are
various educational routes for becoming a registered nurse (RN), such as associate, diploma, and
baccalaureate. Continuing education involves formal, organized educational programs offered by
universities, hospitals, state nurses associations, professional nursing organizations, and
educational and health care institutions.
PTS:1DIF:Cognitive Level: Applying (Application)
REF:6
OBJ: Discuss the importance of education in professional nursing practice.
TOP: Nursing Process: Evaluation MSC: NCLEX: Management of Care
3.A nurse listens to a patients lungs and determines that the patient needs to cough and deep
breath. The nurse has the patient cough and deep breath. Which concept did the nurse
demonstrate?
a. Accountability
b. Autonomy
c. Licensure
d. Certification
ANS: B
PRIMEXAM.COM
,Autonomy is essential to professional nursing and involves the initiation of independent nursing
interventions without medical orders. Accountability means that you are professionally and
legally responsible for the type and quality of nursing care provided. To obtain licensure in the
canada, RN candidates must pass the NCLEX-RN examination administered by the individual
State Boards of Nursing to obtain a nursing license. Beyond the NCLEX-RN, some nurses
choose to work toward certification in a specific area of nursing practice.
PTS:1DIF:Cognitive Level: Analyzing (Analysis)
REF: 6 OBJ: Discuss the characteristics of professionalism in nursing.
TOP: Nursing Process: Evaluation MSC: NCLEX: Management of Care
4.A registered nurse is required to participate in a simulation to learn how to triage patients who
are arriving to the hospital after exposure to an unknown gas. This is an example of a response to
what type of influence on nursing?
a. Workplace hazards
b. Nursing shortage
c. Professionalism
d. Emergency preparedness
ANS: D
Many health care agencies, schools, and communities have educational programs to prepare for
nuclear, chemical, or biological attack and other types of disasters. Nurses play an active role in
emergency preparedness. Workplace hazards include violence, harassment, and ergonomics. A
person who acts professionally is conscientious in actions, knowledgeable in the subject, and
responsible to self and others. There is an ongoing global nursing shortage, which results from
insufficient qualified registered nurses (RNs) to fill vacant positions and the loss of qualified
RNs to other professions.
PTS:1DIF:Cognitive Level: Applying (Application)
REF:4
PRIMEXAM.COM
, OBJ: Discuss the influence of social, political, and economic changes on nursing practices.
TOP: Nursing Process: Evaluation MSC: NCLEX: Safety and Infection Control
5.A nurse is an advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) who cares for geriatrics. This nurse is
which type of advanced practice nurse?
a. Clinical nurse specialist
b. Nurse practitioner
c. Certified nurse-midwife
d. Certified registered nurse anesthetist
ANS: A
The clinical nurse specialist (CNS) is an APRN who is an expert clinician in a specialized area of
practice, such as geriatrics or pediatrics. The nurse practitioner (NP) is an APRN who provides
health care to a group of patients, usually in an outpatient, ambulatory care, or community-based
setting. A certified nurse-midwife (CNM) is an APRN who is educated in midwifery and is
certified by the American College of Nurse-Midwives. A certified registered nurse anesthetist
(CRNA) is an APRN with advanced education in a nurse anesthesia accredited program.
PTS:1DIF:Cognitive Level: Applying (Application)
REF: 8 OBJ: Describe the roles and career opportunities for nurses.
TOP: Nursing Process: Evaluation MSC: NCLEX: Management of Care
6.A patient does not want the treatment that was prescribed. The nurse helps the patient talk to
the primary health care provider and even talks to the primary health care provider when needed.
The nurse is acting in which professional role?
a. Educator
b. Manager
c. Advocate
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