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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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