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Chapter 1: The Growth of Nursing
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Nurses are often the primary, and frequently the only, defendants named when errors are made
that result in injury to the client. This is due to which concept associated with the nursing
profession?
Autonomy
Accountability
Precision
Specificity
Answer: _____
2. If a nurse uses information from research as the basis for making decisions about providing
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care, this nurse is engaging in which type of practice?
Client-based practice
Physician-based practice
Evidence-based practice
Provider-based practice
Answer: _____
Today’s nurses are often found in remote and often hostile areas, providing care for the
sick and dying, working 12-hour shifts, being on call, and working rotating shifts. This is why
nursing is universally known as which type of profession?
Altruistic
Synergistic
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Optimistic
Pragmatic
Answer: _____
With Florence Nightingale’s radically new idea about a separate educational setting for nurses,
the nursing profession took its first steps toward which of the following?
Autonomy
Accountability
Precision
Specificity
Answer: _____
If an advanced practice nurse is prepared to provide direct client care in primary care settings,
focusing on health promotion, illness prevention, early diagnosis, and treatment of common
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health problems, this nurse is acting in which advanced practice role?
Nurse practitioner
Certified nurse midwife
Clinical nurse specialist
Case manager
Answer: _____
If an advanced practice nurse focuses on the care of pregnant women before, during, and after
the birth process, this nurse is acting in which advanced practice role?
Nurse practitioner
Certified nurse midwife
Clinical nurse specialist
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Case manager
Answer: _____
If an advanced practice nurse is comfortable working in high-tech environments with
seriously ill individuals and their families, this nurse is acting in which advanced practice role?
Nurse practitioner
Certified nurse midwife
Clinical nurse specialist
Case manager
Answer: _____
If an advanced practice nurse functions to coordinate services for clients with high-risk or
long-term health problems who require access to the full continuum of health-care services, this
nurse is acting in which advanced practice role?
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Nurse practitioner
Certified nurse midwife
Clinical nurse specialist
Case manager
Answer: ______
If a nurse taking action to perform the activities that promote patient care, this nurse is acting
with which of the following?
Power
Control
Authority
Empowerment