Test Bank For Contemporary Nursing Issues, Trends, & Management 9th Edition by Barbara Cherry, Susan R. Jacob Chapter 1-28

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1. The use of herbs has become a popular alternative to prescription drugs
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in today’s health care milieu. During which other historical periods did h
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ealth practices focus on the use ofherbs?
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b. Civil War period and World War k k k k k k


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d. Crimean War and Civil War periods k k k k k



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During prehistoric times, tribes used herbs to rid themselves of disea
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se; in the MiddleAges, women used herbs.
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2. A care provider sacrifices an animal and waves an herb-
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filled sack over a client who iscomplaining of painful joints and chest p
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ain with exertion. This ritual represents healthcare during:
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a. the prehistoric period. k k
b. early civilization in Egypt. k k k


c. the Renaissance. k


d. the Middle Ages. k k



ANS: A k


During prehistoric times, illness was thought to be caused by evil spir
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its thatproviders attempted to scare away through rituals and dance
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3. A prospective nursing student who researches universities that offer a bac
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calaureate degreein nursing would want to ensure that the program is acc
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redited by the: k k
a. American Nurses Association. k k
b. Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. k k k k


c. National Institutes of Health. k k k


d. National Nursing Council. k k



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The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) is the agency th
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at exclusivelyaccredits baccalaureate and graduate-
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degree nursing programs.
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4. Nursing in the 1990s was characterized by:
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a. men leaving nursing to enter the armed services.
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b. traditional 8-hour shifts to nurse burnout and compassion fatigue.
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c. a focus on preventable diseases.
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d. a decrease in nursing research.
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ANS: C k


Health promotion and disease prevention were recognized as the mea
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ns to reduce the high number of mortalities associated with preventabl
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e diseases—
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Healthy People 2000was published as a nationwide effort to reduce pre
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ventable deaths. k




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5. A nurse is part of the policy committee for a hospital. The committee is provi
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ded with statistics indicating that patients participating in a satisfaction sur
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vey felt they lacked sufficient information about new drugs started while ho
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spitalized and continued after discharge. In addition, charts noted high recid
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ivism rates. The committee recommended that aformalized patient educatio
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n plan be instituted to reconcile all medications and provide patient informa
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tion about new medications. The committee is using which component of th
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e Institute of Medicine (IOM) 2011 message?
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a.
Nurses should achieve higher levels of education to be effect
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ive members ofan interdisciplinary team.
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b.
Nurses should have a minimum of a master’s degree t
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o sit on policycommittees that affect an entire facility.
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c.
Pay for nurses should be consistent with that of physicians sin
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ce the committeeis interdisciplinary.
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d. Policy is based on data, which provides the groundwork for decision making.
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The IOM report initiatives include effective workforce planning and policy
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making basedon better data collection and improved infrastructure.
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6. The Affordable Care Act of 2011:
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a.
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chelor’s degreeat minimum. k k k


b.
would provide health care benefits to millions who were previ
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ously uninsurableor unable to afford insurance.
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c. caps the amount that hospitals and physicians can charge for procedures.
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d.
subsidizes private insurance companies, thereby reducing k k k k k k


health care costsfor individuals who have chronic or catastr
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It is anticipated that the ACA (2011) will make insurance coverage possibl
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e for millionswho have previously not had insurance or had been denied i
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7. It has been said that “history repeats itself because no one was listening the
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