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by Sally A. Weiss
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Chapter 1. Characteristics of a Profession. Chapter
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l 2. Professional Ethics and Values. Chapter 3. Nurs
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ing Practice and the Law. Chapter 4. Leadership an
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d Followership. Chapter 5. The NURSE as a Mana
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Chapter 6. Delegation and Prioritization of Client Care Staffing.
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Chapter 7. Communicating with Others and Working with the Interprofessional Team.Ch
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apter 8. Resolving Problems and Conflicts.
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Chapter 9. Organizations, Power and Professional Empowerment.C
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hapter 10. Organizations, People and Change.
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Chapter 11. Quality and Safety. l l l l
Chapter 12. Maintaining a Safe Work Environment. Cha
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pter 13. Promoting a Healthy Work Environments.Chapt
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er 14. Launching your Career.
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Chapter 15. Advancing your Career. l l l l l
Chapter 16. What the Future Holds. l l l l l
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Weiss,lEssentialsloflNursinglLeadershiplandlManagement,8thledition
Chapterl1:lCharacteristicsloflalProfession—AnswerslandlRationales
1. Professionalismlhaslbeenlhistoricallyldifficultltoldefine.lEarlyldefinitionsloflprofessionalismlinc
ludedlwhichloflthelfollowinglcharacteristics?
A. Expertise
B. Empathy
C. Ethicallandlmorallvalues
D. Honesty
CORRECTlANSWERlA
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A. Thislislcorrect.lOlderldefinitionsloflprofessionalismlonlyllooklatlknowledgelandlexp
ertise.
B. Thislislincorrect.lEmpathylislalmodernlcharacteristicloflprofessionallbehavior.
C. Thislislincorrect.lAlcodeloflethicslandlmorallvalueslarelmorelrecentl characteristicsloflprof
essionalism.
D. Thislislincorrect.lHonestylislalmorelrecentlcharacteristicloflprofessionallbehavior.
2. AlregisteredlNURSEl(RN)lwholusuallyluseslpublicltransportationlhaslnotlrenewedlherldriver’slli
cense.lDuringlalrecentlcarltriplwithlalfriend,lsheltookloverldrivinglwhenlherlfriendlbecametired.l
Whichloflthelfollowinglisltrue?
A. Shelhaslactedlinlalprofessionallmanner.
B. ShelmaylloselherlRNllicenselforldrivinglwithoutlallicense.
C. Shelshouldlrenewlherldriver’sllicenselaslsoonlaslpossible.
D. Underlthelcircumstances,l shelwilllnotlbelfaultedlforldrivinglwithoutlallicense.
CORRECTlANSWERlB
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A. Thislislincorrect.lProfessionalismlrequireslNURSEsltolavoidlillegallbe
haviors.Drivinglwithoutlallicenselislillegal.
B. Thislislcorrect.lDrivinglwithoutlallicenselisldeemedlanlunprofessionallandlillegallbeh
aviorlforlwhichlalNURSElmaylloselhislorlherllicense.
C. Thislislincorrect.lItlislupltolthelindividualltoldecideliflshelshouldlrenewlherllicen
se.
D. Thislislincorrect.lDrivinglwithoutlalvalidldriver’sllicenselislillegal,landlthelNU
RSEmaylloselherlnursingllicense.
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3. AnlRNlvisitslalmiddlelschoollclassltoldiscusslthelprofessionloflnursing.lWhichloflthelfollo
winglstatementslisltrueloflnursing?
A. NURSEslmustlgraduatelfromlnursinglschoollinlorderltolobtainlallicenseltolpractice.
B. Nursinglislalvocationlthatlrequireslcontinuousleducation.
C. NURSEslfunctionlautonomouslylwithinltheirlscopeloflpractice.
D. NURSEslmustladhereltolexpectedlprofessionallbehaviorslinltheirllives.
CORRECTlANSWERlC
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A. Thislislincorrect.lNURSEslmustlgraduatelfromlalnursinglprogramltolbeleligibleltoltakeltheN
CLEXlexamination.lNURSEslmustl passlthelNCLEXlexaminationlinlorderl tolbeleligibletol
obtainlallicenseltolpractice.lPassinglthelNCLEXlexaminationldemonstrateslthelNURSElha
slreceivedlspecializedleducationlandltraininglandlenableslthelNURSEltolobtainlallicensetolp
racticelinlthelstate.
B. Thislislincorrect.lAlthoughllifelongllearninglislrequiredlinlnursing,lnursinglislalprof
essionlratherlthanlalvocation.
C. Thislislcorrect.lRatherlthanlbeinglassistantsltoldoctors,lNURSEslarelableltolfunctionlautono
mouslylwithinltheirlscopeloflpractice.lNURSEslformulatelandldeliverlalplanloflcareforlclie
nts,lutilizinglnursingljudgmentlandlcriticallthinkinglskillsltolmakeldecisionslinlclientlcare.
D. Thislislincorrect.lThelstatelboardsloflnursinglexpectlNURSEsltolupholdlprofessionall
standardsloflbehaviorlinltheirlpracticelandlpersonallliveslinlorderltolmaintainltheirlice
nse.
4. AnlRNlislreviewinglprofessionallbehaviorlexpectationslwithlalgrouploflnewlNURSEs.lWhichlofth
elfollowinglstatementslshouldlbelincludedlinlthelteaching?
A. ItlislOKltoldiscusslyourldayslatlworklonlsociallmedia.
B. Whenlyoularelpassionatelaboutlaltopic,lspeakluplinlblogslandlforums.
C. Yourlbehaviorloutsideloflthelpracticelsettinglislupltolyoulandlwilllnotlimpactlyourllicen
se.
D. NURSEslmaylloseltheirllicenseslforlunprofessionallactions.
CORRECTlANSWERlD
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A. Thislislincorrect.lInappropriateluseloflsociallmedialmaylleadltolalNURSEllosinglhiso
rlherllicense.
B. Thislislincorrect.lEmotionallylchargedlblogslorlforumslmaylbeldeemedlun
professionallbehavior.
C. Thislislincorrect.lNURSEslarelexpectedltolbehavelinlalprofessionallmannerlinlbot
htheirlpersonallandlprofessionalllives.