TEST BANK CHERRY & JACOB CONTEMPORARY NURSING ISSUES, TRENDS, AND MANAGEMENT, 7TH EDITION Chapters 15-28 Test Bank Questions with Complete Solutions

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Chapter 01: The Evolution of Professional Nursing
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Cherry & Jacob: Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends, and Manage
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ment,7th Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE h




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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a. Prehistoric times and the Middle Ages h h h h h


b. Civil War period and World War h h h h h h


c. Renaissance and Reformation periods and the Colonial American period h h h h h h h h


d. Crimean War and Civil War periods h h h h h



ANS: A h


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. h h
b. early civilization in Egypt. h h h


c. the Renaissance. h


d. the Middle Ages. h h



ANS: A h


During prehistoric times, illness was thought to be caused by evil spi
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rits thatproviders attempted to scare away through rituals and danc
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3. A prospective nursing student who researches universities that offer a ba
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ccalaureate degreein nursing would want to ensure that the program is ac
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credited by the: h h
a. American Nurses Association. h h
b. Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. h h h h


c. National Institutes of Health. h h h


d. National Nursing Council. h h



ANS: B h


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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DIF: Comprehension REF: p. 4, Box 1-1
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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 h


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. h




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5. A nurse is part of the policy committee for a hospital. The committee is prov
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ided 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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ANS: D h


The IOM report initiatives include effective workforce planning and polic
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ymaking 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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achelor’s degreeat minimum. h h h


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.
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health care costsfor individuals who have chronic or catastr
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ophic illness such as cancer. h h h h



ANS: B h


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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nsurance.

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7. It has been said that “history repeats itself because no one was listening the
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