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Chapter 1. Characteristics of a Profession.
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ss Chapter 2. Professional Ethics and Values.
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ss Chapter 3. Nursing Practice and the Law.
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ss Chapter 4. Leadership and Followership.
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Chapter 5. The NURSE as a Manager of Care.
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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. Chapter
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ss 8. Resolving Problems and Conflicts.
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Chapter 9. Organizations, Power and Professional Empowerment. Chapter 10.
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ss Organizations, People and Change. ss ss ss
Chapter 11. Quality and Safety.
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Chapter 12. Maintaining a Safe Work Environment. Chapter 13.
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Promoting a Healthy Work Environments. Chapter 14.
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ss Launching your Career. ss ss
Chapter 15. Advancing your Career. Chapter
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ss 16. What the Future Holds.
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Chapter1: Characteristics of a Profession—Answers and Rationales
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1. Professionalism has been historicallydifficult to define. Earlydefinitions of professionalism
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A. Expertise
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A. This is correct. Older definitions of professionalism onlylook at knowledge and
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B. This is incorrect. Empathy is a modern characteristic of professional behavior.
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C. Thisisincorrect.Acodeof ethics and moral values are more recent characteristics of
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D. This is incorrect. Honesty is a more recent characteristic of professional behavior.
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2. A registered NURSE (RN) who usually uses public transportation has not renewed her
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ss driver’s license. During a recent car trip with a friend, she took over driving when her
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s s friend becametired. Which of the following is true?
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B. She may lose her RN license for driving without a license.
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C. Sheshould renew her driver’s license as soon as possible.
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D. Under the circumstances, she will not be faulted for driving without a license.
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A. Thisisincorrect. Professionalism requires NURSEsto avoidillegal behaviors.Driving
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ss without a license is illegal.
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B. This is correct. Driving without alicense is deemed an unprofessional and illegal
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ss behavior for which a NURSE may lose his or her license.
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C. This is incorrect. It is up to the individual to decide if she should renew her
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ss license.
D. This is incorrect. Driving without a valid driver’s license is illegal, and the
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ss NURSEmay lose her nursing license. ss ss ss ss
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