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"The function of the nurse is to assist with the individual, sick or
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well, in the performance of those activities contributing to health
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or its recovery (or to peaceful death)", was said by who?
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a) Henderson
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b) Rogers
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c) Robb
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d) Nightingale - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔d) Nightingale; defined
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nursing function in both the sick and the well
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A non-nursing individual asks what the nursing code of ethics is
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and how it can act as a professional guide to care decisions.
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a) Improves communication between the nurse and patient.
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b) Protects the patient's right of autonomy.
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c) Ensures identical care to all patients.
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d) Acts as a guide for professional behaviors in patient care. -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔d) Acts as a guide for professional
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behaviors in patient care. |\ |\ |\
The NCLEX is the same in all states within the US. It:
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a) Guarantees safe nursing care for all patients.
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b) Ensures standard nursing care for all patients.
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c) Ensures that honest and ethical care is provided.
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,d) Provides a minimal standard or knowledge for an RN in
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practice. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔d) Provides a minimal standard
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or knowledge for an RN in practice.
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What is true about APRNs? Select all that apply.
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a) Function independently
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b) Function as unit directors
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c) Work in acute care settings
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d) Work in university setting
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e) Hold advanced degrees - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a) Function
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independently
e) Hold advanced degrees
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Historically professionalism has been difficult to define. What was
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a characteristic that was in an early definition?
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a) Expertise
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b) Empathy
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c) Ethical and moral values
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d) Honesty - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a) Expertise; only looked at
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knowledge and expertise |\ |\
Rationale: b) is modern view, c) is code of ethics, d) modern view
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You are visiting a school and discussing the profession of nursing.
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Which statement is true?
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a) Nurses must graduate from nursing school in order to obtain a
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license to practice. |\ |\
,b) Nursing is a vocation that requires continuous education.
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c) Nurses function autonomously within their scope of practice.
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d) Nurses must adhere to expected professional behaviors in
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their lives. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔c) Nurses function
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autonomously within their scope of practice. |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Not assistants to doctors, they can create care plans for their
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patients
An RN is explaining to a student nurse what professionalism in
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nursing means. Which of the following statements, if made by
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the student nurse, demonstrates teaching has been successful?
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a) "Commitment to others means I should be honest and
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accountable for my actions." |\ |\ |\
b) "I should encourage my fellow nurses to talk when they are
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having a bad day." |\ |\ |\
c) "I should be flexible with myself and my fellow nurses when it
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comes to the dress code." |\ |\ |\ |\
d) "If I need a day off, I should promptly call in sick to give my
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manager plenty of time to find a replacement." - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔a) "Commitment to others means I should be |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
honest and accountable for my actions."
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Rationale: commitment to others involves accountability for one's
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actions, lifelong learning, and commitment to colleagues.
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Recent polls have placed nursing as one of the most trusted
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professions because of which of the following? |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
a) Nurses engage in lifelong learning.
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b) Nurses abide by a dress code.
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, c) Nurses have the skills needed to care for diverse populations.
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d) Nurses must pass the NCLEX in order to obtain a license to
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practice. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔c) Nurses have the skills
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needed to care for diverse populations.
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You just graduated your AD year of nursing school and are
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preparing to take the NCLEX. What is true? |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
a) Upon graduation from nursing school, you can use the title RN.
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b) Because the NCLEX is a national examination, your RN license
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will allow you to practice in all states and territories of the United
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States.
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c) If your home state participates in the compact agreement, you
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may practice in other states participating in the agreement, but
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should renew your license in your home state.
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d) The RN license is a permissive license. - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔c) If your home state participates in the compact agreement,
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you may practice in other states participating in the agreement,
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but should renew your license in your home state.
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The Social Security Act of 1935 impacted public health nursing
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because it had provisions for care to which of the following
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vulnerable populations? |\ |\
a) Disabled children
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b) Mentally disabled
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c) Older adults
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d) Opioid addicts - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a) disabled children:
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rationale: for dependent mothers and children, the blind and
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disabled