Advancing Your Career Concepts In Professional
Nursing by Rose Kearney Nunnery -Test Bank
Chapter (1 to 19)
,Content: _
Chapter 1. Your Professional Identity
Chapter 2. Theory as the Basis for Practice?
Chapter 3. Evolution and Use of Formal Nursing Knowledge
Chapter 4. Health, Illness, and Holism
Chapter 5. Evidence-Based Practice
Chapter 6. Effective Communication
Chapter 7. Critical Thinking
Chapter 8. Working with Groups
Chapter 9. Teaching-Learning Process
Chapter 10. Managing and Leading in the Organization
Chapter 11. Change and Innovation
Chapter 12. Professional Ethics
Chapter 13. Quality and Safety in Health Care
Chapter 14. Healthy Initiatives for At-Risk Population
Chapter 15. Informatics and Documenting Outcomes
Chapter 16. Healthcare Economics
Chapter 17. The Politically Active Nurse: An Imperative
Chapter 18. Healthcare Reform and Global Issues
Chapter 19. Expanding the Vision
,Chapter 1. Your Professional Identity
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 1.Which of the following is not a characteristic of a profession?
A. Authority
B. Leadership
C. Systematic theory
D. Professional culture
____ 2. The definition by Kerlinger and Lee (2000) as a “a set of interrelated
constructs (concepts), definitions, and propositions that present a systematic
view of phenomena by specifying relations among variables, with the purpose of
explaining and predicting the phenomena” is a:
A. Systems theory
B. Profession
C. Key concept D. Theory
____ 3. The correct definition of a paradigm used by professionals in a scientific
community consists of the belief system shared by members of that particular
community and includes:
A. Conducting research, phenomena, and practicing the profession
B. The code of ethics, the practice of the profession, and conducting research
C. Practice of the profession, conducting research, and the standards of
practice
D. Evidence-based practice, practice of the profession, and conducting
research
____ 4. Which of the following is not one of the five competencies for a health-care
professional?
A. Evidence-based practice
B. Continuing education
C. Patient-centered care D. Informatics
____ 5. The spiritual, emotional setting(s) or climate in which the person lives, plays,
and interacts as well as the social, physical setting describes:
A. A patient
, B. A profession C. An ethical code.
D. An environment
____ 6.Which of the following is not a main concept of a metaparadigm?
A. Human beings
B. Theory
C. Health
D. Nursing
____ 7.Which of the following does the code of ethics for nurses not address?
A. Behavior with medical professionals
B. Behavior with clients
C. Behavior with colleagues
D. Behavior with patient advocates
____ 8.Which of the following is not part of the Standards of Professional Performance?
A.
Syste
mic
theor
y B.
Educ
ation
C. Communication
D. Leadership
____ 9.The judgment and self-governing within one’s scope of practice is part of:
A. Evidence-based practice
B. Knowledge base
C. Code of ethics
D. Leadership
True/False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
____ 1.A philosophy of nursing is the medical profession’s belief system.
____ 2. The professional nurse is concerned with safe and effective care beyond the
treatment facility with such
Nursing by Rose Kearney Nunnery -Test Bank
Chapter (1 to 19)
,Content: _
Chapter 1. Your Professional Identity
Chapter 2. Theory as the Basis for Practice?
Chapter 3. Evolution and Use of Formal Nursing Knowledge
Chapter 4. Health, Illness, and Holism
Chapter 5. Evidence-Based Practice
Chapter 6. Effective Communication
Chapter 7. Critical Thinking
Chapter 8. Working with Groups
Chapter 9. Teaching-Learning Process
Chapter 10. Managing and Leading in the Organization
Chapter 11. Change and Innovation
Chapter 12. Professional Ethics
Chapter 13. Quality and Safety in Health Care
Chapter 14. Healthy Initiatives for At-Risk Population
Chapter 15. Informatics and Documenting Outcomes
Chapter 16. Healthcare Economics
Chapter 17. The Politically Active Nurse: An Imperative
Chapter 18. Healthcare Reform and Global Issues
Chapter 19. Expanding the Vision
,Chapter 1. Your Professional Identity
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 1.Which of the following is not a characteristic of a profession?
A. Authority
B. Leadership
C. Systematic theory
D. Professional culture
____ 2. The definition by Kerlinger and Lee (2000) as a “a set of interrelated
constructs (concepts), definitions, and propositions that present a systematic
view of phenomena by specifying relations among variables, with the purpose of
explaining and predicting the phenomena” is a:
A. Systems theory
B. Profession
C. Key concept D. Theory
____ 3. The correct definition of a paradigm used by professionals in a scientific
community consists of the belief system shared by members of that particular
community and includes:
A. Conducting research, phenomena, and practicing the profession
B. The code of ethics, the practice of the profession, and conducting research
C. Practice of the profession, conducting research, and the standards of
practice
D. Evidence-based practice, practice of the profession, and conducting
research
____ 4. Which of the following is not one of the five competencies for a health-care
professional?
A. Evidence-based practice
B. Continuing education
C. Patient-centered care D. Informatics
____ 5. The spiritual, emotional setting(s) or climate in which the person lives, plays,
and interacts as well as the social, physical setting describes:
A. A patient
, B. A profession C. An ethical code.
D. An environment
____ 6.Which of the following is not a main concept of a metaparadigm?
A. Human beings
B. Theory
C. Health
D. Nursing
____ 7.Which of the following does the code of ethics for nurses not address?
A. Behavior with medical professionals
B. Behavior with clients
C. Behavior with colleagues
D. Behavior with patient advocates
____ 8.Which of the following is not part of the Standards of Professional Performance?
A.
Syste
mic
theor
y B.
Educ
ation
C. Communication
D. Leadership
____ 9.The judgment and self-governing within one’s scope of practice is part of:
A. Evidence-based practice
B. Knowledge base
C. Code of ethics
D. Leadership
True/False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
____ 1.A philosophy of nursing is the medical profession’s belief system.
____ 2. The professional nurse is concerned with safe and effective care beyond the
treatment facility with such
