Deck 1: The Growth of Nursing

Question 1

If a nurse taking action to perform the activities that promote patient care, this nurse is acting with which of the following?
1) Power
2) Control
3) Authority
4) Empowerment

Answer 1

4

Question 2

Nursing decisions made about client care can come only from individuals who have which source of power?
1) Referent power
2) Expert power
3) Coercive power
4) Legitimate power

Answer 2

4

Question 3

If a nurse employs the underlying principles in the process of behavior modification, the nurse is utilizing which type of power?
1) Referent power
2) Expert power
3) Coercive power
4) Power of rewards

Answer 3

4

Question 4

If an advanced practice nurse is comfortable working in high-tech environments with seriously ill individuals and their families, this nurse is acting in which advanced practice role?
1) Nurse practitioner
2) Certified nurse midwife
3) Clinical nurse specialist
4) Case manager

Question 5

Nurses are often the primary, and frequently the only, defendants named when errors are made that result in injury to the client. This is due to which concept associated with the nursing profession?
1) Autonomy
2) Accountability
3) Precision
4) Specificity

Question 6

The first, and certainly the most important, way in which nurses can gain power in all areas is through which action?
1) Professional unity
2) Political activity
3) Accountability and professionalism
4) Networking

Question 7

If a nurse uses information from research as the basis for making decisions about providing care, this nurse is engaging in which type of practice?
1) Client-based practice
2) Physician-based practice
3) Evidence-based practice
4) Provider-based practice

Question 8

By demonstrating their knowledge of the client's condition, recent laboratory tests, and other elements that are vital to the client's recovery, nurses demonstrate which type of power?
1) Referent power
2) Expert power
3) Coercive power
4) Legitimate power

Question 9

Although the client likely would prefer to avoid taking medications, tolerating uncomfortable treatments, and participating in demanding activities, he or she cooperates because the nurse has a good relationship with the client; this is an example of which type of power?
1) Referent power
2) Expert power
3) Coercive power
4) Legitimate power

Question 10

Today's nurses are often found in remote and often hostile areas, providing care for the sick and dying, working 12-hour shifts, being on call, and working rotating shifts. This is why nursing is universally known as which type of profession?
1) Altruistic
2) Synergistic
3) Optimistic
4) Pragmatic

Question 11

With Florence Nightingale's radically new idea about a separate educational setting for nurses, the nursing profession took its first steps toward which of the following?
1) Autonomy
2) Accountability
3) Precision
4) Specificity

Question 12

If an advanced practice nurse functions to coordinate services for clients with high-risk or long-term health problems who require access to the full continuum of health-care services, this nurse is acting in which advanced practice role?
1) Nurse practitioner
2) Certified nurse midwife
3) Clinical nurse specialist
4) Case manager

Question 13

If a nurse uses which type of power, it can destroy therapeutic and personal relationships, and it can also be considered unethical and even illegal in certain situations?
1) Referent power
2) Expert power
3) Coercive power
4) Power of rewards

Question 14

If an advanced practice nurse is prepared to provide direct client care in primary care settings, focusing on health promotion, illness prevention, early diagnosis, and treatment of common health problems, this nurse is acting in which advanced practice role?
1) Nurse practitioner
2) Certified nurse midwife
3) Clinical nurse specialist
4) Case manager

Question 15

If an advanced practice nurse focuses on the care of pregnant women before, during, and after the birth process, this nurse is acting in which advanced practice role?
1) Nurse practitioner
2) Certified nurse midwife
3) Clinical nurse specialist
4) Case manager