Deck 3: Nursing Education, Accreditation, and Regulation

Question 1

What is the first component in the education-to-practice process, according to the Institute of Medicine recommendations for healthcare professions education?

A) Students begin nursing courses.
B) Graduates successfully complete the NCLEX licensure exam.
C) Nursing professions and schools of nursing market to attract qualified applicants.
D) Students complete prerequisites.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

What is one factor that leads to fewer new nurses entering the profession?

A) Lack of nursing jobs
B) Lack of nursing faculty
C) Lack of nursing schools
D) Increase in nursing master's programs

Answer 2

B

Question 3

What is the difference between training and education in nursing?

A) Training focuses on self-discipline, responsibility, accountability, and self-mastery; education focuses on fixed habits and skills.
B) Training is associated with Florence Nightingale's definition of nursing, and education is a more modern term.
C) Education focuses on self-discipline, responsibility, accountability, and self-mastery; training focuses on fixed habits and skills.
D) Education is associated with physicians and medical degrees, and training is associated with nurses.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

What has caused a decrease in diploma schools of nursing?

A) Some diploma programs have a weak curriculum.
B) There is not a decrease in these programs.
C) Some hospitals could not survive without these programs.
D) Many programs have transitioned to degree programs.

Question 5

Which of the following would be considered a practice that meets one of the five core competencies suggested by the Institute of Medicine?

A) Using evidence to support a change in bedside practice
B) Working individually as nurses to care for patients in the hospital
C) Avoiding the use of technology at the bedside to minimize complexity
D) Working to separate the nurse and the physician at the bedside

Question 6

What is one way nursing schools are overcoming the barrier to decreased clinical settings?

A) Ensuring that programs are always run on a 9-month schedule
B) Utilizing simulation experiences to provide opportunities students would get in the clinical setting
C) Hiring more clinical instructors
D) Decreasing the amount of clinical time necessary to graduate

Question 7

The use of distance education in nursing is not very common at this point.

Question 8

Accreditation is a voluntary process.

Question 9

Describe how the Goldmark Report of 1918 impacted nursing education, then describe how this report affected your own experiences when applying to nursing school. What would have been different if things had not changed?

Question 10

Describe how self-directed learning is important for nursing in particular. Evaluate your own ability to learn; what are your strengths/weaknesses, and how will this affect nursing school for you?