Nursing Now Today’s Issues Tomorrows Trends 7th Edition -Test Bank

A)

Diploma program

B)

Baccalaureate program

C)

Associate degree program

D)

Professional nursing program

A)

There is homogeneity of entering students.

B)

No state or national approval is required.

C)

The same courses are taught in all programs.

D)

Clinical experience is required to gain certain knowledge and skills.

A)

Use of both classroom and clinical experiences for learning

B)

Limiting enrollment to students with the highest ability

C)

Comprehensive curriculum

D)

Development of the total intellectual skills of the individual

A)

Recognizing that formal, systematic education in both theory and practice was essential for the preparation of high-quality nurses

B)

Advocating that all nurses be educated in universities so that nursing care would meet the standards established by the government

C)

Forcing physicians and hospitals to recognize that clinical practice was not as important as the theory-based learning obtained in the classroom

D)

Enforcing the requirement that all nursing instructors have a master’s degree in nursing to provide the highest quality education possible for students

A)

It was high quality with a balance between classroom education and clinical practice.

B)

Strict criteria were established for nursing education by the NLN and the ANA to guarantee high-quality education.

C)

There were no formal nursing education programs during this time period; nurses were trained in apprenticeships only.

D)

There was little or no classroom education, and students learned through hands-on experience during their 12- to 14-hour shifts on the hospital units.

A)

Nurses from these programs were assertive and could stand up to physicians who made unrealistic demands.

B)

Nurses from diploma programs were proficient in basic nursing skills and could assume a hospital position with minimal orientation.

C)

Nurses trained in diploma programs were often limited to employment in the institutions where they were trained.

D)

All diploma schools were regulated by the NLN criteria and met strict standards for educating students.