Test Bank For Nursing Now 8th Edition Catalano
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Chapter 1: The Growth of Nursing
Questions
1. 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 is associated with the nursing
profession?
1. Autonomy
2. Accountability
3. Precision
4. Specificity
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2. 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
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3. 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
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3. Optimistic
4. Pragmatic
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4. 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
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5. 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
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6. 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
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4. Case manager
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7. 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 manage
