Test Bank For Advancing Your Career Concepts in Professional Nursing 5th Edition Kearney

Test Bank For Advancing Your Career Concepts in Professional Nursing 5th Edition Kearney

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?

____ 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:

____ 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:

____ 4. Which of the following is not one of the five competencies for a health-care professional?

____ 5. The spiritual, emotional setting(s) or climate in which the person lives, plays, and interacts as well as the social, physical setting describes:

____ 6. Which of the following is not a main concept of a metaparadigm?

____ 7. Which of the following does the code of ethics for nurses not address?

____ 8. Which of the following is not part of the Standards of Professional Performance?

____ 9. The judgment and self-governing within one’s scope of practice is part of:

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 things as the environment, health, and human beings.

____ 3. Community sanction occurs through rules and regulations, expectations for practitioners, and professional code of ethics.

____ 4. Informal groups exist within each formal group, providing further professional collegial inclusiveness.

____ 5. Continuing education is not part of the code of ethics.

____ 6. Evidence-based practice is the separation of clinical expertise and rules and regulations.

Chapter 1. Your Professional Identity

Answer Section

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1.ANS:B

Leadership is not one of the five characteristics of a profession, which include (1) systematic theory and knowledge base, (2) authority, (3) community sanction, (4) an ethical code, and (5) a professional culture.

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2.ANS:D

Kerlinger and Lee’s definition of theory is “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.”

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3.ANS:A

Conducting research, phenomena, and practicing the profession are part of the definition of a paradigm.

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4.ANS:B

Continuing education is not one of the five core competencies for health professionals. They are for all health professionals is to advance a vision for the education of all health professionals, to deliver patient-centered care as members of an interdisciplinary team, emphasizing evidence-based practice, quality improvement approaches, and informatics.

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5.ANS:D

The environment comprises the physical, social, cultural, spiritual, and emotional climate or setting(s) in which the person lives, works, plays, and interacts.

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6.ANS:B

Theory is not included in the four concepts of metaparadigm, which are human beings, environment, health, and nursing.

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7.ANS:D

Developed within the profession, the code of ethics addresses general ethical practice issues as well as professional, personal, and practice values and colleague relationships. It does not refer to the need for health professionals to be patient advocates.

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8.ANS:A

Systemic theory is not one of the standards of professional performance, which are expected professional roles and behaviors, including ethics, education, evidenced-based practice and research, quality of practice, communication, leadership, collaboration, professional practice evaluation, resource utilization, and environmental health.

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9.ANS:C

Developed within the profession, the code of ethics addresses general ethical practice issues as well as professional, personal, and practice values and colleague relationships.

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TRUE/FALSE

1.ANS:F

A philosophy of nursing presents a particular professional nurse’s belief system or worldview of nursing—the nurse’s personal definition of nursing.

PTS: 1 DIF: Level 1 TOP: Philosophy

2.ANS:T

The professional nurse is concerned with safe and effective care beyond the treatment facility with their focus on human beings, the environment, and health as part of effective nursing care for positive client outcomes.

PTS:1DIF:Level 1TOP:Professional nurse

3.ANS:F

Community sanction occurs through statutes, rules, regulations, definition of practice, and expectations for practitioners.

PTS:1DIF:Level 1TOP:Community sanction

4.ANS:T

Informal groups are the collegial settings that provide for collaboration, stimulation, and sharing of mutual values. These informal groups exist within each formal group, providing further professional, collegial inclusiveness.

PTS:1DIF:Level 1TOP:Professional culture

5.ANS:T

Developed within the profession, the code of ethics addresses general ethical practice issues as well as professional, personal, and practice values and colleague relationships.

PTS:1DIF:Level 1TOP:Code of ethics

6.ANS:F

Greiner and Knebel (2003) define evidence-based practice as the integration of the best research with clinical expertise and the client’s values for optimum care as well as participation in learning and research activities.

PTS: 1 DIF: Level 1 TOP: Evidence-based practice