Professional nursing concepts Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Chapter 13: Nurses, Patients, and Families: Caring at the Intersection of Health, Illness, and Culture Professional Nursing Concepts & Challenges, 9th Edition, Beth Black MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Which illness has the characteristics of an acute illness? a. Exercise-induced asthma b. Type 2 diabetes c. Influenza d. Cleft palate ANS: C Feedback A. Exercise-induced asthma is a chronic condition because it requires ongoing health care services and affects the person for his or her...

Chapter 14: Health Care in the United States Professional Nursing Concepts & Challenges, 9th Edition, Beth Black MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Which of the following is not included as an overarching goal of Healthy People 2020? a. Eliminating health disparities b. Creating environments that promote good health c. Lengthening the average lifespan by a decade d. Attaining longer lives free of preventable diseases and injury ANS: C Feedback A. Eliminating health disparities is part...

Chapter 15: Political Activism in Nursing: Communities, Organizations, Government Professional Nursing Concepts & Challenges, 9th Edition, Beth Black MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. The area of philosophy that deals with the regulation and control of people living in society to preserve prosperity, defend rights, and augment resources is known as a. policy. b. politics. c. political power. d. power. ANS: B Feedback A. Policy is a plan of action intended to influence and determine d...

Chapter 16: Nursing Challenge: To Continue to Evolve Professional Nursing Concepts & Challenges, 9th Edition, Beth Black MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. A tired, stressed nurse complains about being part of the Sandwich Generation. What does that phrase mean? a. People who care for both children and aging parents b. Employees who are stuck in jobs they wish to quit c. A person who is tired and stressed from a job d. A group of people squeezed by the need for continued work ANS: A Feed...

Chapter 11: Developing Nursing Judgment through Critical Thinking Professional Nursing Concepts & Challenges, 9th Edition, Beth Black MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Critical thinking in nursing needs to include which of the following important variables? a. Consideration of ethics and responsible decision making b. Ability to act quickly, often on impulse c. Ability to determine the best nursing interventions regardless of patients values and beliefs d. Flexible thinking that rarely follow...

Chapter 12: Communication and Collaboration in Professional Nursing Professional Nursing Concepts & Challenges, 9th Edition, Beth Black MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Which of the following best describes Peplaus theory on therapeutic use of self? a. Putting patients needs ahead of your own b. Providing excellent clinical skills to improve patients health status c. Using excellent interpersonal skills to help patients improve their health status d. Self-protection through avoidance of a re...

Chapter 8: Conceptual and Philosophical Foundations of Professional Nursing Practice Professional Nursing Concepts & Challenges, 9th Edition, Beth Black MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Who is credited with developing the theory on systems? a. Rogers b. Maslow c. Rosenstock d. von Bertalanffy ANS: D Feedback A. Carl Rogers developed a theory of personhood. B. Abraham Maslow developed a human needs theory. C. M. Rosenstock developed a health belief model. D. Ludwig von Bertalanf...

Chapter 9: Nursing Theory: The Basis for Professional Nursing Professional Nursing Concepts & Challenges, 9th Edition, Beth Black MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Which of the following best describes the meaning of the term theory? a. A set of beliefs about the nature of how things work and how the world should be viewed b. A group of related concepts, definitions, and statements that describe a certain view of nursing phenomena from which to describe or predict outcomes c. An organizational s...

Chapter 10: The Science of Nursing and Evidence-Based Practice Professional Nursing Concepts & Challenges, 9th Edition, Beth Black MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. The discovery of oxygen would be called pure science because this information a. was obtained for the sake of obtaining new knowledge of the world. b. had an immediate use for humans. c. would be useful in curing, managing, or preventing disease. d. could direct further research at the bedside. ANS: A Feedback A. Pure sci...

Chapter 6: Nursing as a Regulated Practice: Legal Issues Professional Nursing Concepts & Challenges, 9th Edition, Beth Black MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Which of the following is an example of civil law? a. Possession of marijuana b. Assault and battery c. Giving alcohol to a minor d. Child custody case ANS: D Feedback A. Possession of marijuana is an example of a violation of criminal law: possession of an illegal substance. B. Assault and battery comes under the purview of c...