Chapter 04: Professional Nursing Roles

Chapter 04: Professional Nursing Roles

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. A military recruiter would point out to a potential male RN recruit that

ANS:  A

A total of 35.5% of Army nurses, 30% of Air Force nurses, and 36% of Navy nurses are men.

All three branches allow men to serve as nurses.

Opportunities for men in the military are not limited, as can be seen by the high percentage of men in nursing in the armed services.

Although close to one third of all military nurses are men, only 6% of nurses in the civilian workforce are men.

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Understand            REF:   48

TOP:   Integrated Process: Communication and Documentation     MSC:  NCLEX Client Needs: N/A

2. A nursing dean who wishes to determine whether students had developed a beginning sense of nursing identity would appraise the students’

ANS:  C

Identity refers to an orientation toward something associated with a strong emotional attachment. Being a nurse is about executing a number of roles in service to health and health care that are intertwined with the identity, talents, and values of each individual. This identity provides substance and motivation for work, which leads to an emotional connection to the profession.

The ability to articulate expected behaviors is not the definition of identity.

Commitment does not necessarily reflect identity.

Understanding history does not lead to identity.

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Evaluate                TOP:   Nursing Process: Evaluation

MSC:  NCLEX Client Needs: N/A

3. In describing what it means to be a nurse, a student tells friends and family that caring in nursing

ANS:  D

Caring implies physical care, concern for the whole person, commitment to the common good, and outreach to vulnerable persons, according to the National League for Nursing.

Caring involves devotion to the nurse’s clients, as well as using science and expertise in the relationship.

Caring is not easy to teach; it involves compassion and empathy and seeing appropriate emotions in the student in response to the patient’s pain and suffering.

The ability to demonstrate caring is—and should be—evaluated in clinical evaluations.

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Understand            REF:   50 | 51            TOP:   Integrated Process: Caring

MSC:  NCLEX Client Needs: N/A

4. A nursing supervisor thinks that a staff nurse serving on several multidisciplinary committees is not demonstrating collaborative practice behaviors. What behavior by the staff nurse would best illustrate the supervisor’s opinion? The staff nurse

ANS:  A

The nurse who indicates agreement with others’ suggestions but then does not incorporate them is not being collaborative. True collaboration involves a mix of different viewpoints and opinions to understand and solve complex issues. Working together toward common purposes, improving health, respecting shared strengths, offering effective peer review, caring, and compassion are fundamental to the profession.

The nurse who does not listen to viewpoints and opinions of other disciplines falls well short of collaboration; this nurse is not even cooperating with others.

The nurse who thinks nursing is the only viewpoint for analyzing patient issues is most likely not even listening to the input of others and being uncooperative.

The nurse who is territorial and unwilling to share the patients’ care plans not only is uncooperative and noncollaborative but also seems to be hostile toward other disciplines.

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Analyze                TOP:   Nursing Process: Assessment

MSC:  NCLEX Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care