Chapter 24: Advanced Nursing Education and Practice

Chapter 24: Advanced Nursing Education and Practice

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

Question 1

Worldwide, there is growing consensus that basic preparation for advanced practice nursing roles should be at what level?

1. The master’s level
2. The doctoral level
3. The baccalaureate level
4. At least 10 years of experience

Correct Answer: 1

Rationale: In 1952, the National League for Nursing declared that the purpose of baccalaureate education was to prepare nurse generalists and that master’s education should be the basic preparation for advanced practice nursing.

Cognitive Level: Understanding

Client Need: Safe and Effective Care Environment

Client Need Sub: Management of Care

QSEN Competencies: III.C.5. Value the need for continuous improvement in clinical practice based on new knowledge.

AACN Essential Competencies: VIII.13. Articulate the value of pursuing practice excellence, lifelong learning, and professional engagement to foster professional growth and development.

NLN Competencies: Quality and Safety; Ethical Comportment; Engage in lifelong learning to keep professional knowledge current

Nursing/Integrated Concepts: Planning; Nursing Process

Learning Outcome: 1. Discuss education for advanced nursing roles.

Page Number: p. 457

 

Question 2

Complying with the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, what would a graduate-level nurse-educator’s instruction include?

1. Malpractice insurance coverage
2. Critical care skills
3. Medical diagnosis
4. An area of clinical competence

Correct Answer: 4

Rationale: The master’s degree programs in nursing education being accredited by AACN are asked to provide an area of clinical competence for the graduates who will be teaching student nurses. The American Association of Colleges of Nursing has not issued a statement on malpractice insurance for nurses. Medical diagnosis and critical care skills are taught in basic associate or bachelor degree programs of nursing.

Cognitive Level: Applying

Client Need: Safe and Effective Care Environment

Client Need Sub: Management of Care

QSEN Competencies: III.C.5. Value the need for continuous improvement in clinical practice based on new knowledge.

AACN Essential Competencies: VIII.13. Articulate the value of pursuing practice excellence, lifelong learning, and professional engagement to foster professional growth and development.

NLN Competencies: Quality and Safety; Ethical Comportment; Engage in lifelong learning to keep professional knowledge current

Nursing/Integrated Concepts: Planning; Nursing Process

Learning Outcome: 1. Discuss education for advanced nursing roles.

Page Number: p. 459

 

Question 3

What do Ph.D. programs in nursing emphasize?

1. Case management
2. Biomedical science
3. Research and building nursing science
4. Bedside nursing skills

Correct Answer: 3

Rationale: Ph.D. programs in nursing emphasize research that builds the science for nursing practice and prepares the researcher to communicate that knowledge. These programs do not focus on case management, biomedical science, or bedside nursing.

Cognitive Level: Remembering

Client Need: Safe and Effective Care Environment

Client Need Sub: Management of Care

QSEN Competencies: III.C.5. Value the need for continuous improvement in clinical practice based on new knowledge.

AACN Essential Competencies: VIII.13. Articulate the value of pursuing practice excellence, lifelong learning, and professional engagement to foster professional growth and development.

NLN Competencies: Quality and Safety; Ethical Comportment; Engage in lifelong learning to keep professional knowledge current

Nursing/Integrated Concepts: Assessment; Nursing Process

Learning Outcome: 1. Discuss education for advanced nursing roles.

Page Number: p. 458

 

Question 4

What should be the motivation behind the evolution of advanced practice nursing becoming more autonomous?

1. The American Nurses Credentialing Center
2. The nursing profession’s vision
3. Nurse leaders
4. Supply and demand

Correct Answer: 2

Rationale: To continue with the focus of preserving the best of what nursing has been, the evolution of advanced practice nursing to more autonomous roles should be driven by the nursing profession’s vision and leadership as opposed to being reactive to outside pressures, the ANCC, or nurse leaders.

Cognitive Level: Understanding

Client Need: Safe and Effective Care Environment

Client Need Sub: Management of Care

QSEN Competencies: III.C.5. Value the need for continuous improvement in clinical practice based on new knowledge.

AACN Essential Competencies: VIII.13. Articulate the value of pursuing practice excellence, lifelong learning, and professional engagement to foster professional growth and development.

NLN Competencies: Quality and Safety; Ethical Comportment; Engage in lifelong learning to keep professional knowledge current

Nursing/Integrated Concepts: Assessment; Nursing Process

Learning Outcome: 1. Discuss education for advanced nursing roles.

Page Number: p. 457