Chapter 13 Workforce Advocacy for a Professional Nursing Practice Environment

Chapter 13  Workforce Advocacy for a Professional Nursing Practice Environment

Complete Chapter Questions And Answers
 

Sample Questions

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. When an RN is asked to accept an assignment that he or she may not be qualified to perform, the nurse should:
a.
accept the assignment as appropriate if assigned by a legitimate power.
b.
be primarily concerned with the number of patients being assigned.
c.
ask how other nurses have handled the assignment in the past.
d.
determine whether he or she is familiar with the types of patients being assigned.

ANS: D
Nurses should always think critically about assignments so they can communicate what makes them uncomfortable about a particular assignment. If nurses do not have the knowledge or experience required for particular patient assignments, then modification of the assignments is in order to ensure patient safety.

DIF: Application REF: p. 245, Box 13-5

2. One workplace issue—the nursing shortage—is caused by several complex issues, including:
a.
movement of nurses into acute care settings.
b.
the use of unlicensed assistive personnel to replace RNs.
c.
a mass of Baby Boomers who have chosen nursing as a career.
d.
an aging nursing workforce.

ANS: D
Research validates that an aging population and an aging nursing workforce are significant contributors to the nursing shortage issue.

DIF: Comprehension REF: p. 241

3. Studies conducted to determine enrollment trends in nursing schools have found that in the last years:
a.
a greater number of individuals chose nursing as a career but could not meet entrance requirements.
b.
more young people chose to enter the profession of nursing.
c.
fewer career opportunities exist in the profession of nursing and fewer opportunities are projected to exist for women.
d.
men have dominated the profession, and women feel that they have experienced discrimination.

ANS: B
An unexpected number of young people entered the nursing workforce from 2002 to 2009, causing faster growth in the supply than anticipated.

DIF: Comprehension REF: pp. 239-240

4. Qualified nursing school applicants have continued to be turned away, limiting enrollment due to a shortage of faculty, which is attributed to several factors, including:
a.
nursing faculty are subject to high levels of burnout and job dissatisfaction.
b.
only the number of faculty in Associate Degree programs remain stable.
c.
the mean age of nursing faculty continues to decrease and older faculty mentors have left the profession.
d.
increasing job competition from higher paying clinical sites, even as the economy recovers.

ANS: D
Academic institutions, especially those faced with budget cuts, generally cannot compete with nonacademic employers. Faculty salaries continue to be a major contributor to the nursing shortage.

DIF: Comprehension REF: p. 241