Chapter 2 The Contemporary Image of Professional Nursing

Chapter 2  The Contemporary Image of Professional Nursing

Complete Chapter Questions And Answers
 

Sample Questions

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. Which item below best describes the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics predictions by 2020?
A.
Positions that historically required registered nurses will be filled by unlicensed personnel.
B.
The job growth rate for RNs will surpass job growth in all other occupations.
C.
The need for hospital nurses will dramatically decrease.
D.
Hospitals will finally achieve the required registered nurse workforce.

ANS: B
(B) is correct. In 2020, the United States is projected to have only 64% of the registered nursing workforce required to meet the demand for registered nurses. (A) is incorrect because unlicensed personnel will not be filling positions for nurses because this group does not have the education needed to provide such care. (C) is incorrect because the need for hospital nurses will dramatically increase, not decrease. (D) is incorrect because hospitals will not have enough nurses as stated per statistics.

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2. What impact did the movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest have on health care?
A.
Funding for mental health care increased, allowing the point of care to change from the community to standardized institutional care.
B.
The public and the nursing profession were reminded of patient rights.
C.
Nurses were seen as advocates for individuals who cannot advocate for themselves.
D.
Funding for nursing traineeships was eliminated.

ANS: B
(B) is correct because this movie reminded us that all individuals have rights and that it is the responsibility of the public and health care professionals to ensure that these rights are protected. (A) is incorrect because the context for the care of patients with mental disability did not change as a result of this movie. (C) is incorrect because this movie portrayed nurses as the enforcers of the system. (D) is incorrect because the Nurse Training Act was established.

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3. Which nurse died after deliberately acquiring two bites from yellow fever carrier mosquitoes to enable her to provide care to soldiers with yellow fever during the Spanish American War?
A.
Florence Nightingale
B.
Margaret Hoolihan
C.
Clara Maas
D.
Sairy Gamp

ANS: C
(C) is correct because Clara Maas is noted as the nurse who deliberately acquired two bites from yellow fever carrier mosquitoes to enable her to provide care to soldiers with yellow fever. (A) is incorrect because Florence Nightingale is the founder of professional nursing. (B) is incorrect because Margaret Hoolihan is a character on a TV show, not an actual nurse. (D) is incorrect because Sairy Gamp is a character in a Charles Dickens novel.

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4. A bronze statue of a nurse in battle fatigues who is obviously exhausted but demonstrates caring by holding a soldier’s head is an artistic representation of nurses who served in which war?
A.
World War I
B.
World War II
C.
Spanish American War
D.
Vietnam War

ANS: D
(D) is correct because this statue represents the caring provided by nurses during the Vietnam War. (A) is incorrect because there is no statue that represents nursing during this war. (B) is incorrect because there is no statue that represents nursing during this war. (C) is incorrect because there is no statue that represents nursing during this war.

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