QUESTION Which nurse founded the Frontier Nursing Service and was a pioneer in nurse-midwifery? 1. Florence Nightingale 2. Jeanne Mance 3. Mary Breckinridge 4. Lydia Hall ANSWER: Correct Answer: 3 The practice of nurse-midwifery in the United States was started in the 1920s by Mary Breckinridge and Hattie Hemschemeyer. Florence Nightingale was the founder […]
QUESTION What is one of the major technological contributors to changes in self-management by healthcare consumers? 1. The introduction of cell phones 2. Change in elementary education 3. Computers and information technology 4. Better transportation ANSWER: Correct Answer: 3 Computers and information technology are some of the major technological contributors to changes in self-management […]
QUESTION In the new paradigm of wellness and prevention, what is true regarding nurses? (Select all that apply.) 1. As “models of good health,” some nurses will have to adopt healthier behaviors and lifestyles. 2. Nurses will have to keep abreast of the most recent prevention and treatment research. 3. The nurse will be the […]
QUESTION The vast resources of information technology and distance education provide an avenue to continuing development of what three elements that can advance nursing and health care in the future? 1. Knowledge, skills, and experiences 2. Cost containment, knowledge, and recruiting 3. Recruiting, skills, and cost containment 4. Knowledge, artistic ability, and recruiting ANSWER: […]
QUESTION In an attempt to contain the staffing budget the nurse manager may introduce: 1. Advanced practice nurses 2. Cross training of nursing staff 3. Longer work days 4. Nurses with bachelor degrees ANSWER: Correct Answer: 2 Changes that began as downsizing, or a reduction in staff to save money include: cross training, focusing […]
QUESTION The nurse attended a conference that focused on actions to improve community health. During the conference the nurse learned the four zones of concern. In which order should the nurse explain these zones when sharing the content of the conference with the other nursing staff? 1. Growing desperation 2. Big data, high aspiration 3. […]
QUESTION The nurse is working on a committee which is tasked to improve community health through the use of technology. In which order should the committee identify steps to implement this plan? 1. Revamp regulations. 2. Shape policies providing the opting in or out of personal data. 3. Establish sites for rapidly testing innovations in […]
QUESTION The nurse is preparing a brief in-service for new graduate nurses on actions to shape the future. In which order should the nurse introduce these futures concepts? 1. Possible 2. Probable 3. Plausible 4. Preferred ANSWER: Correct Answer: 1, 3, 2, 4 Using strategic thinking and foresight, those that help to shape the […]
QUESTION In Westerhoff’s stage of affiliative faith, what does an individual do? 1. Participates in activities that characterize a particular faith tradition 2. Puts faith into personal and social action 3. Acquires a cognitive as well as an affective faith 4. Experiences faith through interaction with others who are living a particular faith tradition […]
QUESTION The nurse using Westerhoff’s stages of faith should place a 13-year-old patient in which stage? 1. Experienced faith 2. New faith 3. Owned faith 4. Affiliative faith ANSWER: Correct Answer: 1 Westerhoff’s stage of experienced faith, occurring in infancy and early adolescence, is described as a time when the individual experiences faith through […]
