Exam 2: The Contemporary Image of Professional Nursing

A student nurse signs the nurses' notes in the patient's record as, Mary Smith, RN (pending graduation 2015). According to the International Council of Nurses, which individual can use the title "nurse"?

With the crisis in health care and the nursing shortage, why is the image of nursing still important?

According to current data related to the nursing shortage: (Select all that apply.)

A group of new graduate nurses is asked to speak to a group of politicians to describe the current state of professional nursing and how best to alleviate the nursing shortage. Which statements accurately portray professional nursing today and tomorrow? (Select all that apply.)

Which actions would result in a greater number of nurses entering and staying in practice, given today's state of nursing? (Select all that apply.)

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?

What effect did the movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest have on health care?

Which item below correctly describes the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics predictions by 2020?

Place the five most ethical professionals in descending order, according to the 2011 Gallop Poll ranking. Put a comma and space between each answer choice (for example: a, b, c, d).

Potential nursing students are concerned about choosing a profession with job security and ask the recruiter, "Because more people are choosing nursing, will I have a job in a few years?" The recruiter answer that by 2025, on the basis of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics prediction:

A physician complains to administration that the nurse working last evening is unethical, based on observing the nurse educate the patient about a new medication ordered. The physician demanded the nurse be reprimanded and reminded that only physicians have the educational background to teach patients about new medications. Which comment and action by the administrator would be most effective in changing nurse-physician relationships in this instance?

Nurses can combat the nursing shortage by:

Which nurse best portrays nursing as a "knowledge worker"?

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 nursing student asks, "I wonder if the reason that the nursing shortage is so severe is that registered nurses are unhappy with their jobs." To research the answer, the National Survey of Registered Nurses was reviewed and found:

Although the media portrayed nursing in a negative light in M*A*S*H through the character of a promiscuous, uncaring nurse, it also provided Americans with a promising glimpse of:

The demographics of the twenty-first century nursing population indicate that:

A registered nurse is on break and checking emails. One email contains a picture of a celebrity who is a patient in the hospital, and on the same floor, where the nurse works. Included with the photo is a message, "check out my Facebook," which contains additional photographs of the patient. The nurse immediately deletes the picture to prevent having to report the "friend" to supervisors. Based on the action of the nurse who received the message, which statement is correct?

What was the purpose of the Nurse Reinvestment Act of 2002?

A nurse executive is concerned that the mortality rate in his/her hospital exceeds the national average and searches the literature finding Aiken's 2011 Survey on the effects of nurse staffing and education on mortality, including work environment. If Aiken's recommendations are followed, which change would be most effective?