Exam 2: The Contemporary Image of Professional Nursing

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)

Charles Dickens' character Sairy Gamp:

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?

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

A registered nurse is on break and checking e-mails. One e-mail 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 effect did the movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest have on health care?

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

Nurses can combat the nursing shortage by:

What does the Spirit of Nursing statue honor?

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)

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

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?

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

A nurse executive is concerned that the mortality rate in his or 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?

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:

The Nurses of America's media campaign raised awareness of which aspects of nursing? (select all that apply)

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

In order to best improve patient outcomes on an acute care hospital unit, which intervention should the nursing staff advocate for?

What is the best way for the individual nurse to maintain the most effective professional image?

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