Which professional skill would be important for nurses to emphasize when promoting nursing as a powerful image to the public?

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A new nurse is reviewing some literature about nursing's power base and notes the term referent power. The nurse would interpret this to mean what?

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It is noted that approximately 10% of the nurses are male. Some suggest this is part of the problem relating to lack of recognition of what nurses can do. Some insist this is not a problem. Several suggestions have been made to help improve the recognition of nurses. Which suggestion is the best one to help improve the situation?

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A nursing administrator is interviewing several staff members about their reasons for not obtaining certification. What would the administrator expect to hear as the most common reason?

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A group of nurses are attending a seminar discussing the impact of the socialization of women including nurses on nursing's power base. The speaker determines that the seminar was successful when the nurses identify which point as most accurate?

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A nurse is presenting a program to a group of local nurses about ways to strengthen the nursing profession's position in the policy arena. Which statement would the nurse include?

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As a nurse cares for his clients, he remains alert and vigilant, striving to recognize any changes as well as recognizing expected responses. Which action best describes a role clinical reasoning plays in making astute clinical judgments?

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It is recognized that students need to master clinical reasoning skills while still in school. What is being recognized as an effective tool to enable students the opportunity to learn and apply clinical reasoning skills?

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Clinical reasoning is an essential skill for all nurses to develop and actively use when caring for his or her client. Which component of clinical reasoning is recognized as one of the most difficult to master?

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As frontline health care providers, it is important that nurses are properly trained and prepared to handle all situations that develop. Why is clinical reasoning a vital skill to develop?

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Accrediting agencies such as The Joint Commission address staffing by:

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Consumers are concerned with security issues related to their confidential health information being placed in an electronic health record (EHR). However, when the security of the EHR is compared with that of paper-and-pencil records, the EHR is:

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A client arrives in active labor and exhibits toxemia with irregular fetal heart tones. The client is an immigrant and is uninsured. Which act would prevent the client from being transferred to another facility?

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The professional in the allied health team whose job it is to assist the individual in the activities of daily living is the:

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Which of the following block transmission of the pain impulse before it reaches the brain?

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According to the common classification of seizures, clonic seizures are examples of ________ seizures.

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The Papanicolaou test is used to diagnose:

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A subdural bleed to the left side of the brain may give symptoms such as:

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The gland that regulates metabolic rate and growth is the:

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The disease that is characterised by fluctuating muscle weakness which is exacerbated by exercise is known as:

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