Test Bank For Advancing Your Career Concepts in Professional Nursing 5th Edition Kearney

Test Bank For Advancing Your Career Concepts in Professional Nursing 5th Edition Kearney

Chapter 1. Your Professional Identity

Multiple Choice

Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

____ 1. Which of the following is not a characteristic of a profession?

A.	Authority
B.	Leadership
C.	Systematic theory
D.	Professional culture

____ 2. The definition by Kerlinger and Lee (2000) as a “a set of interrelated constructs (concepts), definitions, and propositions that present a systematic view of phenomena by specifying relations among variables, with the purpose of explaining and predicting the phenomena” is a:

A.	Systems theory
B.	Profession
C.	Key concept
D.	Theory

____ 3. The correct definition of a paradigm used by professionals in a scientific community consists of the belief system shared by members of that particular community and includes:

A.	Conducting research, phenomena, and practicing the profession
B.	The code of ethics, the practice of the profession, and conducting research
C.	Practice of the profession, conducting research, and the standards of practice
D.	Evidence-based practice, practice of the profession, and conducting research

____ 4. Which of the following is not one of the five competencies for a health-care professional?

A.	Evidence-based practice
B.	Continuing education
C.	Patient-centered care
D.	Informatics

____ 5. The spiritual, emotional setting(s) or climate in which the person lives, plays, and interacts as well as the social, physical setting describes:

A.	A patient
B.	A profession
C.	An ethical code.
D.	An environment

____ 6. Which of the following is not a main concept of a metaparadigm?

A.	Human beings
B.	Theory
C.	Health
D.	Nursing

____ 7. Which of the following does the code of ethics for nurses not address?

A.	Behavior with medical professionals
B.	Behavior with clients
C.	Behavior with colleagues
D.	Behavior with patient advocates

____ 8. Which of the following is not part of the Standards of Professional Performance?

A.	Systemic theory
B.	Education
C.	Communication
D.	Leadership

____ 9. The judgment and self-governing within one’s scope of practice is part of:

A.	Evidence-based practice
B.	Knowledge base
C.	Code of ethics
D.	Leadership

True/False

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

____ 1. A philosophy of nursing is the medical profession’s belief system.

____ 2. The professional nurse is concerned with safe and effective care beyond the treatment facility with such things as the environment, health, and human beings.

____ 3. Community sanction occurs through rules and regulations, expectations for practitioners, and professional code of ethics.

____ 4. Informal groups exist within each formal group, providing further professional collegial inclusiveness.

____ 5. Continuing education is not part of the code of ethics.

____ 6. Evidence-based practice is the separation of clinical expertise and rules and regulations.