In nursing, a formal recognition of the specialized knowledge, skills, and experience demonstrated by the achievement of standards identified by a nursing specialty to promote health outcomes is a definition of:
a. CRNA c. certification
b. NP d. advance practice
Question 2A group of nurse practitioners is opening a clinic. During a preliminary meeting, they assess their external environment for threats and opportunities. Which of the following would they consider a threat?
a. Competition c. Advanced technology
b. New markets d. Population growth
Question 3Megan is a new graduate who has been hired onto a medical-surgical nursing unit at the local hospital. She has discovered that her initial expectation of what nursing was going to be like was very different from what she is experiencing in practice.
What Megan is experiencing is known as _________. a. being accepted into the profession
b. being questioned in the profession
c. being alienated from the profession
d. being socialized into the profession
Question 4In interviewing for a new position, a nurse may want to inquire about the institution's views on autonomy in the workplace for nurses. The nurse concludes that autonomy is valued when told that the unit has:
a. Infrequent floating..
b. Self-scheduling.
c. Cover of another nurse's assignment while she or he is on break.
d. Hourly pay differential for the night shift.
Question 5When nurses are being socialized (or being formed into the profession), they may find themselves feeling alienated. Alienation includes __________.
a. the importance of being accepted, being ignored, and being blamed for things
b. being spoken about in negative terms, being blamed for things, and being ignored
c. developing responsibility, being questioned, and being accepted
d. being accepted, being blamed, and then taking responsibility
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