Question 1

In which year did The Canadian Nurse begin publication?

Accepted Answer

A) 1900 
B) 1905 
C) 1910 
D) 1915 
A) 1900 
B) 1905 
C) 1910 
D) 1915 B

Question 2

What was the main reason for nursing leaders to secure legislation for registration?

Accepted Answer

A) To protect nurses 
B) To protect the public 
C) To secure professional nursing positions 
D) To ensure that nursing professors were adequately prepared 
A) To protect nurses 
B) To protect the public 
C) To secure professional nursing positions 
D) To ensure that nursing professors were adequately prepared B

Question 3

In most Canadian provinces, evidence of current nursing knowledge and skills is demonstrated in which following way?

Accepted Answer

A) The nurse demonstrates a minimum number of in-services per year. 
B) The nurse demonstrates participation in mandatory continuing education programs. 
C) The nurse demonstrates a record of satisfactory nursing practice. 
D) The nurse demonstrates a certain number of practice days per year, at his or her own discretion. 
A) The nurse demonstrates a minimum number of in-services per year. 
B) The nurse demonstrates participation in mandatory continuing education programs. 
C) The nurse demonstrates a record of satisfactory nursing practice. 
D) The nurse demonstrates a certain number of practice days per year, at his or her own discretion. C

Question 4

Which university created the first outpost nursing program in Canada?

Accepted Answer

A) McGill University 
B) Dalhousie University 
C) University of Toronto 
D) University of British Columbia 
A) McGill University 
B) Dalhousie University 
C) University of Toronto 
D) University of British Columbia

Question 5

Which one of the following statements represents a defining characteristic of a specialized knowledge base?

Accepted Answer

A) Knowledge and skills are concrete. 
B) Knowledge and skills are simple, enabling the many to acquire them. 
C) Specialized knowledge will produce positive results when applied to everyday situations. 
D) Those in the nursing profession are never involved in the development and application of the knowledge base. 
A) Knowledge and skills are concrete. 
B) Knowledge and skills are simple, enabling the many to acquire them. 
C) Specialized knowledge will produce positive results when applied to everyday situations. 
D) Those in the nursing profession are never involved in the development and application of the knowledge base.

Question 6

Which of the following is one of the two main credentialing mechanisms in nursing?

Accepted Answer

A) Personal 
B) Legal 
C) Professional 
D) Empirical 
A) Personal 
B) Legal 
C) Professional 
D) Empirical

Question 7

Which of the following is one of the two powerful social forces in the early 1900s that influenced the drive for legislating the registration of nurses?

Accepted Answer

A) Wartime needs 
B) Women acquiring the right to vote 
C) The socioeconomic movement 
D) The declining birth rate and the increasing mortality rate 
A) Wartime needs 
B) Women acquiring the right to vote 
C) The socioeconomic movement 
D) The declining birth rate and the increasing mortality rate

Question 8

Which one of the following features of nursing is a focus within specialized practice?

Accepted Answer

A) Age 
B) Gender 
C) Family structure 
D) Nursing diagnosis 
A) Age 
B) Gender 
C) Family structure 
D) Nursing diagnosis

Question 9

Is it possible to be licensed as a nurse, but not be registered?

Accepted Answer

A) No 
B) Yes 
C) Yes temporarily; for less than one year 
D) Not unless the nurse has a baccalaureate nursing degree 
A) No 
B) Yes 
C) Yes temporarily; for less than one year 
D) Not unless the nurse has a baccalaureate nursing degree

Question 10

During which decade did the nurse practitioner movement begin in Canada?

Accepted Answer

A) 1950s 
B) 1960s 
C) 1970s 
D) 1980s 
A) 1950s 
B) 1960s 
C) 1970s 
D) 1980s

Question 11

"Licensure" refers to which one of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) The right to practise a profession 
B) The listing of members of a profession 
C) Evidence that practice standards have been individualized 
D) The provision of valuable demographic and personal information 
A) The right to practise a profession 
B) The listing of members of a profession 
C) Evidence that practice standards have been individualized 
D) The provision of valuable demographic and personal information

Question 12

Licensure laws were designed to protect which following group?

Accepted Answer

A) Nurses, from physicians 
B) Nurses, from competition 
C) Universities, from hospital schools of nursing 
D) The public, from unethical and incompetent practitioners 
A) Nurses, from physicians 
B) Nurses, from competition 
C) Universities, from hospital schools of nursing 
D) The public, from unethical and incompetent practitioners

Question 13

Which following option represents the earliest form of credentialing?

Accepted Answer

A) The employment of lay nurses 
B) Nurses working together with midwives 
C) Evidence of graduation from a school of nursing 
D) Certification in a nursing specialty, for example, intensive care nursing 
A) The employment of lay nurses 
B) Nurses working together with midwives 
C) Evidence of graduation from a school of nursing 
D) Certification in a nursing specialty, for example, intensive care nursing

Question 14

What does the study of credentialing in nursing draw attention to?

Accepted Answer

A) The layers of the health care system 
B) Ways for nurses wanted to specialize 
C) The growth of nursing as a profession 
D) The credentialing that has already occurred in medical education 
A) The layers of the health care system 
B) Ways for nurses wanted to specialize 
C) The growth of nursing as a profession 
D) The credentialing that has already occurred in medical education

Question 15

Which following reason is cited for the trend toward specialization in the nursing profession?

Accepted Answer

A) Adoption of the entry-to-practice position 
B) The continuing nursing surplus and elimination of nursing positions 
C) Nurses needing increased knowledge and skill in order to make sound judgements 
D) Competition with nurse practitioners and general practitioners 
A) Adoption of the entry-to-practice position 
B) The continuing nursing surplus and elimination of nursing positions 
C) Nurses needing increased knowledge and skill in order to make sound judgements 
D) Competition with nurse practitioners and general practitioners

In which year did The Canadian Nurse begin publication?

What was the main reason for nursing leaders to secure legislation for registration?

In most Canadian provinces, evidence of current nursing knowledge and skills is demonstrated in which following way?

Which university created the first outpost nursing program in Canada?

Which one of the following statements represents a defining characteristic of a specialized knowledge base?

Which of the following is one of the two main credentialing mechanisms in nursing?

Which of the following is one of the two powerful social forces in the early 1900s that influenced the drive for legislating the registration of nurses?

Which one of the following features of nursing is a focus within specialized practice?

Is it possible to be licensed as a nurse, but not be registered?

During which decade did the nurse practitioner movement begin in Canada?

"Licensure" refers to which one of the following?

Licensure laws were designed to protect which following group?

Which following option represents the earliest form of credentialing?

What does the study of credentialing in nursing draw attention to?

Which following reason is cited for the trend toward specialization in the nursing profession?

The Canadian Health Care System

Nursing in Canada, 1600 to the Present: a Brief Account

Professionalization in Canadian Nursing

The Professional Image: Impact and Strategies for Change

Issues of Gender and Diversity in Nursing

Theoretical Issues in Nursing

Thinking Philosophically in Nursing

Nursing Research in Canada

Knowledge Translation and Evidence-Informed Practice

Health Informatics and Canadian Nursing Practice

Primary Health Care: Challenges and Opportunities for the Nursing Profession

Quality of Care: From Quality Assurance and Improvement to Cultures of Patient Safety

The Practising Nurse and the Law

Ethical Issues and Dilemmas in Nursing Practice

Shortage or Oversupply the Nursing Workforce Pendulum

Political Awareness in Nursing

Emergence of Nursing Unions As a Social Force in Canada

The Origins and Development of Nursing Education in Canada

Entry to Practice: Striving for the Baccalaureate Standard

The Growth of Graduate Education in Nursing in Canada

Career Development in Nursing

Monitoring Standards in Nursing Education

International Nursing: Looking Beyond Our Borders

Internationalizing Nursing in Canada: Perspectives in Nursing Practice and Education

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Exam 20: Credentialing in Nursing

In which year did The Canadian Nurse begin publication?

What was the main reason for nursing leaders to secure legislation for registration?

In most Canadian provinces, evidence of current nursing knowledge and skills is demonstrated in which following way?

Which university created the first outpost nursing program in Canada?

Which one of the following statements represents a defining characteristic of a specialized knowledge base?

Which of the following is one of the two main credentialing mechanisms in nursing?

Which of the following is one of the two powerful social forces in the early 1900s that influenced the drive for legislating the registration of nurses?

Which one of the following features of nursing is a focus within specialized practice?

Is it possible to be licensed as a nurse, but not be registered?

During which decade did the nurse practitioner movement begin in Canada?

"Licensure" refers to which one of the following?

Licensure laws were designed to protect which following group?

Which following option represents the earliest form of credentialing?

What does the study of credentialing in nursing draw attention to?

Which following reason is cited for the trend toward specialization in the nursing profession?

The Canadian Health Care System

Nursing in Canada, 1600 to the Present: a Brief Account

Professionalization in Canadian Nursing

The Professional Image: Impact and Strategies for Change

Issues of Gender and Diversity in Nursing

Theoretical Issues in Nursing

Thinking Philosophically in Nursing

Nursing Research in Canada

Knowledge Translation and Evidence-Informed Practice

Health Informatics and Canadian Nursing Practice

Primary Health Care: Challenges and Opportunities for the Nursing Profession

Quality of Care: From Quality Assurance and Improvement to Cultures of Patient Safety

The Practising Nurse and the Law

Ethical Issues and Dilemmas in Nursing Practice

Shortage or Oversupply the Nursing Workforce Pendulum

Political Awareness in Nursing

Emergence of Nursing Unions As a Social Force in Canada

The Origins and Development of Nursing Education in Canada

Entry to Practice: Striving for the Baccalaureate Standard

The Growth of Graduate Education in Nursing in Canada

Career Development in Nursing

Monitoring Standards in Nursing Education

International Nursing: Looking Beyond Our Borders

Internationalizing Nursing in Canada: Perspectives in Nursing Practice and Education

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