Deck 3: Beyond Professional Socialization

Question 1

A hospital director of nursing (DON)establishes a hospital-wide committee to process the Institute of Medicine (IOM)report "The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health" and to create unit-based activities that support its recommendations.A unit manager asks about the importance of the endeavor.What response by the DON is best?

A) If nursing doesn't change with the times, the future of the discipline is threatened.
B) Nursing has to remodel itself according to the mandates of the report.
C) Operationalizing the report allows nurses to drive health care reform.
D) Patient safety will be adversely affected if nursing doesn't transform itself.

Answer 1

Operationalizing the report allows nurses to drive health care reform.

Question 2

An experienced nurse has accepted a new role in administration.Supervisors can best support this transition by assisting the nurse to:

A) learn the unspoken rules of the new role.
B) manage time and other people effectively.
C) obtain education regarding the new job.
D) redefine the nurse's professional identity.

Answer 2

redefine the nurse's professional identity.

Question 3

A nursing manager recognizes that a registered nurse has a strong sense of professional identity when which behavior is seen?

A) Joins professional organizations and attends their conferences.
B) Participates in unit governance and on hospital-wide committees.
C) Reappraises own professionalism as new technologies and roles evolve.
D) Relies on historical meanings of professionalism to guide practice.

Answer 3

Reappraises own professionalism as new technologies and roles evolve.

Question 4

A nurse manager is evaluating staff members for the strength of their professional identity and ability to contribute to the profession into the future.Which nurse best demonstrates these qualities?

A) Consistently incorporates knowledge, judgment, and ethics into everyday situations.
B) Provides information on the latest research findings related to patient populations.
C) Serves as the research "champion" on the hospital unit-based council structure.
D) Uses evidence-based practice consistently when working with patients.

Question 5

A nursing faculty would determine that a student was developing a strong sense of professional identity when the student takes which action?

A) Writes a paper describing nursing as being available to help patients and physicians.
B) Establishes a discussion group to debate interdisciplinary care activities.
C) Starts a letter writing campaign to boycott products advertised by "sexy nurses."
D) Volunteers to serve the community at a free flu shot clinic for the uninsured.

Question 6

The faculty member understands that nursing schools contribute strongly to the process of socialization in which ways? (Select all that apply.)

A) Assisting students to commit to nursing values
B) Developing students' understanding of ethics
C) Grading students on professional socialization
D) Helping students develop professional identities
E) Requiring participation in professional organizations

Question 7

Which of the following does the nursing student learn about professional socialization? (Select all that apply.)

A) Everyday experiences are vital for professional socialization.
B) Interaction with peers can have a positive or negative effect.
C) Knowledge, skills, and behaviors contribute to socialization.
D) Norms and values are more important than skill to socialization.
E) Socialization happens during a memorable event in time.

Question 8

A nurse is giving a report to the hospital nursing counsel on the Institute of Medicine's report: "The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health." What broad goals does the nurse report on? (Select all that apply.)

A) Credentialing will continue to be the best way to advance practice.
B) Nurses should be allowed to practice to the extent of their capabilities.
C) Nursing should be included as an equal partner in health care reform.
D) The nursing workforce is encouraged to attain higher levels of education.
E) Workforce data collection needs infrastructure to enable meaningful use.

Question 9

An astute practitioner recognizes that the dynamic process of nursing includes which possibilities? (Select all that apply.)

A) Engaged stakeholder: speaking up and establishing leadership within the system
B) Expert learner: engaging in lifelong learning and synthesizing learning into practice
C) Innovation catalyst: developing new technologies and conducting research
D) Interprofessional collaborator: being an advocate to promote systems-level change
E) Reflective practitioner: reflecting on whether or not new knowledge is relevant

Question 10

A nursing faculty member would judge that activities designed to foster socialization in students have been successful when the students:

A) are able to communicate in an effective manner with other health care providers.
B) incorporate professional values, norms, and behaviors into their self-identities.
C) learn the legal and ethical standards required to practice as a professional nurse.
D) understand the complexities of their new, multifaceted role in health care today.

Question 11

A nursing dean oversees an RN-BSN program and is evaluating whether or not program objectives have been met.The success of this program can be demonstrated when:

A) attitudes of the returning RN students are reinforced in their identities.
B) graduates are proficient in new subjects learned during the program.
C) RNs resocialize into the role of baccalaureate-prepared nurses.
D) the nurses can articulate why having a BSN should be a requirement.