Deck 2: Discovering Nursing: Exploring Your Options

Question 1

Going to nursing school requires _________ along with time to attend classes,study,attend clinical fully prepared,and work on projects and exams.

Answer 1

commitment

Question 2

How can you make the right choice for your major?

A)Get career counseling in high school and college.
B)Work with your advisor to discuss your goals and concerns.
C)Get a tutor if you need help with classes.
D)all of the above

Answer 2

all of the above

Question 3

Another solution to the shortage is seen in the Nurse Reinvestment Act,designed to

A)support students and faculty.
B)invest in improving the image of nursing and increasing diversity.
C)add more capacity to hospitals to train nurses.
D)increase the number of nurses with bachelor's degrees.

Answer 3

support students and faculty.

Question 4

Which of the following explains the increased demand for nurses?

A)a growing number of elders,a growing number of public health diseases,a growing increase of those on Medicaid
B)a growing overall population,a growing number of immigrants,a growing number of sick patients
C)an increase in the number of elders,patients in the hospital are sicker,an increase in technology and complexity of health care
D)an increase in technology,a growing population,greater numbers of diseases

Question 5

_________ nursing applies nursing to public and legal processes.

Question 6

A _________ degree may give you more flexibility in terms of nursing positions you are qualified for and in going to graduate school.

Question 7

Being an advocate means

A)helping care for people.
B)to inform and support.
C)knowing the legal system for health care systems.
D)understanding the meaning of human rights.

Question 8

A major solution to the nursing shortage is to

A)pay nurses higher salaries.
B)improve work conditions and job satisfaction.
C)increase the number of men in nursing.
D)increase the amount of money students can receive for financial aid.

Question 9

The problem with the nursing shortage is

A)not enough interest in nursing by students and not enough men in nursing.
B)supply and demand.
C)not enough minorities in nursing schools.
D)mainly a problem of a growing elder population.

Question 10

New roles for nurses include

A)advanced practice.
B)writing prescriptions.
C)bioterrorism and disaster nursing.
D)flight nursing.

Question 11

To be a good nurse,one of the most important skills to develop is

A)communication.
B)liking people.
C)caring.
D)understanding.

Question 12

Finding the right _________ may take time,and you have the right to change your mind.

Question 13

A nurse midwife,a nurse practitioner,a nurse anesthetist are examples of _________ _________ nurses.

Question 14

Nurses who work in public health are mainly concerned with

A)populations and their health care.
B)diseases that can spread and cause a pandemic.
C)taking care of low-income patients.
D)working to improve global health.

Question 15

The _________ population and a _________ shortage are affecting the nursing shortage.

Question 16

Concern about spreading diseases such as anthrax or smallpox may be the work of a nurse in the area of _________ and _________.

Question 17

_________ therapy is often used with more accepted Western medicine,thus the term _________.

Question 18

The worst nursing shortages are seen in the following areas of a hospital:

A)emergency departments and pediatrics.
B)surgical units and medical units.
C)critical care units and surgical units.
D)critical care units and medical-surgical units.

Question 19

The reason math is important in nursing has to do with

A)meeting the prerequisites to get into nursing school.
B)not making medication errors
C)learning to think logically.
D)all of the above.

Question 20

A major concern with the shortage is that

A)there are not enough people to teach and not enough qualified students applying.
B)there are too many qualified students applying but not enough space for them.
C)there are many qualified applicants but not enough faculty to teach.
D)there is not enough interest in going to nursing school by women and men.

Question 21

The type of nursing that is concerned with _________ is concerned with groups of people rather than just individuals.

Question 22

Nurses most often work in this practice setting.The setting is _________.