Deck 19: Empowerment for Nurses

Question 1

A patient tells you that the more he exercises and the healthier he eats, the healthier he gets. What is he demonstrating?

A) internal locus of control
B) external locus of control
C) negative locus of control
D) positive locus of control

Answer 1

internal locus of control

Question 2

Which of the following nursing attitudes enables patient empowerment?

A) surrendering the need for control
B) directing patients toward decisions that support good health outcomes
C) encouraging patients to value nursing trust
D) providing services for patients

Answer 2

directing patients toward decisions that support good health outcomes

Question 3

A patient tells you that he cannot lose weight because his job keeps him on the road so he cannot exercise, and his wife fixes too many high-calorie meals. What is he demonstrating?

A) internal locus of control
B) external locus of control
C) negative locus of control
D) positive locus of control

Answer 3

external locus of control

Question 4

For the past few months Matthew has complained about inadequate staffing on all shifts to the administrator of the nursing home where he works as a nurse. He documented poor patient care, which included patients not being fed appropriately and several patients who developed serious bedsores after being left for hours on wet linens without being turned. When the administrator repeatedly refused to make any changes, citing economic reasons, Matthew spoke to a reporter at the local paper about the situation. How would this action of Matthew's be viewed?

A) as unethical
B) as making trouble
C) as whistle-blowing
D) as unprofessional

Question 5

What nursing focus does patient empowerment evolve from?

A) advocacy
B) patient care
C) paternalism
D) locus of control

Question 6

What skills does nursing knowledge foster in order to enable empowerment?

A) decision making based on intuition
B) values development and their impact on choices
C) application of scientific principles and evidence-based practice
D) imposing personal values on others

Question 7

Which of the following factors influences professional empowerment in nursing?

A) professional disobedience
B) support of professional colleagues
C) faith that the right thing is done
D) abdicating responsibility for decision making

Question 8

What is a nurse demonstrating when sharing knowledge about health care decisions and involving patients in making those decisions?

A) power over
B) power protection
C) power with
D) power control

Question 9

Which of the following might hinder nursing empowerment?

A) taking action to address system issues
B) eliminating divergent and conflicting views
C) collaborating and sharing in decision making
D) participating in forming institutional policies

Question 10

To enable patient empowerment, what do nurses need to recognize?

A) Health professionals know what is best for patients.
B) Patients need help in making health care decisions.
C) Patients are responsible for their own health.
D) Health professionals give power to patients.

Question 11

How is nursing empowerment derived from the perspective of power with or power to?

A) It is given to or delegated to the nurse.
B) It is a directive process regarding change.
C) It is more focused on outcome than process.
D) It is based on mutual love and respect.

Question 12

Which of the following is implied by the term power over?

A) incorporating diversity
B) sharing responsibility with others
C) protecting limited resources
D) enhancing patients' abilities

Question 13

Which of the following is a potential barrier to patient empowerment?

A) comfort with change
B) sufficient knowledge
C) social labelling
D) available resources

Question 14

What descriptive term do nurse scholars use when discussing people who are empowered?

A) rigid
B) disobedient
C) assertive
D) aggressive

Question 15

Which of the following does the process of motivating and empowering individuals and groups require?

A) positive self-esteem
B) protectionism
C) attitude of superiority
D) obligations of beneficence

Question 16

What is the term for a person who waits and hopes something or someone else will change, and makes excuses for not taking action?

A) disempowered
B) a whistle-blower
C) a victim
D) an empowered person