Nursing Profession Overview
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What distinguishes nurses from other healthcare providers?

  • Their ability to prescribe medications independently
  • Their level of education and certification
  • Their approach to patient care, training, and scope of practice (correct)
  • Their specialization in treating specific illnesses

In the U.S., what is the key difference between nurses and nurse practitioners?

  • Nurses are not permitted to prescribe medications
  • Nurses have a graduate degree in advanced practice nursing
  • Nurse practitioners have a higher level of prescription authority (correct)
  • Nurse practitioners can practice independently in all states

What is the primary responsibility of nurses?

  • Developing a plan of care for patients (correct)
  • Conducting medical research
  • Prescribing medications for patients
  • Performing surgical procedures

What has nurse education undergone since the postwar period?

<p>A process of diversification towards advanced and specialized credentials (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who do nurses collaborate with in healthcare environments?

<p>Physicians, nurse practitioners, physical therapists, and psychologists (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the evidence of international trends in the nursing profession?

<p>International shortages of qualified nurses (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of clinical nurse specialists and nurse practitioners in the United Kingdom and the United States?

<p>They diagnose health problems and prescribe medications depending on state regulations (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the historical challenge faced by nursing historians?

<p>Determining whether care provided in antiquity can be called nursing care (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did members of religious orders such as nuns and monks often provide before the foundation of modern nursing?

<p>Nursing-like care (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What happened to the nursing profession during the Reformation of the 16th century?

<p>It suffered a major setback for approximately 200 years (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the impact of Protestant reformers shutting down the monasteries and convents during the Reformation?

<p>The traditional caretakers, rooted in the Roman Catholic Church, were removed from their positions (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the primary role of nurse Phoebe mentioned in Romans 16?

<p>She was described as 'the first visiting nurse' (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What were the influential religious roots of modern nursing?

<p>Christian, Islamic, and Buddhist traditions (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did nurses provide before foundation of modern nursing?

<p>Nursing-like care to sick or injured people (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does human sexuality encompass?

<p>Biological, psychological, physical, emotional, and social aspects (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is someone's sexual orientation?

<p>Their pattern of sexual interest in the opposite and/or same sex (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What primarily affects an individual's sexual orientation?

<p>Nonsocial causes (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main impact of spirituality on sexuality?

<p>An individual's spiritual connection with others (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

When does interest in sexual activity typically increase?

<p>During puberty (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What do the physical and emotional aspects of sexuality involve?

<p>Bonds between individuals expressed through profound feelings or physical manifestations (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the evidence for innate causes of sexual orientation?

<p>Cross-cultural correlation of homosexuality and childhood gender nonconformity (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why is it not fully understood why genes causing homosexuality persist in the gene pool?

<p>Hypothesis involving kin selection and sexually antagonistic genes (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does cross-cultural evidence lean more toward regarding the causes of homosexuality?

<p>Innate causes (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is supported by studies in both Western and non-Western cultures regarding the hypothesis of sexually antagonistic genes?

<p>Homosexuality when expressed in males but increase reproduction when expressed in females (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the evidence suggest about the relationship between tolerance of homosexuality and rates of it in cultures?

<p>Tolerant cultures do not have significantly higher rates of homosexuality (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the finding about adult Britons who attended single-sex boarding schools indicate?

<p>They are less likely to engage in homosexual behavior than those who did not attend such schools (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is supported by studies in Samoa regarding the hypothesis involving kin selection?

<p>Homosexuals invest heavily enough in their relatives to offset the cost of not reproducing as much directly (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is indicated by the finding that most boys raised as girls due to physical differences or deformity turned out attracted to females?

<p>Innate causes are stronger than social causes in determining sexual orientation (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is supported by moderate genetic influences found in twin studies?

<p>Children raised by homosexual parents are more likely to be homosexual themselves (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the fraternal birth order effect indicate?

<p>Innate causes have a stronger influence on sexual orientation than social ones (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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