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Advanced Practice Nursing of Adults in Acute Care Janet G Whetstone Foster Test Bank
Chapter 01: Advanced Practice Nursing: Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) Practice
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 1. Which of the following is not part of the requirements for an advanced practice
registered nurse (APRN)?
A. Bachelor’s degree
B. Clinical experience
C. Graduate-level education
D. Passing a national certification examination
____ 2. An advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) uses evidence-based clinical practice
guidelines to guide screening and diagnosis. This is a component of which
competency?
A. Collaboration
B. Consultation
C. Direct Care
D. Systems Leadership
____ 3. Skillful guidance and teaching to advance the care of patients, families, groups of patients, and the
profession of nursing is referred to as which competency?
A. Coaching
B. Consultation
C. Direct Care
D. Systems Leadership
____ 4. Nurses must be valued and committed partners in making policy, directing and evaluating clinical care,
and leading organizational operations. The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses refers to this
standard as:
A. appropriate staffing.
B. authentic leadership.
C. effective decision making.
D. skilled communication.
____ 5. Which model of evidence-based practice dissemination uses internal and external factors to determine
which approach should be taken from an education, practice, and research perspective?
A. CURN
B. Iowa
C. Johns Hopkins
D. Stetler
____ 6. Which of the following is not among the top 10 psychosocial activities of expertise of a clinical nurse
specialist (CNS)?
A. Depression therapy
B. Home health-care management
C. Marriage counseling
D. Substance abuse therapy
____ 7. According to a 1999 Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, how many deaths occur each year in hospitals
because of medical error?
A. Less than 45,000
B. Between 45,000 and 98,000
C. Between 100,000 and 150,000
D. More than 150,000
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____ 8. Which occupation does not come under the umbrella of advance practice registered nursing?
A. Clinical nurse specialist
B. Nurse anesthetist
C. Nurse midwife
D. Physician’s assistant
____ 9. How many medical errors are classified as hospital acquired conditions or never events?
A. 7
B. 14
C. 21
D. 28
____ 10. The word never in reference to never events means:
A. these events never occur.
B. these events should never occur.
C. advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) are never responsible for these events.
D. physicians are never responsible for these events.
____ 11. Which body continues to be a source of driving quality within health-care institutions?
A. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
B. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
C. U.S. Department of Health
D. The Joint Commission on Hospital Accreditation (The is part of the official name hence
TJC)
____ 12. Hildegard Peplau developed the first master’s program focused on the advanced training of psychiatric
clinical nurse specialists (CNSs) in:
A. 1934.
B. 1944.
C. 1954.
D. 1964.
____ 13. The National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS) was established in:
A. 1975.
B. 1985.
C. 1995.
D. 2005.
____ 14. A clinical nurse specialist (CNS) is skilled in using which theory to develop and evaluate programs,
and assure implementation of evidence-based practices?
A. Change
B. Game
C. Number
D. Relativity
____ 15. Which type of power is not commonly used among clinical nurse specialists (CNSs)?
A. Charismatic
B. Coercive
C. Expert
D. Referent
____ 16. Which of the following is one reason why it might be difficult for advanced practice registered nurses
(APRNs) to move from one state to another?
A. Differences in job descriptions
B. Differences in licensure and regulation
C. Differences in hospitals
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D. Differences in educational programs
____ 17. What does the LACE model advocate for all advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs)?
A. National accreditation
B. National certification
C. National education
D. National licensing
____ 18. The process in which credentials are issued, demonstrating that educational and certifying bodies have
met or exceeded known standards of performance, is known as:
A. accreditation.
B. certification.
C. licensing.
D. registration.
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Chapter 01: Advanced Practice Nursing: Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) Practice
Answer Section
MULTIPLE CHOICE
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Chapter 02: Phenomena of Concern to the Clinical Nurse Specialist
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 1. Which sleep medication has been associated with some high-profile sleep-walking and sleep-driving
incidents?
A. Ambien
B. Lunesta
C. Restoril
D. Sonata
____ 2. Which class of analgesics is associated with increased time awake?
A. Benzodiazepines
B. Beta blockers
C. NSAIDS
D. Opioids
____ 3. Which form of delirium occurs most frequently as a disruption in a patient’s circadian rhythm?
A. Altered mental status
B. Organic brain syndrome
C. ICU psychosis
D. Sundowning
____ 4. Which of the following is not mistaken for delirium?
A. Depression
B. Mania
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