3. If a nurse uses which type of power, it can destroy therapeutic and personal relationships, and
it can also be considered unethical and even illegal in certain situations?
1. Referent power
2. Expert power
3. Coer
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3. If a nurse uses which type of power, it can destroy therapeutic and personal relationships, and
it can also be considered unethical and even illegal in certain situations?
1. Referent power
2. Expert power
3. Coercive power
4. Power of rewards
Answer:
14. Nursing decisions made about client care can come only from individuals who have which
source of power?
1. Referent power
2. Expert power
3. Coercive power
4. Legitimate power
Answer:
15. The first, and certainly the most important, way in which nurses can gain power in all areas is
through which action?
1. Professional unity
2. Political activity
3. Accountability and professionalism
4. Networking
Answer:
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1. Nurses are often the primary, and frequently the only, defendants named when errors are made
that result in injury to the client. This is due to which concept associated with the nursing
profession?
1. Autonomy
2. Accountability
3. Precision
4. Specificity
ANS: 2
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1. This is incorrect. The autonomous nature of the nursing profession has no impact
on nurses acting as defendants in court cases.
2. This is correct. Nurses must be accountable and demonstrate a high level of
responsibility for the care and services they provide.
3. This is incorrect. The precision in which nurses must practice has no impact on
nurses acting as defendants in court cases.
4. This is incorrect. The specificity in which nurses must practice has no impact on
nurses acting as defendants in court cases.
2. If a nurse uses information from research as the basis for making decisions about providing
care, this nurse is engaging in which type of practice?
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