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Ross-Kerr and Wood’s Canadian Nursing Issues & Perspectives: CDN NURSING ISSUES & PERSPECTIVES 6th Edition
Chapter 4 : The Professional Image: Impact and Strategies for Change Questions
Question 1 of 5
Susan is a registered nurse currently completing her first year as a staff nurse in the Critical Care Unit. Lately, she has been thinking about looking for opportunities to grow her professional image. Which of the following activities could help with that goal?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Developing skills in student mentoring and enacting these as a formal preceptor will serve to strengthen nurses' self-image and position them to realize their full potential for leadership and change in the health care system.
Question 2 of 5
Which following group of health care providers has the most members in Canada?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: The number of persons in the nursing profession far exceeds that of any other health provider.
Question 3 of 5
The emergence of a consistent professional brand image for nursing is strongly influenced by which of the following factors?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Godsey et al. (2018) reported that there was a need to educate nursing students to recognize that the emergence of a positive professional brand image is strongly influenced by factors such as nursing's influence, decision-making, and authority.
Question 4 of 5
Nurse Smith has recently started a Facebook page to promote and share a new position statement from his provincial association that shows a picture of the recommended uniform for acute care nurses. This is an example of which of the following strategies?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: One of the strategies to influence a positive nursing professional self-image is to support nurses' engagement in social media.
Question 5 of 5
The image of nursing has been the centre of much attention for which of the following reasons?
Correct Answer: B,D,F,G
Rationale: The image of nursing has been the centre of much attention in nursing literature and within professional associations because of its impact on educational experience, recruitment, retention, turnover, career development, career success, professional self-esteem, and professional self-identity.