Chapter 21: Licensure, Credentialing in Nursing, and Entry to Practice - Nurselytic

Correct Answer: A

Rationale: The two powerful social forces in the early 1900s that influenced the drive for legislating the registration of nurses were the women's movement and the wartime needs for nursing care, both on the battlefront and behind the lines.

Correct Answer: A

Rationale: Licensure refers to the granting by a government body to a member in good standing of the exclusive right to practise a profession, as well as use of the protected title.

Correct Answer: A

Rationale: No. In order to have licensure as a nurse, one must also be registered.

Correct Answer: D

Rationale: Licensure laws were designed to protect the public from unethical and incompetent practitioners, not to protect the nursing profession from competition.

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: Most provinces require a certain number of days of employment within a specified time and a record of satisfactory practice as evidence of current knowledge and skills.