Chapter 23: Career Development in Nursing - Nurselytic

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: The minimum requirement for a nursing research career is a doctor of philosophy (Ph
D).

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: One important factor to look for in a graduate program is the track records of key graduate faculty, the success of past graduate students, the match between research in the school and the interest of the student, opportunities for apprenticeship, and the availability of funding for graduate students.

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: With the increasing complexity in the health care system, current practice environments have fostered expansion of nursing roles and restructured traditional roles and responsibilities of all health care professions.

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: Clinical nurse specialists and nurse practitioners are two types of advanced practice nurses in Canada.

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: The nurse practitioner role came out of the need for nurses to assume expanded roles in areas where medical care was lackingâ??for example, in rural and northern areas.