The Nurses of America's media campaign raised awareness of which aspects of nursing? (Select all that apply.)
a. Nurses are expert clinicians.
b. A higher nurse/patient ratio is needed.
c. Nurses are invisible in the news media.
d. Nurses are caring.
e. Nurses are well paid.
ANS: A, C
Correct:
a. The campaign was designed to convey to the public that nurses are expert clinicians.
c. A strategically important part of the campaign raised consciousness among nurses of the invisibility of nursing in the news media.
Incorrect:
b. Lower nurse/patient ratios are needed.
d. It was not a focus of the campaign to let the public know that nurses are caring.
e. The campaign did not focus on the financial aspects of being a nurse.
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