What does the practicing nurse understand to be the most important influence on interdependent, assertive nursing practice today?
A.
Higher education of registered nurses
B.
Improved working conditions and salaries
C.
Increased numbers of female physicians
D.
Use of the nursing process for patient care
ANS: D
Nurses were passive, deferential, and compliant to the knowledge and orders of mostly male physicians until the late 20th century. The nursing process changed that. The nursing process is a framework for systematic problem solving and implementation of both independent and dependent nursing actions. The nursing process allows nurses to make decisions regarding patient care based on critical thinking and clinical judgment. The other options listed were not vital in creating a nursing practice that is interdependent and assertive.
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