With the crisis in health care and the nursing shortage, why is the image of nursing still important?
a. Nursing care is often delivered during a time of uncertainty, and the image of nurses during this time can reinforce trust in the nurse-patient relationship.
b. Physicians have a distinctive body of knowledge that identifies them as professionals, whereas nursing has yet to develop a unique body of knowledge on which to base practice.
c. Nurses must present a unified image if they hope to ever establish nursing as a profession.
d. The dynamic state of today's health care requires nurses to move from a caring image to one of technologic competence.
ANS: A
Correct: A person who seeks health care is entering a world of uncertainty. The nurse provides continuity and compassion and stabilizes the environment of the patient.
Incorrect:
b. Nursing has a unique body of knowledge.
c. Nursing is a profession. Unification will enhance the professional goals for nursing.
d. Caring will always be part of the nursing image, and nurses have already moved into the technologic realm.
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