1: Licensure and certification are both methods of granting credentials to demonstrate that an individual is qualified to provide safe care to the public. TRUE 2: What is a type of nursing education program conducted in junior and community colleges that is nominally 2 years in length? ASSOCIATES (ADN) 3: Evidence-based practice is the practice of nursing in which interventions are based on date from research that demonstrates that they are appropriate and successful. TRUE 4: The establishment of a professional organization is one of the most important characteristics of a profession. TRUE 5: In its attempt to gain freedom and independence, what corresponding factors must the nursing profession embrace? RESPONSIBILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY 6: Licensure is conducted by the state through the enforcement powers if its regulatory boards to protect the public’s health, safety, and welfare by establishing professional standards. TRUE 7: Identify the element that is the best indicator of increasing accountability in the profession of nursing. DEMOSTRATION OF COMPETENCY AND HIGH QUALITY CARE THROUGH PEER REVIEW 8: What health care service targets rehabilitative services, long-term care, and care of the dying? TERTIARY CARE 9: Identify the approach that describes a profession as a being in a continual state of development along a continuum. PROCESS APPROACH 10: Being disrespectful to a classmate or an instructor in school would not be an issue of incivility. FALSE 11: Select the trait of a profession that some experts feel nursing falls short in CONSISTENT USE OF EVIDENCE BASED KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE 12: What is the primary goal of establishing licensure of nurses? SET A MINIMUM LEVEL OF COMPETENCY TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC 13: Both nursing faculty and nursing students have reported that incivility is a moderate issue in nursing education. TRUE 14: Which characteristics of health care in ancient civilizations distinguishes it from the health care of today? HEALTHCARE WAS CLOSELY RELATED TO RELIGIOUS PRACTICES 15: Select the most effective method that nurses can use to gain power over their practice. PROFESSIONAL UNITY JOINING PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IN LARGE NUMBERS 16: A federally funded national health insurance program in the united states for people older than 65 years old is known as which if the following? MEDICARE 17: Registration is the listing, or registering, of names on an official roster after certain pre-established criteria have been met. TRUE