A nurse manager is experiencing poor staff morale on her unit. ...

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A nurse manager is experiencing poor staff morale on her unit. While participating in a baccalaureate course, the nurse manager had learned that one of the reasons nurses lack power today is probably because of the past.
 
  In the early decades of the profession, nurses lacked power because: a. Nurses freely chose to defer to physicians and administrators with more education.
  b. Women lacked legal, social, and political power because of legal and cultural bar-riers.
  c. The first nursing licensure laws prohibited nurses from making most decisions.
  d. Nurses astutely recognized the risks of grabbing too much power too soon.

Question 2

The consequence of an intervention or treatment is known as a(n) ____.
 
  a. Achieved benefit
  b. Benchmark
  c. Expected response
  d. Outcome

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Answer to Question 1

B
Nursing mirrored the lack of legal, social, and political power that was prevalent in the early decades of the profession.

Answer to Question 2

D
The term outcomes has been defined as end results, or that which results from something (Lang & Marek, 1990).