A nurse expresses frustration with the ANA stance that supports collective bargaining. This nurse
states, all collective bargaining will do for nurses is make the public mad and possibly increase our
salary..
This nurse adds that she sees nursing as a calling and therefore finds no reason for nurses
to engage in collective bargaining. What rationale might one use that could impact the opinion of
this nurse regarding the value of collective bargaining?
A) Higher salaries will draw more individuals to nursing and therefore increase job satisfaction.
B) Collective bargaining provides a mechanism for resolving conflicts within the workplace thus
enhancing patient care.
C) Through collective bargaining nurses will develop a stronger power base by which they can
influence social policy.
D) Collective bargaining is one element that will allow nurses to obtain a professional status.
Question 2
An attending physician repeatedly asks a young nurse out. The nurse does not wish to date the
physician and is uncomfortable with the manner in which he has suggested they meet after work.
What action should the nurse take?
A) Inform the physician that the advances are unwelcome and notify the nurse manager of the
physician's behavior.
B) Calmly and politely continue to decline the physician's advances and ask colleagues for
advise.
C) Ignore the advances as nurses hold no power over physicians and the nurse is likely to lose
her job if she reports the harassing behavior.
D) Report the physician to the American Medical Association.
The tone of the nurse-patient introduction sets the stage for the patient interview and patient care
The nurse conducts the health history as the first step in the nursing assessment
The nurse is using Standard Precautions to draw blood.
The surgical nurse assists the client into the correct position
A nurse communicates with her non–English-speaking patient through an interpreter
The nurse conveys attentive listening through a posture of involvement