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Bob-Dole

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What is the primary purpose of licensure laws for the nursing profession?
 
  a. To protect the public against unqualified and incompetent practitioners
  b. To enhance the quality of nursing care and improve Canadians' health outcomes
  c. To ensure that nurses demonstrate knowledge and skills in a variety of profes-sional roles
  d. To provide an opportunity for practitioners to validate their expertise in a spe-cialty

Question 2

Which age-related change is true in regard to the aging patient and medication use?
 
  a. Liver mass increases.
  b. Brain receptors become less sensitive.
  c. Enzymes lose the ability to process some drugs.
  d. Absorption and active transport mechanisms increase.



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Answer to Question 1

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Licensure laws are designed to protect the public against unqualified and incompetent practition-ers. Because constitutional responsibility for education and health falls under the purview of the provinces and territories, each has a nursing practice act to regulate the licensure and practice of nursing.
The statement To enhance the quality of nursing care and improve Canadians' health outcomes does not reflect the primary purpose of licensure laws.
The statement To ensure that nurses demonstrate knowledge and skills in a variety of professional roles does not reflect the primary purpose of licensure laws.
The statement To provide an opportunity for practitioners to validate their expertise in a specialty does not reflect the primary purpose of licensure laws.

Answer to Question 2

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A Liver mass shrinks in the aging patient.
B Brain receptors become more sensitive with aging.
C An expected age-related change is that enzymes lose their ability to process some drugs, thus prolonging drug half-life.
D Absorption and active transport mechanisms decline with aging.





 

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