Maintaining membership in nursing organizations is vital to the ...

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Maintaining membership in nursing organizations is vital to the nursing profession because the primary function of these organizations is to:
 
  a. offer important social and community contacts
  b. represent nurses in collective bargaining
  c. protect nurses' general welfare
  d. give nurses special discounts for continuing education

Question 2

The nurse is initiating client teaching. The nurse is aware that the primary focus is placed on:
 
  a. the client's ability to practice healthy behaviors
  b. the improvement of the nurse-client relationship
  c. the client's satisfaction with health care team personnel
  d. the strengthening of the nurse's skill set

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Answer to Question 1

C
Professional nursing organizations provide services such as identifying society's nursing needs and fostering programs to meet these needs; providing accreditation to nursing schools; focusing on improving the quality, education, and recognition of nursing schools; and keeping nurses informed about nursing issues and trends in health care.

Answer to Question 2

A
The sharing of information between individuals, using goal-directed activities to promote behavioral change as a result of learning, is known as teaching. The role of the nurse as teacher is to bridge the gap between what a client knows and what the client needs to know to achieve optimal health.