Caring
The nurse cares for an older adult client who visits the clinic semiannually to help maintain quality of life. When providing caring interactions to this client, what intervention should the nurse avoid?
Elderspeak
A nurse manager has created a culture of empowerment among the nursing staff. The nursing staff feels that they have the information, support, and resources to perform their tasks efficiently and effectively, and they also have opportunities for advancement, continued education, and input into nursing policies. What are the consequences of this type of environment?
What are increased job satisfaction, improved patient care, and higher staff retention rates.
What is holistic nursing?
Holistic care involves viewing the client as a whole.
True or False... The nurse delegates vital signs and daily weights to the unlicensed assistive personnel. The nurse remains accountable for the client's care.
True
A nurse is providing teaching to a client about avoiding foods with tyramine. The client states, "Thank you for all of this information, but it's just not for me. I eat what I want when I want it." Which of the following stages of change is the client demonstrating?
Precontemplation
A female client admitted for treatment of injuries from a domestic abuse incident tells the nurse manager she does not want a male nurse as her caregiver. What should the nurse manager's response be?
"I can review the assignments and arrange for a female nurse to care for you"
A nurse is explaining a healthcare concept that involves coordinating care, ensuring effective use of resources, and improving patient outcomes. Whose role is this?
Care Manager
___________ refers to intentional actions taken by individuals to promote their physical, mental, and emotional well-being. It involves practices and activities that prioritize personal health, reduce stress, and enhance overall quality of life.
Self-care
Why is it important for nurses to prioritize care?
Nurses only have a limited amount of time to perform nursing interventions
You are a nurse in a busy ER when multiple victims arrive after a train derailed in your local area. What leadership style would be most beneficial for the charge nurse to adopt in this situation?
Autocratic
How does the role of nurses in promoting patient rights and ensuring optimal healthcare outcomes contribute to patient-centered care?
Advocacy
A novice nurse seeks to work in a facility where the nursing staff is involved in clinical decision-making to enhance patient outcomes. What is the organizational model that supports these practices?
Shared governance
What indicators might a nurse observe to determine that a client is in the contemplation stage of behavior change?
"Thinking about it"
How does the process of conducting a return demonstration of a delegated task by a UAP ensure competency and effectiveness in patient care within the nursing unit?
Improves effectiveness of patient care
How can nurses ensure effective communication and understanding when delegating patient care tasks to unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP)? Choose the best option:
A) Demonstrating the task once for clarity
B) Providing written instructions only
C) Using simple language and checking for comprehension
D) Assuming familiarity with routine tasks
C) Using simple language and checking for comprehension
In holistic nursing, the nurse should emphasize the client's personal responsibility in maintaining health. This idea is most closely related to which concept in caring interventions?
Empowerment
_____________ refers to a collaborative process that assesses, plans, implements, coordinates, monitors, and evaluates options and services to meet the healthcare needs of individuals, usually with complex or chronic conditions, through communication and available resources to promote quality, cost-effective outcomes.
Case management
How does a nurse prioritize which patient to see first, and what factors influence this decision-making process?
ABCs or Cure Hierarchy
What are the five essential rights that nurses adhere to when delegating tasks in clinical practice to ensure safe and effective patient care?
Right Task: Ensuring that the task is appropriate for delegation based on the nurse's assessment of the patient's condition and the competency of the delegate.
Right Circumstances: Considering the clinical setting, the health status of the patient, and the complexity of the task to determine if delegation is suitable.
Right Person: Selecting a competent and qualified individual (such as another nurse or unlicensed assistive personnel) to perform the delegated task.
Right Direction/Communication: Providing clear instructions, expectations, and guidelines for the task, including its objectives, limits, and potential complications.
Right Supervision/Evaluation: Following up to monitor the task's progress, ensuring it is performed correctly and safely, and evaluating the outcomes to provide feedback and ensure quality care.
A nurse is teaching a class about the steps of critical thinking. The nurse should include that interpreting data is included in what stage of the nursing process?
Analysis
Which nursing theory incorporates the "6 Cs of Caring" as essential components of its framework?
Roach's theory of Caring as the Human Mode of Being
The nurse works in a clinic environment that prioritizes cost control, increased efficiency, and customer satisfaction. What type of healthcare system is this?
Managed care
___________ in nursing is a model of practice that involves nurses and nurse leaders working together to make decisions. This process can include areas such as: resources, nursing research, evidence-based practice projects, new equipment purchases, and staffing
Shared governance
What regulatory guideline outlines the scope of practice and responsibilities for licensed practical nurses (LPNs) under the supervision of an RN within a specific state?
State Nurse Practice Act
The movement from a retrospective payment system to a prospective payment system using a diagnosis-related group may have what unintentional consequence for hospitals trying to contain their costs?
Patients are sent home from the hospital as soon as possible.