Nursing Process
A nurse is assigned the care of a client who has been admitted to the health care facility with high fever. First contact with the patient is which step of the nursing process?
Assessment
These types of standards are guidelines for peer review, guided by the public's expectation of nursing.
Voluntary
A client's face is contorted with pain. This is an example of what type of communication?
Non-Verbal
This is the belief that everyone should conform to the majority belief system.
Cultural imposition
Tertiary Prevention occurs when....
A person already has been diagnosed with a long-term disease or disability.
Following assessment, this is used to select nursing interventions to meet expected outcomes.
Nursing Diagnosis
What is the primary purpose of standards of nursing practice?
to ensure knowledgeable, safe, comprehensive nursing care
A nurse is caring for a client who is from a different culture than himself. When beginning the cultural assessment, which of the following actions should the nurse take first?
Gather data about the client's cultural beliefs.
Age, race, gender, and genetic inheritance are examples of what human dimension?
Physical
A camp nurse is educating a group of adolescent girls on the importance of regular physical exercise. Which level of preventive care does this activity represent?
Primary
Your patient states they get out of breath while walking. This statement is a cue to indicate what?
Respiratory issues
A healthcare facility determined that a nurse employed on a medical unit was documenting care that was not being given and subsequently reported the action to the State Board of Nursing. How might this affect the nurse's license to practice nursing?
License could be revoked or suspended.
If you ask the provider to come and check the status of your patient, which part of the SBAR is this?
Recommendation
Seeking and utilizing support systems is an example of which human dimension?
sociocultural
Administering a nebulized bronchodilator to a client who is short of breath is an example of what level of health promotion and illness prevention?
Tertiary
A nurse is educating a client on how to administer insulin, with the expected outcome that the client will be able to self-administer the insulin injection. How would this outcome be evaluated?
Ask the client to demonstrate self-injection of insulin.
Which client care concern is clearly a nursing responsibility?
a- prescribing medications
b-monitoring health status changes
c-ordering diagnostic tests
d- performing surgical procedures
monitoring health status changes
This type of methodology examines events of the past to increase understanding of the nursing profession today.
historical
Inclusion of the family meets which of Maslow's basic human needs?
Love and belonging
Which are the functions of family?
Provide a safe, comfortable home in which to reside.
Communicate cultural values and beliefs to family members.
Provide emotional support to family members.
Secure adequate income to meet the needs of the family.
When documenting client care, the nurse understands that the most important reason for correct and accurate documentation is:
Conveying information
A nurse delegates a specific intervention to an unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP). The nurse is no longer responsible for that intervention. True or False
False
The nurse transfers responsibility but is accountable for the outcome.
What is a systematic way to form and shape one's thinking?
Critical Thinking
Before developing a procedure, a nurse reviews all current research-based literature on insertion of a nasogastric tube. What type of nursing will be practiced based on this review?
Evidence Based Practice
Which of the following nursing pioneers established the Red Cross in the United States in 1882?
Clara Burton