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The nurse practices nursing in conformity with the code of ethics for professional registered nurses. This
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code: - ANSWER-✔✔Defines the principles by which nurses' provide care to their clients
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An 18-year-old woman is in the emergency department with fever and cough. The physician asks the nurse
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to measure vital signs, auscultate lung sounds, listen to heart sounds, determine the level of comfort, and
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collect blood and sputum samples for analysis. The nurse is performing what aspect of practice? - ANSWER-
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A client is wheezing and short of breath. The physician orders a medicated nebulizer treatment now and in 4
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hours. The nurse is providing what aspect of care? - ANSWER-✔✔Implementation
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The nurse is caring for a client with end-stage lung disease. The client wants to go home on oxygen therapy
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and be comfortable. The family wants the client to undergo a new surgical procedure. The nurse explains
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the risk and benefits of the surgery to the family and discusses the client's wishes with the family. The nurse
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is acting as the client's: - ANSWER-✔✔Advocate
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Evidence-based practice is defined as: - ANSWER-✔✔A problem-solving approach to clinical practice based
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on best practices
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, The examination for the registered nurse (RN) licensure is exactly the same in every state in the United
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States. This examination - ANSWER-✔✔Provides a minimal standard of knowledge for practice
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Advanced practice nurses (APNs) generally: - ANSWER-✔✔Function independently
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Nursing practice in the twenty-first century is an art and science that is centered on: - ANSWER-✔✔The
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Who acted to decrease mortality by improving sanitation in the battlefields, which resulted in a decline in
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illness and infection? - ANSWER-✔✔Florence Nightingale
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The professional nurse responsible for increasing respect for the individual and awareness of cultural
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diversity was: - ANSWER-✔✔Mary Mahoney
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The document that developed goals and objectives to meet the health of the public is known as: - ANSWER-
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A nurse who uses critical thinking in the decision-making process to provide effective quality care to
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individuals is known as: - ANSWER-✔✔A clinical decision maker
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Which of the following assures clients that they will receive quality care from a competent nurse? - ANSWER-
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The licensure and practice of nursing is regulated by: - ANSWER-✔✔The Nurse Practice Act
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A nurse who has filled a position on the same unit for 2 years understands the unit's organization and the
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care of the clients on that nursing unit. Benner defines this nurse as able to anticipate nursing care and to
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formulate long-range goals; this nurse is given the title: - ANSWER-✔✔Competent nurse
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