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◉ A nurse is caring for an older-adult couple in a community-based
assisted living facility. During the family assessment he notes that
the couple has many expired medications and multiple medications
for their respective chronic illnesses. They note that they go to two
different health care providers. The nurse begins to work with the
couple to determine what they know about their medications and
helps them decide on one care provider rather than two. This is an
example of which Quality and Safety in the Education of Nurses
(QSEN) competency?
A. Patient-centered care
B. Safety
C. Teamwork and collaboration
D. Informatics. Answer: B. Safety
Helping the patients understand the consequences and
complications of multiple medications helps to build the
competency in safety.
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The nurses on an acute care medical floor notice an increase in
pressure ulcer formation in their patients. A nurse consultant
decides to compare two types of treatment. The first is the
procedure currently used to assess for pressure ulcer risk. The
second uses a new assessment instrument to identify at-risk
patients. Given this information, the nurse consultant exemplifies
which career?
A. Clinical nurse specialist
B. Nurse administrator
C. Nurse educator
D. Nurse researcher. Answer: D. Nurse researcher
The nurse researcher investigates problems to improve nursing care
and to further define and expand the scope of nursing practice. He or
she often works in an academic setting, hospital, or independent
professional or community service agency.
◉ Nurses at a community hospital are in an education program to
learn how to use a new pressure-relieving device for patients at risk
for pressure ulcers. This is which type of education?
A. Continuing education
B. Graduate education
,C. In-service education
D. Professional Registered Nurse Education. Answer: C. In-service
education
In-service education programs are instruction or training provided
by a health care agency or institution. An in-service program is held
in the institution and is designed to increase the knowledge, skills,
and competencies of nurses and other health care professionals
employed by the institution.
◉ Which of the following are components of the paradigm of
nursing?
A. The person, health, environment, and theory
B. Health, theory, concepts, and environment
C. Nurses, physicians, health, and patient needs
D. The person, health, environment/situation, and nursing. Answer:
D. The person, health, environment/situation, and nursing
The nursing paradigm focuses on person, health,
environment/situation, and nursing. All the elements interact with
one another, with the patient being central.
, ◉ A theory is a set of concepts, definitions, relationships, and
assumptions that:
A. Formulate legislation.
B. Explain a phenomenon.
C. Measure nursing functions.
D. Reflect the domain of nursing practice.. Answer: B. Explain a
phenomenon.
Theories are designed to explain a phenomenon such as self-care or
caring. A theory is a way of seeing through a "set of relatively
concrete and specific concepts" and the propositions that describe
or link the concepts.
◉ A patient with diabetes is controlling the disease with insulin and
diet. The nursing health care provider is focusing efforts to teach the
patient self-management. Which of the following nursing theories is
useful in promoting self management?
A. Neuman
B. Orem
C. Roy
D. Peplau. Answer: B. Orem