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care. Four primary elements are: (a) clinical state, setting, and circumstances; (b) client
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judgement based on the nurse’s clinical experience is part of EIP, but clinical decision
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making also should incorporate current research and research-based guidelines. Evidence
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from one clinical research study does not provide an adequate substantiation for
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interventions. Evaluation of client outcomes is important, but interventions should be
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based on research from randomized control studies with a large number of subjects.
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treatment of clients’ problems. Diagnosis is only one phase of the nursing process. The
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primary use of the nursing process is in client care, not to establish nursing theory or
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explain nursing interventions to other health care professionals.
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3. The nurse is caring for a critically ill client in the intensive care unit and plans an every 2-
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hour turning schedule to prevent skin breakdown. Which type of nursing function is
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demonstrated with this turning schedule?
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a. Dependent
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When implementing collaborative nursing actions, the nurse is responsible primarily for
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monitoring for complications of acute illness or providing care to prevent or treat
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complications. Independent nursing actions are focused on health promotion, illness
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prevention, and client advocacy. A dependent action would require a physician order to
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implement. Cooperative nursing functions are not described as one of the formal nursing
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4. The nurse is caring for a client who has been admitted to the hospital for surgery and tells
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the nurse, “I do not feel right about leaving my children with my neighbour.” Which
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action should the nurse take next?
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c. Call the neighbour to determine whether adequate childcare is being provided.
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appropriate intervention, the nurse’s first action should be to obtain more information.
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intervention can be chosen.
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5. The nurse is caring for a client who has left-sided paralysis as the result of a stroke and
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assesses a pressure injury o n t he clie nt ’s left h ip . W hich of the following is the most
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a pressure injury. The nurse is able to treat the cause of altered circulation and pressure
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client, the nurse cannot treat the weakness. The “risk for” diagnosis is not appropriate
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for this client, who already has impaired tissue integrity. The client does have ineffective
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tissue perfusion, but the impaired skin integrity diagnosis indicates more clearly what the
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health problem is.
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6. The nurse caring for a client with an infection has a nursing diagnosis of deficient
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volume that was identified in the nursing diagnosis statement. The other statements would not
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indicate that the problem of deficient fluid volume was resolved.
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7. Which of the following represents a nursing activity that is carried out during the
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evaluation phase of the nursing process?
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and whether the nursing interventions were appropriate. The other responses do not
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8. Which of the following would the nurse perform during the assessment phase of the
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9. Which of the following is an example of a correctly written nursing diagnosis statement?
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b. Risk for impaired tissue integrity related to sacral redness
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This diagnosis statement includes a NANDA nursing diagnosis and an etiology that describes
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a client’s response to a health problem that can be treated by nursing. The use of a
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medical diagnosis (as in the responses beginning “Altered tissue perfusion” and “Altered
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urinary elimination”) is not appropriate. The response beginning “Risk for impaired
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tissue integrity” uses the defining characteristics as the etiology.
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10. Which of the following includes the components required for a complete nursing
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c. A problem with all its possible causes and the planned interventions
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d. A problem with its etiology and the signs and symptoms of the problem
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ANS: Y . F , T L D
The PES format is used when writing nursing diagnoses. The subjective, as well as objective,
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data should be included in the defining characteristics. Interventions and outcomes are not
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11. Which of the following refers to a situation that results in unintended harm to the client and
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is related to the care or services provided rather than the client’s medical condition?
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12. When using the Five Steps of the evidence-informed practice (EIP) Process, which of the
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