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MULTIPLE CHOICE k z
1. A nurse wishes to provide client-
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centered care in all interactions. Which action by the nurse best demonstrates this concept?
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a. Assesses for cultural influences affecting health care k z k z k z k z k z k z
b. Ensures that all the clients basic needs are met k z k z k z k z k z k z k z k z
c. Tells the client and family about all upcoming tests
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d. Thoroughly orients the client and family to the room k z k z k z k z k z k z k z k z
ANS: A k z
Competency in client- kz kz
focused care is demonstrated when the nurse focuses on communication, culture, respect compassion,
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clien t ed ucation, and empowerment. By assessing the effect of the clients culture on health care,
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is practici ng client-
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focused care. Providing for basic needs does not demonstrate this competence.
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Simply telling the client about all upcoming tests is not providing empowering education. Orienting the cl i
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ent and family to the room is an important safety measure, but not directly related to demonstrating
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clie nt- centered care.
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DIF: Understanding/Comprehension REF:
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3 KEY: Patient-
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centered care| culture MSC: Integrated Process: Caring NOT: Client N e
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eds Category: Psychosocial Integrity
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2. A nurse is caring for a postoperative client on the surgical unit. The clients blood pressure was
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142/7 6 mm Hg 30 minutes ago, and now is 88/50 mm Hg. What action by the nurse is best?
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a. Call the Rapid Response Team. k z k z k z k z
b. Document and continue to monitor. k z k z k z k z
c. Notify the primary care provider. k z k z k z k z
d. Repeat blood pressure measurement in 15 minutes.
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ANS: A k z
The purpose of the Rapid Response Team (RRT) is to intervene when clients are
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k deteriorati ng before they suffer either respiratory or cardiac arrest. Since the client has manifested
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a significant cha nge, the nurse s hould
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call the RRT. Changes in blood pressure, mental status, heart rate, and pain are p kz kz kz kz kz k z kz kz k z kz kz kz kz k z
articularly significant. Documentation is vital, but the nurse must do more than document. The pri
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mary care provider should be no tified, but this is not the priority over calling the RRT. The clients
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blood pres sure should be reassessed freq uently, but the priority is getting the rapid care to the
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DIF: Applying/Application REF: 3
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KEY: Rapid Response Team (RRT)| medical emergencies
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S C: Integrated Process: Communication and Documentation
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NOT: Client Needs Category: Physiological Integrity: Physiological Adaptation
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3. A nurse is orienting a new client and family to the inpatient unit. What information does the nurse pr
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ovide to h elp the client promote his or her own safety?
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a. Encourage the client and family to be active partners. k z k z k z k z k z k z k z k z
b. Have the client monitor hand hygiene in caregivers.
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c. Offer the family the opportunity to stay with the client.
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d. Tell the client to always wear his or her armband.
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ANS: A k z
Each action could be important for the client or family to perform. However, enc
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ouraging th e client to be active in his or her health care as a partner is the most critical. The
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