TEST BANK - Lewis Medical Surgical Nursing, 12th Edition (Harding), Chapters 1 - 69 | All Chapters Verified

TEST BANK - Lewis Medical Surgical Nursing,
12th Edition (Harding),
Chapters 1 - 69 | All Chapters Verified

,TABLE OF CONTENTS
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, Chapter 01: Professional Nursing
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Harding: Lewis’s Medical-Surgical Nursing, 12th Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE fx




1. The nurse completes an admission database and explains that the plan of care and discharg
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e goals will be developed with the patient‘s input. The patient asks, “How is this different fro
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m what the physician does?” Which response would the nurse provide?
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a. “The role of the nurse is to administer medications and other treatments prescribed
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by your physician.”
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b. “In addition to caring for you while you are sick, the nurses will help you plan to
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maintain your health.” fx fx




c. “The nurse‘s job is to collect information and communicate any problems that
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occur to the physician.” fx fx fx




d. “Nurses perform many of the same procedures as the physician, but nurses are
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with the patients for a longer time than the physician.”
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ANSWER: B fx



The American Nurses Association (ANA) definition of nursing describes the role of nurses in
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promoting health. The other responses describe dependent and collaborative functions of th
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e nursing role but do not accurately describe the nurse‘s unique role in the health care system.
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DIF: fx f x Cognitive Level: Analyze (Analysis) fx fx fx



TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation
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2. Which statement by the nurse accurately describes the use of evidence-based practice (EBP)?
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a. “Patient care is based on clinical judgment, experience, and traditions.”
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b. “Data are analyzed later to show that the patient outcomes are consistently met.”
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c. “Research from all published articles are used as a guide for planning patient care.”
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d. “Recommendations are based on research, clinical expertise, and patient fx fx fx fx fx fx fx fx fx




preferences.”

ANSWER: D fx



Evidence-based practice (EBP) is the use of the best research- fx fx fx fx fx fx fx fx fx




based evidence combined with clinician expertise and consideration of patient preferences. Cli
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nical judgment based on the nurse‘s clinical experience is part of EBP, but clinical decision maki
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ng should also incorporate current research and research-
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based guidelines. Evaluation of patient outcomes is
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