Lewis Medical Surgical Nursing, 12th Edition
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, Chapter5801:58Professional58Nursing
Harding:58Lewis’s58Medical-Surgical58Nursing,5812th58Edition
MULTIPLE58CHOICE
1. The58nurse58completes58an58admission58database58and58explains58that58the58plan58of58care58and58d
ischarge58goal58s58will58be58developed58with58the58patient‗s58input.58The58patientbasks,58―How58is58
this58different58from58whatbthe58physician58does?‖58Which58response58would58the58nurse58provid
e?
a. ―The58role58of58the58nurse58is58to58administer58medications58and58other58treatments58pr
escribed58by58your58physician.‖
b. ―In58addition58to58caring58for58you58while58you58are58sick,58the58nurses58will58help58y
ou58plan58to58mai58ntain58your58health.‖
c. ―The58nurse‗s58job58is58to58collect58information58and58communicate58any58proble
ms58that58oc58cur58to58the58physician.‖
d. ―Nurses58perform58many58of58the58same58procedures58as58the58physician,58but58nurs
es58are58wit58h58the58patients58for58a58longer58time58than58the58physician.‖
ANS:5 8 B
The58American58Nurses58Association58(ANA)58definition58of58nursingbdescribes58the58role58of58nurse
s58in58promot58ing58health.58The58other58responses58describe58dependent58and58collaborative58functio
ns58of58the58nursingbrole58b58ut58do58not58accurately58describe58the58nurse‗s58unique58role58in58the58h
ealth58care58system.
DIF:5 8 5 8 Cognitive58Level:58Analyze58(Analysis)
TOP:5 8 Nursing58Process:58Implementation5 8 5 8 MSC:58 NCLEX:58Safe58and58EffectivebCarebEnvironmen
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2. Which58statement58by58the58nurse58accurately58describes58the58use58of58evidence-based58practice58(EBP)?
a. ―Patient58care58is58based58on58clinical58judgment,58experience,58and58traditions.‖
b. ―Data58are58analyzed58 later58to58 show58that58the58patient58outcomes58are58consistently58met.‖
c. ―Research58from58all58published58articles58are58used58as58a58guide58for58planning58patient58care.‖
d. ―Recommendations58are58based58on58research,58clinical58expertise,58and58pati
ent58pre58ferences.‖
ANS:5 8 D
Evidence-based58practice58(EBP)58is58thebuse58of58the58bestbresearch-
based58evidence58combined58with58clinician58expertise58and58consideration58of58patient58preferen
ces.58Clinic58al58judgment58based58on58the58nurse‗s58clinical58experience58is58part58of58EBP,58but5