STUDY GUIDE
Davis Advantage for Understanding
Medical-Surgical Nursing 7th Edition
By Hopper, Williams, All Chapter's 1 - 57
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,(Davis Advantage for Understanding Medical-Surgical Nursing, 7e Linda Williams, Paula Hopper)
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to collect appropriate data, identify a patient problem, and
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determine the best possible plan of action. Clinicaljudgment
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CRITICAL THINKING,
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is based on good critical thinking.
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Jane Practices Clinical Judgment
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1. Identify and analyze cues; prioritize hypotheses; generatesoluti
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ons; take action; evaluate outcomes; repeat.
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Intervention
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y directions. She was also crying in her car and hadpoor stud
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3. Jane’s resources included a good friend, sick time fromwork
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al outcomes. Did the plan work? Were expected outcome
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ze. Your resources will be different, but theyexist!
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rent plan isn’t working. She thinks honestly about her poor s
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management problems, and the impact this is having onher
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and her family. VBN VBN
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. Both follow steps from collecting data to determin-
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the do: Jane uses her thinking todevelop and carry out a plan t
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ing problems and outcomes, developing and taking actions, and
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hat uses her resources and provides more productive study ti
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evaluating outcomes. However, critical thinking helps you think
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me and more quality time with her kids.
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about the problem: What is it? Why is it happen-
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ing? And clinical judgment leads you to do something to manage
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CUE RECOGNITION V B N
Nursing V B N process You will do many things for each individual, but the FIRSTthing is liste
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Definition: An organizing framework that links thinking with nu
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rsing actions. Steps include assessment/data collection, nursi
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ng diagnosis, planning, implementation,and evaluation.
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1. Sit the patient upright. VBN VBN VBN
2. Call 911 while running across the street.
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Critical thinking VBN
3. Elevate the feet off the bed by placing a pillow under thecalves
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Definition: The use of those cognitive (knowledge) skills or stra
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and allowing the feet to hang off the edge of the pillow.
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tegies that increase the probability of a desirable outcome. Al
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4. Check blood glucose and have a glucose source ready.
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so involves reflection, problem-
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5. Turn the patient to the side to prevent aspiration.
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solving, andrelated thinking skills. VBN VBN VBN VBN
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Definition: The observed outcome of critical thinking and decisio
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n making. A process that uses nursing knowledge
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This is just one possible way to complete a cognitive map.
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ng process. (2, 3, 4) are all steps in the nursing process, for
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which the registered nurse is responsible; the LPN/LVN ma
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1. (2) Critical thinking can lead to better outcomes for the pati
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2. (4) is correct. The nurse who can admit to not knowingsom
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pressure.
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but not necessarily intellectual humility;
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gen, and water. (3) relates to feeling loved. (4) isrelated to ha
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(3) empathizing is positive but does is not evidenceof h VBN VBN VBN VBN VBN VBN VBN VBN VBN
ving positive self-esteem.
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umility. 8. (3, 1, 2, 4) is the correct order according to Maslow.
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3. (3, 4, 5, 1, 2) is the correct order.
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9. (5, 2, 1, 4, 6, 3) is the correct order.
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4. (1) is the best definition. (2, 3, 4) do not define criticalthin
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10. (3) shows the patient is actually taking action. (1, 2, 4)are
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king but are examples of good thinking.
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all positive but do not show intent to take action.
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5. (4) is correct. Evaluation determines whether goals are achiev
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11. (4) is the nurse’s analysis of the situation. (1, 2) aredata;
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ed and interventions effective. (2) is the role of thephysician. (
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(3) is a recommendation.
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1, 3) encompass data collection and imple-
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mentation, which are earlier steps in the nursing process.
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6. (1) is correct. The licensed practical nurse/licensed voca-
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is not necessary.
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tional nurse (LPN/LVN) can collect data, which includes
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EVIDENCE-BASED V B N PRACTICE
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1. proof
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3. quality
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6. outcomes
r on hair, clothing, furniture, and other surfaces inan area af
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ter a cigarette is put out. Marie learned that exposure to the
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se toxins can be neurotoxic to children and can trigger asth
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10. information
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based practice is considered the gold standardof health care.
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3. Step 1: Ask the burning question. Step 2: Search and colle
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ct the most relevant and best evidence available.Step 3: T
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1. By questioning the existing way of doing things to ensure
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hink critically. Appraise the evidence for validity, relevanc
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Nthat the patient receives the best care possible
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e to the situation, and applicability.
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2. A thorough search of the literature, with the assistance ofthe
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Step 4: Measure the outcomes before and after institutingthe c
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medical librarian, in the area of their burning ques-
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hange. Step 5: Make it happen. Step 6: Evaluate the practice d
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tion regarding music reducing preoperative anxiety.
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ecision or change. VBN VBN
3. Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature ( VBN VBN VBN VBN VBN VBN VBN VBN
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CINAHL) Database, Joanna Briggs Instituteevidence- VBN VBN VBN VBN VBN
ges worked best, although bupropion (Zyban) or varenicline (
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based resources, Cochrane Reviews, Medline/PubMed
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Chantix) and nicotine lozenges worked well,too. A Cochrane
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4. Measure patient outcomes before instituting the evidence-
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Review found that advice and support from nursing staff can i
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based change in practice so comparisons canbe made after i
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mplementation to determine if the inter-vention worked VBN VBN VBN VBN VBN VBN VBN
ting smoking, especially in a hospital setting.
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5. Evaluate the results to determine whether the changemad
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e a significant difference and if it was valuable interms of co
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based practice: A systematic process that usescurrent evidenc
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e in making decisions about patient care.
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1. (3) is correct. Providing an explanation of why some-
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2. Evidence- thing is done promotes the understanding for why it is imp
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informed practice: Consideration of patient factors along with
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ortant to be done and therefore will more likely be done. (
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1, 2, 4) only communicate the need to perform atask. They
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mote understanding of the importance of the task.
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2. (3) is correct. Evidence-
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esults are controlled. VBN VBN
based nursing care that has been evaluated as appropriate for a
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4. Research: Scientific study, investigation, or experimenta- VBN VBN VBN VBN VBN
n agency provides the best and safest patient care. (1) Opinion
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tion to establish facts and analyze their significance.
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s may not be based on
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5. Systematic review: A review of relevant research usingguidel VBN VBN VBN VBN VBN VBN VBN VBN
ines.
Davis Advantage for Understanding
Medical-Surgical Nursing 7th Edition
By Hopper, Williams, All Chapter's 1 - 57
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,(Davis Advantage for Understanding Medical-Surgical Nursing, 7e Linda Williams, Paula Hopper)
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Answers
CHAPTER 1 V B N
to collect appropriate data, identify a patient problem, and
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determine the best possible plan of action. Clinicaljudgment
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CRITICAL THINKING,
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is based on good critical thinking.
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CLINICAL JUDGMENT, ANDTHE VBN VBN VBN VBN
Cue
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cues (relevant), but all cues are data.VBN VBN VBN VBN VBN VBN
AUDIO CASE STUDY V B N V B N
Collaboration
Jane Practices Clinical Judgment
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Definition: Working together with the health team toimpr VBN VBN VBN VBN VBN VBN VBN VBN
ove patient outcomes. VBN VBN
1. Identify and analyze cues; prioritize hypotheses; generatesoluti
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ons; take action; evaluate outcomes; repeat.
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Intervention
2. Jane was exhausted, failed a test, and was pulled in too man
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y directions. She was also crying in her car and hadpoor stud
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Evaluation
y habits and not enough sleep.
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3. Jane’s resources included a good friend, sick time fromwork
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Definition: Comparing the outcomes you expected withactu VBN VBN VBN VBN VBN VBN VBN
, and wasted time between classes that she could better utili
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al outcomes. Did the plan work? Were expected outcome
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ze. Your resources will be different, but theyexist!
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s met? VBN
4. Critical thinking— VBN Vigilance
the why: Jane uses critical thinking to determine why her cur
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Definition: The act of being attentive, alert, and watchful. VBN VBN VBN VBN VBN VBN VBN VBN
rent plan isn’t working. She thinks honestly about her poor s
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tudy habits, her time- VBN VBN VBN
CRITICAL THINKING AND CLINICALJUDGMENT VBN V B N V B N VBN
management problems, and the impact this is having onher
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and her family. VBN VBN
Critical thinking and clinical judgment both follow a similarformat
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Clinical judgment— VBN
. Both follow steps from collecting data to determin-
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the do: Jane uses her thinking todevelop and carry out a plan t
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ing problems and outcomes, developing and taking actions, and
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hat uses her resources and provides more productive study ti
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evaluating outcomes. However, critical thinking helps you think
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me and more quality time with her kids.
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about the problem: What is it? Why is it happen-
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ing? And clinical judgment leads you to do something to manage
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VOCABULARY the problem. VBN
Sample sentences will vary for the Vocabulary problems.
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CUE RECOGNITION V B N
Nursing V B N process You will do many things for each individual, but the FIRSTthing is liste
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Definition: An organizing framework that links thinking with nu
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rsing actions. Steps include assessment/data collection, nursi
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ng diagnosis, planning, implementation,and evaluation.
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1. Sit the patient upright. VBN VBN VBN
2. Call 911 while running across the street.
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Critical thinking VBN
3. Elevate the feet off the bed by placing a pillow under thecalves
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Definition: The use of those cognitive (knowledge) skills or stra
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and allowing the feet to hang off the edge of the pillow.
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tegies that increase the probability of a desirable outcome. Al
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4. Check blood glucose and have a glucose source ready.
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so involves reflection, problem-
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5. Turn the patient to the side to prevent aspiration.
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solving, andrelated thinking skills. VBN VBN VBN VBN
Clinical judgment VBN
Definition: The observed outcome of critical thinking and decisio
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n making. A process that uses nursing knowledge
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,2 Chapter 1 VBN Answers
CRITICAL THINKING V B N
This is just one possible way to complete a cognitive map.
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Could it be low VBN VBN VBN Am I diabetic? VBN VBN Frontal area VBN "Sick" feeling
V B N Hard Tylenol helps VBN Hunger makes VBN
blood sugar? VBN it worse VBN
Patient's Where is it? VBN VBN Quality Aggravating an
perception
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d
alleviating factor V B N
s
Food helps V BN
Headache
Useful othe V B N Severity Timing
r
data
Sometimes fe V B N Mother is VBN
7–8 on 0– Lasts 1–2 hours Before meals VBN Early in the VBN VBN
el
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diabetic 10 once starts morning
sick to stomac
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scale
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REVIEW QUESTIONS V B N taking vital signs; data collection is the first step in the nursi
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ng process. (2, 3, 4) are all steps in the nursing process, for
The correct answers are in boldface.
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which the registered nurse is responsible; the LPN/LVN ma
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1. (2) Critical thinking can lead to better outcomes for the pati
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ent. (1, 3, 4) may be true but are not the best answer.
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2. (4) is correct. The nurse who can admit to not knowingsom
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pressure.
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but not necessarily intellectual humility;
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(3) empathizing is positive but does is not evidenceof h VBN VBN VBN VBN VBN VBN VBN VBN VBN
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umility. 8. (3, 1, 2, 4) is the correct order according to Maslow.
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3. (3, 4, 5, 1, 2) is the correct order.
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9. (5, 2, 1, 4, 6, 3) is the correct order.
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4. (1) is the best definition. (2, 3, 4) do not define criticalthin
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10. (3) shows the patient is actually taking action. (1, 2, 4)are
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king but are examples of good thinking.
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all positive but do not show intent to take action.
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5. (4) is correct. Evaluation determines whether goals are achiev
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11. (4) is the nurse’s analysis of the situation. (1, 2) aredata;
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ed and interventions effective. (2) is the role of thephysician. (
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(3) is a recommendation.
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mentation, which are earlier steps in the nursing process.
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6. (1) is correct. The licensed practical nurse/licensed voca-
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is not necessary.
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tional nurse (LPN/LVN) can collect data, which includes
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EVIDENCE-BASED V B N PRACTICE
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1. proof
2. context
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3. quality
4. care
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6. outcomes
r on hair, clothing, furniture, and other surfaces inan area af
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ter a cigarette is put out. Marie learned that exposure to the
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se toxins can be neurotoxic to children and can trigger asth
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10. information
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based practice is considered the gold standardof health care.
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3. Step 1: Ask the burning question. Step 2: Search and colle
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ct the most relevant and best evidence available.Step 3: T
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1. By questioning the existing way of doing things to ensure
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hink critically. Appraise the evidence for validity, relevanc
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Nthat the patient receives the best care possible
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e to the situation, and applicability.
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2. A thorough search of the literature, with the assistance ofthe
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Step 4: Measure the outcomes before and after institutingthe c
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medical librarian, in the area of their burning ques-
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hange. Step 5: Make it happen. Step 6: Evaluate the practice d
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tion regarding music reducing preoperative anxiety.
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ges worked best, although bupropion (Zyban) or varenicline (
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based resources, Cochrane Reviews, Medline/PubMed
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Chantix) and nicotine lozenges worked well,too. A Cochrane
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4. Measure patient outcomes before instituting the evidence-
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Review found that advice and support from nursing staff can i
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based change in practice so comparisons canbe made after i
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ting smoking, especially in a hospital setting.
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5. Evaluate the results to determine whether the changemad
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e a significant difference and if it was valuable interms of co
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based practice: A systematic process that usescurrent evidenc
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e in making decisions about patient care.
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1. (3) is correct. Providing an explanation of why some-
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2. Evidence- thing is done promotes the understanding for why it is imp
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informed practice: Consideration of patient factors along with
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ortant to be done and therefore will more likely be done. (
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the use of evidence for shared decisionmaking between the hea
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1, 2, 4) only communicate the need to perform atask. They
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mote understanding of the importance of the task.
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based nursing care that has been evaluated as appropriate for a
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n agency provides the best and safest patient care. (1) Opinion
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tion to establish facts and analyze their significance.
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