QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES
pattern in Gordon's model describes the patient's spiritual attitude?
A. Value-belief pattern
B. Role-relationship pattern
C. Cognitive-perceptual pattern
D. Self-perception-- self-concept pattern
A. Value-belief pattern
According to Gordon's model, there are 11 health patterns. Each pattern
describes a particular characteristic. The value-belief pattern describes a
patient's spiritual attitude, the values and beliefs that guide the choices or
decisions of the patient. The role-relationship pattern describes a patient's
pattern of role engagements and relationships. The cognitive=perceptual
pattern describes memory, decision-making ability, language adequacy, and
sensory-perceptual patterns/ A patient's concept of self or perception of self
is described by the self-perception--self-concept pattern
Which standard of practive is the nurse performing when applying a cold
compress to a patient's sprained ankle and instructing the patient to elevate
the leg?
A. Diagnosis
B. Evaluation
C. Assessment
D. Implementation
C. Implementation
,The nurse is delivering care to the patient; therefore the standard practived
by the nurse is implementation. Developing a nuring diagnosis involves
analyzing the assessed data. Evaluation refers to determining the
effectiveness of the implemented patient care in meeting the patient goals.
Assessment is the process of collecting data related to the health and illness
of the patient
which standard of practive is being performed when a nurse administers the
prescribed medicated nebulizer treatment to a patient who has developed
wheezing and shortness of breath in the emergency department?
A. planning
B. evaluation
C. assessment
D. implementation
D. implementation
implementation phase is where the nurse follows through on the decided
plan of action. Once the patient and the nurse on the diagnosis, a plan of
action can be developed. Each problem is assigned a clear, measurable goal
for the expected outcome. Once all nusing intervention actions have taken
place, the nurse completes an evaluation to determine if the patient goals
have been met. The first step of the nursing process is assessment. During
this phase, the nurse gathers information about a patient's psychological,
physiologic, sociologic, and spiritual status.
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Which trait of critical thinking is the nurse exhibiting when instructing the
parents of a malnourished child to make the child's food colorful and
attractive?
A. fairness
,B. curiosity
C. discipline
D. creativity
D. creativity
Nurses require various traits such as creativity, fairness, risk taking,
curiousity, discipline, and perseverance. In this case the nurseis trying to
stimulate the appetite of the child by instructing the parents to make the
food colorful and attractive. This shows that the nurse is using the trait of
creativity. Fairness is the trait of a nurse who avoids personal bias while
caring for a patient/ Curiosity is the trait of a critical thinking nurse who
always tries to ask "why?" A disciplined nurse follows a systemativ approach
to plan and achieve goals.
Which Quality and Safety in the Education of Nurses (QSEN) competency is
the nurse exhibiting by working with a couple to determine what they know
about their medications and helping them decide on one care provider rather
than two when caring for an older-adult couple in a community-based
assisted living facility?
A. safety
B. informatics
C. patient-centered care
D. teamwork and collaboration
B. safety
Helping patients understand the consequences and complications of multiple
health care providers and multiple medications helps ensure patient safety.
Informatics is a multidisciplinary field that uses health inforamtion
technology to improve health care via any combination of high quality,
higher efficiency, and new opportunities. Patient-centered care focuses on
, direct care rendered to patients. Teamwork and collaboration seeks
information or help from other health care professions and disciplines
A 40-year-old patient is experiencing poorly controlled hypertension. The
dietitian recommends several dietary modifications to the patient. The
patient tries to explain the reason for her poor dietary compliance; she says
she works extra hours and does not have the time to cook. The patient
further adds that she has diabetes. The patient expresses that it is difficult
for her to choos a diet that is low in sugar and low in salt and carbohydrates.
The nurse communicates this to the dietitian using SBAR technique. Which
patient information would be addressed first?
A. the need for a diet revision
b. the desire for a dietary consult
c. current medical conditions of chronic diabtese w/ hypertension
d. the need for the patient to eat low-salt, low-sugar meals
C. Current medical conditions of chronic diabetes w/ hypertension
When using SBAR communication protocol, the nurse should first identify the
patient's situation. In this case, that means the nurse should convey that the
patient is suffering from chronic diabetes and hypertension. The nurse then
should further address the breakdown of the situation and ask the dietitian to
consider revising the diet. Following the dietary assessment and consult, the
recommendations for dietary changes-- including low-salt and low-sugar
meals--should be made.
Which body mass index (BMI) would require hospitalization?
A. 12.5 kg/m2
B 18.9 kg/m2
C. 21.2 kg/m2