QUESTIONS WITH OUTLINED
ANSWERS
\.What are the roles of a professional nurse? - Answer- promote health, prevent illness,
restoring health and facilitating coping with disease or death.
The roles include caregiver, communicator, teacher, counselor, leader, researcher, advocate, and
collaborator.
Nursing involves specialized skills and application of knowledge based on an education that has
both theoretical and clinical practice components.
\.Licensed to formulate and dispense medications - Answer- pharmacist
\.Educated to assist clients to speak more clearly - Answer- speech therapist
\.Licensed to diagnose and treat illness - Answer- physicians
\.Titles include nursing assistant, orderly, care technician - Answer- assistive personnel
\.Manages and plans nutritional needs of clients - Answer- dietitian
\.Licensed to assist physically challenged clients to adapt - Answer- occupational therapist
\.Completes certification exam to assist health care providers - Answer- physician assistant
,\.Seeks to restore function or prevent further disability - Answer- physical therapist
\.Counsels' clients/families and makes community referrals - Answer- social worker
\.Educated in techniques to improve pulmonary function - Answer- respiratory therapist
\.Gives spiritual support to clients, families, and staff - Answer- chaplain or spiritual care
provider
\.Body of individuals who help maintain health of clients - Answer- nurse
\.primary health care occurs? - Answer- 1. family planning centers
2. Primary care centers
3. urgent care centers
4. employment health centers
\.primary healthcare provides? - Answer- Family planning, prenatal and well-baby care,
immunizations, health risk screenings, diagnostic tests, health education, and medications
\.primary healthcare treats what type of client? - Answer- Patients with common health
problems and/or needing preventative measures.
\.secondary healthcare occurs? - Answer- 1. hospital-based clinics
2. emergency departments
3. hospitals or same day surgery units
4. psychiatric institutes
, \.secondary healthcare provides? - Answer- Physicians in specialties such as internal
medicine, pediatrics, neurology, psychiatry, and advanced practice nurses.
\.secondary healthcare treats what type of clients? - Answer- Victims of car accidents
Someone needing surgery
Clients needing mental health care
\.tertiary healthcare occurs? - Answer- large medical centers like Grady or CHOA
\.tertiary healthcare provides? - Answer- Subspecialist physicians such as cardiovascular
surgeons, pediatric hematologists, and advanced practice nurses
\.tertiary healthcare treats what type of clients? - Answer- Rare and complex disease
management.
\.What does "person-centered care" mean? - Answer- Individualized and holistic care. To
have person centered care, the nurse must care for themselves. Think of REST:
R: relationships with self and others
E: exercise (care of the mind, body, and spirit)
S: soul (compassionate emotional care)
T: transformative thinking leading to thoughtful action.
It focuses on the patient's symptoms and medical history and on the emotional, social, and
financial factors that affect their life and values.
\.Swansons theory of caring? - Answer- knowing, being with, doing for, enabling, maintaining
belief