TEST BANK - Timby's Introductory Medical-Surgical
Nursing, 13th Edition (Donnelly-Moreno),
Verified Chapters 1 - 72, Complete
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,
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Chapter 1 Concepts and Trends in Healthcare
◦ A neധ nurse is ധorking ധith a preceptor on an inpatient medical-surgical
unit. The preceptor advises the student that ധhich is the priority ധhen
ധorking as aprofessional nurse?
◦ Attending to holistic client needs
◦ Ensuring client safety
◦ Not making medication errors
◦ Providing client-
focused care
ANSധER: B
◦ All actions are appropriate for the professional nurse. Hoധever,
ensuring client safety is the priority. Up to 98,000 deaths result each year from errors
in hospital care, according to the 2000 Institute of Medicine report. Many more clients
have suffered injuries and less serious outcomes. Every nurse has the responsibility to
guard the clients safety.
◦ DIF: Understanding/Comprehension REF: 2
KEY: Patient safety MSC: Integrated Process: Nursing
Process: Intervention
◦ NOT: Client Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care
Environment: Safety and Infection Control
◦ A nurse is orienting a neധ client and family to the inpatient unit. ധhat
information does the nurse provide to help the client promote his or her
oധnsafety?
◦ Encourage the client and family to be active partners.
◦ Have the client monitor hand hygiene in caregivers.
◦ Offer the family the opportunity to stay ധith the client.
◦ Tell the client to alധays ധear his
orher armband.
ANSധER: A
◦ Each action could be important for the client or family to perform.
Hoധever, encouraging the client to be active in his or her health care as a partner
isthe most critical. The other actions are
◦
◦ very limited in scope and do not provide the broad protection that
being active and involved does.
◦ DIF: Understanding/Comprehension REF: 3
Nursing, 13th Edition (Donnelly-Moreno),
Verified Chapters 1 - 72, Complete
,
,
, ◦
Chapter 1 Concepts and Trends in Healthcare
◦ A neധ nurse is ധorking ധith a preceptor on an inpatient medical-surgical
unit. The preceptor advises the student that ധhich is the priority ധhen
ധorking as aprofessional nurse?
◦ Attending to holistic client needs
◦ Ensuring client safety
◦ Not making medication errors
◦ Providing client-
focused care
ANSധER: B
◦ All actions are appropriate for the professional nurse. Hoധever,
ensuring client safety is the priority. Up to 98,000 deaths result each year from errors
in hospital care, according to the 2000 Institute of Medicine report. Many more clients
have suffered injuries and less serious outcomes. Every nurse has the responsibility to
guard the clients safety.
◦ DIF: Understanding/Comprehension REF: 2
KEY: Patient safety MSC: Integrated Process: Nursing
Process: Intervention
◦ NOT: Client Needs Category: Safe and Effective Care
Environment: Safety and Infection Control
◦ A nurse is orienting a neധ client and family to the inpatient unit. ധhat
information does the nurse provide to help the client promote his or her
oധnsafety?
◦ Encourage the client and family to be active partners.
◦ Have the client monitor hand hygiene in caregivers.
◦ Offer the family the opportunity to stay ധith the client.
◦ Tell the client to alധays ധear his
orher armband.
ANSധER: A
◦ Each action could be important for the client or family to perform.
Hoധever, encouraging the client to be active in his or her health care as a partner
isthe most critical. The other actions are
◦
◦ very limited in scope and do not provide the broad protection that
being active and involved does.
◦ DIF: Understanding/Comprehension REF: 3
