An 18-year-old woman is in the emergency department with fever and cough. The
nurse obtains her vital signs, listens to her lung and heart sounds, determines her level
of comfort, and collects blood and sputum samples for analysis. Which standard of
practice is performed?
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Assessment
The nurse asks a patient, "Describe for me a typical night's sleep. What do you do to
fall asleep? Do you have difficulty falling or staying asleep? This series of questions
would likely occur during which phase of a patient-centered interview?
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, Working phase
A nurse is caring for a patient with end-stage lung disease. The patient wants to go
home on oxygen and be comfortable. The family wants the patient to have a new
surgical procedure. The nurse explains the risk and benefits of the surgery to the
family and discusses the patient's wishes with them. The nurse is acting as the patient's:
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Advocate
A 72-year-old male patient comes to the health clinic for an annual follow-up. The
nurse enters the patient's room and notices him to be diaphoretic, holding his chest
and breathing with difficulty. The nurse immediately checks the patient's heart rate and
blood pressure and asks him, "Tell me where your pain is." Which of the following
assessment approaches does this scenario describe?
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A problem-oriented approach
he examination for registered nurse (RN) licensure is exactly the same in every state in
the United States. This examination:
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nurse obtains her vital signs, listens to her lung and heart sounds, determines her level
of comfort, and collects blood and sputum samples for analysis. Which standard of
practice is performed?
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Assessment
The nurse asks a patient, "Describe for me a typical night's sleep. What do you do to
fall asleep? Do you have difficulty falling or staying asleep? This series of questions
would likely occur during which phase of a patient-centered interview?
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, Working phase
A nurse is caring for a patient with end-stage lung disease. The patient wants to go
home on oxygen and be comfortable. The family wants the patient to have a new
surgical procedure. The nurse explains the risk and benefits of the surgery to the
family and discusses the patient's wishes with them. The nurse is acting as the patient's:
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Advocate
A 72-year-old male patient comes to the health clinic for an annual follow-up. The
nurse enters the patient's room and notices him to be diaphoretic, holding his chest
and breathing with difficulty. The nurse immediately checks the patient's heart rate and
blood pressure and asks him, "Tell me where your pain is." Which of the following
assessment approaches does this scenario describe?
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A problem-oriented approach
he examination for registered nurse (RN) licensure is exactly the same in every state in
the United States. This examination:
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