TEST BANK - Lewis Medical Surgical Nursing, 12th
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Harding: Lewis’s Medical-Surgical Nursing, 12th Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE n
1. The nurse completes an admission database and explains that the plan of care and discharge
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n goals will be developed with the patient‘s input. The patient asks, “How is this different from what
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n the physician does?” Which response would the nurse provide?
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a. “Therole of thenurseis to administer medications and othertreatments prescribed by
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n your physician.” n
b. “In addition to caring for you while you aresick, the nurses will help you plan to
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n maintain your health.” n n
c. “Thenurse‘s job isto collect information and communicate anyproblems that
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n occur to the physician.” n n n
d. “Nurses perform manyof thesame procedures as the physician, but nurses are with
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n the patients for a longer time than the physician.”
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ANSWER: B n
The American Nurses Association (ANA) definition of nursing describes the role of nurses in
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n promoting health. The other responses describe dependent and collaborative functions of the
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n nursing role but do not accurately describe the nurse‘s unique role in the health care system.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Analyze (Analysis) n n n
TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation
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2. Which statement by the nurse accurately describes the use of evidence-based practice (EBP)?
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a. “Patient care is based on clinical judgment, experience, and traditions.”
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b. “Data are analyzed later to show that the patient outcomes are consistently met.”
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c. “Research from all published articles are used as a guide for planning patient care.” n n n n n n n n n n n n n
d. “Recommendations arebased onresearch, clinical expertise, and patient n n n n n n n n
n preferences.”
ANSWER: D n
Evidence-based practice (EBP) is the use of the best research-based evidence combined with n n n n n n n n n n n n
n clinician expertise and consideration of patient preferences. Clinical judgment based on the
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n nurse‘s clinical experience is part of EBP, but clinical decision making should also incorporate
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current research and research-based guidelines. Evaluation of patient outcomes is important, but
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n Edition (Harding), n n
Chapters 1 - 69 | All Chapters Verified
n n n n n n n n
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
n n
,
, Chapter01:ProfessionalNursing
n n n
Harding: Lewis’s Medical-Surgical Nursing, 12th Edition
n n n n n
MULTIPLE CHOICE n
1. The nurse completes an admission database and explains that the plan of care and discharge
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n goals will be developed with the patient‘s input. The patient asks, “How is this different from what
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n the physician does?” Which response would the nurse provide?
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a. “Therole of thenurseis to administer medications and othertreatments prescribed by
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n your physician.” n
b. “In addition to caring for you while you aresick, the nurses will help you plan to
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n maintain your health.” n n
c. “Thenurse‘s job isto collect information and communicate anyproblems that
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n occur to the physician.” n n n
d. “Nurses perform manyof thesame procedures as the physician, but nurses are with
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n the patients for a longer time than the physician.”
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ANSWER: B n
The American Nurses Association (ANA) definition of nursing describes the role of nurses in
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n promoting health. The other responses describe dependent and collaborative functions of the
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n nursing role but do not accurately describe the nurse‘s unique role in the health care system.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Analyze (Analysis) n n n
TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation
n n n MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment n n n n n n
2. Which statement by the nurse accurately describes the use of evidence-based practice (EBP)?
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a. “Patient care is based on clinical judgment, experience, and traditions.”
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b. “Data are analyzed later to show that the patient outcomes are consistently met.”
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c. “Research from all published articles are used as a guide for planning patient care.” n n n n n n n n n n n n n
d. “Recommendations arebased onresearch, clinical expertise, and patient n n n n n n n n
n preferences.”
ANSWER: D n
Evidence-based practice (EBP) is the use of the best research-based evidence combined with n n n n n n n n n n n n
n clinician expertise and consideration of patient preferences. Clinical judgment based on the
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n nurse‘s clinical experience is part of EBP, but clinical decision making should also incorporate
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current research and research-based guidelines. Evaluation of patient outcomes is important, but
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