Fundamentals 64 Exam 2 Practice Test Questions with 100% Correct Answers | Verified | Updated 2024

Which of the following is a collaborative intervention? A. Rubbing patients back to facilitate relaxation B. measuring the patients blood pressure C. Assessing the patients educational needs related to discharge D. Administering prescribed medications to a patient - ️️D. Administering prescribed medications to a patient (Administering medications requires a physicians order and pharmacist to dispense, it is therefore a collaborative intervention for the nurse) What is the most important reason for a nurse to remain calm, greet patient by name, and introduce herself to a new patient, even when the nurse is upset by something else that has happened? - ️️These actions help to establish a trusting relationship The nurse would try to identify the patients locus of control when trying to change health promotion behavior because she wanted to determine? - ️️Perception of powerlessness (people who feel powerless about preventing illness are least likely to engage in health promotion activities) The Structural-functional theory views the family as - ️️A social system with focus on outcomes A nurse admitting a 75-year-old patient to the nursing unit, accompanied by his son. Using a life span approach to care, what is essential for the nurse to do? - ️️Ask the patient if he has had any falls in the past year (Falls are a major source of morbidity in hospitalized patients. On admission, nurse should ask all older adults (65 +) if they have had any falls in the past year)