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, Chapter 01: Professional Nursing
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Harding: Lewis’s Medical-Surgical Nursing, 12th Edition
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1. The nurse completes an admission database and explains that the plan of care and discharge go
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als will be developed with the patient‘s input. The patient asks, “How is this different from what t
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he physician does?” Which response would the nurse provide?
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a. “The role o f the nurse is to administer medications and other treatments prescribed by
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b. “In addition to caring for you while you are sick, the nurses will help you plan to mai
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c. “The nurse‘s job is to collect information and communicate anyproblems that occ
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ur to the physician.”
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d. “Nurses perform manyof the same procedures as the physician, but nurses are wit
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h the patients for a longer time than the physician.”
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ANSWER: B c t
The American Nurses Association (ANA) definition of nursing describes the role of nurses in promo
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ting health. The other responses describe dependent and collaborative functions of the nursing role
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but do not accurately describe the nurse‘s unique role in the health care system.
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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.”
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d. “Recommendations are based on research, clinical expertise, and patient pr ct ct ct ct ct ct ct ct ct
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Evidence-based practice (EBP) is the use of the best research- ct ct ct ct ct ct ct ct ct
based evidence combined with clinician expertise and consideration of patient preferences. Cli
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nical judgment based on the nurse‘s clinical experience is part of EBP, but clinical decision ma
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king should also incorporate current research and research-
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based guidelines. Evaluation of patient outcomes is important, but data analysis is not required t
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