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Essentials for Nursing Practice 9th Edition
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Chapter Contents:
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Chapter 1. Professional Nursing
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Chapter 2. Health and Wellness
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Chapter 3. The Health Care Delivery System
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Chapter 4. Community-Based Nursing Practice
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Chapter 5. Legal Principles in Nursing
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Chapter 6. Ethics
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Chapter 7. Evidence-Based Practice
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Chapter 8. Critical Thinking
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Chapter 9. Nursing Process
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Chapter 10. Informatics and Documentation
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Chapter 11. Communication
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Chapter 12. Patient Education
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Chapter 13. Managing Patient Care
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Chapter 14. Infection Prevention and Control
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Chapter 15. Vital Signs
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Chapter 16. Health Assessment and Physical Examination
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Chapter 17. Medication Administration
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Chapter 18. Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balances
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Chapter 19. Complementary, Alternative, and Integrative Therapies
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Chapter 20. Caring in Nursing Practice
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Chapter 21. Cultural Competence
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Chapter 22. Spiritual Health
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Chapter 23. Growth and Development
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Chapter 24. Self-Concept and Sexuality
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Chapter 25. Family Dynamics
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Chapter 26. Stress and Coping
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Chapter 27. Loss and Grief
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Chapter 28. Activity and Exercise
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Chapter 29. Immobility
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Chapter 30. Safety
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Chapter 31. Hygiene
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Chapter 32. Oxygenation
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Chapter 33. Sleep
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Chapter 34. Pain Management
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Chapter 35. Nutrition
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Chapter 36. Urinary Elimination
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Chapter 37. Bowel Elimination
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Chapter 38. Skin Integrity and Wound Care
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Chapter 39. Sensory Perceptions
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Chapter 40. Surgical Patient
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Chapter 01: Professional Nursing fr fr fr
Potter: Essentials for Nursing Practice, 9th Edition
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f r A nurse uses effective strategies to communicate and handle conflict with nurses and other health care
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professionals. Which Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) competency is the nurse demonstrating? fr fr fr fr fr fr fr fr fr fr fr fr fr
a.Informatics
b.Qualityimprovement fr
c.Teamwork and collaboration fr fr
d.Evidence-based practice fr
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Teamwork and collaboration uses effective strategies to communicate and handle conflict. Informatics includes
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navigating electronic health records. Quality improvement uses tools such as flow charts and diagrams to improve
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care. Evidence-based practice integrates best current evidence with clinical expertise and patient/family preferences
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and values for delivery of optimal health care.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Applying (Application)
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OBJ: Describe the purpose of professional standards of nursing practice.
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TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation MSC: NCLEX: Management of Care
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2.A nurse is employed by a health care agency that provides an informal training session on how to properly use a
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new vital sign monitor. Which type of education did the nurse receive?
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a.In-service education fr
b.Advanced education fr
c.Continuing education fr
d.Registered nurse education fr fr
ANS: A fr
In-service education programs are instruction or training provided by a health care agency or institution designed to
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increase the knowledge, skills, and competencies of nurses and other health care professionals employed by the
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institution. Some roles for RNs in nursing require advanced graduate degrees, such as a clinical nurse specialist or
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nurse practitioner. There are various educational routes for becoming a registered nurse (RN), such as associate,
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diploma, and baccalaureate. Continuing education involves formal, organized educational programs offered by
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universities, hospitals, state nurses associations, professional nursing organizations, and educational and health care
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institutions.
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OBJ: Discuss the importance of education in professional nursing practice.
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TOP: Nursing Process: Evaluation MSC: NCLEX: Management of Care
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3.A nurse listens to a patients lungs and determines that the patient needs to cough and deep breath. The nurse has
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the patient cough and deep breath. Which concept did the nurse demonstrate?
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a.Accountability
b.Autonomy
c.Licensure
d.Certification
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Autonomy is essential to professional nursing and involves the initiation of independent nursing interventions
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without medical orders. Accountability means that you are professionally and legally responsible for the type and
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quality of nursing care provided. To obtain licensure in the United States, RN candidates must pass the NCLEX-
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RN examination administered by the individual State Boards of Nursing to obtain a nursing license. Beyond the
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NCLEX-RN, some nurses choose to work toward certification in a specific area of nursing practice.
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REF: 6 OBJ: Discuss the characteristics of professionalism in nursing.
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TOP: Nursing Process: Evaluation MSC: NCLEX: Management of Care
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4.A registered nurse is required to participate in a simulation to learn how to triage patients who are arriving to the
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hospital after exposure to an unknown gas. This is an example of a response to what type of influence on nursing?
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a.Workplace hazards fr
b.Nursing shortage fr
c.Professionalism
d.Emergencypreparedness fr
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Many health care agencies, schools, and communities have educational programs to prepare for nuclear, chemical,
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or biological attack and other types of disasters. Nurses play an active role in emergency preparedness. Workplace
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hazards include violence, harassment, and ergonomics. A person who acts professionally is conscientious in
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actions, knowledgeable in the subject, and responsible to self and others. There is an ongoing global nursing
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shortage, which results from insufficient qualified registered nurses (RNs) to fill vacant positions and the loss of
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qualified RNs to other professions. fr fr fr f r
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OBJ: Discuss the influence of social, political, and economic changes on nursing practices.
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TOP: Nursing Process: Evaluation MSC: NCLEX: Safety and Infection Control
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5.A nurse is an advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) who cares for geriatrics. This nurse is which type of
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advanced practice nurse? fr fr
a.Clinical nurse specialist fr fr
b.Nurse practitioner fr
c.Certified nurse-midwife fr
d.Certified registered nurse anesthetist fr fr fr
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