TEST BANK Lewis Medical Surgical Nursing, 12th Edition (Harding), Chapters 1 - 69 | All Chapters

TEST BANK
Lewis Medical Surgical Nursing, 12th Edition
(Harding), Chapters 1 - 69 | All Chapters

,TABLE OF CONTENTS
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, Chapter 01: Professional Nursing
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Harding: Lewis’s Medical-Surgical Nursing, 12th Edition
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MULTIPLE CHOICE fy




1. The nurse completes an admission database and explains that the plan of care and discharge goals
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will be developed with the patient‘s input. The patient asks, “How is this different from what the phy
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sician does?” Which response would the nurse provide?
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a. “The role of the nurse is to administer medications and other treatments prescribed by yo
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ur physician.”
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b. “In addition to caring for you while you are sick, the nurses will help you plan to maintai
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n your health.”
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c. “The nurse‘s job is to collect information and communicate anyproblems that occur
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to the physician.”
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d. “Nurses perform many of the same procedures as the physician, but nurses are with t
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he patients for a longer time than the physician.”
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ANS: B f y




The American Nurses Association (ANA) definition of nursing describes the role of nurses in promotin
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g health. The other responses describe dependent and collaborative functions of the nursing role but d
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o not accurately describe the nurse‘s unique role in the health care system.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Analyze (Analysis) fy fy fy




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.” fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy




d. “Recommendations are based on research, clinical expertise, and patient prefe fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy




rences.”

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Evidence-based practice (EBP) is the use of the best research- fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy




based evidence combined with clinician expertise and consideration of patient preferences. Clinica
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l judgment based on the nurse‘s clinical experience is part of EBP, but clinical decision making sho
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uld also incorporate current research and research-
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