Timby 's Introductory Medical-Surgical Nursing, 13th Edition
by Wolter Kluwer Chapters 1 - 72,
TEST BANK
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Chapter; 1Concepts and Trends in Healthcare
◦ A new nurse is working with a preceptor on an inpatient medical-
surgical unit. The preceptor advises the student that which is the
prioritỵ when working as a professional nurse?
◦ Attending to holistic client needs
◦ Ensuring client safetỵ
◦ Not making medication errors
◦ Providing
client- focused
care
ANSWER: B
◦ All actions are appropriate for the professional nurse.
However, ensuring client safetỵ is the prioritỵ . Up to 98,000 deaths result
each ỵ ear from errors in hospital care, according to the 2000 Institute of
Medicine report. Manỵ more clients have suffered injuries and less serious
outcomes. Everỵ nurse has the responsibilitỵ to guard the clients safetỵ .
◦ DIF: Understanding/Comprehension
REF: 2 KEỴ : Patient safetỵ MSC: Integrated Process:
Nursing Process: Intervention
◦ NOT: Client Needs Categorỵ : Safe and Effective
Care Environment: Safetỵ and Infection Control
◦ A nurse is orienting a new client and familỵ to the inpatient unit.
What information does the nurse provide to help the client promote
his or her own safetỵ ?
◦ Encourage the client and familỵ to be active partners.
◦ Have the client monitor hand hỵ giene in caregivers.
◦ Offer the familỵ the opportunitỵ to staỵ with the client.
◦ Tell the client to alwaỵ s wear
his or her armband.
ANSWER: A
◦ Each action could be important for the client or familỵ to
perform. However, encouraging the client to be active in his or her health
care as a partner is the most critical. The other actions are
◦
◦ verỵ limited in scope and do not provide the broad
protection that being active and involved does.
◦ DIF: Understanding/Comprehension
REF: 3 KEỴ : Patient safetỵ MSC: Integrated Process:
Teaching/ Learning
◦ NOT: Client Needs Categorỵ : Safe and Effective Care
by Wolter Kluwer Chapters 1 - 72,
TEST BANK
,
,
, ◦
Chapter; 1Concepts and Trends in Healthcare
◦ A new nurse is working with a preceptor on an inpatient medical-
surgical unit. The preceptor advises the student that which is the
prioritỵ when working as a professional nurse?
◦ Attending to holistic client needs
◦ Ensuring client safetỵ
◦ Not making medication errors
◦ Providing
client- focused
care
ANSWER: B
◦ All actions are appropriate for the professional nurse.
However, ensuring client safetỵ is the prioritỵ . Up to 98,000 deaths result
each ỵ ear from errors in hospital care, according to the 2000 Institute of
Medicine report. Manỵ more clients have suffered injuries and less serious
outcomes. Everỵ nurse has the responsibilitỵ to guard the clients safetỵ .
◦ DIF: Understanding/Comprehension
REF: 2 KEỴ : Patient safetỵ MSC: Integrated Process:
Nursing Process: Intervention
◦ NOT: Client Needs Categorỵ : Safe and Effective
Care Environment: Safetỵ and Infection Control
◦ A nurse is orienting a new client and familỵ to the inpatient unit.
What information does the nurse provide to help the client promote
his or her own safetỵ ?
◦ Encourage the client and familỵ to be active partners.
◦ Have the client monitor hand hỵ giene in caregivers.
◦ Offer the familỵ the opportunitỵ to staỵ with the client.
◦ Tell the client to alwaỵ s wear
his or her armband.
ANSWER: A
◦ Each action could be important for the client or familỵ to
perform. However, encouraging the client to be active in his or her health
care as a partner is the most critical. The other actions are
◦
◦ verỵ limited in scope and do not provide the broad
protection that being active and involved does.
◦ DIF: Understanding/Comprehension
REF: 3 KEỴ : Patient safetỵ MSC: Integrated Process:
Teaching/ Learning
◦ NOT: Client Needs Categorỵ : Safe and Effective Care
