TEST BANK FOR
TIMBY'S FUNDAMENTAL NURSING SKILLS AND CONCEPTS
AUTHOR: DONNELLY-MORENO, LORETTA
13THEDITION
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
UNIT 1 EXPLORING CONTEMPORARY NURSING ..............................................4
CHAPTER 1 - NURSING FOUNDATIONS ..................................................................................................... 4
CHAPTER 2 - NURSING PROCESS ............................................................................................................. 19
UNIT 2 INTEGRATING BASIC CONCEPTS........................................................ 35
CHAPTER 3 - LAWS AND ETHICS .............................................................................................................. 35
CHAPTER 4 - HEALTH AND ILLNESS ......................................................................................................... 58
CHAPTER 5 - HOMEOSTASIS, ADAPTATION, AND STRESS....................................................................... 77
CHAPTER 6 - CULTURE AND ETHNICITY ................................................................................................ 102
CHAPTER 7 - THE NURSE-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP .................................................................................. 121
CHAPTER 8 - CLIENT TEACHING ............................................................................................................ 141
CHAPTER 9 - RECORDING AND REPORTING .......................................................................................... 165
UNIT 4 PERFORMING BASIC CLIENT CARE .................................................. 188
CHAPTER 10 - ASEPSIS........................................................................................................................... 188
CHAPTER 11 - ADMISSION, DISCHARGE, TRANSFER, AND REFERRALS ................................................. 208
CHAPTER 12 - VITAL SIGNS.................................................................................................................... 229
CHAPTER 13 - PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT.................................................................................................. 250
CHAPTER 14 - SPECIAL EXAMINATIONS AND TESTS ............................................................................. 274
UNIT 5 ASSISTING WITH BASIC NEEDS ........................................................ 296
CHAPTER 15 - NUTRITION ..................................................................................................................... 296
CHAPTER 16: FLUID AND CHEMICAL BALANCE ..................................................................................... 318
CHAPTER 17 - HYGIENE ......................................................................................................................... 340
CHAPTER 18 - COMFORT, REST, AND SLEEP ......................................................................................... 361
CHAPTER 19 - SAFETY............................................................................................................................ 382
CHAPTER 20 - PAIN MANAGEMENT ...................................................................................................... 407
CHAPTER 21 - OXYGENATION ............................................................................................................... 428
CHAPTER 22 - INFECTION CONTROL ..................................................................................................... 453
UNIT 6 ASSISTING THE INACTIVE CLIENT ................................................... 479
CHAPTER 23 - BODY MECHANICS, POSITIONING, AND MOVING ......................................................... 479
CHAPTER 24 - FITNESS AND THERAPEUTIC EXERCISE ........................................................................... 505
CHAPTER 25 - MECHANICAL IMMOBILIZATION .................................................................................... 531
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CHAPTER 26 - AMBULATORY AIDS ........................................................................................................ 557
UNIT 7 THE SURGICAL CLIENT ..................................................................... 579
CHAPTER 27 - PERIOPERATIVE CARE..................................................................................................... 579
CHAPTER 28 - WOUND CARE ................................................................................................................ 606
CHAPTER 29 - GASTROINTESTINAL INTUBATION.................................................................................. 626
UNIT 8 PROMOTING ELIMINATION ............................................................... 648
CHAPTER 30 - URINARY ELIMINATION .................................................................................................. 648
CHAPTER 31 - BOWEL ELIMINATION .................................................................................................... 670
UNIT 9 MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION ........................................................ 691
CHAPTER 32 - ORAL MEDICATIONS....................................................................................................... 691
CHAPTER 33 - TOPICAL AND INHALANT MEDICATIONS........................................................................ 713
CHAPTER 34 - PARENTERAL MEDICATIONS .......................................................................................... 736
CHAPTER 35 - INTRAVENOUS MEDICATIONS........................................................................................ 760
UNIT 10 INTERVENING IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS .................................. 782
CHAPTER 36 - AIRWAY MANAGEMENT ................................................................................................ 782
CHAPTER 37 - RESUSCITATION.............................................................................................................. 805
UNIT 11 CARING FOR THE TERMINALLY ILL ................................................ 828
CHAPTER 38 - END-OF-LIFE CARE .......................................................................................................... 828
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UNIT 1 EXPLORING CONTEMPORARY NURSING
CHAPTER 1 - NURSING FOUNDATIONS
TIMBY'S FUNDAMENTAL NURSING SKILLS AND CONCEPTS (13TH)
1. A CLIENT REPORTS TO THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT WITH ANKLE PAIN DUE TO A MINOR ROAD
ACCIDENT. BY ASKING THE CLIENT TO DESCRIBE THE ACCIDENT, WHICH TYPE OF NURSING SKILL IS THE
NURSE USING?
A. ASSESSMENT SKILLS
B. COMFORTING SKILLS
C. COUNSELING SKILLS
D. CARING
SKILLS ANSWER:>A
RATIONALE: BY ASKING THE CLIENT TO DESCRIBE THE ACCIDENT, THE NURSE IS USING ASSESSMENT
SKILLS TO COLLECT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE CLIENT'S CONDITION. THE NURSE IS
INTERVIEWING THE CLIENT TO COLLECT RELATED DATA. THE NURSE IS NOT USING COMFORTING SKILLS,
AS THE NURSE IS NOT PROVIDING ANY EMOTIONAL SUPPORT. THE COUNSELING SKILLS OF THE NURSE
ARE ALSO NOT USED, AS NO HEALTH EDUCATION IS PROVIDED. CARING SKILLS INCLUDE ASSISTANCE
PROVIDED WITH THE ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING, WHICH IS NOT APPLICABLE IN THIS SCENARIO.
QUESTION FORMAT: MULTIPLE CHOICE
CHAPTER 1: NURSING FOUNDATIONS
COGNITIVE LEVEL: UNDERSTAND
CLIENT NEEDS: SAFE, EFFECTIVE CARE ENVIRONMENT: MANAGEMENT OF CARE INTEGRATED
PROCESS: NURSING PROCESS
REFERENCE: P. 15