_____________Quiz____________?
You are participating in a clinical care coordination conference for a patient with terminal
cancer. You talk with your colleagues about using the nursing code of ethics for professional
registered nurses to guide care decisions. A nonnursing colleague asks about this code.
Which of the following statements best describes this code?
1. Improves self-health care
2. Protects the patient's confidentiality
3. Ensures identical care to all patients
4. Defines the principles of right and wrong to provide patient care -
Answer✓✓
4. Defines the principles of right and wrong to provide patient care
When giving care, it is essential to provide a specified service according to standards of
practice and to follow a code of ethics. The code of ethics is the philosophical ideals of right
and wrong that define the principles you will use to provide care for your patients. The
code serves as a guide for carrying out nursing responsibilities to provide quality nursing
care and the ethical obligations of the profession.
_____________Quiz____________?
An 18-year-old woman is in the emergency department with fever and cough. The nurse
obtains her vital signs, auscultates her lung sounds, listens to her heart sounds, determines
her level of comfort, and collects blood and sputum samples for analysis. Which standard of
practice is performed?
1
, 1. Diagnosis
2. Evaluation
3. Assessment
4. Implementation -
Answer✓✓
3. Assessment
Assessment is the collection of comprehensive data pertinent to the patient's health and/or
the situation.
_____________Quiz____________?
A patient in the emergency department has developed wheezing and shortness of breath.
The nurse gives the ordered medicated nebulizer treatment now and in 4 hours. Which
standard of practice is performed?
1. Planning
2. Evaluation
3. Assessment
4. Implementation -
Answer✓✓
4. Implementation
Implementation is completing coordinating care and the prescribed plan of care.
_____________Quiz____________?
A nurse is caring for a patient with end-stage lung disease. The patient wants to go home on
oxygen and be comfortable. The family wants the patient to have a new surgical procedure.
The nurse explains the risk and benefits of the surgery to the family and discusses the
patient's wishes with the family. The nurse is acting as the patient's:
2
You are participating in a clinical care coordination conference for a patient with terminal
cancer. You talk with your colleagues about using the nursing code of ethics for professional
registered nurses to guide care decisions. A nonnursing colleague asks about this code.
Which of the following statements best describes this code?
1. Improves self-health care
2. Protects the patient's confidentiality
3. Ensures identical care to all patients
4. Defines the principles of right and wrong to provide patient care -
Answer✓✓
4. Defines the principles of right and wrong to provide patient care
When giving care, it is essential to provide a specified service according to standards of
practice and to follow a code of ethics. The code of ethics is the philosophical ideals of right
and wrong that define the principles you will use to provide care for your patients. The
code serves as a guide for carrying out nursing responsibilities to provide quality nursing
care and the ethical obligations of the profession.
_____________Quiz____________?
An 18-year-old woman is in the emergency department with fever and cough. The nurse
obtains her vital signs, auscultates her lung sounds, listens to her heart sounds, determines
her level of comfort, and collects blood and sputum samples for analysis. Which standard of
practice is performed?
1
, 1. Diagnosis
2. Evaluation
3. Assessment
4. Implementation -
Answer✓✓
3. Assessment
Assessment is the collection of comprehensive data pertinent to the patient's health and/or
the situation.
_____________Quiz____________?
A patient in the emergency department has developed wheezing and shortness of breath.
The nurse gives the ordered medicated nebulizer treatment now and in 4 hours. Which
standard of practice is performed?
1. Planning
2. Evaluation
3. Assessment
4. Implementation -
Answer✓✓
4. Implementation
Implementation is completing coordinating care and the prescribed plan of care.
_____________Quiz____________?
A nurse is caring for a patient with end-stage lung disease. The patient wants to go home on
oxygen and be comfortable. The family wants the patient to have a new surgical procedure.
The nurse explains the risk and benefits of the surgery to the family and discusses the
patient's wishes with the family. The nurse is acting as the patient's:
2
