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The nurse is presenting an in-service on the importance of collaborative
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communication. The nurse includes which critical event identified by the
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Joint Commission as an outcome of poor communication among health care
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team members? !|
a. The occurrence of a patient event resulting in death or serious injury
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b. Decreased ability to document expenses of care provided
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c. Longer time to begin surgical cases
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d. Increased time to discharge patients to outpatient care - Correct answer ✔a
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The nurse is preparing discharge instructions for a client. Following the
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teaching session, the nurse documents instructions given to the client and the
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client's understanding of the instructions. What is the main reason that this
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documentation is completed? !| !|
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a. The documentation provides a legal record.
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b. Documentation is part of the nursing process.
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,c. The information is useful to the physician.
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d. Documentation will prevent the patient from suing the nurse. - Correct
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Which role describes the Baccalaureate Generalist Nurse when giving a bath
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to a client?
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a. Role as Member within the Discipline of Nursing.
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b. Role as Coordinator of Care.
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c. Role as Provider of Care.
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d. Role as Manager of Care - Correct answer ✔c
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The nurse is caring for an infant who requires cardiac monitoring. The nurse
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is planning a teaching session for the parents to discuss use of a cardiac
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monitor at home. Before teaching the parents, what should the nurse assess?
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a. The infant's home environment.
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b. How the parents are adjusting to the infant.
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c. The parent's baseline knowledge of the monitor.
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d. The infant's baseline temperature. - Correct answer ✔c
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Which statement about health literacy is incorrect?
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a. If a patient is literate, he or she is also health literate.
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b. A lack of health literacy can create barriers to achieving desired health
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outcomes.
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c. Difficulty in understanding and using health information is a common
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provlem in the United States. !| !| !| !|
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d. One intervention for the problem of health literacy is to increase
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healthcare providers' awareness of this problem. - Correct answer ✔a
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that the shortage of nurses will
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continue through the year 2014. What factors are believed to contribute most
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to this trend?
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a. Demand for medical specialists to replace primary care providers.
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b. Aging of the population.
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c. Decrease in chronic illness.
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d. Rapid growth of acute health care facilities. - Correct answer ✔b
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Which of the following could eventually change the historic status of nursing
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as a female-dominated profession?
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a. The increase in the number of men enrolled in CNA programs.
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The nurse is presenting an in-service on the importance of collaborative
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communication. The nurse includes which critical event identified by the
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Joint Commission as an outcome of poor communication among health care
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team members? !|
a. The occurrence of a patient event resulting in death or serious injury
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b. Decreased ability to document expenses of care provided
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c. Longer time to begin surgical cases
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d. Increased time to discharge patients to outpatient care - Correct answer ✔a
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The nurse is preparing discharge instructions for a client. Following the
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teaching session, the nurse documents instructions given to the client and the
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client's understanding of the instructions. What is the main reason that this
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documentation is completed? !| !|
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a. The documentation provides a legal record.
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b. Documentation is part of the nursing process.
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,c. The information is useful to the physician.
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d. Documentation will prevent the patient from suing the nurse. - Correct
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answer ✔a !|
Which role describes the Baccalaureate Generalist Nurse when giving a bath
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to a client?
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a. Role as Member within the Discipline of Nursing.
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b. Role as Coordinator of Care.
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c. Role as Provider of Care.
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d. Role as Manager of Care - Correct answer ✔c
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The nurse is caring for an infant who requires cardiac monitoring. The nurse
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is planning a teaching session for the parents to discuss use of a cardiac
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monitor at home. Before teaching the parents, what should the nurse assess?
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a. The infant's home environment.
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b. How the parents are adjusting to the infant.
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c. The parent's baseline knowledge of the monitor.
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d. The infant's baseline temperature. - Correct answer ✔c
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Which statement about health literacy is incorrect?
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a. If a patient is literate, he or she is also health literate.
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b. A lack of health literacy can create barriers to achieving desired health
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outcomes.
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c. Difficulty in understanding and using health information is a common
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provlem in the United States. !| !| !| !|
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d. One intervention for the problem of health literacy is to increase
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healthcare providers' awareness of this problem. - Correct answer ✔a
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that the shortage of nurses will
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continue through the year 2014. What factors are believed to contribute most
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to this trend?
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a. Demand for medical specialists to replace primary care providers.
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b. Aging of the population.
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c. Decrease in chronic illness.
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d. Rapid growth of acute health care facilities. - Correct answer ✔b
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Which of the following could eventually change the historic status of nursing
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as a female-dominated profession?
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a. The increase in the number of men enrolled in CNA programs.
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