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TEST BANK Medical-Surgical Nursing: Focus on Clinical Judgment
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3rd Edition by Honan
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Chapter 1-55 ss

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Chapter 1 The nurse’s Role in Adult Health Nursing
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1. The nurse ensures that a clients bedspace is neat and clean with the call light within easy reach.
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s s The nurse is focusing on which nursing theorist who realized the importance of the
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ss environment for care? ss ss




1. Florence Nightingale s s




2. Sister Callista Roy ss s s




3. Dorothea Orem s s




4. Martha Rogers s s




ANS: 1 ss




Florence Nightingales theory focused on the environment for care. Sister Callista Roys model is
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based in systems theory and an individuals ability to adapt. Dorothea Orems model is the self -
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care deficit theory. Martha Rogers model is the science of unitary human beings.
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PTS:1DIF:Apply
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2. The nurse is instructing a client on self-administration of insulin so that the client will not
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ss need a health care provider to do this activity. The nurse is implementing which of the
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ss following aspects of Virginia Hendersons theory of nursing?
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1. A caring relationship
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2. Helping the client achieve independence from the nurses assistance as quickly as possible
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3. Integration of objective and subjective data s s s s s s s s s s




4. Application of critical thinking s s s s s s




ANS: 2 ss

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Virginia Hendersons theory of nursing is to help people achieve health or a peaceful death so that
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they can be independent from the nurses assistance as quickly as possible. A caring relationship,
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integration of objective and subjective data, and application of critical thinking are included in
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the American Nurses Associations essential features of professional nursing.
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PTS:1DIF:Analyze
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A. client tells the nurse that he has an HMO for his health insurance. The nurse understands that
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the purpose of this type of health plan is to:
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1. ensure payment is made to Medicare for services rendered.
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2. maximize the utilization of health care resources. s s ss ss s s ss ss




3. efficiently manage costs while providing quality care. s s s s s s s s s s ss




4. focus on the illness when providing care.
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ANS: 3 ss




Health maintenance organizations (HMOs) were created to efficiently manage health care costs
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while providing quality care. An HMO is a type of managed care plan with the goal
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of providing wellness care and not focusing on the illness during the provision of care. HMOs
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do not ensure payment is made to Medicare for services rendered. HMOs also do not
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maximize the utilization of health care resources but rather uses financial incentives to
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decrease care costs.
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PTS: 1 DIF: Understand REF: Cost of Care
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4.A client tells the nurse that he does not have a primary care physician but rather makes
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an appointment with a doctor who specializes in the area in which he is experiencing a
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problem. The nurse realizes this client is at risk for which of the following?
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1. Fragmented s s care

2. Overpayment s s of s s services


3. Inability to sustain health ss ss ss




4. Finding an s s s s appropriate s s general s s practitioner

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ANS: 1 ss




In the 1980s, the close and trusting relationship between an individual and the individuals
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physician waned and was replaced by acquaintances with specialists based upon particular health
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s care problems. These episodes of care cause fragmentation of care. The client who utilizes
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specialists is not at risk for overpayment of services, the inability to sustain health, or
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finding an appropriate general practitioner.
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PTS:1DIF:AnalyzeREFroviders s s of s s Care
5. The nurse is attending a masters degree program in efforts to be educationally
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prepared to serve as a hospital leader. The nurse realizes that this educational
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preparation will:
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1. hinder the nurses ability to work with physicians.
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2. be viewed as not supporting the profession of nursing by other nurses.
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3. ensure the nurse is biased towards clinicians interests.
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prepare the nurse to serve as strong clinical support with the ability to integrate business and
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4. caring.

ANS: 4 ss




The nurse is attending an educational program to serve as a hospital leader. This education
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will prepare the nurse to serve as strong clinical support with the ability to integrate
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business and caring. This education will not hinder the nurses ability to work with physicians.
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This education will not be viewed as unsupportive to the profession of nursing. The
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education will ensure that the nurse is not biased towards clinicians interests.
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PTS: 1 DIF: Analyze REF:
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6. A clienthtells the nurse that all hospitals care about is doing the minimum for a client
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regardless of the outcome. Which of the following should the nurse respond to this client?
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1. It does feel like that sometimes.
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2. Health insurance companies have caused this problem.
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3. The doctors will get paid regardless of the clients outcomes.
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Publisher: 2023 ISBN: 9781975190941 Edition: Unknown

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