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SurgicalNursing,10th vb vb
Edition, DonnaD.
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Ignatavicius, Linda
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Workman,CherieR.
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Rebar, NicoleM.
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Chapter 01: Overview of Professional Nursing Concepts for Medical-Surgical Nursing
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1. A new nurse is working with a preceptor on a medical-surgical unit. The preceptor advises the new
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nurse that which is the priority when working as a professional nurse?
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a. Attending to holistic client needs vb vb vb vb
b. Ensuring client safety vb vb
c. Not making medication errors vb vb vb
d. Providing client-focused care vb vb
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All actions are appropriate for the professional nurse. However, ensuring client safety is the
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priority. Health care errors have been widely reported for 25 years, many of which result in
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client injury, death, and increased health care costs. There are several national and
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international organizations that have either recommended or mandated safety initiatives. Every vb vb vb vb vb vb vb vb vb vb
nurse has the responsibility to guard the client’s safety. The other actions are important for quality
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nursing, but they are not as vital as providing safety. Not making medication errors does provide
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safety, but is too narrow in scope to be the best answer.
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DIF: Understanding
KEY: Client safety
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MSC: Client Needs Category:SafeandEffective Care Environment: Safety andInfection Control
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2. Anurseisorientinganewclient and family to t h e m e d i c a l - surgicalunit.Whatinformationdoes
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the nurse provide to best help the client promote his or her own safety?
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a. Encourage the client and family to be active partners. vb vb vb vb vb vb vb vb
b. Have the client monitor hand hygiene in caregivers.
c. Offer the family the opportunity to stay with the client.
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d. Tell the client to always wear his or her armband. vb vb vb vb vb vb vb vb vb
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Each action could be important for the client or family to perform. However, encouraging the client
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to be active in his or her health care as a safety partner is the most critical. The other
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actions are very limited in scope and do not provide the broad protection that being active and
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involved does. vb
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3. A nurse is caring for a postoperative client on the surgical unit. The client’s blood pressure was
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142/76 mm Hg 30 minutes ago, and now is 88/50 mm Hg. What action would the nurse
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a. Call the Rapid Response Team. vb vb vb vb
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d. Repeat the blood pressure in 15 minutes. vb vb vb vb vb vb
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vb change, the nurse would call the RRT. Changes in blood pressure, mental status, heart rate,
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vb part of the Modified Early Warning System guide. Documentation is vital, but the nurse must do
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important than calling the RRT. The client’s blood pressure would be reassessed frequently, but
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vb the priority is getting the rapid care to the client.
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DIF: Applying TOP: Integrated Process: Communication and Documentation v b vb vb vb vb
KEY: Rapid Response Team (RRT), Clinical judgment
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4. A nurse wishes to provide client-centered care in all interactions. Which action by the nurse
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best demonstrates this concep t? vb
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b. Ensures that all the client’s basic needs are met. vb vb vb vb vb vb vb vb
c. Tells the client and family about all upcoming tests.
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d. Thoroughly orients the client and family to the room. vb vb vb vb vb vb vb vb
ANS: v b A
Showing respect for the client and family’s preferences and needs is essential to ensure a holistic or
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“whole-person” approach to care. By assessing the effect of the client’s culture on health care, this
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nurse is practicing client-focused care. Providing for basic needs does not demonstrate this
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competence. Simply telling the client about all upcoming tests is not
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providingempoweringeducation. Orienting the client andfamilytotheroomisanimportant safety vb vb
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measure, but not directly related to demonstrating client-centered care.
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DIF: Understanding T OP : In teg rated Process: Culture and Spirituality
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KEY: Client-centered care, Culture v b vb vb MSC: Client v b vb vb vb vb
5. A client is going to be admitted for a scheduled surgical procedure. Which action does the nurse
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explain is the most important thing the client can do to protect against errors?
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a. Bring a list of all medications and what they are for.
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Medication reconciliation is a formal process in which the client’s actual current medications are
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compared to the prescribed medications at the time of admission, transfer, or discharge. This
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National client Safety Goal is important to reduce medication errors. The client would not have to
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be responsible for providers washing their hands, and even if the client does so, this is too narrow to
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be the most important action to prevent errors. Keeping the provider’s phone number nearby and
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