Nursing 104 Exam 2 Questions And Answers
Nursing Roles ✔✔-Task of a job or different nursing careers/jobs.
-2 Types:
1. traditional duties & responsibilities of the professional nurse, regardless of practice area or
setting.
2. Duties & responsibilities of the prof. nurse are guided by specific prof. standards of practice
& usually carried out in a distinct practice area.
Care Provider ✔✔-Assesses clients, plans therapeutic interventions, coordinates & evaluates
care.
-Caring: central to nursing interventions; essential attribute of the expert nurse.
-Role is most basic to nursing profession.
Educator & Counselor ✔✔-Teaching health promotion & health maintenance.
-Encourages clients to look at alternatives, recognize their choices, & develop a sense of
control.
-Increasingly important in the changing health care environment.
Client Advocate ✔✔-Promotes what's best for the client.
-Ensures the clients' needs are met.
-Protects clients' rights.
Change Agent ✔✔-Identifies client, patient safety, & healthcare delivery problems.
-Assesses individual & organizational motivation & capacity for change.
-Determines alternatives & explores possible outcomes of alternatives.
-Assesses cost-effective resources.
-Leads the change process.
,Leader & Manager ✔✔-Improves health status & potential of individuals, families, or
communities.
-Ensures that safe, high-quality care is provided across all healthcare settings.
-Enhances effectiveness & level of satisfaction among professional colleagues.
-Raises citizens' & legislators' attitudes toward & expectation of nursing profession & healthcare
system.
-Manages multiple resources in healthcare facility.
Researcher ✔✔-Leads nursing research: nurses prepared at doctoral & post-doctoral levels.
-Participates in research: nurses prepared at master's, baccalaureate's, & associate's degree
levels.
-Research utilization- how will research be brought into nursing? Done by master's degree
nurses.
Coordinator of Inter-Professional Health Care Team ✔✔-Coordinating practice relationships
among several HC disciplines to bond, interact, & unite toward common goals of patient care.
-Using successful HC team models w/concepts related to interdisciplinary HC such as pain
mgmt., nutritional support, skin care, rehabilitation, mental health, hospice, discharge planning,
& patient education
• **Case study 26-1 pg. 464
• *Interprofessional HC team members: Box 26-2 pg. 465
oTeam Members:
Nurse (RN)
Chaplain or pastoral rep
Dietitian (RD or LD)
Occupational therapist(OT)
Pharmacist (RPh or PharmD)
Physical therapist (PT)
, Physician (MD or DO)
Physician assistant (PA)
Respiratory therapist (RT)
Social worker Speech/language pathologist (SLP)
Infection Control ✔✔-Assess total incidence of infection & conduct comprehensive review to
ensure prompt & accurate treatment, so that it isn't passed to other patients; determine source
& onset of infection.
Quality Management ✔✔-Assess compliance of the institution w/established standards; ensure
that patient services are consistent w/standards through chart review & ongoing interaction
w/staff.
Specific Client Services ✔✔Nurses provide support and interventions with the insertion and
maintenance of intravenous therapies, services might relate to: ostomy care, counseling,
support groups, or health education related to a specialty area.
Coordinator Positions ✔✔Examples: trauma nurses and organ donor coordinator. Nurse is
responsible for the coordination and integration of the clinical and administrative requirements
or patient.
Hospice Nurse ✔✔-Hospice & palliative care nurses treat the symptoms of those w/progressive
terminal disease; work holistically w/clients & families to maximize quality of life
Informatics Nurse Specialist ✔✔-Computers & nursing
-Focuses on mgmt. & processing of HC info
Occupational Health Nurse ✔✔-Designs & implements program of health promotion & disease
prevention for employees
- Assesses work environment to ensure safety of employees
Nursing Roles ✔✔-Task of a job or different nursing careers/jobs.
-2 Types:
1. traditional duties & responsibilities of the professional nurse, regardless of practice area or
setting.
2. Duties & responsibilities of the prof. nurse are guided by specific prof. standards of practice
& usually carried out in a distinct practice area.
Care Provider ✔✔-Assesses clients, plans therapeutic interventions, coordinates & evaluates
care.
-Caring: central to nursing interventions; essential attribute of the expert nurse.
-Role is most basic to nursing profession.
Educator & Counselor ✔✔-Teaching health promotion & health maintenance.
-Encourages clients to look at alternatives, recognize their choices, & develop a sense of
control.
-Increasingly important in the changing health care environment.
Client Advocate ✔✔-Promotes what's best for the client.
-Ensures the clients' needs are met.
-Protects clients' rights.
Change Agent ✔✔-Identifies client, patient safety, & healthcare delivery problems.
-Assesses individual & organizational motivation & capacity for change.
-Determines alternatives & explores possible outcomes of alternatives.
-Assesses cost-effective resources.
-Leads the change process.
,Leader & Manager ✔✔-Improves health status & potential of individuals, families, or
communities.
-Ensures that safe, high-quality care is provided across all healthcare settings.
-Enhances effectiveness & level of satisfaction among professional colleagues.
-Raises citizens' & legislators' attitudes toward & expectation of nursing profession & healthcare
system.
-Manages multiple resources in healthcare facility.
Researcher ✔✔-Leads nursing research: nurses prepared at doctoral & post-doctoral levels.
-Participates in research: nurses prepared at master's, baccalaureate's, & associate's degree
levels.
-Research utilization- how will research be brought into nursing? Done by master's degree
nurses.
Coordinator of Inter-Professional Health Care Team ✔✔-Coordinating practice relationships
among several HC disciplines to bond, interact, & unite toward common goals of patient care.
-Using successful HC team models w/concepts related to interdisciplinary HC such as pain
mgmt., nutritional support, skin care, rehabilitation, mental health, hospice, discharge planning,
& patient education
• **Case study 26-1 pg. 464
• *Interprofessional HC team members: Box 26-2 pg. 465
oTeam Members:
Nurse (RN)
Chaplain or pastoral rep
Dietitian (RD or LD)
Occupational therapist(OT)
Pharmacist (RPh or PharmD)
Physical therapist (PT)
, Physician (MD or DO)
Physician assistant (PA)
Respiratory therapist (RT)
Social worker Speech/language pathologist (SLP)
Infection Control ✔✔-Assess total incidence of infection & conduct comprehensive review to
ensure prompt & accurate treatment, so that it isn't passed to other patients; determine source
& onset of infection.
Quality Management ✔✔-Assess compliance of the institution w/established standards; ensure
that patient services are consistent w/standards through chart review & ongoing interaction
w/staff.
Specific Client Services ✔✔Nurses provide support and interventions with the insertion and
maintenance of intravenous therapies, services might relate to: ostomy care, counseling,
support groups, or health education related to a specialty area.
Coordinator Positions ✔✔Examples: trauma nurses and organ donor coordinator. Nurse is
responsible for the coordination and integration of the clinical and administrative requirements
or patient.
Hospice Nurse ✔✔-Hospice & palliative care nurses treat the symptoms of those w/progressive
terminal disease; work holistically w/clients & families to maximize quality of life
Informatics Nurse Specialist ✔✔-Computers & nursing
-Focuses on mgmt. & processing of HC info
Occupational Health Nurse ✔✔-Designs & implements program of health promotion & disease
prevention for employees
- Assesses work environment to ensure safety of employees
