NUR 3066C: Health Assessment: Chapter 1: The Nurse's Role in Health
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Question: What are nurses able to detect through the health assessment?
Answer:
Areas in need of health adjustments
Question: Staff are talking to the hospital educator and ask about "a
government project that is meant to improve the health of people in the
United States." The educator bases her response on the knowledge of
Answer:
Healthy People 2030 is a government project intended to increase the quality of life for people
in the United States.
Question: An older adult client has been admitted to the hospital with
failure to thrive resulting from complications of diabetes. Which of the
following would the nurse implement in response to a collaborative
problem?
Answer:
Measure the client's blood glucose four times daily.
ex.Collaborative problems, such as changes in blood glucose, are certain physiologic
complications that nurses monitor to detect onset or changes in status. Nurses manage
collaborative problems by implementing both physician- and nurse-prescribed interventions to
reduce further complications. Nutrition (oral fluids, bedtime snack) and hygiene are most often
considered to be independent nursing concerns.
Question: When the nurse clusters the data to make a judgment or
statement about the client's condition, this is known as what?
Answer:
Diagnosis occurs when the data has been analyzed and a professional judgment occurs.
Assessment is the collection of data. Planning is determining outcome criteria and developing
a plan. Evaluation assesses whether the outcome criteria have been met.
Question: A nurse has assessed a client who was admitted to the
medical unit to treat acute complications of type 1 diabetes. During the
assessment, the client admitted that his blood sugar monitoring when he
is at home is "a bit sporadic." How should the nurse best respond to this
assessment finding?
Answer:
Identify a nursing diagnosis of Ineffective Health Maintenance.
Assessment | Questions with 100% Verified Answers | Latest Update
Question: What are nurses able to detect through the health assessment?
Answer:
Areas in need of health adjustments
Question: Staff are talking to the hospital educator and ask about "a
government project that is meant to improve the health of people in the
United States." The educator bases her response on the knowledge of
Answer:
Healthy People 2030 is a government project intended to increase the quality of life for people
in the United States.
Question: An older adult client has been admitted to the hospital with
failure to thrive resulting from complications of diabetes. Which of the
following would the nurse implement in response to a collaborative
problem?
Answer:
Measure the client's blood glucose four times daily.
ex.Collaborative problems, such as changes in blood glucose, are certain physiologic
complications that nurses monitor to detect onset or changes in status. Nurses manage
collaborative problems by implementing both physician- and nurse-prescribed interventions to
reduce further complications. Nutrition (oral fluids, bedtime snack) and hygiene are most often
considered to be independent nursing concerns.
Question: When the nurse clusters the data to make a judgment or
statement about the client's condition, this is known as what?
Answer:
Diagnosis occurs when the data has been analyzed and a professional judgment occurs.
Assessment is the collection of data. Planning is determining outcome criteria and developing
a plan. Evaluation assesses whether the outcome criteria have been met.
Question: A nurse has assessed a client who was admitted to the
medical unit to treat acute complications of type 1 diabetes. During the
assessment, the client admitted that his blood sugar monitoring when he
is at home is "a bit sporadic." How should the nurse best respond to this
assessment finding?
Answer:
Identify a nursing diagnosis of Ineffective Health Maintenance.
