{NGN} PN PHARMACOLOGY PROCTORED LATEST EXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE & VERIFIED RATIONALES AND ANSWERS 2023/2024

{NGN} PN PHARMACOLOGY PROCTORED LATEST EXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE & VERIFIED RATIONALES AND ANSWERS 2023/2024 A nurse is providing nursing care to patients after completing a care plan from nursing diagnoses. In which step of the nursing process is the nurse? Assessment Planning Implementation Evaluation ANS: C Implementation, the fourth step of the nursing process, formally begins after a nurse develops a plan of care. With a care plan based on clear and relevant nursing diagnoses, a nurse initiates interventions that are designed to assist the patient in achieving the goals and expected outcomes needed to support or improve the patient’s health status. The nurse gathers data during the assessment phase and mutually sets goals and prioritizes care during the planning phase. During the evaluation phase, the nurse determines the achievement of goals and effectiveness of interventions. The nurse is teaching a new nurse about protocols. Which information from the new nurse indicates a correct understanding of theteaching? Protocols are guidelines to follow that replace the nursing care plan. Protocols assist the clinician in making decisions and choosing interventions for specific health care problems or conditions. Protocols are policies designating each nurse’s duty according to standards of care and a code of ethics. Protocols are prescriptive order forms that help individualize the plan of care. ANS: B A clinical practice guideline or protocol is a systematically developed set of statements that helps nurses, physicians, and other health care providers make decisions about appropriate health care for specific c