NURSING 2362 MODULE 5 EXAM

NURSING 2362 MODULE 5 EXAM Questions 1. ID: A client with leukemia is being considered for a bone marrow transplant. The healthcare team is discussing the risks and benefits of this treatment and other possible treatments with the goal of inflicting the least possible harm on the client. Which principle of healthcare ethics is the team practicing? Justice Fidelity Autonomy Nonmaleficence Correct Rationale: Nonmaleficence is the avoidance of hurt or harm. Remember that in healthcare ethics, ethical practice involves not only the will to do good but also the equal commitment to do no harm. Healthcare professionals try to balance the risks and benefits of a plan of care while striving to do the least possible harm. Justice refers to fairness and equity and ensuring fair allocation of resources, such as nursing care for all clients. Fidelity is the keeping of promises made to clients, families, and other healthcare professionals. Autonomy refers to a person’s independence and represents an agreement to respect another’s right to determine his or her course of action. Test-Taking Strategy: Focus on the subject - the ethical principle being utilized. Recall the definition of each item in the options. Note the relationship of the words “least possible harm” in the question and the definition of nonmaleficence. Review: principles of healthcare ethics. Reference: Potter, P., & Perry, A. (2009). Fundamentals of nursing (7th ed., p. 314). St. Louis: Mosby. Cognitive Ability: Applying Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment Integrated Process: Nursing Process/Implementation Content Area: Ethical/Legal Giddens Concepts: Celluar Regulation, Ethics HESI Concepts: Advocacy/Ethical/Legal Issues, Cellular Regulation Awarded 1.0 points out of 1.0 possible points. 2. ID: Which action by the nurse represents the ethical principle of beneficence? The nurse upholds a client’s decision to refuse chemotherapy for lung cancer. The nurse follows a plan of care designed to relieve pain in a client with cancer. The nurse administers an immunization to a child even though it may cause discomfort. Correct The nurse provides equal amounts of care to all assigned clients on the basis of illness acuity. Rationale: Beneficence is taking action to help others. Although administration of a child’s immunization might cause discomfort, the benefits of protection from disease outweigh the temporary discomfort. Fidelity is keeping promises made to clients, families, and other healthcare professionals. Autonomy is a person’s independence. Respecting another’s autonomy means that you are agreeing to respect that person’s right to determine his or her course of action. Justice refers to fairness and equity, including fair allocation of resources, such as nursing care for all clients. Test-Taking Strategy: Focus on the subject, beneficence. Recalling that beneficence refers to taking action to help others will direct you to the correct option. Review: the principles of healthcare ethics . Reference: Potter, P., & Perry, A. (2009). Fundamentals of nursing (7th ed., p. 314). St. Louis: Mosby. Cognitive Ability: Applying Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment Integrated Process: Nursing Process/Implementation Content Area: Ethical/Legal Giddens Concepts: Ethics, Immunity HESI Concepts: Advocacy/Ethical/Legal Issues, Immunity Awarded 1.0 points out of 1.0 possible points. 3. ID: The nursing instructor asks a student to name an example of false imprisonment. Which situation reflects a violation of this client right? Performing a procedure without consent Telling the client that he or she may not leave the hospital Correct Threatening to give a client a medication against his or her will Observing the provision of care to the client without the client’s permission Rationale: Telling a client that he or she may not leave the hospital constitutes false imprisonment. Performing a procedure without consent is an example of battery. Threatening to give a client a medication against his or her will is assault. Invasion of privacy takes place with unreasonable intrusion into an individual’s private affairs. Observing the provision of care to a client without the client’s permission is an example of invasion of privacy. Test-Taking Strategy: Focus on the subject, an example of false imprisonment. Note the relationship of the subject and the words in the correct option. Review: the concept of false imprisonment. References: Cherry, B., & Jacob, S. (2008). Contemporary nursing issues: Trends & management (4th ed., pp. 175, 176). St. Louis: Mosby. Zerwekh, J., & Claborn, J. (2009). Nursing today: Transition and trends (6th ed., p. 424). Cognitive Ability: Evaluating Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment Integrated Process: Teaching and Learning Content Area: Ethical/Legal Giddens Concepts: Health Care Law, Leadership HESI Concepts: Advocacy/Ethical/Legal Issues, Health Policy/Systems—Health Care Law Awarded 1.0 points out of 1.0 possible points. 4. ID: The nurse and an unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP)enter a client’s room to provide care and find the client lying on the floor. Which action should the nurse take first? Ask the nursing assistant to complete an incident report Check the client’s level of consciousness and vital signs Correct Ask the nursing assistant to assist in getting the client back to bed Contact the unit secretary on the intercom and ask that the client’s health care provider be called Rationale: When a client sustains a fall, the nurse must first assess the client. The nurse should check the client’s level of consciousness and vital signs and look for any bruises or injuries sustained in the fall. If the nurse determines that the client has not sustained any injuries and that it is safe to move the client, the nurse should ask the UAP to assist in getting the client into bed. The nurse should then contact the health care provider and file an incident report. Test-Taking Strategy: Note the strategic word “first.” Use the steps of the nursing process to answer the question. The correct option is the only one that addresses assessment. Remember to always assess the client first if a client sustains a fall. Review: client injuries and procedures for filing incident reports . References: Ignatavicius, D., & Workman, M. (2010). Medical-surgical nursing: Patient–centered collaborative care (6th ed., p. 180). St. Louis: Saunders. Potter, P., & Perry, A. (2009). Fundamentals of nursing (7th ed., p. 403). St. Louis: Mosby. Cognitive Ability: Applying Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment Integrated Process: Nursing Process/Implementation Content Area: Delegating/Prioritizing Giddens Concepts: Mobility, Safety HESI Concepts: Mobility, Safety Awarded 1.0 points out of 1.0 possible points. 5.ID: Which action exemplifies the use of evidence-based practice in the delivery of client care? Donning sterile gloves to change an abdominal wound dressing Correct Encouraging a client to take an herbal substance to treat his insomnia Advising a client to agree to the treatment recommended by her health care provider Taking a rectal temperature from a client for whom bleeding precautions have been instituted Rationale: Evidence-based practice is an approach to client care in which the nurse integrates the client’s preferences, clinical expertise, and the best research evidence to deliver quality care. Donning sterile gloves to change an abdominal wound dressing reflects evidence-based practice, because it prevents the entrance of harmful bacteria into the wound. The remaining options do not reflect evidence-based practice. Taking an herbal substance could be harmful to some clients. It is nontherapeutic for a nurse to advise a client to agree to a treatment. Because of the risk of injury to the rectal mucosa, rectal temperature-taking is avoided in the client for whom bleeding precautions have been instituted. Test-Taking Strategy: Read each option carefully, focusing on the subject, evidence-based practice. Recall the definition of evidence-based practice and note the words “sterile gloves” in the correct option. Review: the situations that reflect evidence-based practice . Reference: Potter, P., & Perry, A. (2009). Fundamentals of nursing (7th ed., pp. 54-60). St. Louis: Mosby. Cognitive Ability: Applying Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment Integrated Process: Nursing Process/Implementation Content Area: Leadership/Management Giddens Concepts: Evidence, Safety HESI Concepts: Evidence-Based Practice/Evidence, Safety Awarded 1.0 points out of 1.0 possible points. 6. ID: The registered nurse has accepted a new position as case manager in a hospital. Which responsibilities are part of the nurse’s new role? Select all that apply. Evaluating and updating the plan of care as needed Correct Prescribing treatments specific to the client’s needs Assessing the client’s needs for home supplies and equipment Correct Coordinating consultations and referrals to facilitate discharge Correct Establishing a safe and cost-effective plan of care with the client Correct Rationale: A case manager is a nurse who assumes responsibility for coordinating the client's care from the point of admission through, and after, discharge. Specific responsibilities of the case manager include establishing a safe and cost-effective plan of care with the client, coordinating consultations and referrals, and facilitating discharge; initiating a plan of nursing care, care map, or clinical pathway as appropriate to guide care and evaluating and updating the plan of care as needed; ensuring that the plan of care is tailored to the client’s needs, taking into account the client’s diagnosis, self-care ability, and prescribed treatments; assessing the client’s need for equipment such as oxygen or wound care supplies and exploring available resources to provide the client with these supplies; providing resources that will assist the client in maintaining independence as much as possible; and providing the client with information on discharge procedures and the plan of care. The nurse does not prescribe treatments. Test-Taking Strategy: Focus on the subject, the responsibilities of the case manager. Note the word “prescribing” in the incorrect option. It is not within the role of the nurse to prescribe. Review: the responsibilities of the case manager if you have difficulty with this question. Reference: Potter, P., & Perry, A. (2009). Fundamentals of nursing (7th ed., p. 21). St. Louis: Mosby. Cognitive Ability: Applying Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment Integrated Process: Nursing Process/Implementation Content Area: Leadership/Management Giddens Concepts: Care Coordination, Leadership HESI Concepts: Collaboration/Managing Care—Care Coordination, Collaboration/Managing Care–Leadership Awarded 4.0 points out of 4.0 possible points. 7. ID: The nurse manager of a quality improvement program asks a nurse in the neurological unit to conduct a retrospective audit. Which action should the auditing nurse plan to perform in this type of audit? Checking the documentation written by a new nursing graduate on her assigned clients at the end of the shift Checking the crash cart to ensure that all needed supplies are readily available should an emergency arise Reviewing neurological assessment checklists for all clients on the unit to ensure that these assessments are being conducted as prescribed Obtaining the assigned medical record from the hospital’s medical record room to review documentation made during a client’s hospital stay Correct Rationale: Quality improvement, also known as performance improvement, is focused on processes or systems that significantly contribute to client safety and effective client care outcomes. Criteria are used to assess outcomes of care and determine the need for changes improve the quality of care. In a retrospective, or “looking back,” audit, the medical record is inspected after the client’s discharge for documentation of compliance with standards. In a concurrent, or “at the same time,” audit, the nursing staff’s compliance with predetermined standards and criteria is assessed as the nurses are providing care during the client’s stay. In this type of audit, a peer review approach in which members of the nursing staff are involved in data collection may be implemented. Obtaining the a client’s medical record from the medical record room for the purpose of reviewing documentation made during the client’s hospital stay is an example of a retrospective audit. The incorrect options are examples of concurrent audits. Test-Taking Strategy: Focus on the subject, a retrospective audit. Note the relationship of the word “retrospective” in the question and the description in the correct option. Review: the procedures for quality improvement and retrospective and concurrent audits if you have difficulty with this question. Reference: Potter, P., & Perry, A. (2009). Fundamentals of nursing (7th ed., pp. 64, 65). St. Louis: Mosby. Cognitive Ability: Applying Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment Integrated Process: Nursing Process/Planning Content Area: Leadership/Management Giddens Concepts: Health Care Quality, Leadership HESI Concepts: Collaboration/Managing Care—Leadership, Quality Improvement/Health Care Quality Awarded 1.0 points out of 1.0 possible points. 8. ID: The nurse preparing a client for a bronchoscopy notes that the client is wearing a gold necklace. What should the nurse do to safeguard the client’s necklace? Ask the client whether the necklace is gold Ask the client for permission to lock the necklace in the hospital safe Correct Ask the client to remove the necklace and place it in the top drawer of the bedside table Ask the client to sign a release to free the hospital of responsibility if the necklace is damaged or lost during the procedure Rationale: When a client has valuables, the nurse should give them to a family member or secure them for safekeeping. Most health care institutions require that a client sign a release form that frees the institution of responsibility if a valuable item (e.g., jewelry, money) is lost, but this does not safeguard the client’s necklace. Valuables may be locked in a designated location such as the hospital’s safe. Removing the necklace and putting it in a drawer does not safeguard it. Asking the client whether the necklace is gold is inappropriate and unrelated to the subject. Test-Taking Strategy: Focus on the subject, safeguarding the client’s necklace. Focusing on the subject and noting the word “lock” in the correct option will help you answer correctly. Review: the procedures for safeguarding a client’s valuables . Reference: Potter, P., & Perry, A. (2009). Fundamentals of nursing (7th ed., p. 1387). St. Louis: Mosby. Cognitive Ability: Applying Client Needs: Safe and Effective Care Environment Integrated Process: Nursing Process/Implementation Content Area: Ethical/Legal Giddens Concepts: Ethics, Health Care Policy HESI Concepts: Advocacy/Ethical/Legal Issues, Health Policy/Systems—Health Care Policy Awarded 1.0 points out of 1.0 possible points. 9. ID: The nurse providing preoperative care to a client who is scheduled for a left mastectomy and axillary lymph node dissection notes that the client is wearing a wedding band on her left ring finger. Which action should the nurse take? Tape the wedding band in place Explain to the client why the wedding band must be removed Correct Ask the client whether she would like to remove the wedding band or wear it to surgery Ask the client to sign a release to free the hospital of responsibility if the wedding band is lost during surgery Rationale: In most situations a wedding band may be taped in place and worn during a surgical procedure. However, if the possibility exists that the client will experience swelling of the hand or fingers, the wedding band should be removed. On admission to a healthcare facility, the client is asked to sign a form that frees the agency from responsibility if a client’s valuable is lost. After mastectomy with axillary lymph node dissection, the client is at risk for lymphedema, which results in swelling of the arm and hand on the affected side. Therefore the appropriate nursing action is to ask the client to remove the wedding band and explain why. Test-Taking Strategy: Focus on the data in the question. Eliminate the options that are comparable or alike in that they indicate that the client may wear the wedding band during the surgical procedure. Next, recall the complications associated with mastectomy, which will direct you to the correct option. Review: preoperative procedures for a client’s valuables . Reference: Potter, P., & Perry, A. (2009). Fundamentals of nursing (7th ed., p. 1387). St. Louis: Mosby.