ATI PN MED SURG PROCTORED FINAL EXAM Confidence In All Learning

A nurse who is caring for a patient with a pressure ulcer applies the recommended dressing according to hospital policy. Which standard is the nurse following? • Fairness • Intellectual standards • Independent reasoning • Institutional practice guidelines ANS: D The standards of professional responsibility that a nurse tries to achieve arethe standards cited in Nurse Practice Acts, institutional practice guidelines (hospital/facility policy), and professional organizations’ standards of practice (e.g., The American Nurses Association Standards of Professional Performance). Intellectual standards are guidelines or principles for rational thought. Fairness and independent reasoning are two examples of critical thinking attitudes that are designed to help nurses make clinical decisions. • A nurse is reviewing care plans. Which finding, if identified in a plan of care, should the registered nurse revise? • Patient’s outcomes for learning • Nurse’s assumptions about hospital discharge • Identification of several actual health problems • Documentation of patient’s ability to meet the goal ANS: B The nurse should not assume when a patient is going to be discharged and document this information in a plan of care. Making assumptions is not an example of a critical thinking skill. The purpose of the nursing process is to diagnose and treat human responses (e.g., patient symptoms, need for knowledge) to actual or potential health problems.