TEST BANK - Timby's Introductory Medical-Surgical
Nursing, 13th Edition (Donnelly-Moreno),
Verified Chapters 1 - 72, Complete
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,
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Chapter 1 Concepts and Trends in Healthcare
◦ A new nurse is working with a preceptor on an inpatient medical-surgical unit.
The preceptor advises the student that which is the priority when working as a
professional nurse?
◦ Attending to holistic client needs
◦ Ensuring client safety
◦ Not making medication errors
◦ Providing client-
focused care
ANSWER: B
◦ All actions are appropriate for the professional nurse. However,
ensuring client safety is the priority. Up to 98,000 deaths result each year from errors
in hospital care, according to the 2000 Institute of Medicine report. Many more clients
have suffered injuries and less serious outcomes. Every nurse has the responsibility to
guard the clients safety.
◦ DIF: s Understanding/Comprehension s REF:
s 2sKEY: sPatient ssafety sMSC: sIntegrated sProcess:
sNursing sProcess: sIntervention
◦ NOT: s Client s Needs s Category: s Safe s and s Effective
s CaresEnvironment: sSafety sand sInfection sControl
◦ A snurse sis sorienting sa snew sclient sand sfamily sto sthe sinpatient sunit.
sWhat sinformation sdoes sthe snurse sprovide sto shelp sthe sclient spromote shis
sor sher sownssafety?
◦ Encourage s the s client s and s family s to s be s active s partners.
◦ Have sthe sclient smonitor shand shygiene sin scaregivers.
◦ Offer sthe sfamily sthe sopportunity sto sstay swith sthe sclient.
◦ Tell s the sclient s to s always s wear
s his sorsher sarmband. s
ANSWER: sA
◦ Each saction scould sbe simportant sfor sthe sclient sor sfamily sto
sperform.sHowever, sencouraging sthe sclient sto sbe sactive sin shis sor sher shealth scare
sas sa spartner sissthe smost scritical. sThe sother sactions sare
◦
◦ very slimited sin sscope sand sdo snot sprovide sthe sbroad sprotection
sthatsbeing sactive sand sinvolved sdoes.
◦ DIF: s Understanding/Comprehension s REF:
s 3sKEY: sPatient ssafety sMSC: sIntegrated sProcess:
sTeaching/ sLearning
Nursing, 13th Edition (Donnelly-Moreno),
Verified Chapters 1 - 72, Complete
,
,
, ◦
Chapter 1 Concepts and Trends in Healthcare
◦ A new nurse is working with a preceptor on an inpatient medical-surgical unit.
The preceptor advises the student that which is the priority when working as a
professional nurse?
◦ Attending to holistic client needs
◦ Ensuring client safety
◦ Not making medication errors
◦ Providing client-
focused care
ANSWER: B
◦ All actions are appropriate for the professional nurse. However,
ensuring client safety is the priority. Up to 98,000 deaths result each year from errors
in hospital care, according to the 2000 Institute of Medicine report. Many more clients
have suffered injuries and less serious outcomes. Every nurse has the responsibility to
guard the clients safety.
◦ DIF: s Understanding/Comprehension s REF:
s 2sKEY: sPatient ssafety sMSC: sIntegrated sProcess:
sNursing sProcess: sIntervention
◦ NOT: s Client s Needs s Category: s Safe s and s Effective
s CaresEnvironment: sSafety sand sInfection sControl
◦ A snurse sis sorienting sa snew sclient sand sfamily sto sthe sinpatient sunit.
sWhat sinformation sdoes sthe snurse sprovide sto shelp sthe sclient spromote shis
sor sher sownssafety?
◦ Encourage s the s client s and s family s to s be s active s partners.
◦ Have sthe sclient smonitor shand shygiene sin scaregivers.
◦ Offer sthe sfamily sthe sopportunity sto sstay swith sthe sclient.
◦ Tell s the sclient s to s always s wear
s his sorsher sarmband. s
ANSWER: sA
◦ Each saction scould sbe simportant sfor sthe sclient sor sfamily sto
sperform.sHowever, sencouraging sthe sclient sto sbe sactive sin shis sor sher shealth scare
sas sa spartner sissthe smost scritical. sThe sother sactions sare
◦
◦ very slimited sin sscope sand sdo snot sprovide sthe sbroad sprotection
sthatsbeing sactive sand sinvolved sdoes.
◦ DIF: s Understanding/Comprehension s REF:
s 3sKEY: sPatient ssafety sMSC: sIntegrated sProcess:
sTeaching/ sLearning
