TEST BANK - Timby's Introductory Medical-Surgical
Nursing, 13th Edition (Donnelly-Moreno),
Verified Chapters 1 - 72, Complete
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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: f Understanding/Comprehension f REF:
f 2fKEY: fPatient fsafety fMSC: fIntegrated fProcess:
fNursing fProcess: fIntervention
◦ NOT: f Client f Needs f Category: f Safe f and f Effective
f CarefEnvironment: fSafety fand fInfection fControl
◦ A fnurse fis forienting fa fnew fclient fand ffamily fto fthe finpatient funit.
fWhat finformation fdoes fthe fnurse fprovide fto fhelp fthe fclient fpromote fhis
for fher fownfsafety?
◦ Encourage fthe fclient f and f family f to f be f active fpartners.
◦ Have fthe fclient fmonitor fhand fhygiene fin fcaregivers.
◦ Offer fthe ffamily fthe fopportunity fto fstay fwith fthe fclient.
◦ Tell fthe fclient fto falways f wear f his
forfher farmband. f
ANSWER: fA
◦ Each faction fcould fbe fimportant ffor fthe fclient for ffamily fto
fperform.fHowever, fencouraging fthe fclient fto fbe factive fin fhis for fher fhealth fcare
fas fa fpartner fisfthe fmost fcritical. fThe fother factions fare
◦
◦ very flimited fin fscope fand fdo fnot fprovide fthe fbroad fprotection
fthatfbeing factive fand finvolved fdoes.
◦ DIF: f Understanding/Comprehension f REF:
f 3fKEY: fPatient fsafety fMSC: fIntegrated fProcess:
fTeaching/ fLearning
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: f Understanding/Comprehension f REF:
f 2fKEY: fPatient fsafety fMSC: fIntegrated fProcess:
fNursing fProcess: fIntervention
◦ NOT: f Client f Needs f Category: f Safe f and f Effective
f CarefEnvironment: fSafety fand fInfection fControl
◦ A fnurse fis forienting fa fnew fclient fand ffamily fto fthe finpatient funit.
fWhat finformation fdoes fthe fnurse fprovide fto fhelp fthe fclient fpromote fhis
for fher fownfsafety?
◦ Encourage fthe fclient f and f family f to f be f active fpartners.
◦ Have fthe fclient fmonitor fhand fhygiene fin fcaregivers.
◦ Offer fthe ffamily fthe fopportunity fto fstay fwith fthe fclient.
◦ Tell fthe fclient fto falways f wear f his
forfher farmband. f
ANSWER: fA
◦ Each faction fcould fbe fimportant ffor fthe fclient for ffamily fto
fperform.fHowever, fencouraging fthe fclient fto fbe factive fin fhis for fher fhealth fcare
fas fa fpartner fisfthe fmost fcritical. fThe fother factions fare
◦
◦ very flimited fin fscope fand fdo fnot fprovide fthe fbroad fprotection
fthatfbeing factive fand finvolved fdoes.
◦ DIF: f Understanding/Comprehension f REF:
f 3fKEY: fPatient fsafety fMSC: fIntegrated fProcess:
fTeaching/ fLearning
