Nursing 115 Chapter 31 questions and answers

Nursing 115 Chapter 31A nurse is a preceptor for a nurse who just graduated from nursing school. When caring for a patient, the new graduate nurse begins to explain to the patient the purpose of completing a physical assessment. Which statement made by the new graduate nurse requires the preceptor to intervene? A. "I will use the information from my assessment to figure out if your antihypertensive medication is working effectively." B. "Nursing assessment data are used only to provide information about the effectiveness of your medical care." C. "Nurses use data from their patient's physical assessment to determine a patient's educational needs." D. "Information gained from physical assessment helps nurses better understand their patients' emotional needs." - correct answer B. "Nursing assessment data are used only to provide information about the effectiveness of your medical care." Nursing assessment data are used to evaluate the effectiveness of all aspects of a patient's care, not just the patient's medical care. Assessment data help to evaluate the effectiveness of medications and to determine a patient's health care needs, including the need for patient education. Nurses also use assessment data to identify patients' psychosocial and cultural needs. Having misplaced a stethoscope, a nurse borrows a colleague's stethoscope. The nurse next enters the patient's room and identifies self, washes hands with soap, and states the purpose of the visit. The nurse performs proper identification of the patient before auscultating the patient's lungs. Which critical health assessment step should the nurse have performed? A. Running warm water over stethoscope B. Draping stethoscope around the neck