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A nurse is obtaining a health history from a c client who is newly admitted. The nurse notices that the client does not make eye contact and that their arms are folded across their chest. The nurse should recognize that the client is using which of the following forms of communication? - Answer Nonverbal A nurse is teaching a client who is newly diagnosed with diabetes mellitus. The client tells the nurse, "Thank you. I never really knew what caused diabetes." Using the Schramm mo...

Which assessment finding puts a client at increased risk for epistaxis? - Answer Cocaine use A nurse is caring for a client who has just had a total laryngectomy. What is part of the client's plan of care related to the surgery? - Answer Develop an alternative communication method. When the nurse gives a client and family instructions after laryngeal surgery, which does the nurse indicate should be avoided? - Answer Swimming A client has a red pharyngeal membrane, r...

Arranging appropriate healthcare services for discharged patients is called discharge______ - Answer planning Assessing the medical necessity of inpatient care prior to admission is called________review. - Answer Preadmissions The continued-stay evaluation of the medical necessity of tests/procedures ordered during inpatient hospitalization is called____________ review. - Answer Concurrent The process that grants prior approval for reimbursement of a health care servic...

A patient who presents with painless, bright red bleeding, and whose fetus has normal readings most likely has: A. Abruptio placentae B. Severe preeclampsia C. Placenta previa D. Incomplete abortion - Answer C. Placenta previa An elevation in temperature of a postpartum mother is an expected finding, true or false? A. True B. False - Answer A. True An expected finding of respiratory distress syndrome in an infant would be: A. Bradypnea B. Silverman-Anderson Index score ...

If the patient were found to have severe CHF due to an MI, which treatment would be LEAST appropriate in the total care of this patient? - Answer Initiate theophylline When a patient complains of shortness of breath, what social habits of the patient would you want to know about? How sedentary is the patient? How much alcohol or drugs does the patient use? All of the above Does the patient smoke? - Answer all of the above Which question(s) should you ask the patient who com...

1. The term used for persons living in long-term care facilities is: A. Senior citizen B. Patient C. Retiree D. Resident - Answer D. Resident 2. The successful Nurse Assistant should be: A. Honest B. Dependable C. Organized D. All of the above - Answer D. All of the above 3. The responsibilities of a Nurse Assistant are listed in a: A. Job description B. Procedure C. Job title D. Resume - Answer A. Job description 4. As a Nurse Assistant, your scope o...

Advocacy Concept Definition - Answer The act or process of pleading or supporting another's cause by promoting the environment in which the human rights, values, customs, and spiritual beliefs of the patient(s) is respected (International Council of Nurses, 2006). You have to have good _____ skills in order to be a good advocate - Answer communication Advocacy performed by the nurse is often viewed as a _____ on behalf of the patient. - Answer last line of defense A...

Which statement made by the client would the nurse consider to be an external variable influencing the client's beliefs? - Answer "Please do not include chicken in my diet plan because my religion forbids me to consume meat." A client says, "Do not cut the thread on my wrist before sending me for surgery because the thread is a blessing from God." Which internal variable influences the client's health belief in this scenario? - Answer Spiritual factors Which s...

Formal Definition of Ethics - Answer the values, virtues, principles, and polices that guide the moral delivery of health care. More simply- ethics is a principle, or set of principles, that describes what we expect in terms of right and wrong in terms of behavior. How does ethics fit into nursing practice? - Answer ethics go a step beyond just a set of norms for the profession- ethics in nursing is a discipline in which norms are explored, discussed, and evaluated. Th...

Ethics - Answer The values, virtues, principles, and policies that guide the moral delivery of health care. Ethics in Nursing - Answer Discipline in which norms are explored, discussed, and evaluated; Academic exercise where nurses do research and think about ethics in nursing. Normative Ethics - Answer Study of ethical behavior, how one should act in a moral sense, and standards that regulate right and wrong conduct. Meta Ethics - Answer Study of nature and mean...

quality improvement - Answer Quality improvement (QI) is a data-driven, formal approach to the analysis of performance and the systematic efforts to improve outcomes and processes. organization - Answer an be defined as a group of people who come together for a purpose or as a collection of people brought together for a predetermined purpose in a defined environment. further defined as having a socially determined structure provided by formal properties, such as rules, policies...

What are is normative/prescriptive ethics? - Answer study of norms that prescribe how one ought to act; judgment is based on these norms What is the golden rule under normative ethics? - Answer abuse and harassment are wrong and people who break the rules should be punished What is meta ethics? - Answer study of the origin of the ethical concepts themselves; highly abstract, NO judgments What is applied/practical ethics? - Answer philosophical examination and jud...

1 Exam (elaborations) Week 2: Clinical Judgment EAQ Questions and Answers. 2 Exam (elaborations) Critical Thinking/Clinical Reasoning/Clinical Judgment: Rapid Response/Clinical Emergencies Questions and Answers. 3 Exam (elaborations) Concept - Clinical Judgement Test Questions and Correct Answers.

Which characteristics would the nursing student adopt to become a good critical thinker? Select all that apply. - Answer analysis inquisitiveness systematic thinking The health care team works to resuscitate a child with renal failure without success. When the nurse attempts to speak with family, the mother says, "You can't make me feel better; you don't know what it's like to lose a child." Which journal entries would help the nurse reflect on this clinical experienc...

A nurse in a rehabilitation facility is performing the role of a case manager for a group of clients. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? - Answer Ensure clients receive optimal care in a cost-effective manner. The responsibility of the case manager is to ensure clients receive optimal care in a cost-effective manner. A nurse often fulfills the role of case manager. A nurse is receiving change-of-shift report for a group of clients. Which of the following clients ...

Clinical Judgement - definition - Answer An interpretation or conclusion about a patient's needs, concerns or health problems, and/or the decision to take action (or not), use or modify standard approaches, or improvise new ones as deemed appropriate by the patient's response. 3 attributes of clinical judgement - Answer holistic view of the patient situation, process orientation, reasoning an interpretation Four key aspects of the Clinical Judgement Model and the sequence...

A nurse is caring for a client in a clinic. Exhibit 1 Nurses NotesFirst visit:Weight 77.3 kg (175.1 lb) Client presented to the clinic and reports frequent headaches, stomach cramps, and diarrhea. Client reports issues with marriage but is attending counseling with spouse. Education given on new prescription citalopram.One month later:Weight: 71.1 kg (156.5 lb)Client presents to the clinic for follow up. Client reports continued headache, stomach cramps, and diarrhea. Client states that it is ...

Nursing knowledge is based on which of the following? (Select all that apply.) a. Intuition b. Nursing research c. Provider's recommendations d. Discipline-specific research e. Agency policies - Answer b. Nursing research d. Discipline-specific research Nursing knowledge is based on both nursing research and research conducted by other disciplines whose knowledge is used in nursing practice. Intuition is knowing or sending something without the use of cognitive processes and ...

A nurse is developing a goal for a client to ambulate with assistance at least once by the end of the shift. The nurse should identify that this is an example of which of the following steps of the nursing process? A. Evaluation B. Implementation C. Analysis D. Planning - Answer D. Planning A nurse is caring for a client who is in an acute care facility. The nurse should recognize that the client's care requires clinical reasoning when it is complicated by which of the fo...

A nurse is reviewing methods created to assist nurses in using evidence-based practice. Which of the following is a NCSBN model that can assist the nurse with critical thinking and decision making? A. Clinical judgment B. Critical thinking C. Clinical reasoning D. SMART goal - Answer A. Clinical judgment The Clinical Judgment Model was developed to assist nurses in using evidence-based practice to think critically and make decisions. A nurse at an urgent care clinic is ausculta...