Chapter 6 Implementation and Evaluation

You assist a patient with her bath, change her dressing, rub her back, give her medication review her dietary needs, and assist with physical therapy exercises. Which are examples of interdependent nursing actions

1. reinforcing dietary teaching 2. assisting with her exercises

Before carrying out a dependent nursing action, the nurse:

1. verifies that the physician's order is on the chart 2. considers whether there is any contraindications for the action 3. schedules an appropriate time to carry out the action 4. gathers all equipment and supplies needed for the action

The patient's order reads: Ampicillin 20 mg/ kg/ day, Iv q 6 hour. The patient weighs 120 lb? How many milligrams (mg) per dose should you administer?

182 mg

Nursing and medical audits:

are essential for hospital accreditation

A patient who is 14 hours post operative complains of shortness of breath. Which action should be implemented first?

auscultate the lungs

When evaluating a patient admitted with a lower respiratory tract infection, which data are most important for the nurse to obtain?

bilateral lung sounds

A difference is the assessment of the patient entering a long-term care facility versus that of a hospital patient is that the long-term care resident is assessed for:

functional abilities

Out come based quality improvement programs require nursing audits. The goal of such programs is the

improvement of nursing care

An example of a dependent nursing action would be:

starting the continuous passive motion( CPM) machine

The nursing evaluates the care provided to the patient by determining:

whether expected outcomes have been achived