NURSING101-FINALS REVIEW

The nurse is conducting a class for nursing assistants. One of the students asks the nurse why blood pressure, pulse, and temperature are called "vital signs." Which explanations would the nurse offer the student?

"Because significant deviation from normal is not compatible with life."

The nurse is attending a conference on evidence-based practice. Which statement by the nurse indicates further education is needed?

"I must conduct research to validate the usefulness of my nursing interventions."

Which statement by the nurse is a culturally appropriate reaction to a client's perception of pain?

"If a client needs to yell in pain, that is his or her right."

The registered nurse is teaching a community health class about illness prevention. Which statement reflects understanding of this concept?

"It is important to enroll in a smoking cessation class."

The nurse is communicating with a client following a routine physical examination. Which statement best demonstrates summarization of the appointment?

"We reviewed your plans for your new diet and medications. Do you have any other questions?"

It is recommended that a client go to a convalescent center upon discharge following a minor stroke. The client says, "I don't want to go anywhere, I want to go home." Which information should the nurse offer?

"You will only stay until you are well enough to go home."

For which client would a standardized plan of care most likely be appropriate?

A client who was admitted for shortness of breath and who has been diagnosed with pneumonia

An illegal immigrant with no health insurance sustained life-threatening injuries in an automobile accident. Which action in this case demonstrates the ethical principle of justice?

Airlifting the client to a local trauma center for emergency surgery

Which nursing diagnosis will the nurse rank as the priority for premature newborn twins?

Altered Gas Exchange

A nurse is planning care for an adult client with severe hearing impairment who uses sign language and lip reading for communication and who has a new diagnosis of cancer. Which nursing action is most appropriate when establishing the plan of care for this client?

Arrange for a sign language interpreter when discussing treatment.

For a client with a self-care deficit, the long-term goal is that the client will be able to dress oneself by the end of the 6-week therapy. For best results, when should the nurse evaluate the client's progress toward this goal?

As soon as possible

Which action would the nurse perform in the assessment phase of the nursing process?

Asking the client whether the client has cultural preferences

A nurse working in a coronary care unit resuscitates a client who had expressed wishes not to be resuscitated. Which tort has the nurse committed?

Battery

Nurses understand the problem that clients have when they are repeatedly asked the same questions. To best avoid this problem, which intervention should nurses perform when beginning to collect assessment data?

Carefully review the client's record.

A nurse is caring for an older adult client in the home. The nurse concludes that the client needs an X-ray to determine whether the client has pneumonia and requires oxygen for shortness of breath. The nurse calls to inform the physician of the client's status and then makes arrangements to carry out the physician's orders. In this scenario, what role does the nurse play?

Case manager

A nurse who recently graduated is performing an assessment on a client who was admitted for nausea and vomiting. During the assessment, the client reports mild chest pain. The nurse does not know whether the chest pain is related to the gastrintestinal symptoms or should be reported to the physician. Which action should the nurse perform next?

Consult with another nurse.

Which part of the client record should the nurse review to find recommendations made by a gastrointestinal specialist?

Consultation

Which intervention performed by the nurse is appropriate for assisting a client in meeting physiological needs based on Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs?

Cutting up food and opening drink containers for the client

A client has cancer, but the significant other does not want the client to know the diagnosis. The nurse demonstrates sensitivity to the significant other and works with the couple to achieve desired outcomes. What kind of behavior is the nurse exhibiting?

Empathy

The nurse and the physical therapist discuss the therapy schedule and goals for a client on a rehabilitation unit. What type of communication is occurring between the nurse and the therapist?

Interpersonal

Which action most clearly demonstrates a nurse's commitment to social justice?

Lobbying for an expansion of healthcare resources and benefits to those in poverty

"The client will demonstrate cast care prior to discharge" is which type of evaluative statement?

Psychomotor

The nurse is planning the care of a client who is receiving treatment for acute renal failure and who has begun dialysis 3 times weekly. The nurse has identified the following outcome: "Client will demonstrate the appropriate care of an arteriovenous fistula." This outcome is classified as which?

Psychomotor

After learning about a client's limited financial resources and limited insurance benefits, the home care nurse modifies nursing interventions related to a client's care instructions. The nurse modifies the plan of care based upon which client variable?

Psychosocial background

The nurse is reporting to an oncoming nurse about the care of a client using the SBAR format. The nurse informs the oncoming nurse that the client should continue to have neurolgoical checks every 2 hours and the nurse should report any alterations to the health care provider. In which section should this information be relayed?

Recommendation

A client has recently immigrated and is exhibiting symptoms of culture shock. The client reports feeling unaccepted in the new culture. The client states, "I can't do anything right here." What is the priority nursing diagnosis?

Situational low self-esteem related to culture shock and feelings of fear and incompetence

The labor and delivery nurse is getting report from the previous shift regarding a client with Asian heritage. The nurse is told that the client did not ask for pain medication because "Asian people can handle pain." The nurse receiving report understands that this an example of what?

Stereotyping

The nurse is assessing a client with vascular dementia. As a result of this cognitive deficit, the client is unable to provide many of the data that are required. How should the nurse best proceed with this assessment?

Supplement the client's information by speaking with family or friends.

The nursing staff on one team in a long-term care facility often plays loud rock music on the radio for residents to listen to in the common areas. The staff also organizes children's games as a form of physical and recreational therapy. What is the staff doing in these situations?

The staff is ignoring the developmental needs of the older adults in the facility.

The nurse is providing discharge teaching for a client who is from a different culture. The nurse notes that the client will look away from the nurse and does not maintain eye contact. What would be the most appropriate action by the nurse, with regard to culturally competent care?

Utilize a key informant and continue with the teaching, verifying the client's understanding through open-ended questions.

The nurse is performing a physical assessment on a newly admitted client. During the assessment, the nurse notices the client grimacing and holding the abdomen. When the nurse asks the client whether the client is in pain, the client answers, "No." What is the best thing for the nurse to do next?

Validate the data.

A client with end-stage renal disease decides against further treatment and requests a "Do Not Resuscitate" (DNR) order. The DNR status is part of the change-of-shift report. The client stops breathing and a nurse begins cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The family is upset and makes a complaint to the charge nurse. The charge nurse appropriately identifies that nurse has committed:

battery.

A nurse practitioner is caring for a couple who are the parents of an infant diagnosed with Down syndrome. The nurse makes referrals for a parent support group for the family. This is an example of which nursing role?

counselor

A nurse at a health care facility provides information, assistance, and encouragement to clients during the various phases of nursing care. In which activity does the nurse use counseling skills?

educating a group of young girls about AIDS

The nurse is caring for a client who speaks Chinese, which the nurse does not speak. An appropriate approach to communicating with this client would be:

using a caring voice and repeating messages frequently.

The nurse participates in a quality assurance program and reviewing evaluation data from the previous year. Which should the nurse recognize as an example of outcome evaluation?

A 2% reduction in the number of repeat admissions for clients who underwent hip replacement surgery

A nurse is assessing a client admitted to the hospital with reports of difficulty urinating, bloody urine, and burning on urination. What is a priority assessment for this client?

A focused assessment of the specific problems identified

The nurse assesses urine output following administration of a diuretic. Which step of the nursing process does this nursing action reflect?

Evaluation

A nurse walks by a client's room and observes a shaman performing a healing ritual. The nurse remarks to a coworker that the ritual is a waste of time and disruptive to the other clients on the floor. This nurse is displaying:

cultural conflict.

A client who immigrated from another coutnry informs the nurse of dietary requests. The nurse responds to the special dietary needs by stating, "You are now living here, and you should try to start eating those foods common to our diet." This inappropriate response is an example of:

cultural imposition.

Identifying the kind and amount of nursing services required is a possible solution for:

inadequate staffing.

The focus of a hospital's current quality assurance program is a comparison of the health status of clients on admission and with that at the time of discharge. This form of quality assurance is characteristic of:

outcome evaluation.

A nurse is caring for a client who presents with a skin infection. While obtaining the client's medical history, it is determined that the client is an intravenous drug user. To foster effective communication, the nurse should:

remain honest, open, and frank.

A nurse overhears a coworker telling a somewhat offensive joke to a client. Which nursing action is indicated?

Discuss the occurrence with the coworker.

A female client is brought to the emergency room with matted hair, bruising, and malnutrition. The nurse suspects physical abuse and neglect. The nurse states, "This happens to many women." Which type of ethical approach is the nurse exhibiting?

Feminist

While caring for a client from a culture different from the nurse's, the nurse inadvertently offends the client. What is the best action by the nurse?

Learn from the mistake and do not repeat it.

Which intervention does the nurse recognize as a collaborative intervention?

Teach the client how to walk with a three-point crutch gait.

When the nurse communicates with a newly admitted client, the nurse must pay particular attention to nonverbal behaviors. The nurse considers which characteristic as nonverbal communication?

The client's tone of voice

Which nursing intervention is most likely to be allowed within the parameters of a protocol or standing order?

Administering a glycerin suppository to a constipated client who has not responded to oral stool softeners

A nurse is conducting an ethnographic interview with a client. Which step would the nurse do first?

Ask an open-ended, general question

What would be a nursing priority when assessing a client who weighs 250 lb (112.50 kg) and stands 5 ft, 3 in (1.58 m) tall?

Assess blood pressure with a large cuff.

Which scenario is the best example of the nurse in the role of teacher/educator?

Assessing whether the client is able to perform a dressing change

A client is brought to the emergency department by an adult child, who states, "I am unable to care for my parent anymore. Although I would like to, financially and physically I can't do it anymore." What ethical problem is the adult child experiencing?

Distress

The nurse is caring for a client from another culture who is diagnosed with lung cancer. Which nursing action best demonstrates culturally sensitive care?

Incorporating the client's need for daily prayer into the nursing care plan.

Which nursing intervention reflects practice according to Madeline Leininger's transcultural nursing theory?

Incorporating the client's request for complementary treatment therapy

The nurse in a clinic located in a high-rise building on a university campus has noted that many of the homeless clients who are supposed to receive care for HIV/AIDS have missed their appointments. When questioned, several of the clients stated to the nurse that the clinic is difficult to find and in an intimidating environment. Which variable does the nurse identify as being inadequately addressed for these clients?

Psychosocial background and culture

A nurse is evaluating nursing care and client outcomes by using a retrospective evaluation. Which action would the nurse perform in this approach?

The nurse devises a postdischarge questionnaire to evaluate client satisfaction.

Which is the best example of a nurse demonstrating the role of caregiver?

starting an intravenous line in the client's arm

The nurse is interviewing a newly admitted client. Quoting statements made by the client will help in maintaining what type of assessment data?

subjectivity

A client newly diagnosed with congestive heart failure has a prescription for digoxin. The nurse counts the heart rate before administration of the medication and obtains a heart rate of 51 beats per minute. Which action by the nurse demonstrates adherence to the standards of nursing care?

The nurse withholds the medication and notifies the health care practitioner.

The focal point of nursing is the nurse-client interaction. What must nurses consider about themselves when assessing clients from other cultures?

Their own cultural orientation

A nurse is documenting care in a source-oriented record. What action by the nurse is most appropriate?

Write a narrative note in the designated nursing section.

A nurse is on lunch break in the hospital cafeteria and sits at a table near a group of physicians eating their lunch. One of the physicians, who is in charge of the nurse's clients, points at the nurse and states, "That guy needs to get fired." The best response by the nurse would be to:

ask to speak to the physician in private and address the disrespectful remark.

A nurse organizes client data using the SOAP format. Which information would be recorded under "S" of this acronym?

client reports of pain

The nurse is providing care to several clients. For which client should the nurse include secondary care in the nursing plan of care?

A middle-aged client who presents with new-onset angina

Which statement by a new nurse regarding validation of data collected during client assessment indicates a need for further training?

All data collected need to be validated.

During a hospice visit, the client's spouse suddenly begins to cry and says, "I am so tired. I just can't do this anymore. I am not getting to sleep and I just eat sandwiches when I can." What is the nurse's best intervention?

Arrange for short-term inpatient care for the client.

A nurse manager is discussing a nurse's social media post about an interesting client situation. The nurse states, "I didn't violate client privacy because I didn't use the client's name." What response by the nurse manager is most appropriate?

"Any information that can identify a person is considered a breach of client privacy."

A client presents to the urgent care clinic with ear pain. The client reports a medical history of trigeminal neuralgia. The nurse is not familiar with trigeminal neuralgia. When the client asks whether the two conditions could be related, which response by the nurse is best?

"I honestly do not remember specific details regarding trigeminal neuralgia; let me research it."

A nurse is transfusing multiple units of packed red blood cells. After the second unit is transfused, the nurse auscultates bilateral crackles at the bases of the client's lungs and the client reports dyspnea. The nurse telephones the health care provider and provides an SBAR report. Which statement represents the final step in this type of communication?

"I think the client would benefit from intravenous furosemide."

At the last hospital unit meeting, the policy for the insertion of Foley catheters was revised based on current evidence. The new nurse on the unit just learned "the old way" and is frustrated to now have to learn a new methodology. Several other nurses comment that the change is "all about money." The charge nurse must educate the staff about the importance of this new policy. Which explanation by the charge nurse is most appropriate?

"Incorporating evidenced-based practice into our care routines links our interventions to valued outcomes, thereby increasing quality care. When we provide quality care, we can decrease cost."

A client comes into the urgent care center to have sutures removed on an arm. The nurse finds significant crusting along the suture line. The client states not having time to get the sutures removed a week prior, as directed. The nurse soaks the crust and attempts to remove the sutures. As the nurse attempts the suture removal, the client frequently pulls the arm away and tells the nurse, "You are taking too long and it is hurting a little bit. Just pull them out and get it over with." Which statement is an example of appropriate therapeutic response?

"It is taking longer for me to remove the sutures because the delay allowed the crust to form and adhere to the sutures, making it harder and sometimes painful to remove them."

The nurse is delegating a task to the unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP). What is the best instruction by the nurse?

"Notify me right away if the client's systolic blood pressure is 170 or greater."

The nurse is caring for a client who is being treated following a drug overdose. The client states, "My life is over, I cannot stop using heroin." Which statement would the nurse employ to strengthen the nurse-client relationship?

"Perhaps we can talk about your feelings some more."

A nurse is caring for a client experiencing biliary colic from uncomplicated cholelithiasis. The client asks, "My doctor says I should have surgery to remove my gallbladder. Do you think it is really necessary?" What is the nurse's best response?

"Share with me the advantages and disadvantages of your options as you see them."

When the nurse is administering medication, an older adult client states, "Why does everyone keep asking my name? I've been here for days." How should the nurse respond to the client?

"We ask your name to ensure that we are treating the right client."

The daughter of an older adult client asks the nurse why a urine specimen was collected from the client earlier that morning. How can the nurse best respond to the daughter's query?

"We want to test the urine to make sure your mother doesn't have a urinary tract infection."

A nurse is completing a health history with a client being admitted for a mastectomy. During the interview the client states, "I do not know what to do. I am not sure if I really need this surgery." Which response by the nurse demonstrates active listening?

"You seem unsure. Tell me your concerns about your surgery."

A nurse in a walk-in health care setting provides technical services (e.g., administering medications), determines the priority of care needs, and provides client teaching on all aspects of care. Which term best describes this type of health care setting?

Ambulatory center

A nurse is providing care to a client from a culture different from the nurse's own. The nurse is having difficulty relating to the client. What intervention by the nurse is most appropriate?

Ask the client how the client wants to be treated based on the client's values and beliefs.

While walking down the hall, a nurse manager overhears a staff member telling a client, "If you don't stay in this chair and stop wandering, I'm going to tie you to it." The nurse manager pulls the staff member aside and discusses what was said. The nurse manager intervenes because the staff member's statement is which type of tort?

Assault

A nurse states the following to another nurse who is constantly forgetting to wash hands between clients: "It looks like you keep forgetting to wash your hands between clients. It's really not safe for your clients. Let's think of some type of reminder we can use to help you remember." This communication is an example of what type of speech?

Assertive

When completing a transcultural assessment of communication, which assessment by the nurse is most appropriate?

Assessment of eye contact, personal space, and social taboos

A client admitted to a mental health unit has exhibited physical behaviors that put the client and others at risk. The nurse applies four-point restraints on the client without obtaining a physician's order or the client's consent. The nurse is at risk of being accused of which action?

Battery

Which task is most appropriate for the nurse to delegate to the unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP)?

Bed bath for the newly admitted client who has multiple skin lesions

Which outcome illustrates a common error nurses make when writing client outcomes?

Client will be less anxious and fearful before and after surgery.

After instituting interventions to increase oxygenation, the client shows no signs of improvement. What is the nurse's priority action?

Communicate with the physician for additional orders.

The nurse has engaged the services of an interpreter when interviewing a client who speaks a language that the nurse does not understand. The interpreter is functioning in which role during the communication process?

Communication channel

A nurse caring for an older adult client who has dementia observes another nurse putting restraints on the client without a physician's order. The client is agitated and not cooperating. What would be the best initial action of the first nurse in this situation?

Confront the nurse and explain how this could be dangerous for the client.

A nurse is caring for clients at an ambulatory care facility. Which care intervention is least likely to be provided by the nurse in this setting?

Crisis management

A nurse is preparing to educate a client about self-care after cataract surgery. Which should the nurse do first?

Determine the client's willingness to follow the regimen.

A nurse is caring for a client who was admitted 2 days ago following surgery. The client has diminished lung sounds in the posterior bases. What is the best action by the nurse?

Encourage hourly use of the incentive spirometer.

A client is receiving care on a rehabilitative medicine unit during recovery from a stroke. The client voices frustration that the physical therapist, occupational therapist, neurologist, primary care physician, and speech language pathologist "don't seem to be on the same page" and that "everyone has their own plan for me." How can the nurse best respond to the client's frustration?

Facilitate communication between the different professionals and attempt to coordinate care.

A nurse states to the client that the nurse will keep the client free of pain. However, the client's family wishes to try a treatment to prolong the client's life that may necessitate withholding pain medication. This factor will cause an ethical dilemma for the nurse in relation to which ethical principle?

Fidelity

The nurse is documenting the client's response to a medication. This action reflects a practice that was started by which key figure in nursing's history?

Florence Nightingale

The registered nurse is performing a nutritional assessment to ensure that the client's diet is optimal for wound healing. The nurse's intervention can be traced back to which key contributor to nursing?

Florence Nightingale

A client comes to the emergency department with a productive cough and an elevated temperature. Which type of assessment would the nurse most likely perform on this client?

Focused

A nurse in a community health center has been having regular meetings with a client who wants to stop smoking. Which outcome decision option should the nurse document if the client has not smoked for 7 months?

Outcome met

Which teaching statement best exemplifies cultural competence in relation to time for the American culture?

It is important to be on time for your health care appointment.

A parent of a 17-year-old high school student is allowing the child to decide which college the child will attend. When the child requests direction from the parent in making this decision, the parent responds by stating, "You will need to make this decision on your own." What type of value transmission is the parent displaying?

Laissez-faire

The nurse is managing the care for a postoperative client. How does the nurse demonstrate advocacy?

Limiting visitors due to the client reporting pain

A 16-year-old client was admitted to the medical unit 1 hour ago for sickle cell crisis. Vital signs are as follows: temperature, 98.24°F (36.8°C) sublingual; heart rate, 95 beats/min; respiratory rate, 20 breaths/min; blood pressure, 130/65 mm Hg. The client rates pain as a 9/10. The nurse is talking with the medical resident on service to discuss client orders. Which order is the nurse likely to request first for the client?

Narcotic analgesic to treat pain

A home health nurse performs a careful safety assessment of the home of a frail older adult client to prevent harm to the client. The nurse is acting in accord with which principle of bioethics?

Nonmaleficence

The nurse is caring for a client for the third day in a row on the hospital unit. At the client's evening vital sign assessment, the nurse notices that the radial pulse is much slower than the apical pulse. This finding is new. What should the nurse do next?

Notify the physician of the change and document the finding.

Which statement about laws governing the distribution of controlled substances is true?

Nurses are responsible for adhering to specific documentation about controlled substances.

An older adult has total care of the spouse, who has debilitative rheumatoid arthritis. The couple voices concern over the pain and stress associated with the condition. What type of care might the nurse suggest to help the couple?

Palliative care

Which situation is an example of battery that the nurse may witness while performing duties at the health care facility?

Performing a surgical procedure without getting consent

A nurse documents the following data in the client record according to the SOAP format: Client reports unrelieved pain; client is seen clutching the side and grimacing; client pain medication does not appear to be effective; Call in to primary care provider to increase dosage of pain medication or change prescription. This is an example of what charting method?

Problem-oriented method

The nurse manager observes one of the unit nurses failing to wash hands on entering a client room. Hospital protocol is to wash hands before and after entering a client room. This scenario is an example of which approach to quality assurance?

Quality by inspection

A nurse who has been caring for a client for the past few days is preparing the client for discharge and termination of the nurse-client relationship. Which activity would the nurse be carrying out during this phase of the relationship?

Reviewing health changes

The nurse is assessing a client in an outpatient setting. The client states,"I don't want to live anymore. My family hates me, and I am so tired of being sick. I have a gun, and I am seriously thinking of killing myself." The client reports a 30-year heavy smoking habit and having a cough for about 6 months. Ascultation reveals diminished breath sounds in the right upper lobe. The abdomen is distended with diminshed bowel sounds. The client's lips are slightly bluish in color. Which is the priority nursing diagnosis for this client?

Risk for Suicide

A client is required to have nothing by mouth (NPO) for 8 hours prior to a test scheduled for tomorrow. What action by the nurse best communicates this change in basic care needs for the client?

Updating the diet orders in the client's plan of care

The nurse is caring for a postoperative client who is receiving morphine sulfate for pain management. The nurse obtains the following vital signs: heart rate, 74 beats/min; respiratory rate, 8 breaths/min; blood pressure, 114/68 mm Hg. After reviewing the nursing care plan and physician orders, the nurse administers naloxone. Which would allow the nurse to initiate this action?

Standing orders

Which action by the nurse is compliant with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)?

Submitting a written notice to all clients identifying the uses and disclosures of their health information

The nurse recognizes that an example of a cognitive outcome is:

The client identifies three foods high in potassium by August 8.

A client has been admitted to the hospital for the treatment of exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Which statement constitutes a long-term outcome for this client?

The client will return home able to conduct activities of daily living (ADLs) without experiencing shortness of breath.

A client has been diagnosed with PVD. On which area of the body should the nurse focus the assessment?

The lower extremities

The nurse formulates the following client outcome: "Client will correctly draw up morning dose of insulin and identify four signs and symptoms of hypoglycemia by September 7." Which error has the nurse made?

The nurse included more than one client behavior in the outcome.

When caring for a client in the emergency room who has presented with symptoms of a myocardial infarction (MI), the nurse orders laboratory tests and administers medication to the client before the physician has examined the client. For the nurse to be operating within the nurse's scope of practice, what conditions must be present?

The nurse is operating under standing orders for clients with suspected MIs.

The health care team has convened to discuss the care of an end-of-life client who is not able to achieve an acceptable level of comfort. The physician asks for the nurse's perspective of the situation. Which standard for establishing and sustaining healthy work environments does this action represent?

True collaboration

A nurse is assigned to care for a client who does not speak the dominant language. An interpreter has been contacted and will be at the bedside shortly. Which action by the nurse would be most effective in reassuring the client until the interpreter arrives?

Using reassuring body language and making eye contact to assess needs

The nurse, while admitting an older adult client, charts, "The client does not respond when I speak while standing on the client's right side." This statement is an example of:

a cue.

A client arrives at the emergency department after experiencing several black, tarry stools. The nurse should assess for the cause of the client's complaint by:

asking the client whether the client has recently taken ferrous sulfate (iron) or bismuth subsalicylate.

The nurse is caring for a client who cannot meet health needs independently. Which action made by the nurse depicts concern and attachment?

asking the client, "How are you today? I am really worried about you."

During the initial assessment of a newly admitted client, the nurse has clustered data as follows: range of motion with gait, bowel sounds with usual elimination pattern, and chest sounds with respiratory rate. The nurse is most likely organizing assessment data according to:

body systems.

A nurse engages in professional rituals as a means to standardize practice and ensure efficiency. In doing so, the nurse integrates understanding of:

common and observable expressions of culture.

A nurse is caring for a client admitted to the hospital for dehydration. The physical findings consistent with this diagnosis that the client's general appearance can nonverbally communicate to the nurse include:

easy wrinkling of the skin and sunken eyes.

The nurse managers of a home health care office wish to maximize nurses' freedom to characterize and record client conditions and situations in the nurses' own terms. Which documentation format is most likely to promote this goal?

narrative notes

The nurse is utilizing knowledge about a blood pressure medication's actions and side effects to determine whether or not to give a client, whose blood pressure is low, the prescribed blood pressure medication. What best describes the aspect of nursing demonstrated?

science of nursing

Which is an example of a psychomotor outcome?

the answer is within 2 days of education, the client's spouse will demonstrate an abdominal dressing change. Explanation is that outcomes may be categorized according to the type of change they describe for the client. Psychomotor outcomes describe the client's achievement of new physical skills, such as changing an abdominal dressing. Cognitive outcomes describe an increase in the client's knowledge, such as understanding the need to continue to take medications as prescribed. Affective outcomes describe changes in client values, beliefs, and standards, such as decreasing the number of cigarettes one smokes due to adopting a belief that smoking is harmful. Clinical outcomes describe the expected status of health issues at certain points in time, after treatment is complete. They address whether the problems are resolved or to what degree they are improved, such as a client's skin not developing breakdown or ulceration.