Chapter 1: Introduction
A nurse helps a patient prepare a living will.
Which one of the following examples of nursing actions would be considered an ethical/legal skill?
Psychiatric services
During the Christian era, nursing care excluded which area?
Stressed client who is experiencing paranoid delusions
Which client would benefit from the nurse including interventions addressing emotional health in the plan of care?
Advanced nursing education was established.
Which contributed to the advancement of the nursing profession after World War II?
Florence
Which contributor to the nursing profession established two missions: sick nursing and health nursing?
administering medications to all assigned clients while a colleague provides all treatments, such as wound care to the same group of clients
Which nursing actions are appropriate when providing client care on a medical-surgical unit that implements functional nursing?
- Teaching a patient and his/her family how to live with diabetes - Assisting a patient and his/her family to prepare for death - Providing counseling for the family of a teenager with an eating disorder
Which nursing actions demonstrate the aim of nursing to facilitate coping? (Select all that apply.)
- Telling a client their blood pressure - Calling a physician about a client's blood pressure - Informing the physical therapist that client's therapy was discontinued
Which of the following are the best examples of the role of the nurse as a communicator? Select all that apply.
a strong service orientation
Which of the following is a criteria that defines nursing as profession?
increase in chronic health conditions
Which of the following is a current trend affecting nursing education and practice?
starting an intravenous line in the patient's arm
Which of the following is the best example of a nurse demonstrating the role of caregiver?
The nurse asks the client about his health goals.
Which of the following is the best example of client-centered approach to care?
purpose, direction, leadership
Which of the following set of terms best describes nursing at the end of the Middle Ages?
Lillian Wald
A class of nursing students is studying the history of nursing. The class learns that the founder of public health nursing is:
Applying for a reciprocal license
A nurse is considering relocating to another state to practice nursing. Which of the following is the most appropriate action by the nurse to ensure ability to practice in the new state?
Clinical nurse specialist
A nurse is planning to continue her education in the hopes of becoming an expert in geriatric nursing who carries out direct care. For which of the following expanded career roles is the nurse preparing?
Referring a teen who admits having suicidal thoughts to a mental healthcare specialist
A nurse is providing nursing care in a neighborhood clinic to single pregnant teens. Which of the following actions is the best example of using the collaborator role as a nurse?
At the end of the year
A nurse mentoring second-year nursing students from a community college plans clinical experiences for them. These students will most likely graduate in which time frame?
Counselor
A nurse practitioner is caring for a couple who are the parents of an infant diagnosed with Down's Syndrome. The nurse makes referrals for a parent support group for the family. This is an example of which nursing role?
Masters
A nurse wishes to pursue a degree as a nurse practitioner. What is the minimal degree needed by the nurse?
Health is the state of optimal functioning
A nurse instructor explains the concept of health to her students. Which of the following statements accurately describes this state of being?
Assisting the client to sit up in a chair
A nurse is caring for a post-operative client 1 day after a total abdominal hysterectomy. Which nursing intervention demonstrates caring?
"Only advanced practice registered nurses have prescriptive authority."
A client asks asks an RN to prescribe a medication for pain. Which of the following is the best answer by the nurse?
Cognitive
A nurse caring for a patient with diabetes chooses an appropriate plan of care and devises interventions to accomplish the desired outcomes. This is an example of using which of the following type of nursing skills?
preventing illness
A nurse conducts a smoking-cessation program for patients of a neighborhood clinic. This is an example of which of the following aims of nursing?
obesity
A nurse incorporates the health promotion guidelines established by the U.S. Department of Health document: Healthy People 2010. Which of the following is a health indicator discussed in this document?
being licensed by the State Board of Nursing
After graduation from an accredited program in nursing and successfully passing the NCLEX, what gives the nurse a legal right to practice?
using research findings to improve practice
Although all of the following are nursing responsibilities, which one would be expected of a nurse with a baccalaureate degree?
He is likely to delay treatment due to limited access to health care.
An unemployed, middle age client detects a lump in the testicle. What is the expected outcome for this client?
18th-19th Century
In what time period did nursing care as we now know it begin?
actual or potential health problems
Nurses use the nursing process to focus care on human responses to what?
Preventing illness
Teaching a woman about breast self-examination is an example of what broad aim of nursing?
Medicate the client for pain
The nurse assesses a client who is postoperative day 1 following a total abdominal hysterectomy. Assessment data includes BP 150/88 mm Hg, HR 100/bpm, RR 22/min with a pain scale of 8 out of 1-10. The abdominal dressing in clean, dry, and intact. The client's orders indicate ambulation today. Which is the priority nursing action?
The RN promotes a safe environment
The nurse conducts a home safety assessment for a client. Which statement best explains the standard of care being implemented?
Grab bars are installed in a client bathroom to facilitate safe showering.
The nurse is aware that basic client needs must be met before a client can focus on higher ones. According to Maslow's hierarchy of human needs, which example would be the highest priority for a client after physiologic needs have been met?
assisting the client to the bedside commode
The nurse subscribes to the Basic Needs theory. Which action exemplifies this theory by the nurse?
Florence
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 of nursing's key people's contributions to nursing?
lack of educational standards
What was one barrier to the development of the nursing profession in the United States after the Civil War?
Clara Barton
Which of the following nursing pioneers established the Red Cross in the United States in 1882?
An older adult client is admitted to the hospital and treated for pneumonia. The hospital is reimbursed based on a predetermined fixed price.
Which scenario is using a prospective payment plan to reimburse for services?
Aging
Which social force significantly impacted the future supply and demand of nurses?