concepts exam 1

How can the nurse evaluate the effectiveness of communication with a client?

Client feedback Feedback permits the client to ask questions and express feelings and allows the nurse to verify client understanding. Medical assessments do not always include nurse-client relationships. Team conferences are subject to all members' evaluations of a client's status. Nurse-client communication should be evaluated by the client's verbal and behavioral responses.

The registered nurse (RN) with limited clinical experience must delegate in collaboration with the nursing assistant. Which communication method used by the RN may negatively affect the working performance of the nursing assistant?

Occasionally offering derogatory comments

Which professionals in a health care organization can be delegators?

Registered nurses are professionals in a health care organization who can be delegators. The registered nurses allocate a portion of work related to client care to other individuals. Assistants, technicians, and client care associates in a health care organization can be delegatees.

associate degree

a 2 year program focusing on basic sciences and theoretical and clinical courses

masters degree

emphasizes basic research and theory

Which findings indicate that the nurses are providing safe health care? Select all that apply. One, some, or all responses may be correct.

exhibits good decision-making skills Acts within the scope of practice of their license safety, effectiveness, and efficient care are three important attributes of health care quality. The nurses need to make good clinical decisions to ensure maximal safety of the clients. The members of the nursing team comprise registered nurses, practice nurse, and nurse assistants. The members of the team would work according to their skill sets within the scope of their practice. Providing cost-effective interventions indicates that the nurses are providing efficient care. Providing both curative and preventive interventions for the clients indicates that the nursing team is providing effective care. The care provided by the nursing team reducing the duration of hospital stays of the clients indicates that the nurses are providing efficient care

who initially founded the nurses associate alumnae, which later became the ANA

isable hampton robb

The nurse leader is working on resolving conflicts between team members. Which action indicates that the nurse is involved in constructive conflict?

Making use of authentic communication Making use of authentic or genuine communication may help in resolving conflict between team members. Deepening the differences in values and diverting the energy from an important issue are destructive conflicts that may result in negativity from conflict resolution. Polarizing the groups is a destructive aspect of conflict resulting in division of groups and weakening of relationships.

Which health care professional is authorized to delegate work to other health care members?

Registered nurse (RN) Delegating work is the most effective professional management strategy that an RN can implement in clinical practice to improve the safety and quality of client care. RNs can delegate work to LPNs, UNP, or UAP.

What is the ANA and what are their standards of practice?

The ANA (American Nurses Association) is a large group of people who help set standards and proper care methods for all nurses to follow. Their standards are: Assessment, Diagnosis, Outcomes Identification, Planning, Implementation (Coordination of Care, Health Teaching and Health Promotion), and Evaluation. (Potter et al., 2021

Describe nursing's code of ethics

The nursing code of ethics sets a guideline which identify right and wrong ideals that nurses must attain to while providing care to patients (Potter et al., 2021). Most nurses align their own beliefs with those mentioned in the code of ethics in order to provide optimal care.

Baccalaureate Degree

a 4 year program that includes social sciences, arts and hummanities

what are the 5 primary characteristics of nursing as a profession

caregiving educator autonomy communiator manager advocate

who was the founder of the american red cross

clara barton

How did Florence Nightingale see the role of the nurse in the early 1800s?

she saw the ole as both being in charge of someones health and knowing how to make and keep somone free from disease

what is nursing according to the ANA

the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities; prevention of illness and injury; alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response; and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities and populations

The registered nurse is caring for a client in the medical unit. The registered nurse wants to transfer the responsibilities and accountability to another individual. Whom would the registered nurse use to accomplish this task?

Charge nurse The registered nurse caring for an elderly client in the medical unit may transfer the responsibilities and accountability to a charge nurse. A charge nurse may serve as the delegate who has the appropriate level of competency skills such as critical thinking, clinical practice, organization, leadership, communication, and time management. Nursing assistants would follow organization policies. The registered nurse may transfer responsibilities to the licensed vocational nurse (LVN) and unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP), although accountability for elderly client care is not transferred and remains with the registered nurse

Identify the ANA standards of professional performance.

Ethics, Culturally Congruent Care, Communication, Leadership, Education, Evidence-Based Practice and Research, Quality of Practice, Professional Practice Evaluation, Resources Utilization, and Environmental Health (Potter et al., 2021)

Which qualities would the professional nurse require to lead and manage a team? Select all that apply. One, some, or all responses may be correct.

Exercising self-awareness Motivating self and others Managing emotions in self and others Managing emotions, such as fear, anxiety, and anger, and responding to those feelings in a healthy manner, as well as avoiding passive-aggressive behavior, are traits that the nurse would require to manage a team. The nurse would have the desire to deepen self-awareness and encourage others to do the same to follow in a team. Motivating or inspiring self and others toward a goal is another quality that the nurse would have to lead a team. The nurse would be empathetic and able to reveal others' perspectives in a situation. Fostering and handling relationships is another one of the abilities the nurse would have when leading and managing a team.

Which action would the nurse team leader take when discovering a nurse is coming to work after drinking alcohol?

Notify the nurse manager about the problem. The assessment phase of problem-solving consists of collecting data. The next step involves exploring options to address the problem; this is best accomplished in collaboration with the nurse manager. Counseling the nurse about the problem is not the role of a nurse; the nurse who has been drinking needs professional counseling. Ignoring the problem until it happens again is unsafe; clients may be placed in jeopardy. Resolving the problem by sending the nurse home delays addressing the problem.

The charge nurse delegates to the health care team the task to provide an intravenous (IV) medication to a group of people who were diagnosed with gastroenteritis because of food poisoning. Which health care team member is suitable to provide medication in this situation?

Registered nurse (RN) IV medications are given in cases of gastroenteritis resulting from food poisoning to provide immediate relief for the clients. The RN is eligible to provide IV medications to clients. The health care provider prescribes the medications for the clients. LPNs are not eligible to provide IV medications; they can provide oral and intramuscular medications. UAP are eligible to provide assistance and monitoring

who opened the henry scott settlement, focusing on the health needs of the poor

lilian wald and mary brewster

who was the first professionally trained african american nurse

mary mahoney