performance by nursing concepts

An informatics nurse specialist is presenting an in-service program for a group of staff nurses on using the electronic health record. As part of the presentation, the nurse specialist is emphasizing the need for maintaining security and privacy of the record. During a break in the program, the nurse specialist overhears a conversation among several of the staff nurses. Which statement would the nurse specialist identify as a cause for concern?

"I always put a sticky note on the computer terminal with my password on it in case I forget it."

A nurse hired to work in an ambulatory setting attends new employee orientation. The nurse never worked in ambulatory before and is concerned about the Scope and Standards of Practice for Professional Ambulatory Care Nursing. Which response by the nurse educator would further explain the Scope and Standards of Practice for Professional Care Nursing to the new nurse?

"The Scope and Standards of Practice for Professional Ambulatory Care Nursing deals with the professional obligations of a nurse working in the ambulatory setting."

The parents of a client with a mental illness being cared for at home tell the nurse that they have been feeling overwhelmed lately. They say, "We need to get away for a few days to recharge ourselves." Which care setting should the nurse recommend?

Respite residential care

A pediatric nurse preceptor working on an oncology floor goes to see if the new graduate nurse caring for a 3-year-old terminally ill child requires assistance. The preceptor finds the new nurse in the lounge crying. What is the preceptor's best action?

Ask the graduate what has caused the crying.

Which complication of cardiac surgery occurs when fluid and clots accumulate in the pericardial sac, which compresses the heart, preventing blood from filling the ventricles?

Cardiac tamponade

The nurse is assessing a client's skin when the client points out a mole. The nurse brings the mole to the physician's attention when which characteristic is noted?

Diameter exceeding 6 mm

What are small unopened or plugged sebaceous glands that occur in a newborn's mouth and gums?

Epstein pearls

A nurse is reluctant to provide care at an accident scene. Which legal definition is true regarding the provision of nursing care?

Good Samaritan laws are designed to protect the caregiver in emergency situations.

A client is scheduled for a thyroid panel. The nurse understands that this test would involve which of the following?

Measurement of blood hormone levels

The client is admitted with full-thickness burns to the forearm. Which is the most accurate interpretation made by the nurse?

Skin grafting will be necessary.

Which statement would be appropriate for a nurse documenting a stage 1 pressure ulcer found on a client who is immobilized?

The client's skin is intact with non-blanchable redness of a localized area over a bony prominence.

A student nurse asks the nursing instructor, "What will my role as a nurse encompass after I graduate?" What is the best response by the nursing instructor?

You will care for individuals and families and play a role in health education, illness prevention, and promotion.

The term for a reddened circumscribed lesion that ulcerates and becomes crusted and is a primary lesion of syphilis is a(n)

chancre.

A client has had a right modified radical mastectomy and axillary lymph node dissection. The nurse is teaching the client about measures to reduce the risk of complications. The client demonstrates understanding of the instructions when she states which of the following?

"I need to use an electric shaver when shaving my right armpit."

A nurse cares for a client who is obese. The health care provider prescribes orlistat in an effort to help client lose weight, along with diet and exercise. When teaching the client about this medication, what will the nurse include?

"It binds with enzymes to help prevent digestion of fat."

A nurse is caring for a client who has limited mobility and requires a wheelchair. The nurse has concern for circulation problems when which device is used?

ring or donut

Which is an example of an unintentional tort?

A nurse gives the client a medication, and the client has an adverse reaction to it.

The charge nurse on a postoperative surgical unit is responsible for making client assignments for staff nurses. Two staff nurses have voiced not wanting to assume care for any new postoperative surgical clients during their shifts. How can the charge nurse resolve this conflict using the strategy of compromise to address the immediate concerns of the two staff nurses?

Approach both nurses to discuss incentives that can be given for agreeing to accept new postoperative surgical clients.

The nurse is caring for a client with coronary artery disease (CAD). What is an appropriate nursing action when evaluating a client with CAD?

Assess the characteristics of chest pain.

The nurse working with a client after an ileal conduit notices that the pouching system is leaking small amounts of urine. What is the appropriate nursing intervention?

Change the wafer and pouch.