PrepU quizzes (1-7)
Which is an appropriately stated nursing intervention?
Ambulante 30ft twice a day with the assistance of a walker
Why are health promotion and Illness prevention a key responsibility of nurses?
Chronic illnesses are the leading health problem in the world
Florence Nightingale introduces the concept of apprenticeship for nurses. What is an example of this?
Completing clinical hours supervised by a nursing instructor
A nurse is planning a health fair in the community to highlight promotion and prevention of the leading cause of death in the United States. Which disease process should the nurse address?
Coronary artery disease
The nurse is preparing a sterile field for a procedure. While the nurse is opening an instrument, the outer wrapper of the sterilized instrument touches extreme edge of the field. What should the nurse do next?
Discard the sterile field and prepare a new one
When caring for a client who has just been diagnosed with a chronic illness, the nurse understands the importance of promoting health by highlighting which concept?
Focus on what is possible
One of the primary reasons for conducting nursing research is to:
Generate knowledge to guide practice
A nurse is implementing interventions that focus on protecting a client from physical and emotional harm. Which category if needs is the nurse addressing?
Safety and security
The nurse assists a postoperative client with ambulation. The nurse recognizes that assisting the client when performing this skill meets which of Maslow'a basic human needs?
Safety and security
A nurse is working at a community clinic that serves mostly families with young children. What would be a priority intervention for clients in this developmental stage?
Setting up parenting classes
Establishing the criteria for the education and licensure of nurses is a component of:
A state's nurse practice act
The diploma nurse is considering obtaining a baccalaureate degree. Which degree should the nurse investigate?
RN to BSN
Which is the goal of tertiary prevention of illness?
Minimizing complications
Nurses in an ICU noticed that their clients required fewer interventions for pain when the ICU was quiet. They then asked a researcher to design a study about the effects of noise on the pain levels of hospitalized clients. How does this demonstrate the ultimate goal of expanding the nursing body of knowledge?
Nursing research helps improve ways to promote and maintain health
Which theory describes, explains, predicts, and controls outcomes in nursing practice?
Nursing theory
Which explanation accurately differentiates the role of the RN from that if the licensed LPN?
The LPN should work under the supervision of an RN
A nurse researcher is reviewing the privacy rule under the health insurance portability and accountability Act and finds information about handling protected health information. The nurse researcher would most likely find rules for which aspects of PHI?
Usage, sharing, Access
A nurse educator is discussing the role of nursing based on the American nurses Association. What statement describes this role?
It is the role of nursing to provide a caring relationship that facilitates health and healing
A nurse is providing care to a client who is feeling lonely and isolated. In an effort to develop a trusting nurse-client relationship, the nurse exhibits a caring attitude, ensures the client'a privacy, and spends time with the client to promote therapeutic communication. The nurse is meeting which category of client needs?
Love and belonging
A nurse researcher must decide on the method for conducting the research. The researcher that plans to emphasize collection of numerical data and analysis would select which method of research?
Quantities research