Chapter 15: The Health Care Team: Where the Practical/Vocational Nurse Fits In

The role of the LPN/LVN can best be described as which of the following?

Assists with all phases of the nursing process

Which care delivery method has the greatest potential for fragmenting patient care?

Functional method

Select the person or persons who may be included on the physical therapy team. (Select all that apply.)

Physical therapists Physical therapy assistants

Select the method of delivering nursing care that facilitates continuity of care, individualizes care, and fosters 24-hour accountability for patient care.

Primary care nursing

Which groups are members of a nursing team?

RNs, LPN/LVNs, nursing assistants

Which member of the health care team is responsible for initially teaching a patient about medication side effects?

Registered nurse

Nursing management and executive roles include which of the following? (Select all that apply.)

Supervisor Nurse manager Director Chief nursing officer

The LPN/LVN describes herself as "working in an expanded role in a long-term care facility." What is the most correct interpretation of this statement?

The LPN/LVN is a first-line manager responsible to the RN.

A student nurse asks, "What determines the LPN/LVN's role and responsibilities in the practice setting?" The best answer is

The Nurse Practice Act of the state in which the LPN/LVN is employed."

How should the nurse accurately describe a nurse practitioner to a student nurse?

The nurse practitioner is a registered nurse with a master's degree in nursing and specialty certification."

Which statement best describes the relationship between the student nurse assigned to a hospital unit for clinical experience and the unit staff?

The student applies classroom learning under the supervision of faculty members during clinical training.

The case method of care delivery is used on the surgical unit. The LPN/LVN asks what this means regarding work assignments. The best answer would be

You will be assigned to provide care for two or three relatively stable patients with predictable care outcomes."

The most important reason for a student nurse to prepare adequately before providing patient care is to

be able to give the same safe care as a nurse.

The aspect of functioning that distinguishes RNs from LPN/LVNs is that only RNs

initiate independent nursing actions based on nursing diagnoses.

The role of the LPN/LVN in the health care team is best described as

interdependent

An LPN/LVN offers input to the RN about the effectiveness of the patient's care plan. By doing this, the LPN/LVN is functioning in an

interdependent role.

A nurse describes the method of care delivery on a unit as "using nursing staff in varying ratios to meet patient needs and coordinating care using care pathways." This best describes

nursing case management.

The member of the health care team responsible for performing treatments to assist the patient to breathe more efficiently and effectively is the

respiratory therapist.

The goal of the health care team is best described as

restoring optimal physical, emotional, and spiritual health to patients.

The member of the health care team responsible for assisting patients to arrange for community agencies to provide services after discharge is the

social worker.