Collaboration and Team Work PREPU

The mother of an infant tells the nurse during a routine visit to the clinic that she often notices a bulging mass in the lower abdominal and groin area when her baby cries. She asks the nurse if this is normal. How should the nurse respond?

"I understand your concern. I will be sure to document this in your child's medical record and report this information to your child's physician immediately."

A nurse is caring for a client with bruises on her face and arms. Her partner refuses to leave the client's bedside and answers all of the questions for the client. Which intervention by the nurse would be most appropriate?

Collaborate with the physician to make a referral to social services.

The nurse is working with community groups. At which of the following locations would the nurse anticipate a possible scabies outbreak?

College dormitory

A client is scheduled for an EEG. The client inquires about any diet-related prerequisites before the EEG. Which diet-related advice should the nurse provide to the client?

Avoid taking sedative drugs or drinks that contain caffeine for at least 8 hours before the test

Which diagnostic test is done to determine suspected pituitary tumor?

CT SCAN

When caring for a client with advanced cirrhosis and hepatic encephalopathy, which assessment finding should the nurse report immediately?

Change in the client's handwriting and/or cognitive performance

Which of the following nursing interventions contributes to achieving a client's pain relief?

Collaborate with the client about his or her goal for a level of pain relief.

A nurse at a healthcare facility has just reported for duty. What should the nurse do to ensure maximum efficiency of change-of-shift reports?

Come prepared with the material required to take notes.

The nurse is planning the inpatient care of a client who has been admitted with major depression. The client's plan of care includes regular exercise, but the client is reluctant to participate due to a lack of energy and motivation. What is the nurse's best action?

Collaborate with the client to choose a manageable amount of exercise and acknowledge the client's subsequent effort

A pregnant woman with diabetes is having a glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1C) level drawn. Which result would require the nurse to revise the client's plan of care?

A1C of 8.5%

Degree of agreement between the leader's norms and the group's norms, ability to deal with members' infractions, and conformity to group norms are characteristics of what kind of groups?

All groups;

What is one of the registered nurse's primary roles in the administration of general anesthetic?

Assessing the client's status during recovery from anesthetic

The nurse is caring for a client in the hospital who has been taking an analgesic for pain related to a chronic illness and has developed a tolerance to the medication. What is the most appropriate action by the nurse?

Consult with the prescriber regarding the need for an increased dose of the drug and not to reduce the frequency of administration.

During a developmental screening, the nurse notes the toddler is not meeting expected developmental milestones. What is the best action by the nurse?

Discuss the delay in milestones with the primary care provider and family.

Several members of a self-help group are making T-shirts for the group to wear in a parade. This is an example of which element of group therapy?

Group cohesiveness

Which would be included as a responsibility of the scrub nurse?

Handing instruments to the surgeon and assistants

The nurse is caring for a client undergoing an incisional biopsy. Which statement does the nurse understand to be true about an incisional biopsy?

It removes a wedge of tissue for diagnosis.

A nurse is assessing a client with congestive heart failure for jugular vein distension (JVD). Which observation is important to report to the physician?

JVD is assessed with the patient sitting at a 45° angle. Jugular vein distention greater than 3 cm above the sternal angle is considered abnormal and is indicative of right ventricular failure.

The RN is orienting a new nurse who suggests a different way to perform a procedure. What is the RN's most appropriate reaction?

Listen to the new nurse's suggestion and evaluate its usefulness.

A woman who delivered her newborn by cesarean birth is admitted to the postpartum unit. During the delivery, the mother received two doses of morphine sulfate. The nurse notes that the client's respiratory rate is 11 and her oxygen saturation is 93%. What should the nurse do first?

Notify the doctor of your findings.

A nurse is providing care to a toddler with nephroblastoma and is being evaluated. Which nursing action would be most important?

Placing a "no abdominal palpation" sign above the child's bed

A client with AIDS is admitted to the hospital with severe diarrhea and dehydration. The physician suspects an infection with Cryptosporidium. What type of specimen should be collected to confirm this diagnosis?

Stool specimen for ova and parasites

The nurse is collaborating with the anesthetist in the assessment of a client who will soon receive succinylcholine to induce paralysis. What characteristic of this client creates a risk for prolonged paralysis and delayed return of muscle function?

The client is an Alaskan Eskimo; Alaskan Eskimos have a genetic predisposition to low cholinesterase levels, which lead to prolonged duration of action. Obesity, diabetes and previous use of the drug do not contribute to this risk.

An 83-year-old female demonstrating early-stage dementia has just had surgical repair to her fractured left hip. No family member is present at the discharge planning conference to discuss the next appropriate actions. Which members of the healthcare team will be instrumental in securing the client's placement in a rehabilitation center?

The healthcare team includes physicians, nurses, psychologists, pharmacists, dietitians, social workers, nursing assistants, technicians, and other health professionals. All members of this team collaborate on client issues (medical, social, and financial) to achieve the best possible outcomes.

Clients must contend with chronic illness daily. Nurses relate more effectively to clients when they understand the following as characteristics of chronic illness. Choose all that apply.

The management of chronic conditions is a process of discovery. Managing chronic conditions must be a collaborative process. Chronic illness affects the entire family.

The nurse is finding it difficult to plan and implement care for a client and decides to have a nursing care conference. What action would the nurse take to facilitate this process?

The nurse meets with nurses or other health care professionals to discuss some aspect of client care.

Nursing students are reviewing information about attitudes related to death and dying. The students demonstrate understanding of the information when they identify which of the following as most accurate?

There remains a conspiracy of silence about dying despite progress in the area.

The nurse is reviewing the complete blood count (CBC) and white blood cell (WBC) differential of a client admitted with lower right abdominal pain. Which laboratory results are the most important for the nurse to communicate to the health care provider?

White blood cells (WBCs) 18,500/µL (18.50 x 109/L)

Which action associated with restraint use on a confused client can be delegated to an unlicensed healthcare worker/nursing assistant?

completion of range of motion on limbs restrained

A 28-year-old client with a history of endometriosis presents to the emergency department with severe abdominal pain and nausea and vomiting. The client also reports her periods are irregular with the last one being 2 months ago. The nurse prepares to assess for which possible cause for this client's complaints?

e ectopic pregnancy

The nurse is working with a client who has had an allohematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT). The nurse notices a diffuse rash and diarrhea. The nurse contacts the physician to report that the client has symptoms of

graft-versus-host disease;Graft-versus-host disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in clients who have had allogeneic transplant. Clinical manifestations of the disease include diffuse rash that progresses to blistering and desquamation, and mucosal inflammation of the eyes and the entire gastrointestinal tract with subsequent diarrhea, abdominal pain, and hepatomegaly.

The nurses on a critical care unit can utilize the safety strategy of redundancy by:

having two nurses independently check the dosage of high-risk medications.

An informatics nurse specialist is working as part of a team to develop and implement a new electronic documentation and reporting system at the clinic. The team has analyzed the situation, created a plan based on supporting evidence, created a design, built the program, and has worked out issues with the system. Staff who will be using the system have received education about the system and how it works, as well as how to use it. The team would proceed to which phase of the system development lifecycle next?

implement

A nurse is caring for a client with acute pyelonephritis. Which nursing intervention is the most important?

increasing fluid intake to 3 L/day

When charting the assessment of a client, the nurse writes, "Client is depressed." This documentation is an example of:

interpretation of data.

An adolescent is admitted to the adolescent unit with pain caused by sickle cell crisis. Who should be consulted first about this adolescent's care?

pediatric pain specialist

Prior to the discharge of a client who is recovering from a stroke from an acute care facility, the nursing case manager has the nursing staff, client, client's family, physical therapist, and home health nurse meet. The most likely purpose of this meeting is to:

prepare the client for home care.

As a circulating nurse caring for a 45-year-old man undergoing left knee arthroscopic exploratory surgery, which task ensures that the team is on the same page and will perform the procedure on the right client and at the right site?

procedural pause (time-out); The procedural pause (time-out) must be done prior to any procedure to ensure client safety and to verify the client identity, staff roles, and procedure being performed.

A female client comes to the clinic and tells the nurse, "I think I have another vaginal infection and I also have some wartlike lesions on my vagina. This is happening quite often." What should the nurse consult with the physician regarding?

testing the client for the presence of HIV