Fundamentals EAQs

How should a nurse handle a client who blames and directs anger toward the nurse or others? Select all that apply.

By listening to the client's concerns By reassuring family and significant others of the client's normalcy

A clinical research organization wants to conduct a large-scale study on the effect of changes in clients' activity levels after surgery on postoperative ileus. Prior to the conduction of the full-scale study, the health care team performed a pilot study to predict an appropriate sample size and to improve the study design. Which type of research does this study belong to?

Exploratory research

A nursing student is listing the steps that need to be followed for applying developmental theory when caring for chronically ill older adults with depression. Which step listed by the nursing student needs correction?

"The nurse should recognize the need to identify depression so that heart failure can be prevented."

What is the rationale for performing sponge, needle, and instrument counts in the operating room?

A nurse is responsible for performing sponge and instrument counts as a part of routine surgical standards

What are the purposes of public health laws? Select all that apply.

Advocating for the rights of people Regulating health care and healthcare financing Ensuring professional accountability for the care provided

A nursing student is listing examples of unintentional torts. Which examples mentioned by the nursing student need correction? Select all that apply.

Assault Invasion of privacy Defamation of character

What are the similarities between evidence-based practice and quality improvement? Select all that apply

Nurses conduct the activities in both. Funding resources are internal in both.

A registered nurse is teaching a student nurse about Gesell's theory of biophysical development. Which statement by the student nurse indicates the need for further teaching? Select all that apply.

"Proximodistal growth describes the sequence in which growth is fastest from the head down." "In the cephalocaudal pattern, growth starts at the center of the body and moves toward the extremities."

An 8-year-old child is unable to identify the plate with a greater number of chocolates when a second plate with a different amount of chocolates is placed in front of him or her. Which stage of cognitive development has the child failed to attain?

Concrete operations

What does "access to care" include according to the Picker Institute's eight dimensions of patient-centered care? Select all that apply.

"Clients want to be able to see a specialist when a referral is made." "Clients want to schedule appointments at convenient times without trouble." "Clients need to be able to find conveyance when travelling to different healthcare settings."

A student nurse is listing the benefits of the Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA) (1991). Which statements of the student nurse indicate effective learning? Select all that apply.

"The PSDA regulations allow the client to refuse treatment and formulate advance directives." "The PSDA regulations require healthcare institutions to provide written information to clients concerning their rights under state law to make decisions."

A registered nurse is educating a nursing student about the elements of evidence-based practice articles. What information should the nurse provide about the element "literature review or background"? Select all that apply.

"The literature review section helps direct nurses to other more useful articles." "A nurse is able to get an idea about how past research led to the researcher's question from the literature review." "In the literature review, an author gives a detailed background of the clinical information that exists regarding the topic."

A visitor from a room adjacent to a client asks the nurse what disease the client has. The nurse responds, "I cannot discuss any client's illness with you." What legal issue supports the nurse's response?

Invasion of privacy

The family of a client infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) wants to see the results of the client's blood tests, unaware that the client is infected. A nurse obliges the family's request without waiting for the client's consent. What legal charge may be brought against the nurse?

Invasion of privacy

A nurse caring for a client from another country asks about the client's healthcare traditions. Which Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) competency does the nurse comply with?

Patient-centered care

A nursing student is recalling information about the primary level of prevention. Which statement accurately describes primary prevention?

Primary prevention is applied to clients who are physically and emotionally healthy

nurse uses therapeutic communication techniques in order to achieve desired client outcomes. Which communication technique is a part of therapeutic communication?

Providing relevant information to the client

In an ongoing research study a nurse asks participants, who are breast cancer survivors, to briefly share information about their lives after surviving cancer. The nurse then compiles the views to determine the cancer survivors' quality of life. Which type of study is being conducted?

Qualitative research

Which tasks should a nurse perform in order to comply with public health laws? Select all that apply.

Report cases of communicable diseases Report incidences of domestic violence Ensure that clients in a community have received necessary immunizations

A client is injured from falling from a hospital bed on which the side rails were not raised appropriately. The client's family files a malpractice suit against the nurse responsible for taking care of the client. Which statements regarding the lawsuit are accurate? Select all that apply.

The defendant obtains all of the plaintiff's medical records in the discovery phase. The jury uses certain standards of care to determine whether the nurse acted properly. The plaintiff outlines what the defendant did wrong and how it resulted in injury in the pleadings phase

What should a nurse ask to understand the social organization of an individual? Select all that apply.

The nurse should ask about the individual's expectations from the family. The nurse should ask about the person who is responsible for making family decisions.

Which intervention by the home health care nurse conforms to the use of safety competency while providing health care?

The nurse ensures the furniture does not obstruct the client's movement.

A new toy is shown to a baby, and after his or her attention is drawn, the parent hides the toy under the bed. Then the baby tries to find the toy, which is hidden. Which stage of cognitive development does the child belong, according to Jean Piaget?

Sensorimotor