Nursing Concepts PrepU Practice Questions - Ch. 1
During the Reformation, which factor influenced the decline of nursing?
Women's subordination to men
The RN is working with hospital administrators to transform care at their facility. Which nursing competency will be critical for the nurse to utilize?
Work effectively in interdisciplinary teams
The nurse is caring for a client who ascribes to the theory of animism. When attempting to explain this theory to other staff members, the nurse should state:
"Everything in nature is alive with invisible forces."
Which nursing actions demonstrate the aim of nursing to facilitate coping? Select all that apply.
- Providing counseling for the family of a teenager with an eating disorder - Teaching a client and her family how to live with diabetes - Assisting a client and his family to prepare for death
The nursing process is:
A critical thinking method used by nurses to provide nursing care that is individualized and holistic.
A nurse must possess several characteristics to be successful in this profession. Secondary to critical thinking skills, which is of great value?
Advocating for the client at all times
The nurse is caring for a postoperative client. The health care provider has written a prescription for a pain medication, and the prescription gives a dosage range for the amount the nurse may give depending on the severity of the client's pain. This type of functioning within the health care team is called:
Collaborative functioning
The new nursing graduate is concerned about some of the critical changes that will be occurring in nursing. What changes does the nurse anticipate will impact nursing care?
Difficulty for nurses to remain current in a rapidly changing medical and technology environment
A prospective nursing student desires a career that will allow the opportunity to provide client care and to assist professional nurses with routine technical procedures. The prospective student needs to be employed in a full-time position quickly due to economic hardship. What type of nursing program would best suit this student?
Licensed or vocational nursing program
Attracting minorities to the profession of nursing is an important consideration for the future of nursing. Which key historical nursing figure set a precedent in this area?
Mary Elizabeth Mahoney
The nurse is conducting a community education class on the 2011 Institute of Medicine (IOM) report on the role of nursing in transforming health care. Which statements made by the nurse correlate with the IOM recommendations for transforming nursing education? Select all that apply.
- "Education should be transformed to ensure a seamless academic transition." - "Nurses are no longer the handmaidens of physicians and should be full partners in redesigning health care."
The nurse is performing care for a client in the end stage of cancer. How can the nurse best facilitate the client and family's ability to cope? Select all that apply.
- Assist the client with activities of daily living (ADLs). - Assist the client and family with the preparation for end-of-life. - Refer the client and family to hospice services
A nurse working in an army hospital in the 1800s faced deplorable conditions while caring for clients. What nursing actions would directly aid in the reduction of high death rates? (Select all that apply.)
- Bathing clients and washing linens and clothing daily - Providing daily meals and feeding clients - Opening windows to improve ventilation
In what time period did nursing care as we know it began?
18th to 19th century
A client asks an RN to prescribe a medication for pain. What is the best answer by the nurse?
"Only advanced practice registered nurses have prescriptive authority."
Which organization has established standards that help the nurse determine which clinical actions fall under the scope of nursing practice?
American Nurses Association
A nurse mentoring second-year nursing students from a community college plans clinical experiences for them. These students will most likely graduate in which time frame?
At the end of the year
Which scenario is the best example of a nurse attending an in-service program?
Attending a hospital program on how to use a new IV pump
A student is choosing an educational path and desire a nursing degree with a track for community nursing and leadership and that allows for classes in liberal arts. The student would best be suited in which group of program?
Baccalaureate program
The client's plan of care is created by the nurse using which guideline for nursing practice?
Nursing process
A nurse incorporates the health promotion guidelines established by the U.S. Department of Health document Healthy People 2010. Which disease/condition is a health indicator discussed in this document?
Obesity
The student nurse is changing the bed linens of a hospitalized patient. While placing the contaminated materials into the laundry bag, the outside of the bag is touched by the material. What should the student nurse do next?
Obtain another laundry bag and place the contaminated bag inside while in the patient's room.
Teaching a woman about breast self-examination is an example of what broad aim of nursing?
Preventing illness
During the Christian era (AD 1-500), nursing care excluded which area?
Psychiatric services
The nurse is utilizing knowledge about a blood pressure medication's actions and side effects to determine whether or not to give a client, whose blood pressure is low, the prescribed blood pressure medication. What best describes the aspect of nursing demonstrated?
Science of nursing
Which is the best example of a nurse demonstrating the role of caregiver?
Starting an intravenous line in the client's arm
The nurse conducts a home safety assessment for a client. Which statement best explains the standard of care being implemented?
The RN promotes a safe environment
Which is the best example of a client-centered approach to care?
The nurse asks the client about health goals