NR 222 Unit 3 Exam 1 Health and Wellness Chamberlain University
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Question 1
A nurse prepares the budget and policies for an intensive care unit. Which role is the nurse implementing?
Educator Manager Advocate Caregiver
A manager coordinates the activities of members of the nursing staff in delivering nursing care and has personnel, policy, and budgetary responsibility for a specific nursing unit or facility. As an educator, you explain concepts and facts about health, describe the reason for routine care activities, demonstrate procedures such as self-care activities, reinforce learning or patient behavior, and evaluate the patient’s progress in learning. As a patient advocate, you protect your patient’s human and legal rights and provide assistance in asserting these rights if the need arises.As a caregiver, you help patients maintain and regain health, manage disease and symptoms, and attain a maximal level function and independence through the healing process.
Question 2
A patient is scheduled for surgery. When getting ready to obtain the informed consent, the patient tells the nurse, “I have no idea what is going to happen. I couldn’t ask any questions.” The nurse does not allow the patient to sign the permit and notifies the health care provider of the situation. Which role is the nurse displaying?
Manager Patient educator Patient advocate 1 / 3
IncorrectQuestion 3 Question 4 Clinical nurse specialist As a patient advocate, the nurse protects the patient’s human and legal rights, including the right of the patient to understand procedures before signing permits. Although nurses can be educators, it is the responsibility of the surgeon to provide education for the patient in preparation for surgery, and it is the nurse’s responsibility to notify the health care provider if the patient is not properly educated. Managers coordinate the activities of members of the nursing staff in delivering nursing care, and clinical nurse specialists are experts in a specialized area of nursing practice in a variety of settings.
A nurse attends a workshop on current nursing issues provided by the American Nurses Association. Which type of education did the nurse receive?Graduate education
Inservice education Continuing education Registered nurse education
Continuing education involves formal, organized educational programs offered by universities, hospitals, state nurses associations, professional nursing organizations, and educational and health care institutions. After obtaining a baccalaureate degree in nursing, you can pursue graduate education leading to a master’s or doctoral degree in any number of graduate fields, including nursing. Inservice education programs are instruction or training provided by a health care facility or institution. Registered nurse education is the education preparation for an individual intending to be an RN.
A nurse is using the Healthy People 2020 to establish goals for the community. Which goal is priority?
Reduce health care costs.Increase life expectancy.Provide services close to where patients live. 2 / 3
Question 5 IncorrectQuestion 6 Isolate patients to prevent the spread of disease.
The overall goals of Healthy People 2020 are to increase life expectancy and quality of life and eliminate health disparities through an improved delivery of health care services. It does not focus on reducing health care costs, providing services close to where patients live, or isolating patients to prevent the spread of disease.
A nurse is providing screening at a health fair. Which finding indicates a person may be more likely to develop health problems?One who is pregnant
One who has excessive risks One who has unlimited access to health care One who uses nontraditional healing practices
Vulnerable populations are the patients who are more likely to develop health problems as a result of excess risks or limits in access to health care services or who are dependent on others for care. Pregnancy is not a cause of vulnerability, except in cases where the mother is an adolescent, is addicted to drugs, or is at high risk for other reasons. A person who has unlimited access to health care is not vulnerable. Frequently, the immigrant population practices nontraditional healing practices. Many of these healing practices are effective and complement traditional therapies.
A nurse is using the holistic approach to care. Which goal is the priority?
Integrate spiritual treatments.
Join physical care with a vegan diet.Incorporate the mind-body-spirit connection.Use complementary and alternative therapies.
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