NUR 201 Test 2
- Should an RN be responsible to monitor health status?
Answer Yes, reassess the patient for changes in the status that might dictate a different intervention ."Alfaro's rule" Assess, reassess, revise, record.
- What is another purpose of the diagnosing step in the nursing process?
Answer -
Formation of priority in patient problems.Describe problems treated by nurses within their scope of practice.Determine risk factors that must be managed . Identify resources, strengths, and areas for health promotion.
- What is the most reliable basis on which to choose a nursing diagnosis?
Answer -
Create a list of problems.Naming actual & potential problems/ diagnosis, clarify what is causing or contributing to them.Determine risk factors.Identify resources, strengths, and areas for health promotion. Subjective and objective data.
- What guideline is correct when creating a nursing diagnosis?
Answer Problem-whats unhealthy
Etiology-factors maintaining the unhealthy state.Defining characteristics -identifying subjective and objective data that signal existence of a problem.
- what is the main purpose of the planning step of the nursing process? 1 / 3
Answer Establish priorties
Identify & write expected outcomes Select evidence- based nursing interventions Communicate the plan of care
- what should the home health nurse acknowledge first when the client has return back home
after a fall?
Answer The immediate environment safety.
- What is it called when the nurse attributes knowledge and skills, attitudes, and behaviors to
provide optimal health?
Answer Blended competencies- cognitive and interpersonal
- Which action by the nurse best provides patient-centered care?
Answer Always involving the patient in their care. Providing care that is respectful & responsive to individual patient needs preferences and values.
Exactly the care patients want and need exactly how they want and need it. Creating a therapeutic relationship with patients to receive high quality care.· Dignity and Respect · Information sharing · Participation · Collaboration
- What action should nurses focus on to provide excellent care in their community?
Answer Interventions to manage health problems, promote health, & facilitate self-care and must be culturally competent & family centered.
Focus on Whole population within the community.Centered on the health care needs of individuals and families. 2 / 3
- What concept regarding the delivery of culturally competent nursing care should be noted?
Answer based on shared characteristics of the people, the area, their social interactions and familial , culture or ethnic heritage & ties. Environment affects the ability to meet basic needs.
- What examples/qualities should nurses deliver while working in a commu- nity-based
stetting?
Answer · Ability to practice autonomously. -freedom
· Manage time independently · Enjoy being in the patient's home.· Find satisfaction in working with community agencies.· Able to be creative.Community-based nurses MUST be knowledgeable and be skilled in their practice. Be able to use critical thinking and make decisions independently.Hold themselves accountable for what they do.
- When planning and implementing care with a client who has both visual and hearing
deficits, what should the nurse focus on?
Answer · Reassessing the patient and reviewing the plan of care.
· Clarifying prerequisite nursing outcomes/situations.
· Promoting self-care Answer teaching, counseling, and advocacy.
· Assisting patients to meet outcomes.Be sure that the nursing actions are safe for this particular patient and individualized to the patient's preferences.
- What documentation standards should the Nurse focus on ? Characteristics of effective
Documentation
Answer
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