Nuring Practice Flashcards
the patient is the _______ of your practice
center
A nurse is caring for a patient with end-stage lung disease. The patient wants to go home on oxygen and be comfortable. The family wants the patient to have a new surgical procedure. The nurse explains the risks and benefits of the surgery to the family and discusses the patient’s wishes with them. The nurse is acting as the patient’s:
1. Educator.
2. Advocate.
3. Caregiver.
4. Case manager.
Advocate
are key components regarding independent nursing interventions and having a responsibility to provide safe, quality care.
Autonomy and Accountability
Provides and services under supervision of an anesthesiologist.
(CRNA) certified nurse anesthetist
Expert clinician in a specialized area of practice such as adult diabetes care
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Provides comprehensive care, usually in a primary care setting, directly managing the medical care of patients who are healthy or who have chronic conditions.
Nurse Practitioner
The nurse spends time with the patient and family reviewing the dressing change procedure for the patient’s wound. The patient’s spouse demonstrates how to change the dressing. The nurse is acting in which professional role?
A.)Educator
B.)Advocate
C.)Caregiver
D.)Case Manager
Educator
True or False: The aim of nursing education is to assist students in the development of critical appraisal skills for the evaluation of the evidence for clinical usefulness.
True
A nurse is preparing medications for a patient. The nurse checks the name of the medication on the label with the name of the medication on the doctor’s order. At the bedside, the nurse checks the patient’s name against the medication order as well. The nurse is following which critical thinking attitude?
Responsible
The school of nursing philosophy and conceptual framework states: nurses____ with patients to evaluate outcomes of care.
collaborate
Recognize the contributions of other individuals and groups helping patient/family achieve health goals. Discuss effective strategies for communicating and resolving conflict. Under the QSEN.
Teamwork/collaboration
Navigate an electronic health record. Protect confidentiality of protected health information in electronic health records.
Informatics
You are preparing a presentation for your classmates regarding the clinical care coordination conference for a patient with terminal cancer. As part of the preparation, you have your classmates read the Nursing Code of Ethics for Professional Registered Nurses. Your instructor asks the class why this document is important. Which statement best describes this code?
1. Improves self–health care
2. Protects the patient’s confidentiality
3. Ensures identical care to all patients
4. Defines the principles of right and wrong to provide patient care
Defines the principles of right and wrong to provide patient care
The nurse manager meets with the registered nursing staff about an increase in urinary tract infections in patients with a Foley catheter. The staff work together to review the literature on catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs), identifies at-risk patients, and establishes new catheter care practices. This is an example of which QSEN competency?
1. Patient-centered care
2. Safety
3. Teamwork and collaboration
4. Quality improvement
Quality improvement
A critical care nurse is using a new research-based intervention to correctly position patients who are on ventilators to reduce pneumonia caused by accumulated respiratory secretions. This is an example of which QSEN competency?
1. Patient-centered care
2. Evidence-based practice
3. Teamwork and collaboration
4. Quality improvement
Evidence-based practice
