Lewis's Medical-Surgical Nursing 11th Edition
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Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Professional
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MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The nurse completes an admission database and explains that the plan of care and
discharge goals will be developed with the patients input. The patient states, How is
this different from what the doctor does? Which response would be most appropriate
for the nurse to make?
a. The role of the nurse is to administer medications and other treatments
prescribed by your doctor.
b. The nurses job is to help the doctor by collecting information and
communicating any problems that occur.
c. Nurses perform many of the same procedures as the doctor, but nurses
are with the patients for a longer time than the doctor.
d. In addition to caring for you while you are sick, the nurses will assist
you to develop an individualized plan to maintain your health.
THIS IS A COMPLETE TEST BANK
This response is consistent with the American Nurses Association (ANA) definitionof
nursing, which describes the role of nurses in promoting health. The other responses
describe some of the dependent and collaborative functions of the nursingrole but do
not accurately describe the nurses role in the health care system.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand (comprehension) REF: 3
TOP: Nursing Process: Implementation MSC: NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care
Environment
2. The nurse describes to a student nurse how to use evidence-based practice
guidelines when caring for patients. Which statement, if made by the nurse, would be
the most accurate?
a. Inferences from clinical research studies are used as a guide.
b. Patient care is based on clinical judgment, experience, and traditions.
c. Data are evaluated to show that the patient outcomes are consistently
met.
d. Recommendations are based on research, clinical expertise, and patient
preferences.
THIS IS A COMPLETE TEST BANK
Evidence-based practice (EBP) is the use of the best research-based evidence
combined with clinician expertise. Clinical judgment based on the nurses clinical
experience is part of EBP, but clinical decision making should also incorporate
current research and research-based guidelines. Evaluation of patient outcomes is
important, but interventions should be based on research from randomized control
studies with a large number of subjects.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember (knowledge) REF: 11 [Show Less]