NURS 6630 Nursing Fundamentals Midterm Exam Graded A

1. You are participating in a clinical care coordination conference for a patient with terminal cancer. You talk with your colleagues about using the nursing code of ethics for professional registered nurses to guide care decisions. A non-nursing colleague asks about this code. Which of the following statements best describes this code? a. Improves self-health care b. Protects the patient's confidentiality c. Ensures identical care to all patients d. Defines the principles of right and wrong to provide patient care - ANSWER - d. Defines the principles of right and wrong to provide patient care 2. An 18-year-old woman is in the emergency department with fever and cough. The nurse obtains her vital signs, auscultates her lung sounds, listens to her heart sounds, determines her level of comfort, and collects blood and sputum samples for analysis. Which standard of practice is performed? a. Diagnosis b. Evaluation c. Assessment d. Implementation - ANSWER - c. Assessment