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FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING 9TH EDITION POTTER PERRYS TESBANK/COMPLETE GUIDE
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FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING 9TH EDITION POTTERPERRYS TESBANK/COMPLETE GUIDE 2024-2025
,FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING 9TH EDITION POTTER
PERRYS TESBANK/COMPLETE GUIDE 2024-2025
Chapter 01: Nursing Today
Fundamentals of Nursing, 9th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which caregiver most likely kept records on sanitation techniques and the effects on health?
a. Florence Nightingale
b. Mary Nutting
c. Clara Barton
d. Lillian Wald
RIGHT ANS: A
RATIONALE :>>>Nightingale was the first practicing caregiver epidemiologist. Her statistical
analyses connected poorsanitation with cholera and dysentery. Mary Nutting, Clara Barton, and
Lillian Wald came after Nightingale, each contributing to the nursing profession in her own
way. Mary Nutting was instrumental in moving nursing education into universities. Clara Barton
founded the American Red Cross. Lillian Wald helped open the Henry Street Settlement.
2. The caregiver prescribes strategies and alternatives to attain expected outcome. Which
standard ofnursing practice is the caregiver following?
a. Assessment
b. Diagnosis
c. Planning
d. Implementation
RIGHT ANS: C
RATIONALE :>>>In planning, the registered caregiver develops a plan that prescribes
strategies and alternatives to attain expected outcomes. During assessment, the registered
caregiver collects comprehensive datapertinent to the client’s health and/or the situation. In
diagnosis, the registered caregiver analyzes the assessment data to determine the diagnoses or
issues. During implementation, the registeredcaregiver implements (carries out) the identified
plan.
,FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING 9TH EDITION POTTER
PERRYS TESBANK/COMPLETE GUIDE 2024-2025
3. An experienced medical-surgical caregiver chooses to work in obstetrics. Which
level ofproficiency is the caregiver upon initial transition to the obstetrical floor?
a. Novice
b. Proficient
c. Competent
d. Advanced beginner
RIGHT ANS: A
RATIONALE :>>>A beginning nursing student or any caregiver entering a situation in which
there is no previous level of experience (e.g., an experienced operating room caregiver chooses
to now practice in home health) is an example of a novice caregiver. A proficient caregiver
perceives a client’s clinical situationas a whole, is able to assess an entire situation, and can
readily transfer knowledge gained from multiple previous experiences to a situation. A
competent caregiver understands the organization andspecific care required by the type of clients
(e.g., surgical, oncology, or orthopedic clients).
This caregiver is a competent practitioner who is able to anticipate nursing care and establish
long-range goals. A caregiver who has had some level of experience with the situation is an
advanced beginner. This experience may only be observational in nature, but the caregiver is
able to identifymeaningful aspects or principles of nursing care.
4. A caregiver assesses a client’s fluid status and decides that the client needs to drink more
fluids. The caregiver then encourages the client to drink more fluids. Which concept is the
caregiver demonstrating?
a. Licensure
b. Autonomy
c. Certification
d. Accountability
RIGHT ANS: B
RATIONALE :>>>Autonomy is an essential element of professional nursing that involves the
initiation of independent nursing interventions without medical orders. To obtain licensure in the
United States, the RN candidate must pass the NCLEX-RN®. Beyond the NCLEX-RN®, the
caregiver maychoose to work toward certification in a specific area of nursing practice.
Accountability means that you are responsible, professionally and legally, for the type and
quality of nursing care provided.
, 5. A caregiver prepares the budget and policies for an intensive care unit. Which role is the
caregiver implementing?
a. Educator
b. Manager
c. Advocate
d. Caregiver
RIGHT ANS: B
RATIONALE :>>>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 client behavior, and evaluate the client’s progress in learning. As a client advocate,
you protect your client’s human and legal rights and provide assistance in asserting these rights if
the need arises. As a caregiver, you help clients maintain and regain health, manage disease and
symptoms, andattain a maximal level function and independence through the healing process.
6. The caregiver has been working in the clinical setting for several years as an advanced
practice caregiver. However, the caregiver has a strong desire to pursue research and theory
development. To fulfill this desire, which program should the caregiver attend?
a. Doctor of Nursing Science degree (DNSc)
b. Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD)
c. Doctor of Nursing Practice degree (DNP)
d. Doctor in the Science of Nursing degree (DSN)
RIGHT ANS: B
RATIONALE :>>>Some doctoral programs prepare caregivers for more rigorous research and
theory development andaward the research-oriented Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in nursing.
Professional doctoral programs in nursing (DSN or DNSc) prepare graduates to apply research
findings to clinical nursing. The DNP is a practice doctorate that prepares advanced practice
caregivers such as caregiver practitioners.
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