Complete Test Bank For Lewis’s Medical Surgical Nursing 12th Edition H
Complete Test Bank For Lewis’s Medical Surgical Nursing 12th Edition H
Nursing 12th Edition H
https://www.stuvia.com/ Stuvia.com - The Marketplace to Buy and Sell your Study Material Lewis Medical Surgical Nursing 12th Edition Test Bank https://www.stuvia.com/ Stuvia.com - The Marketplace to Buy and Sell your Study Material Lewis's Med ical-Surgical Nursing: Assessment and Manage ment of Clinical Problems 1 2th Edition TESTB ANK Table of C ontents Chapter 1. Professional Nursing MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. The n urse co mpletes an a dmission datab ase and exp lains that the plan of care and discharge goals will be developed wi th the patients input. The patient states, How is this different from what the doc tor does? Which response would be most appropriate for the nurse to make? a. The ro le of the nurse is to ad minister medications a nd other tre atments prescribed by your doctor. b. The n urses job is to help the doctor by collecting inf ormation and communicating any problems that occur. c. Nurs es perform many of t he same procedures as the doctor, but nurses are with the patients for a lon ger time than the doctor. d. In addition to caring for you while you are sick, the nurses will assist you to develop an individualized p lan to maintain your healt h. ANS: D This response is consistent with the American Nur ses Association (A NA) definition of nursing, which describes the role of nurses in promoting health. The other respons es describe some of the dependent and collaborative functions of the nursing role but do not accur ately describe the nur ses role in the health care system. DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand ( comprehension) REF: 3 TOP: Nurs ing Process: I mplementation MSC: N CLEX: Safe and E ffective Care En vironment https://www.stuvia.com/ Stuvia.com - The Marketplace to Buy and Sell your Study Material 2. The n urse describes to a student nur se how to use evidenc e-based practice guidelines when ca ring for patients. Which stateme nt, if made by the nur se, would be the most accurate? a. Inferences from c linical research studies are used as a guide. b. Patient care is based on clinical j udgment, experience, and traditions. c. Data are ev aluated to show that the patient outcomes are cons istently met. d. Recom mendations a re based on research, clinical expertise, a nd patient preferences. ANS: D Evidence-based practice (EB P) is the use of the best r esearch-based evi dence combi ned with clinician expertise. Clinical judgment based on the nurses cl inical experience is part of EBP, but clinical dec ision making should a lso incorporate current research and research-based guidelines. Eval uation of patient outc omes is impor tant, but interv entions should be based on research from randomized control studies with a lar ge number of subjects. DIF: Cognitive Level: Re member (knowledge) REF: 11 TOP: Nurs ing Process: Plann ing MSC: NC LEX: Safe and E ffective Care Envi ronment 3. The n urse teaches a student nurse about how to app ly the nursing process when providing patient care. Which statement, if made by the student nur se, indicates that teaching was successful? a. The n ursing pr ocess is a sc ientific-based method of diagnosing the patients health care problems. b. The n ursing pr ocess is a prob lem-solving t ool used to identi fy and treat patients health care need s. c. The n ursing pr ocess is based on nursing the ory that incorpo rates the biopsy chosocial nature of humans. https://www.stuvia.com/ Stuvia.com - The Marketplace to Buy and Sell your Study Material d. The n ursing pr ocess is used pr imarily to explain nur sing interv entions to other he alth care professionals. ANS: B The n ursing pr ocess is a prob lem-solving a pproach to t he identification and tr eatment of patients problems. Diagnosis is only one phase of the nursing process. The pr imary use of the nursing process is in patient care, not to establish nu rsing theory or explain nursing interv entions to other health care pro fessionals. DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand (comprehension) REF: 7 TOP: Nurs ing Process: I mplementation MSC: N CLEX: Safe and E ffective Care En vironment 4. A patient has been admit ted to the hospital for surgery and tel ls the nurse, I do not feel comfortable leaving my children with my parents. Which action should the nurse take next? a. Reassure the patient that these feelings are com mon for p arents. b. Have t he patient call the chi ldren to ensure that they are d oing w ell. c. Gath er more da ta about the patients feelin gs about the child-care arrangements. d. Call the patients p arents to determine whether adequate child ca re is being provided. ANS: C Since a co mplete assessment is necessary in or der to identify a problem and ch oose an appropriate i ntervention, the n urses first action should be to obtain more information. The o ther actions may be appropriate, but more as sessment is needed before t he best intervention can be chosen. DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (ap plication) REF: 6-7 OBJ: Spe cial Quest ions: Prioritization TOP: Nurs ing Proces s: Assess ment
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