What is the primary goal of the planning phase of the nursing process?
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A nurse is designing a teaching program for individuals who have recently immigrated to the United States from Iraq. Which of the following considerations is necessary for culturally competent patient teaching?
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A patient who sustained a myocardial infarction comes to the clinic for a refill of atorvastatin calcium (Lipitor). The family nurse practitioner recognizes that the medication is prescribed for:
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Legally speaking, how would the nurse ensure that care was not negligent?
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Which of the following is a distinct nursing function in the nursing process?
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Which of the following nursing interventions are written correctly? Select all that apply.
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Which drug is associated with increased lipoprotein levels?
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Question 8 of 39
A modern approach to the development of clinical decisions and clinical judgments is the use of human patient simulators in simulation laboratories on campus. Human patient simulators are best described as
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Question 9 of 39
When the nurse administers pain medication to a postoperative patient, the phase of the nursing process that is occurring is which of the following phases?
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A nurse ascertains that the patient is showing signs and symptoms of dehydration due to nausea and vomiting. The nurse makes the patient NPO and calls the physician. The nursing action of making the patient NPO is
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Collaborative practice is characterized by healthcare professionals from different disciplines working together. What else is a characteristic of collaborative practice?
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A nurse is educating a pregnant woman in preterm labor on the use of her home monitoring equipment and medications. What factor could impede the patients ability to learn?
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Question 13 of 39
Nurse Shelly has just completed her nursing degree and is trying to choose which facility to work for. She has offers from several hospitals. Which facility probably provides the best environment for their nursing staff?
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Which of the following strategies might a nurse use to increase compliance with teaching?
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What step in the nursing process is most closely associated with cognitively skilled nurses?
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A nurse in a neighborhood clinic is conducting educational sessions on weight loss. What aim of nursing is met by these educational programs?
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A nursing student is caring for a patient who has diabetes mellitus. The patient takes insulin two times per day. Based on the students knowledge of insulins onset of action, he makes sure the patients meals arrive in coordination with the insulins effect. The knowledge used by the student is
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Which of the following group of terms best describes the nursing process?
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Question 19 of 39
An older adult patient is diagnosed with HIV infection and receives a prescription for zidovudine (Retrovir). Which diagnostic test helps assess the side effects of the medication?
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An elderly patient is very stressed about who will care for his pets while he is hospitalized for a fall that caused a fractured hip and hospitalization. What type of counseling would the nurse conduct?
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Question 21 of 39
What term is used to describe the sense, usually at a subconscious level, of the movements and position of the body and especially its limbs, independent of vision?
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Which of the following statements accurately describe the relationship between therapeutic communication and the nursing process? Select one that does not apply.
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What is the primary focus of communication during the nurse-patient relationship?
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A difficult aspect of determining occupational exposure to a disease is the:
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Nurses apply critical thinking to clinical reasoning and judgment in their nursing practice every day. Which of the following are characteristics of this practice? Select all that apply.
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A patient has had an appendectomy. He has an incision at the right lower quadrant of the abdomen. Nurse has written: Alteration in skin integrity related to incision at right lower quadrant of the abdomen. This is
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Question 27 of 39
When is the best time to evaluate ones own teaching effectiveness?
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Based on an established plan of care, a nurse turns a patient every 2 hours. What part of the nursing process is the nurse using?
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Question 29 of 39
A student is developing a teaching plan for her assigned patient. The student wants to teach the patient about what symptoms to report after chemotherapy. What would the student need to do first?
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Question 30 of 39
A student caring for an unconscious patient knows that communication is important even if the patient does not respond. Which nonverbal action by the student would communicate caring?
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What is the main reason for administering a progestational medication to perimenopausal women who use estrogen?
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Question 32 of 39
The family nurse practitioner advises a nursing mother who has postpartum mastitis to take antibiotics as prescribed and:
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Question 33 of 39
What action by the nurse will facilitate the helping relationship during the orientation phase?
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Question 34 of 39
A nurse is teaching a home care patient how to administer a topical medication. The patient is watching television while the nurse is talking. What might be the result of this interaction?
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Question 35 of 39
A nurse is caring for a patient in the ER who was injured in a snow mobile accident. The nurse documents the following patient data: uncontrollable shivering, weakness, pale and cold skin, and suspects the patient is experiencing hypothermia. Upon further assessment, the nurse notes a heart rate of 53 BPM and core internal temperature of 90 F, which confirms the initial diagnosis. The nurse then devises a plan of care and continues to monitor the patient to evaluate the outcomes. This nurse is using which of the following types of problem solving in her care of this patient?
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Question 36 of 39
The planning step of the nursing process includes which of the following activities?
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The family nurse practitioner asks a patient to perform rapid, alternating movements of the hands to evaluate:
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Question 38 of 39
The nurse changes a patients surgical dressing daily. This is considered to be part of which phase of the nursing process?
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Question 39 of 39
What are the three components of the PET process in the JHEBP model?
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