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Lewis's Medical Surgical Nursing in Canada, 5th Edition
Chapter 1 Questions
Question 1 of 5
The nurse is caring for a patient with a new diagnosis of pneumonia and explains to the patient that together they will plan the patient's care and set goals for discharge. The patient asks: 'How is that different from what the doctor does?' Which response by the nurse is most appropriate?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: This response is consistent with the Canadian Nurses Association (CN
A) definition of nursing. Registered nurses are self-regulated health care professionals who work autonomously and in collaboration with others. RNs enable individuals, families, groups, communities and populations to achieve their optimal level of health. RNs coordinate health care, deliver direct services, and support patients in their self-care decisions and actions in situations of health, illness, injury, and disability in all stages of life. The other responses describe some of the dependent and collaborative functions of the nursing role but do not accurately describe the nurse's role in the health care system.
Question 2 of 5
When caring for patients using evidence-informed practice, which of the following does the nurse use?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Evidence-informed nursing practice is a continuous interactive process involving the explicit, conscientious, and judicious consideration of the best available evidence to provide care. Four primary elements are: (a) clinical state, setting, and circumstances; (b) patient preferences and actions; (c) best research evidence, and (d) health care resources. Clinical judgment based on the nurse's clinical experience is part of EIP, but clinical decision making also should incorporate current research and research-based guidelines. Evidence from one clinical research study does not provide an adequate substantiation for interventions. Evaluation of patient outcomes is important, but interventions should be based on research from randomized control studies with a large number of subjects.
Question 3 of 5
Which of the following best explains the nurse's primary use of the nursing process when providing care to patients?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The nursing process is an assertive problem-solving approach to the identification and treatment of patients' problems. Diagnosis is only one phase of the nursing process. The primary use of the nursing process is in patient care, not to establish nursing theory or explain nursing interventions to other health care professionals.
Question 4 of 5
The nurse is caring for a critically ill patient in the intensive care unit and plans an every-2-hour turning schedule to prevent skin breakdown. Which type of nursing function is demonstrated with this turning schedule?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: When implementing collaborative nursing actions, the nurse is responsible primarily for monitoring for complications of acute illness or providing care to prevent or treat complications. Independent nursing actions are focused on health promotion, illness prevention, and patient advocacy. A dependent action would require a physician order to implement. Cooperative nursing functions are not described as one of the formal nursing functions.
Question 5 of 5
The nurse is caring for a patient who has been admitted to the hospital for surgery and tells the nurse, 'I do not feel right about leaving my children with my neighbour.' Which action should the nurse take next?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Since a complete assessment is necessary in order to identify a problem and choose an appropriate intervention, the nurse's first action should be to obtain more information. The other actions may be appropriate, but more assessment is needed before the best intervention can be chosen.