Which of the following statement best describe patient-centered care in nursing?

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: Patient-centered care focuses on patient needs (B), per IOM e.g., Mr. Gary's preferences. Not nurse-led (A), not routine (C), not cost (D) patient-driven. B best defines its tailored approach, making it correct.

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: HMOs limit options (A), focus prevention (B), require referrals (D) 'allow any doctor' (C) isn't true, restrict choice, per model. C's freedom contradicts HMO rules, like Mr. Gary's limits, making it untrue.

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: Primary nursing assigns one nurse to oversee a patient's entire care, ensuring continuity and personalized attention from admission to discharge. Team nursing divides tasks among a group, reducing individual accountability. Home health nursing occurs outside hospitals, and critical care nursing focuses on acute conditions, not necessarily continuity. Primary nursing fosters trust, consistency, and tailored interventions, improving outcomes by aligning care with the patient's unique needs over time.

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: Divulging private patient information to the media is an intentional tort breach of confidentiality requiring deliberate action to disclose. Miscounting gauze, causing burns, or failing to monitor are negligence, unintentional failures in care. Intentional torts involve willful acts violating patient rights, and nurses must safeguard privacy under HIPAA and ethical codes, facing legal consequences if breached.

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: Active core warming treats severe hypothermia by directly heating internal systems: airway rewarming (warm humidified air), extracorporeal rewarming (blood warming). Passive external rewarming (blankets) relies on body heat, not active core methods. Nurses use active techniques in critical cases, rapidly raising core temperature to prevent organ failure, contrasting with passive's slower effect.