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◉ A nurse is caring for a patient with end-stage lung disease. The
patient wants to go home on oxygen and be comfortable. The family
wants the patient to have a new surgical procedure. The nurse
explains the risk and benefits of the operation to the family and
discusses the patient's wishes with them. The nurse is acting as the
patient's:
1. Educator
2. Advocate
3. Caregiver
4. Communicator. Answer: 2
◉ The nurse spends time with a patient and family reviewing a
dressing change procedure for the patient's wound. The patient's
spouse demonstrates how to change the dressing. The nurse is
acting in which professional role?
1. Educator
2. Advocate
3. Caregiver
,4. Communicator. Answer: 1
◉ The examination for RN licensure is the same in every state in the
United States. This examination:
1. Guarantees safe nursing care for all patients
2. Ensures standard nursing care for all patients
3. Provides the minimal standard of knowledge for an RN in practice
4. Guarantees standardized education across all prelicensure
programs. Answer: 3
◉ Contemporary nursing requires that the nurse have knowledge
and skills for a variety of professional roles and responsibilities.
Which of the following are examples of these roles and
responsibilities? (Select all that apply.)
1. Caregiver
2. Autonomy
3. Patient advocate
4. Health promotion
5. Genetic counselor. Answer: 1,2, 3,4
,◉ Match the advanced practice nurse specialty with the statement
about the role.
1. Clinical nurse
specialist
2. Nurse
anesthetist
3. Nurse
practitioner
4. Nurse-
midwife
a. Provides independent care, including pregnancy and
gynecological services
b. Expert clinician in a specialized area of practice such as adult
diabetes care
c. Provides comprehensive care, usually in a primary care setting,
directly managing the medical care of patients who are healthy or
have chronic conditions
, d. Plans and delivers anesthesia and pain management to patients
across the life span. Answer: 1- b
2- d
3- c
4- a
◉ Health care reform will bring changes in the emphasis of care.
Which of these models is expected from health care reform?
1. Moving from an acute illness to a health promotion, illness
prevention model
2. Moving from an illness prevention to a health promotion model
3. Moving from hospital-based to community-based care
4. Moving from an acute illness to a disease management model.
Answer: 1. Moving from an acute illness to a health promotion,
illness prevention model
◉ The nurse manager meets with the registered nursing staff about
an increase in urinary tract infections in patients with a Foley
catheter. The staff work together to review the literature on
catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs), identifies at-
risk patients, and establishes new catheter care practices. This is an
example of which QSEN competency?