Values of advocacy include:
(SELECT ALL THAT APPLY)
a. The patient is holistic and autonomous
b. Patients have the right to expect nurse-patient relation that is based on shared-
respect, trust, and collaboration
c. Patients have the right to boss nurses around
d. Nurses have the responsibility to ensure the patient has access to healthcare
services
e. The patient muse work with community agencies and lay practitioners
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Answer: A, B, D
The overall goal of the patient advocate is to protect patient rights. All of
these choices add to the basic values of patient advocacy.
,According to Knowlden, the meaning of caring in nursing is identified by which four
dimensions of advocacy?
(Select all that apply)
A. Being a client advocate
B. Following through or following up.
C. Providing resources.
D. Going above and beyond.
E. Bringing food for a patient that is NPO status.
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Answer: A,B,C,D
Rationale: Through advocacy, nurses are champions for their clients. They
empower clients and families through activities that enhance well-being,
understanding, and self-care. Answer E is mean.
Answer E is not mean. It's a violation of an order and may endanger the
patient. -J
Nurses agree to be advocates for their patients. Practice of advocacy calls for the
nurse to:
A. Seek out the nursing supervisor in conflicting situations
B. Work to understand the law as it applies to the client's clinical condition.
C. Assess the client's point of view and prepare to articulate this point of view.
D. Document all clinical changes in the medical record in a timely manner.
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Answer: C
Rationale: Assessing and fully understanding the patient's point of view in
, order to speak to others about the patient's wishes is advocating for the
patient, the other options do not apply to advocating for the patient.
A nurse discovers that a primary care provider has prescribed an unusually large
dosage of a medication. Which is the most appropriate action?
A. Administer the medication
B. Notify the prescriber
C. Call the pharmacist.
D. Refuse to administer the medication.
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Answer: B
The nurse should call the person who wrote the order for clarification.
Administering the medication is incorrect because knowing the dose is
outside the normal range and not questioning it could lead to client harm
and liability for the nurse.
Part of Nightingale Pledge states that "I (the Nurse) will abstain from whatever is
deleterious and mischievous, and will not take or knowingly administer any harmful
drug." Which ethical principle does this best describe?
a. autonomy
b. nonmaleficence
c. justice
d. veracity
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(SELECT ALL THAT APPLY)
a. The patient is holistic and autonomous
b. Patients have the right to expect nurse-patient relation that is based on shared-
respect, trust, and collaboration
c. Patients have the right to boss nurses around
d. Nurses have the responsibility to ensure the patient has access to healthcare
services
e. The patient muse work with community agencies and lay practitioners
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Answer: A, B, D
The overall goal of the patient advocate is to protect patient rights. All of
these choices add to the basic values of patient advocacy.
,According to Knowlden, the meaning of caring in nursing is identified by which four
dimensions of advocacy?
(Select all that apply)
A. Being a client advocate
B. Following through or following up.
C. Providing resources.
D. Going above and beyond.
E. Bringing food for a patient that is NPO status.
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Answer: A,B,C,D
Rationale: Through advocacy, nurses are champions for their clients. They
empower clients and families through activities that enhance well-being,
understanding, and self-care. Answer E is mean.
Answer E is not mean. It's a violation of an order and may endanger the
patient. -J
Nurses agree to be advocates for their patients. Practice of advocacy calls for the
nurse to:
A. Seek out the nursing supervisor in conflicting situations
B. Work to understand the law as it applies to the client's clinical condition.
C. Assess the client's point of view and prepare to articulate this point of view.
D. Document all clinical changes in the medical record in a timely manner.
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Answer: C
Rationale: Assessing and fully understanding the patient's point of view in
, order to speak to others about the patient's wishes is advocating for the
patient, the other options do not apply to advocating for the patient.
A nurse discovers that a primary care provider has prescribed an unusually large
dosage of a medication. Which is the most appropriate action?
A. Administer the medication
B. Notify the prescriber
C. Call the pharmacist.
D. Refuse to administer the medication.
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Answer: B
The nurse should call the person who wrote the order for clarification.
Administering the medication is incorrect because knowing the dose is
outside the normal range and not questioning it could lead to client harm
and liability for the nurse.
Part of Nightingale Pledge states that "I (the Nurse) will abstain from whatever is
deleterious and mischievous, and will not take or knowingly administer any harmful
drug." Which ethical principle does this best describe?
a. autonomy
b. nonmaleficence
c. justice
d. veracity
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