, TESTBANK FOR Essential Health Assessment 3rd Edition Thompson
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Test Bank, Chp 01
Chapter 1: Understanding Health Assessment
Multiple Choice
1. The World Health Organization (WHO) established a global strategy called “Health for All.”
The goal for this strategy is for:
1. All individuals to get the same health care throughout their lifespans
2. The government is to supply money to care for all the people in the world
3. Resources for health care to be evenly distributed and accessible
4. Healthcare providers to provide health care to anyone who needs it
ANS: 3
Feedback
1. This is incorrect. “Health for All” does not aim to ensure all individuals get the same
health care throughout their lifespans.
2. This is incorrect. The goal of “Health for All” is not for the government to supply
money to care for all the people in the world.
3. This is correct. “Health for All” aims to ensure that resources for health care are
evenly distributed and accessible to everyone.
4. This is incorrect. The goal of “Health for All” is not for healthcare providers to
provide health care to anyone who needs it.
2. Health assessment is a foundational and priority nursing skill that requires registered nurses
(RNs) to:
1. Diagnose and treat patients
2. Identify normal and abnormal findings
3. Refer patients with abnormal findings
4. Counsel patients with psychosocial needs
ANS: 2
Feedback
1. This is incorrect. The role of the RN is not to diagnose and treat patients.
2. This is correct. Assessing patients and being able to identify normal from abnormal
findings is an essential role of the RN.
3. This is incorrect. RNs in collaboration with other healthcare providers do refer
patients, but this is not the essential and foundational role in health assessment.
4. This is incorrect. RNs do counsel patients, but it is not the essential and foundational
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role in health assessment.
3. The nurse is assessing a patient with five gunshot wounds in a trauma unit. There is a police
presence outside the room because the patient is a known drug dealer in the community. The
nurse understands that all patients must be treated as persons. This principle is known as:
1. Caring
2. Holistic caring process
3. Person-centered care (PCC)
4. Standards of care
ANS: 3
Feedback
1. This is incorrect. Caring is displaying a concern for patients.
2. This is incorrect. The holistic caring process is a relational process during which the
nurse collaborates with the individual to pursue goals for health and well-being.
3. This is correct. The new movement in health care is person-centered care (PCC),
which emphasizes the intrinsic value of treating all patients as persons.
4. This is incorrect. Standards of care identify standards of professional nursing
practice.
4. The science-based framework updated every 10 years by the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services that has set national goals and objectives for health promotion and disease
prevention is:
1. Global Strategy for Health for All
2. Healthy People
3. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
4. World Health Organization
ANS: 2
Feedback
1. This is incorrect. The Global Strategy for Health for All is a program adopted by the
World Health Organization to ensure that resources for health are evenly distributed
and that essential health care is accessible to everyone.
2. This is correct. Healthy People is a science-based framework updated every 10 years
by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that identifies health and risk
factors for diseases.
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3. This is incorrect. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force’s goal is to use evidence-
based medicine to improve the health of all Americans by making evidence-based
recommendations about clinical preventive services such as screenings, counseling
services, and preventive medications.
4. This is incorrect. The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the
United Nations working to improve the health of the world’s people.
5. The healthcare provider recommends a colonoscopy for a 38-year-old patient whose father
died of colon cancer at age 48. This is an example of:
1. Primary health prevention
2. Secondary health prevention
3. Tertiary health prevention
4. Primordial health prevention
ANS: 2
Feedback
1. This is incorrect. This is not an example of primary prevention. Primary prevention
is the prevention of disease and disability and focuses on improving an individual’s
overall health and well-being. Immunizations and health education are examples of
primary prevention.
2. This is correct. Colonoscopy is an example of secondary prevention, which
encompasses early screenings and detection of disease in the early stages.
3. This is incorrect. This is not an example of tertiary prevention. Tertiary prevention
encompasses the restoration of health after illness or disease has occurred. A
rehabilitation program for stroke patients is an example of tertiary prevention.
4. This is incorrect. This is not an example of primordial prevention. Primordial
prevention focuses on risk factor prevention.
6. A patient activates the call light and reports, “I think I am running a fever and my stomach
hurts.” What action should the nurse take first?
1. Ask the medical assistant to go to the patient’s room and assess their complaints.
2. Go check to see if the patient has an order for acetaminophen (Tylenol) for a fever.
3. Page the resident on call immediately to come assess the patient.
4. Go to the patient’s room and assess for fever and the epigastric discomfort.
ANS: 4
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Feedback
1. This is incorrect. The medical assistant’s role should never be to assess a patient.
2. This is incorrect. The first priority would be to assess the patient prior to checking
medication orders for fever.
3. This is incorrect. The nurse should first assess the patient to give an objective report
to the resident.
4. This is correct. Assessing a patient is always a priority role of the registered nurse
(RN). This is a role that should never be delegated to the licensed practical nurse or
unlicensed assistive personnel.
7. The nurse is leading an interdisciplinary team conference to discuss how to provide better care
for a challenging patient who has behavioral problems. Several problems need to be solved and
new ideas formulated to create an improved plan of care. What cognitive skill is the nurse using?
1. Critical thinking
2. Clinical decision making
3. Intuitive thinking
4. Conceptual thinking
ANS: 1
Feedback
1. This is correct. Critical thinking is a unique problem-solving, reflective process.
2. This is incorrect. Clinical decision making determines what is needed and when it is
needed.
3. This is incorrect. Intuitive thinking is a “gut feeling” that something is wrong or that
the nurse should do something, even if there is no real evidence to support that
feeling.
4. This is incorrect. Conceptual thinking is broad and abstract, while critical thinking is
an active, purposeful, and organized cognitive process.
8. Best practice assessment techniques and instruments have been validated by:
1. American Nurses Association
2. Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements
3. Research and evidence-based practice
4. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
ANS: 3
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Feedback
1. This is incorrect. The American Nurses Association is the professional nursing
organization providing standards of nursing care, promoting a safe and ethical work
environment, and advocating for healthcare issues.
2. This is incorrect. The Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements provides
a statement of the ethical values and duties of every individual who enters the
nursing profession.
3. This is correct. Best practice assessments and instruments have been validated by
research. Nursing research and evidence-based practice guide our assessments and
clinical decisions to provide safe and effective care.
4. This is incorrect. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, known as
Obamacare, has goals to provide higher-quality, safer, and more affordable and
accessible care.
Multiple Response
9. When considering social determinants of health (SDOH), the nurse would consider which
factor? Select all that apply.
1. Housing stability
2. Education
3. Racism
4. Water pollution
5. Genetics
ANS: 1, 2, 3, 4
Feedback
1. This is correct. Housing is a recognized SDOH because safe, stable shelter affects
physical and mental health outcomes.
2. This is correct. Education influences health literacy, job opportunities, and the ability
to navigate the health system.
3. This is correct. Systemic inequities create barriers to care, contribute to chronic
stress, and affect population health.
4. This is correct. Environmental quality is a major SDOH. Access to clean water
directly affects health outcomes.
5. This is incorrect. This is a biological determinant of health, not a social determinant.
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10. As the U.S. healthcare system continues to evolve, care is becoming more focused on which
of the following? Select all that apply.
1. Wellness
2. Functional status
3. Disease prevention
4. Health promotion
5. Acute illness management
ANS: 1, 3, 4
Feedback
1. This is correct. The U.S. healthcare system is evolving, and care is becoming more
focused on wellness.
2. This is incorrect. The U.S. healthcare system is not becoming more focused on the
individual’s functional status.
3. This is correct. The U.S. healthcare system is evolving, and care is becoming more
focused on disease prevention.
4. This is correct. The U.S. healthcare system is evolving, and care is becoming more
focused on health promotion.
5. This is incorrect. The U.S. healthcare system is becoming more focused on chronic
illness management, not acute illness management.
11. The nurse is performing a health assessment on a 32-year-old female patient who reports
“feeling fatigued all the time.” She states, “I have not had a physical in over 8 years because I
did not have medical insurance.” The patient will be having a physical today. What will be part
of the health assessment? Select all that apply.
1. Collecting data on past health
2. Collecting data on present health
3. Collecting data on significant other’s health
4. Assessing factors influencing health
5. Performing a physical assessment
ANS: 1, 2, 4, 5
Feedback
1. This is correct. Data on past health will be collected and reviewed.
2. This is correct. Data on present health will be collected and reviewed.
3. This is incorrect. Data on a significant other’s health will not be included; however,
discussing who the patient lives with may be discussed as part of the psychosocial
history.
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4. This is correct. Factors influencing health and health promotion topics will be
reviewed.
5. This is correct. A physical assessment will be done on this patient.
Completion
12. The nurse is working with a patient as a copartner in care. The patient has multiple medical
problems. Put the following steps of the nursing process in the correct order (1–5). (Enter the
number of each step in the proper sequence; do not use punctuation or spaces. Example: 12345.)
1. Planning
2. Evaluation
3. Assessment
4. Implementation
5. Diagnosis
ANS: 35142
Feedback: The five steps of the nursing process are as follows: Assessment is the first, essential
step requiring the nurse to collect and analyze information about the whole individual. Diagnosis
involves analyzing a patient’s potential or actual health problem. Planning involves working
with the individual as a copartner in care to meet the needs or short- and long-term goals of the
individual. Implementation of interventions includes the nursing and individual actions and plan
of care to meet the individual’s goals. Evaluation is the ongoing process that assesses whether
the short- and long-term goals have been met.
13. The nurse is working on a medical-surgical unit and is caring for a 24-year-old patient who is
3 hours postoperative. The patient seems confused and restless since they were last assessed an
hour ago. The nurse has a gut feeling that something is very wrong. This is an example of
_________________ thinking.
ANS: intuitive
Feedback: Intuitive thinking can be a “gut feeling” that something may be wrong or that the
nurse should do something, even if there is no real evidence to support that feeling.
14. The four techniques of physical assessment include inspection, palpation, percussion, and
_________________.
ANS: auscultation
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Feedback: Assessment is a “doing” process. The four techniques of physical assessment are
inspection (looking), palpation (using your hands to feel surface characteristics), percussion
(tapping different areas of the body to assess underlying structures), and auscultation (listening
for sounds).
NGN: Cloze (Drop-Down)
15. The nurse caring for a patient with heart failure shows the Quality and Safety Education for
Nurses (QSEN) skill of A when checking daily weights and lab results in the electronic health
record and the QSEN skill of B when working with the dietitian and pharmacist on the discharge
plan.
Options for A Options for B
1. Informatics 1. Patient-Centered Care
2. Safety 2. Evidence-Based Practice
3. Quality Improvement 3. Teamwork and Collaboration
4. Patient-Centered Care 4. Safety
ANS:
A: 1
B: 3
Feedback:
The nurse uses informatics when checking daily weights and lab results in the electronic health
record. Informatics is the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) competency of using
information technology to manage data and support clinical decision making. The nurse shows
teamwork and collaboration when working with the dietitian and pharmacist on the discharge
plan. This QSEN competency emphasizes working with other health professionals, developing
communication, and coordinating care.
Safety is an essential QSEN competency but is not demonstrated by reviewing daily weights and
lab results. Quality improvement is also important but refers to using data to improve systems of
care, not individual chart review. Patient-centered care is not the correct competency here, as the
example focuses on informatics and interprofessional teamwork. Evidence-based practice is a
QSEN competency but is not illustrated in this discharge planning example.
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Important Notes
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A sample of selected pages has been provided for preview.
All available appendices and Excel files (if included in the original resources) are
provided.
We continuously update our files to ensure you receive the latest and most accurate
editions.
New editions are added regularly – stay connected for updates!
⚠️Note on Answer Keys: If the answer key is not included within the chapter
questions, you will find the complete answers and solutions at the end of each
chapter.
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📚 Complete & organized chapter-by-chapter – no missing content, no guessing.
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Test Bank, Chp 01
Chapter 1: Understanding Health Assessment
Multiple Choice
1. The World Health Organization (WHO) established a global strategy called “Health for All.”
The goal for this strategy is for:
1. All individuals to get the same health care throughout their lifespans
2. The government is to supply money to care for all the people in the world
3. Resources for health care to be evenly distributed and accessible
4. Healthcare providers to provide health care to anyone who needs it
ANS: 3
Feedback
1. This is incorrect. “Health for All” does not aim to ensure all individuals get the same
health care throughout their lifespans.
2. This is incorrect. The goal of “Health for All” is not for the government to supply
money to care for all the people in the world.
3. This is correct. “Health for All” aims to ensure that resources for health care are
evenly distributed and accessible to everyone.
4. This is incorrect. The goal of “Health for All” is not for healthcare providers to
provide health care to anyone who needs it.
2. Health assessment is a foundational and priority nursing skill that requires registered nurses
(RNs) to:
1. Diagnose and treat patients
2. Identify normal and abnormal findings
3. Refer patients with abnormal findings
4. Counsel patients with psychosocial needs
ANS: 2
Feedback
1. This is incorrect. The role of the RN is not to diagnose and treat patients.
2. This is correct. Assessing patients and being able to identify normal from abnormal
findings is an essential role of the RN.
3. This is incorrect. RNs in collaboration with other healthcare providers do refer
patients, but this is not the essential and foundational role in health assessment.
4. This is incorrect. RNs do counsel patients, but it is not the essential and foundational
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role in health assessment.
3. The nurse is assessing a patient with five gunshot wounds in a trauma unit. There is a police
presence outside the room because the patient is a known drug dealer in the community. The
nurse understands that all patients must be treated as persons. This principle is known as:
1. Caring
2. Holistic caring process
3. Person-centered care (PCC)
4. Standards of care
ANS: 3
Feedback
1. This is incorrect. Caring is displaying a concern for patients.
2. This is incorrect. The holistic caring process is a relational process during which the
nurse collaborates with the individual to pursue goals for health and well-being.
3. This is correct. The new movement in health care is person-centered care (PCC),
which emphasizes the intrinsic value of treating all patients as persons.
4. This is incorrect. Standards of care identify standards of professional nursing
practice.
4. The science-based framework updated every 10 years by the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services that has set national goals and objectives for health promotion and disease
prevention is:
1. Global Strategy for Health for All
2. Healthy People
3. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
4. World Health Organization
ANS: 2
Feedback
1. This is incorrect. The Global Strategy for Health for All is a program adopted by the
World Health Organization to ensure that resources for health are evenly distributed
and that essential health care is accessible to everyone.
2. This is correct. Healthy People is a science-based framework updated every 10 years
by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that identifies health and risk
factors for diseases.
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3. This is incorrect. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force’s goal is to use evidence-
based medicine to improve the health of all Americans by making evidence-based
recommendations about clinical preventive services such as screenings, counseling
services, and preventive medications.
4. This is incorrect. The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the
United Nations working to improve the health of the world’s people.
5. The healthcare provider recommends a colonoscopy for a 38-year-old patient whose father
died of colon cancer at age 48. This is an example of:
1. Primary health prevention
2. Secondary health prevention
3. Tertiary health prevention
4. Primordial health prevention
ANS: 2
Feedback
1. This is incorrect. This is not an example of primary prevention. Primary prevention
is the prevention of disease and disability and focuses on improving an individual’s
overall health and well-being. Immunizations and health education are examples of
primary prevention.
2. This is correct. Colonoscopy is an example of secondary prevention, which
encompasses early screenings and detection of disease in the early stages.
3. This is incorrect. This is not an example of tertiary prevention. Tertiary prevention
encompasses the restoration of health after illness or disease has occurred. A
rehabilitation program for stroke patients is an example of tertiary prevention.
4. This is incorrect. This is not an example of primordial prevention. Primordial
prevention focuses on risk factor prevention.
6. A patient activates the call light and reports, “I think I am running a fever and my stomach
hurts.” What action should the nurse take first?
1. Ask the medical assistant to go to the patient’s room and assess their complaints.
2. Go check to see if the patient has an order for acetaminophen (Tylenol) for a fever.
3. Page the resident on call immediately to come assess the patient.
4. Go to the patient’s room and assess for fever and the epigastric discomfort.
ANS: 4
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Feedback
1. This is incorrect. The medical assistant’s role should never be to assess a patient.
2. This is incorrect. The first priority would be to assess the patient prior to checking
medication orders for fever.
3. This is incorrect. The nurse should first assess the patient to give an objective report
to the resident.
4. This is correct. Assessing a patient is always a priority role of the registered nurse
(RN). This is a role that should never be delegated to the licensed practical nurse or
unlicensed assistive personnel.
7. The nurse is leading an interdisciplinary team conference to discuss how to provide better care
for a challenging patient who has behavioral problems. Several problems need to be solved and
new ideas formulated to create an improved plan of care. What cognitive skill is the nurse using?
1. Critical thinking
2. Clinical decision making
3. Intuitive thinking
4. Conceptual thinking
ANS: 1
Feedback
1. This is correct. Critical thinking is a unique problem-solving, reflective process.
2. This is incorrect. Clinical decision making determines what is needed and when it is
needed.
3. This is incorrect. Intuitive thinking is a “gut feeling” that something is wrong or that
the nurse should do something, even if there is no real evidence to support that
feeling.
4. This is incorrect. Conceptual thinking is broad and abstract, while critical thinking is
an active, purposeful, and organized cognitive process.
8. Best practice assessment techniques and instruments have been validated by:
1. American Nurses Association
2. Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements
3. Research and evidence-based practice
4. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
ANS: 3
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Feedback
1. This is incorrect. The American Nurses Association is the professional nursing
organization providing standards of nursing care, promoting a safe and ethical work
environment, and advocating for healthcare issues.
2. This is incorrect. The Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements provides
a statement of the ethical values and duties of every individual who enters the
nursing profession.
3. This is correct. Best practice assessments and instruments have been validated by
research. Nursing research and evidence-based practice guide our assessments and
clinical decisions to provide safe and effective care.
4. This is incorrect. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, known as
Obamacare, has goals to provide higher-quality, safer, and more affordable and
accessible care.
Multiple Response
9. When considering social determinants of health (SDOH), the nurse would consider which
factor? Select all that apply.
1. Housing stability
2. Education
3. Racism
4. Water pollution
5. Genetics
ANS: 1, 2, 3, 4
Feedback
1. This is correct. Housing is a recognized SDOH because safe, stable shelter affects
physical and mental health outcomes.
2. This is correct. Education influences health literacy, job opportunities, and the ability
to navigate the health system.
3. This is correct. Systemic inequities create barriers to care, contribute to chronic
stress, and affect population health.
4. This is correct. Environmental quality is a major SDOH. Access to clean water
directly affects health outcomes.
5. This is incorrect. This is a biological determinant of health, not a social determinant.
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10. As the U.S. healthcare system continues to evolve, care is becoming more focused on which
of the following? Select all that apply.
1. Wellness
2. Functional status
3. Disease prevention
4. Health promotion
5. Acute illness management
ANS: 1, 3, 4
Feedback
1. This is correct. The U.S. healthcare system is evolving, and care is becoming more
focused on wellness.
2. This is incorrect. The U.S. healthcare system is not becoming more focused on the
individual’s functional status.
3. This is correct. The U.S. healthcare system is evolving, and care is becoming more
focused on disease prevention.
4. This is correct. The U.S. healthcare system is evolving, and care is becoming more
focused on health promotion.
5. This is incorrect. The U.S. healthcare system is becoming more focused on chronic
illness management, not acute illness management.
11. The nurse is performing a health assessment on a 32-year-old female patient who reports
“feeling fatigued all the time.” She states, “I have not had a physical in over 8 years because I
did not have medical insurance.” The patient will be having a physical today. What will be part
of the health assessment? Select all that apply.
1. Collecting data on past health
2. Collecting data on present health
3. Collecting data on significant other’s health
4. Assessing factors influencing health
5. Performing a physical assessment
ANS: 1, 2, 4, 5
Feedback
1. This is correct. Data on past health will be collected and reviewed.
2. This is correct. Data on present health will be collected and reviewed.
3. This is incorrect. Data on a significant other’s health will not be included; however,
discussing who the patient lives with may be discussed as part of the psychosocial
history.
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4. This is correct. Factors influencing health and health promotion topics will be
reviewed.
5. This is correct. A physical assessment will be done on this patient.
Completion
12. The nurse is working with a patient as a copartner in care. The patient has multiple medical
problems. Put the following steps of the nursing process in the correct order (1–5). (Enter the
number of each step in the proper sequence; do not use punctuation or spaces. Example: 12345.)
1. Planning
2. Evaluation
3. Assessment
4. Implementation
5. Diagnosis
ANS: 35142
Feedback: The five steps of the nursing process are as follows: Assessment is the first, essential
step requiring the nurse to collect and analyze information about the whole individual. Diagnosis
involves analyzing a patient’s potential or actual health problem. Planning involves working
with the individual as a copartner in care to meet the needs or short- and long-term goals of the
individual. Implementation of interventions includes the nursing and individual actions and plan
of care to meet the individual’s goals. Evaluation is the ongoing process that assesses whether
the short- and long-term goals have been met.
13. The nurse is working on a medical-surgical unit and is caring for a 24-year-old patient who is
3 hours postoperative. The patient seems confused and restless since they were last assessed an
hour ago. The nurse has a gut feeling that something is very wrong. This is an example of
_________________ thinking.
ANS: intuitive
Feedback: Intuitive thinking can be a “gut feeling” that something may be wrong or that the
nurse should do something, even if there is no real evidence to support that feeling.
14. The four techniques of physical assessment include inspection, palpation, percussion, and
_________________.
ANS: auscultation
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Feedback: Assessment is a “doing” process. The four techniques of physical assessment are
inspection (looking), palpation (using your hands to feel surface characteristics), percussion
(tapping different areas of the body to assess underlying structures), and auscultation (listening
for sounds).
NGN: Cloze (Drop-Down)
15. The nurse caring for a patient with heart failure shows the Quality and Safety Education for
Nurses (QSEN) skill of A when checking daily weights and lab results in the electronic health
record and the QSEN skill of B when working with the dietitian and pharmacist on the discharge
plan.
Options for A Options for B
1. Informatics 1. Patient-Centered Care
2. Safety 2. Evidence-Based Practice
3. Quality Improvement 3. Teamwork and Collaboration
4. Patient-Centered Care 4. Safety
ANS:
A: 1
B: 3
Feedback:
The nurse uses informatics when checking daily weights and lab results in the electronic health
record. Informatics is the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) competency of using
information technology to manage data and support clinical decision making. The nurse shows
teamwork and collaboration when working with the dietitian and pharmacist on the discharge
plan. This QSEN competency emphasizes working with other health professionals, developing
communication, and coordinating care.
Safety is an essential QSEN competency but is not demonstrated by reviewing daily weights and
lab results. Quality improvement is also important but refers to using data to improve systems of
care, not individual chart review. Patient-centered care is not the correct competency here, as the
example focuses on informatics and interprofessional teamwork. Evidence-based practice is a
QSEN competency but is not illustrated in this discharge planning example.
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