Fundamentals of Nursing Care: Concepts, Connections and Skills, 3rd Edition, Marti Burton

Chapter 4: The Nursing Process: Critical Thinking and Decision Making Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. ____ 1. The nurse prepares a handout about the nursing process for an orientation class of new colleagues. Which should the nurse use to explain this process? 1. Decision-making framework used by nurses to determine the needs of clients 2. Decision-making framework used by social workers when discharging clients 3. Decision-making framework used by nursing assistants when caring for clients 4. Decision-making framework used by physicians to determine the needs of clients ____ 2. The nurse reviews a care plan written for a client. Which nursing diagnosis should the nurse delete from this plan? 1. “Pain related to abdominal incision” 2. “Altered sensory perception related to surgery” 3. “Chronic fatigue syndrome related to poor diet” 4. “Altered nutrition related to nausea and vomiting” ____ 3. When preparing a plan of care, the nurse uses skillful reasoning and logical thought to determine the merits of an action. Which action is the nurse performing? 1. Critical thinking 2. Sensory overload 3. Concrete thinking 4. Logical reasoning ____ 4. While caring for a newly admitted client, the registered nurse (RN) gathers information by interviewing the client to obtain a health history and reviewing the results of laboratory and diagnostic tests. Which step in the nursing process did this nurse complete? 1. Planning 2. Evaluation 3. Assessment 4. Implementation