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During a physical assessment, the nurse closes and door and provides drape to promote privacy.
The nurse is performing her role as a/an:
A. Advocate
B. Communicator
C. Change agent
D. Caregiver ✔✔D. Caregiver
The role of a nurse as caregiver helps client promote, restore and maintain dignity, health and
wellness by viewing a person holistically. As an advocate the nurse intercedes or works on
behalf of the client. Identifying the need and problems of the client and communicating it to
other members of the health team is doing the role of a communicator. As a change agent, the
nurse assists the client to MODIFY their BEHAVIOR.
During the nursing rounds Nurse Cathy is instructing the patient to avoid smoking to prevent the
worsening of respiratory problems. The patient asked about the things that he can do when
feelings of wanting to smoke arises. The nurse enumerates ways of dealing the situation. This is
an example of a nurse's role as a/an:
A. Advocate
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B. Clinician
C. Change agent
D. Caregiver ✔✔C. Change agent
As a change agent, the nurse assists the client to MODIFY their BEHAVIOR. As an advocate the
nurse intercedes or works on behalf of the client. As a clinician, the nurse would use technical
expertise to administer nursing care. The role of a nurse as caregiver helps client promote,
restore and maintain dignity, health and wellness by viewing a person holistically.
Nurse Cathy on the other hand, knows the case immediately even before a diagnosis is done.
Based on Benner's theory she is a/an:
A. Novice
B. Expert
C. Competent
D. Advanced beginner ✔✔B. Expert
The ability to perceive something without further evidence is the development of intuition and is
seen in Expert nurses. A novice nurse is governed by rules and usually inflexible. Competent
nurses are planning nursing care consciously. Advanced beginners demonstrate acceptable
performance.