Nursing Essentials

Question 1

What is the assessment process?

Answer 1

Gathering information about the client’s condition

Question 2

What actions does the nurse take to diagnose a patient?

Answer 2

Identifying the client’s problems

Question 3

What does the nurse do in the planning stage?

Answer 3

Sets goals of care and desired outcomes and identify appropriate nursing actions

Question 4

How does the nurse implement?

Answer 4

Perform the nursing actions identified in planning stage.

Question 5

How does the nurse evaluate?

Answer 5

Determine goals met and outcomes achieved

Question 6

What does QSEN mean?

Answer 6

Quality and safety education for nurses.

Question 7

What is the patient to the nurse in patient centered care?

Answer 7

The nurse recognizes the client as the source of control and full partner in providing compassionate and coordinated care base on respect to patient’s preferences, values, and needs.

Question 8

What is patient centeredness?

Answer 8

Provides individualized care and restores an emphasis on personal relationships.

Question 9

How does the nurse advoate for a client’s world view?

Answer 9

The nurse avoids stereotypes and asks question to individualize

Question 10

What is the patient’s worldview to the nurse?

Answer 10

Emic worldview or inside worldview.

Question 11

What is the nurses world view on the client’s culture, its prespective on illness, and its causes?

Answer 11

Etic worldview or outside perspective.

Question 12

How do we interact with worldviews?

Answer 12

Guides how we see, think, and experience the world.

Question 13

True or false: A world view does not evolve

Answer 13

False

Question 14

How should the nurse convey cultural competence?

Answer 14

Respecting a patient’s beliefs and the effect these beliefs have on the patient’s health care.

Question 15

How does the nurse show cultural awareness?

Answer 15

Recognizing personal biases, respecting culturally appropriate interactions, utilizing a medical interpreter.

Question 16

How does the nurse convey cultural knowledge?

Answer 16

By asking questions, using resources (guides, interpreters, colleagues), adapting communication and care (language, education, practices), and showing respect/empathy.

Question 17

How does the nurse show cultural skill?

Answer 17

By effectively using cultural knowledge to interact with patients. This includes adapting communication, building rapport, and modifying care to be culturally sensitive and appropriate.

Question 18

How does the nurse behave in a cultural encounter?

Answer 18

Respectfully, curiously, and empathetically. They listen, learn, avoid assumptions, and adapt their approach based on the patient’s cultural background.

Question 19

How does the nurse convey cultural desire?

Answer 19

By demonstrating genuine interest in learning about and respecting different cultures. This is shown through active listening, seeking cultural knowledge, advocating for culturally competent care, and being open to diverse perspectives. It’s an attitude of wanting to understand and provide the best care possible for every patient, regardless of background.

Question 20

What would the nurse be conveying when she relates a medical diagnoses to an illness occurring in the context of a patient’s culture?

Answer 20

Cultural competency

Question 21

How would the nurse gain cultural competency?

Answer 21

Elicit patient’s explanation of an illness and its causes.

Question 22

Which avenue of cultural competency does the nurse reflect when explaining the health care provider’s perspective on the illness and its perceived causes?

Answer 22

Cultural knowledge

Question 23

What characteristic of cultural competency does the nurse convey when successfully negotiating a mutually agreeable, safe, and effective treatment?

Answer 23

Cultural skill

Question 24

What is a clinical judgement?

Answer 24

The observed outcome of critical thinking and decision making.

Question 25

The nurse records the vital signs and notices that the patient's blood pressure is 180/120. She understands this is abnormal. What did the nurse portray?

Answer 25

Critical thinking: interpretation

Question 26

After recording the 180/120 blood pressure. The nurse acknowledges the need for immediate medical attention. What is this characteristic?

Answer 26

Clinical judgement: recognizing cues

Question 27

The nurse acknowledges the severity of the patient's 180/120 blood pressure and assess the causes.

Answer 27

Critical thinking: analysis | The nurse has not yet defined the causes

Question 28

After treating the patient with 180/120 blood pressure, the nurse notices a change in the patient's condition. What would this be considered?

Answer 28

Clinical judgement skills: evaluation of the patient's condition allows the nurse to understand the next steps for the patient. | Evaluate outcomes

Question 29

A physician orders a medication dose that seems unusually high. The nurse confirms this with the physician. Which critical thinking attitude is the nurse demonstrating?

Answer 29

Thinking independently

Question 30

You're caring for two patients with similar needs, but one is more demanding. Which critical thinking attitude would you portray?

Answer 30

Fairness

Question 31

You make a medication error. How do you take responsibility for your actions? What steps would you take to prevent a similar error in the future?

Answer 31

Responsibility and Accountability

Question 32

A nurse suggests a new approach to wound care based on current research, even though it differs from the unit's established protocol.

Answer 32

Risk taking

Question 33

A nurse meticulously follows the steps of a complex dressing change, ensuring each step is performed correctly.

Answer 33

Discipline

Question 34

A nurse spends extra time with a patient who is struggling to learn how to manage their diabetes, patiently explaining and demonstrating the necessary skills.

Answer 34

Perseverance

Question 35

A nurse develops a creative way to distract a child during a painful procedure, reducing the child's anxiety.

Answer 35

Creativity

Question 36

A nurse attends a conference on a new treatment for heart failure to expand their knowledge and improve patient care.

Answer 36

Curiosity

Question 37

A nurse who is unsure about a particular aspect of patient care consults with a more experienced colleague rather than making an assumption.

Answer 37

Humility

Question 38

A nurse accurately documents patient assessments and interventions, even if it reflects negatively on their own performance.

Answer 38

Integrity

Question 39

A new nurse administers a medication after double-checking the order and dosage, despite feeling a little nervous.

Answer 39

Confidence

Question 40

Intellectual standards

Answer 40

Clear, precise, specific, accurate, relevant, plausible, consistent, logical, deep, broad, complete, significant, adequate.