Chapter 1 Professional Nursing Practice

Which statement does the nurse identify as a medical diagnosis rather than a nursing diagnosis?

How health is perceived depends on how health is defined.

Using wellness-illness continuum, what would nurse include in development of nursing care plan for chronically ill pt.

What does the nurse identify as the primary purpose of CQI?

Nurse is developing a plan of care for a patient. Which is the end result of data analysis during assessment process?

What definition by the ANA best describes the role of registered nurses?

Which therapeutic communication technique validates what the nurse believes to be the main idea of an interaction?

Nurse using bundle to prevent occurrence of ventilator-associated pneumonia in ICU pts who are on vents. Priority goal?

Which does the nurse determine is a moral problem rather than a moral dilemma?

What underlying focus in any definition of nursing is the registered nurse's responsibility in practice?

Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) standard course that nursing students must pass to obtain licensure.

When ethical decision is made based on the "greatest good for the greatest number," which theory is the nurse following?

Advance directives, legal documents specify a person's wishes before hospitalization, information assists with decisions

The implementation phase of the nursing process involves identifying nursing diagnoses and collaborative problems.

The systematic approach to ethical decision making can follow the steps of the nursing process.

Pt. states, "I would prefer not to take that medication until I speak with HCP." Ethical principle used by helping pt?