Why is it important for nurses to understand and use a nursing theory or model in practice?

Dimensions Of Nursing Exam 2

1. All of the following are true about the nursing code of ethics except:

2. The nurse is assigned to see a home-bound client on a daily basis to prepare the client’s medications. The nurse fails to visit the client and does not request that another nurse visit the client. The client is later admitted to the hospital after taking the wrong dosage of medication. Which ethical concept does this situation reflect?

3. A client is held down by the nurse and forced to have a nasogastric tube placed. Which of the following could this represent?
 

4. When applying the nursing process, which of the following should always be addressed first?

5. How can most living organisms be classified in general systems theory?

6. Which of the following are the steps to the nursing process? select all that apply

A) Planning

B) Implementation

D) Diagnosis

E) Evaluation

F) Assess

7. What type of tort may occur if a client is not allowed to leave the hospital after receiving emergency care until the bill is paid?

8. Which of the following is the best substitute for self-determination if an individual is no longer competent to make their own health care decisions?

9. Does clinical reasoning and judgment require various ways of thinking in the role of a nurse?

10. A client complains of hip pain and requests pain medication. For the nurse to apply the nursing process, what would the nurse do next?

11. The client’s short term outcome was to walk in the hallway by the end of the day. The nurse reviews the client outcome, determines that it was not met, and modifies the interventions. Which phase of the nursing process is this?

12. Which of the following phases of the nursing process determines client problems, risks, and strengths?

13. What is another term that can be used for professional negligence?

14. An example of invasion of privacy would be:

15. The client must have a treatment requiring an informed consent. Whose role is it to review the proposed treatment and its associated risks with the client?

16. Team building, nurse retention, and patient satisfaction are all benefits of being sensitive to personality types.

17. Why is it important for nurses to understand and use a nursing theory or model in practice?

18. Which of the following theorists authored the Model of Goal Attainment?

19. A client suffered a ruptured appendix and had to have an open appendectomy. She is post-op day 1. She is able to perform many of her activities of daily living independently, such as wash her face, brush her teeth, feed herself, and reposition. However, she requires assistance to care for her indwelling urinary catheter, Jackson-Pratt drain, and change her dressing. Which of the following describes the level of care the nurse provides according to Orem’s self-care model?