What belief forms the basis for the Orem Self-Care Model?
a. The nurse helps the client adapt to his or her illness.
b. The primary goal of health care is cure of the client.
c. Health care is the responsibility of each individual.
d. Health-care goals must be established for each client.
A nurse places a heating pad on the lower leg of a patient with peripheral vascular disease.
When the heating pad is removed, it is apparent that the patient has sustained partial-thickness burns to the area covered by the pad, and the nurse is sued for malpractice. Which statement is true? a. All elements are present to find the nurse liable for damages.
b. Proximate cause cannot be established, so the nurse will not be found liable.
c. The standard of care in such a situation cannot be established, so the nurse will not be found liable.
d. No duty to the patient exists, so the nurse will not be held liable.
Identify the stem question that best indicates that an Evaluation category question is being asked.
a. Which of these actions should the nurse perform first?
b. You know your teaching concerning co-lostomy care was successful if the client makes which statement?
c. Identify the data that are most important to obtain for a client with cardiac disease.
d. Which nursing diagnosis has the highest priority?
The hospital administration has just notified all the unit managers that the care delivery model is to be changed from team nursing to modular nursing because of budget restraints.
Identify the action by the unit managers that is essential to the successful implementation of the modular nursing care model.
a. Hire nurses who are self-directed and concerned with consistency of care.
b. Obtain the cooperation and input from respiratory therapy, radiology, dietary, laboratory, and other support services.
c. Develop total quality management (TQM) studies to determine risk areas.
d. Initiate a training program for ancillary health workers, such as nurse aides and orderlies.
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