When providing care to postoperative patients, nurses use evidence-based practice whenever they:
a. Continue bedrest after surgery until the pain level is 1 on a scale of 1 to 10.
b. Continue bedrest after surgery until the pain level is 2 on a scale of 1 to 10.
c. Ambulate patients as soon as possible after surgery.
d. Ambulate patients as soon as they are awake from anesthesia.
Question 2In working as an advocate for specific population groups, the nurses recognize that they are engaging in population-based nursing, which was established by:
a. Florence Nightingale. c. Clara Barton.
b. Faye Abdellah. d. Jane Delano.
Question 3A nursing instructor tests students on their understanding of the concept of values. Which response by a student indicates that further teaching is needed?
a. Values provide a set of rules by which to live.
b. Values guide actions and decisions.
c. Values hinder problem solving and give direction to life.
d. Values influence how people react to others.
Question 4During a class on cultural beliefs, the instructor would most likely explain that these beliefs are:
a. conscious and unconscious. c. reality.
b. hereditary. d. genetic.
Question 5When providing care to patients, nurses use evidence-based practice whenever they:
a. Advise patients with musculoskeletal back pain to continue normal daily activities within limits of their pain tolerance.
b. Advise patients with musculoskeletal back pain to remain on bedrest until pain has been relieved by prescribed back exercise.
c. Advise patients that early premature activity with musculoskeletal pain may lead to permanent disability.
d. Advise patients that continued normal activity after a musculoskeletal back injury may result in delayed return to work.
Question 6Discuss an example for each of the following skills that members of a successful team will display.
a) conflict resolution b) problem solving c) communication d) decision-making skills e) goal setting and performance management skills f) planning and task coordination
Question 7A nurse working in an immigrant community is aware that different racial, religious, and social groups have their own integrated patterns of human behavior that include language, thoughts, communication, action, values, and institutions.
This is known as the group's: a. values. c. culture.
b. morals. d. tradition.
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