Middle-range theories provide a basis to help nurses understand how clients cope with uncertainty and the illness response. Show Middle-range theories include Mishel's theory of uncertainty in illness, which focuses on a client's experiences with cancer while living with continual uncertainty. These theories tend to focus on a specific field of nursing (such as uncertainty, incontinence, social support, quality of life, and caring) rather than reflect on a wide variety of nursing care situations.
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Terms in this set (31)2 The nurse is caring for a client before, during, and immediately after surgery. Which type of care is provided to the client? 3 The nurse has provided instructions about back safety to a client. Which client statement indicates understanding of the instructions? 4 Which activity would the nurse use as an example of fine motor skills of infants aged 2 to 4 months? 2 Which caring process is defined as "facilitating the other's passage through
life transitions and unfamiliar events" according to Swanson's theory of caring? 4 Which right of delegation refers to the giving of clear, concise descriptions of a task to the delegatee? 1 A
nurse understands that the primary purpose for a client to undergo reconstructive surgery is to do what? 4 A nurse takes into consideration that the key factor in accurately assessing how a client will cope with body image changes is what? 3 The nurse is preparing an intraoperative care plan for a client. Which intervention should be excluded from the care plan? 4 Which nursing action indicates that the nurse is actively listening to the client? 1 Which intellectual factor would the nurse find appropriate as a dimension for gathering data for a client's health history? 2 After changing a dressing that was used to cover a draining wound on a client with
vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), the nurse should take which step to ensure proper disposal of the soiled dressing? 4 A nurse applies a cold pack
to treat an acute musculoskeletal injury. Cold therapy decreases pain by doing what? 2 A client with an abdominal wound infected with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is
scheduled for a computed tomography (CT) scan of the abdomen. To ensure client and visitor safety during transport, the nurse should implement which precaution? 4 Which statement is true for attachment in the newborn? 1 A nurse is teaching continuing care assistants about ways to prevent the spread of infection. It would be appropriate for the nurse to emphasize that the cycle of the infectious process must be broken,
which is accomplished primarily through what? 1 A client with a leg prosthesis and a history of syncopal episodes is being admitted to the hospital.
When formulating the plan of care for this client, the nurse should include that the client is at risk for what? 1,2,5 Which nursing intervention can be classified under complex physiologic domain according to the Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) taxonomy? Select all that apply. 1 Interventions to restore tissue
integrity 1 Which nursing practice is associated with the self-regulation skill? 1 Reflecting on one's experience 2 A nurse is reviewing how a hyperglycemic client's blood glucose can be lowered. The nurse recalls that the chemical that buffers the client's excessive acetoacetic acid is what? 3 A nurse has provided discharge instructions to a client who received a prescription for a walker to use for assistance with ambulation. The nurse determines that the teaching has been effective when the client does what? 4 Which skill is applicable in an orderly collection of data? 2 A client has been admitted with a diagnosis of intractable vomiting and can only tolerate sips of water. The initial blood work shows a sodium level of 122 mEq/L (122
mmol/L) and a potassium level of 3.6 mEq/L (3.6 mmol/L). Based on the lab results and symptoms, what is the client experiencing? 3 A client who is scheduled for a surgical resection of the colon and creation of a colostomy for a bowel malignancy asks why preoperative antibiotics have been prescribed. The nurse explains that the primary
purpose is to do what? 4 On the third postoperative day after a below-the-knee amputation, a client is refusing to eat, talk, or perform any rehabilitative activities. What is the best initial approach that the nurse should take when interacting with this
client? 1,2 Which workers would the nurse consider to be at high risk
of developing dermatitis? Select all that apply. 1 The nurse is caring for a client who had a hip replacement 2 days prior. After removing a bedpan from under the client, what is a priority nursing intervention? 4 A community healthcare nurse is conducting a survey about homeless children in the community. Which finding helps the nurse distinguish absolute homelessness from relative homelessness? 3 The nurse is caring for a client admitted with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The nurse should monitor the results of which laboratory test to evaluate the client for hypoxia? 4 An 80-year-old client is admitted to the hospital because of complications associated with severe dehydration. The client's daughter asks the nurse how her mother could have become dehydrated, because she is alert and able to care for herself. The nurse's best response is 1 Which nursing action would be considered a part of self-regulation in the decision-making process? 4 Draw a sample for prothrombin time (PT) and international normalized ratio (INR). Rationale: The action that the nurse should take is to draw a sample for PT and INR level to determine the client's anticoagulation status and risk for bleeding. These results will provide information as to how to best treat this client (e.g., if an antidote such as vitamin K or a blood transfusion is needed). The aPTT monitors the effects of heparin therapy. A client brought to the emergency department states that he has accidentally been taking 2 times his prescribed dose of warfarin for the past week. After noting that the client has no evidence of obvious bleeding, the nurse plans to take which action? 1 Prepare to administer an antidote. Sets found in the same folderHesi Fundamentals90 terms mfabriquer Evolve- Fundamental Skills452 terms Aly_S_ Fundamentals of Nursing - Physiological Aspects of…22 terms kathibirdj Fundamentals Hesi 330 terms eclark18 Other sets by this creatorMother Baby Nursing MUST KNOW145 terms emilycharlenePLUS NRP Practice Exam35 terms emilycharlenePLUS NRP107 terms emilycharlenePLUS Types of Clouds13 terms emilycharlenePLUS Other Quizlet setsAnimal Behavior test 171 terms cassandra_nicole37 Environmental Law quiz 243 terms meg_martin6 Hosea 638 terms lodhiamb171 Mrs.Kerley made me make it29 terms Matthew2345684 Related questionsQUESTION what is the gold-standard test for diagnosing gastritis? 6 answers QUESTION What are the 2 types of traction? 15 answers QUESTION What are foods high in phosphates? 15 answers QUESTION How is a Type I radial head fracture treated? 10 answers Which domain of nursing interventions classification taxonomy includes care that supports homeostatic regulation?Domain 2, or the physiologic complex, includes care that supports homeostatic regulation.
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