ATI PN MED SURG PROCTORED EXAM (NGN) LATET 2023 GRADED A+ (Detail Solutions)

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ATI PN MED SURG PROCTORED EXAM (NGN) LATET 2023 GRADED A+ (Detail Solutions) 1.A nurse who is caring for a patient with a pressure ulcer applies the recommended dressing according to hosp... ital policy. Which standard is the nurse following? a.Fairness b.Intellectual standards c.Independent reasoning d.Institutional practice guidelines ANS: D The standards of professional responsibility that a nurse tries to achieve are the standards cited in Nurse Practice Acts, institutional practice guidelines (hospital/facility policy), and professional organizations’ standards of practice (e.g., The American Nurses Association Standards of Professional Performance). Intellectual standards are guidelines or principles for rational thought. Fairness and independent reasoning are two examples of critical thinking attitudes that are designed to help nurses make clinical decisions. 2.A nurse is reviewing care plans. Which finding, if identified in a plan of care, should the registered nurse revise? a.Patient’s outcomes for learning b.Nurse’s assumptions about hospital discharge c.Identification of several actual health problems d.Documentation of patient’s ability to meet the goal ANS: B The nurse should not assume when a patient is going to be discharged and document this information in a plan of care. Making assumptions is not an example of a critical thinking skill. The purpose of the nursing process is to diagnose and treat human responses (e.g., patient symptoms, need for knowledge) to actual or potential health problems. Use of the process allows nurses to help patients meet agreed-on outcomes for better health. The patient’s outcomes, having several actual health problems, and a description 1 of the patient’s abilities to meet the goal are all appropriate to document in the nursing plan of care. 3.In which order will the nurse use the nursing process steps during the clinical decision-making process? 1.Evaluating goals 2.Assessing patient needs 3.Planning priorities of care 4.Determining nursing diagnoses 5.Implementing nursing interventions a. 2, 4, 3, 5, 1 b. 4, 3, 2, 1, 5 c. 1, 2, 4, 5, 3 d. 5, 1, 2, 3, 4 [Show More]

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