TEST BANK FOR ESSENTIALS FOR NURSING PRACTICE 8TH EDITION BY POTTER Chap_20_Caring_in_Nursing_Practice_

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1.A nurse is working in a health care clinic. She loves her work because of all the different people she meets. She professes to care for all of them and states that she understands them because she r... ealizes which of the following is true? a. Basically all patients are the same. b. Each person has a unique background. c. Caring for people requires very little experience. d. There are standard solutions to most health care problems. 2.Madeleine Leininger identifies the concept of care as the essence and unifying domain that sets nursing apart from other health care disciplines. Which of the following is true in her view? a. Care and cure are synonymous. b. Care is designed to focus only on individuals. c. Caring acts are independent of patient values. d. Caring depends on communication. 3.Nurses care for a variety of patients. What is an activity that best demonstrates the caring role of a nurse? a. Staying with a patient and developing a plan of care before surgery b. Performing IV insertion with confidence c. Assessing the patients entire health history d. Inserting a urinary catheter using aseptic technique 4.Which of the following would indicate that the nurse has established a level of mutual problem solving? a. The nurse helps the patient develop questions to ask the health care provider. b. The nurse tells the patient what needs to be done to resolve health problems. c. The nurse is seen as the authority when it comes to health care issues. d. The nurse excludes the family from health discussions to protect privacy. 5.The patient was hospitalized with pneumonia. He had always been very healthy and was concerned that now his family would have to take care of him. During one conversation the nurse said to him, This gives the ones who love you a chance to show you how much they care for you. The comment that the nurse made best demonstrated which behavior? a. Human respect b. Encouraging manner c. Healing environment d. Affiliation needs [Show More]

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