What is the nurse's primary role on the interdisciplinary health care team treating clients with genetic disorders?
1. Ordering genetic testing
2. Analyzing genetic testing results
3. Assuring open and accurate communication among team members
4. Making certain financial resources are used appropriately
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Rationale 1: In most cases, the nurse does not initiate orders for testing.
Rationale 2: Analyzing test results is generally a team responsibility.
Rationale 3: The nurse is often the coordinator of care and information on multidisciplinary teams.
Rationale 4: Financial matters are generally managed by social workers.
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a. Fresh spinach b. Hot dogs c. Pasta d. Grapefruit
A staff nurse delegates a task to a nursing assistant, knowing that the assistant has never performed the task before
As a result, the patient is injured, and the nurse defensively states that the nursing assistant should have known how to perform such a simple task. This nurse is demonstrating lack of a. Responsibility. b. Autonomy. c. Authority. d. Accountability.
Which information noted by the nurse during a patient interview is considered part of cultural assessment?
a. The patient's personal appearance and clothing are neat and clean. b. The patient is considerably overweight for his or her height and age. c. The skin tone and eye coloring of all family members is very similar. d. The wife looks to her husband to answer questions about her health.
When a nurse considers that clients may not want to have genetic testing done because of the impact that it may have on future life decisions, the nurse is incorporating genetics/genomics into practice using
a. Assessment b. Identification c. Referral d. Provision of education, care, and support