The nurse is caring for a client who is recovering from an appendectomy. Which of the following coding systems should the nurse use for documenting changing of the client's postoperative abdominal dressing?
a. Nursing outcomes classification (NOC)
b. Diagnostic-related groups
c. Nursing intervention classification
d. North American Nursing Diagnosis (NANDA)
ANS: C
The nursing intervention classification organizes nursing interventions under domains. NOC is used to classify outcomes. Diagnostic-related groups code for diagnostic procedures. NANDA describes nursing diagnoses.
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1. Working overtime whenever possible. 2. Volunteering to take blood pressures at a health fair. 3. Designing a research paper regarding care of the dying client. 4. Organizing a seminar to educate new nurses on hospital policies.
The nurse evaluates that wearing bifocals improved the patient's myopia and presbyopia by assessing for
a. strength of the eye muscles. b. both near and distant vision. c. cloudiness in the eye lenses. d. intraocular pressure changes.
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1. Doctor-patient model 2. Process model 3. Purchase of expertise model 4. Content model