A nurse is interviewing a person who has stated on her entry health form that she is retired. Which of the following is the most crucial question for the nurse to ask?
a. "Have you had any problems since leaving your employment?"
b. "How do you spend your time now?"
c. "What has retirement been like for you?"
d. "Where were you previously employed and what did you do there?"
ANS: D
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1. "We must find ways to increase our emphasis on critical thinking." 2. "The curriculum must focus on ways nurses can quickly and accurately acquire information." 3. "Our emphasis must change to improving students' clinical reasoning skills." 4. "Our clinical practicums must be graded separately from our theory presentations."
In fetal circulation, the pressure is greatest in the:
a. Right atrium. b. Left atrium. c. Hepatic system. d. Pulmonary veins.
How does the patient-centered informatics model differ from the older nursing informatics models?
A. It is interdisciplinary. B. It relies on the World Wide Web for information. C. It is used to guide patient care decisions at the bedside. D. It includes nursing science.
A nurse has established expected outcomes for an assigned client. The nurse carries out this important activity for the purpose of:
1. evaluating the occurrence of complications. 2. measuring quality of care. 3. measuring the effectiveness of nursing interventions. 4. stopping care when outcomes are met.