Watson proposes that: The nurse's moral commitment, intentionality, and caritas consciousness is to protect, enhance, promote, and potentiate human dignity,
wholeness, and healing, wherein a person creates or co-creates his or her own meaning for existence, healing, wholeness, and living and dying.
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
ANS: T
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A student nurse has been assigned to provide basic care for a 58-year-old man with a diagnosis of AIDS-related pneumonia. The student tells the instructor that she is unwilling to care for this patient
What key component of critical thinking is most likely missing from this student's practice? A) Compliance with direction B) Respect for authority C) Analyzing information and situations D) Withholding judgment
The nurse is addressing condom use in the context of a health promotion workshop. When discussing the correct use of condoms, what should the nurse tell the attendees?
A) Attach the condom prior to erection. B) A condom may be reused with the same partner if ejaculation has not occurred. C) Use skin lotion as a lubricant if alternatives are unavailable. D) Hold the condom by the cuff upon withdrawal.
The client is recovering from delivery that included a midline episiotomy. Her perineum is swol-len and sore. The client is asking for her ice pack to be refreshed. The best response from the nurse is:
1. "I'll get you one right away." 2. "You only need to use one ice pack." 3. "You need to leave it off for at least 20 minutes and then reapply." 4. "I'll bring you an extra so that you can change it when you are ready."
In counseling an adolescent female about safe sex practices, which question is the most appropriate for the nurse to ask?
1. "Do you and your boyfriend use a condom every time you have sex?" 2. "Do you have a boyfriend, and if so, are you sexually active?" 3. "Do you have one or more sexual partners?" 4. "Have you and your boyfriend ever had unprotected sex?"