The nurse is reviewing interventions written for a client's plan of care. Which intervention should the nurse recognize as being dependent?
1. Repositioning the client every 2 hours
2. Assisting the client with transfers to the bathroom
3. Providing ongoing physical assessment, especially of the incisional sites
4. Administering medications for pain
Correct Answer: 4
Rationale 1: This is an example of an independent intervention: those activities that the nurse is licensed to initiate on the basis of knowledge and skills.
Rationale 2: This is an example of an independent intervention: those activities that the nurse is licensed to initiate on the basis of knowledge and skills.
Rationale 3: This is an example of an independent intervention: those activities that the nurse is licensed to initiate on the basis of knowledge and skills.
Rationale 4: Dependent interventions are those activities carried out under the physician's orders or supervision or according to specified routines. The nurse is responsible for assessing the need for and administering medications, but the physician prescribes them.
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