A nurse and a client engage in communication about the client's length of stay as a result of having open-heart surgery. The unit uses day-by-day specific instructions for nursing care on a form that is at the client's bedside
What is the cognitive tool that is used in this specific instance that has reduced variation of nursing care received by clients with the same clinical problem, streamlined care to reduce costs, reduced care errors and oversights, and decreased the time nurses spend in documentation?
A) Critical thinking
B) Client care paths
C) Nursing-Sensitive Outcomes Classification
D) Nursing Interventions Classification
B
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While performing a focused assessment on the client, the nurse notes a skin rash, which the nurse correctly documents as:
1. Rash on face, arms, and trunk. 2. Maculopapular rash over trunk that client says itches. 3. 2cm boil noted on the client's shoulder. 4. Erythematous butterfly-shaped rash noted over the client's cheeks and nose.
You are the critical care nurse caring for 25-year-old man admitted to the ICU with a brain abscess. What is a priority nursing responsibility in the care of this patient?
A) Promoting nutrition B) Education C) Patient safety D) Mobility
Which of the following best describes a nuclear family?
1. A family is composed of an unmarried woman who chooses to conceive or adopt without a life partner. 2. Children live in a household with both biologic parents and no other relatives or persons. 3. A couple shares household and childrearing responsibilities with parents, siblings, or other relatives. 4. The head of the household is widowed, divorced, abandoned, or separated or most often the mother remains unmarried.
An agitated client demands to see her chart so she can read what has been written about her. Which of the following statements is the nurse's best response to the client?
A. "I'm sorry. The chart is the property of the facility. We don't permit clients to read them." B. "You have the right to see your chart. Please discuss this with your primary care provider." C. "You may see your chart after you're discharged." D. "Please discuss this matter with your attorney."