The nurse caring for a patient in the acute care setting assumes responsibility for a patient's care. What is this legally binding situation?
a. Nurse-patient relationship
b. Accountability
c. Advocacy
d. Standard of care
ANS: A
When the nurse assumes responsibility for a patient's care, the nurse-patient relationship is formed. This is a legally binding "contract" for which the nurse must take responsibility. Accountability is being responsible for one's own actions. An advocate is one who defends or pleads a cause or issue on behalf of another. Standards of care define acts whose performance is required, permitted, or prohibited.
You might also like to view...
The next step of the nursing process following determination of an appropriate nursing diagnosis is the:
a. assessment phase. b. planning phase. c. implementation phase. d. evaluation phase.
The client is a 24-year-old woman with asthma who takes terbutaline orally. She has all the following clinical manifestations. Which one alerts you to possible terbutaline toxicity?
A. Increased menstrual cramping B. Palpitations and tachycardia C. Oral and vaginal candidiasis D. Diarrhea and abdominal bloating
Mary is a 15-year-old student who is concerned about her diet. The school nurse informs her that the average caloric recommendation for adolescent females is:
1. About 3,000 kcalories/d because of rapid growth periods. 2. Limited to about 1,500 kcalories/day to avoid becoming overweight. 3. 2,200 kcalories/day with 45 grams of protein. 4. Much greater than adolescent males.
The community nurse is meeting a new mother for the first time. The patient delivered her first child 5 days ago after a 12-hour labor. Neither the mother nor the infant had any complications during the birth or postpartum period
Which statement by the patient would indicate to the nurse that the patient is experiencing postpartum blues? 1. "I am so happy and blessed to have my new baby." 2. "One minute I'm laughing and the next I'm crying." 3. "My husband is helping out by changing the baby at night." 4. "Breastfeeding is going quite well now that the engorgement is gone."