A student nurse has learned that traditionally, medicine has relied primarily upon biomedical parameters and measures such as laboratory and diagnostic tests to determine if a clinical intervention has been successful.
The student nurse asks the nurse educator if this practice reflects current patient needs. Which of the following responses by the nurse educator would be correct? a. Yes,
because it has always been done this way, and it is a sound practice for patient care.
b. Yes, because these tests provide the clinical indicators necessary for accurate diagnosis.
c. No, because they may be false and thus not give enough information to make a sounddiagnosis or intervention.
d. No, because these measures do not always address the multifaceted outcomes that
patients care about most (quality of life).
D
Traditionally, health care providers have relied solely upon biochemical parameters and diagnostic
tests to determine if an intervention is needed or if a treatment was effective. However, in today's
society, there are other outcomes of care that matter most to patients such as quality of life, family,
work, and overall level of functioning, which are not reflected in these types of tests or procedures.
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