When evaluating care plans as a part of peer review, the nurse knows that the best nursing diagnoses are written in terms of what?
A) Cues, inferences, and goals
B) Judgments and advice
C) Client and nursing needs
D) Validated data and suspected problems
Ans: D
Diagnoses are written using validated data and are a mechanism for conveying to the care team what the suspected problems will be or are.
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A nurse is working with a woman who is newly married and pregnant and says she is distressed because she and her husband seem to be so different and they argue over petty issues. What action by the nurse using group theory would be best?
A. Ask the woman if she can remember why she and her husband fell in love. B. Caution her that this level of disagreement will cause stress to the unborn baby. C. Offer the woman a referral to a community counseling center for couples therapy. D. Reassure her that this is normal and help her brainstorm ways to work cooperatively.
A lumbar puncture was performed on a patient without a signed informed consent form. This patient might sue for:
a. punitive damages. b. civil battery. c. assault. d. nothing; no violation has occurred.
The major stressor for the family nurse practitioner or clinical specialist is likely to be
1. Autonomy of practice 2. Professional isolation 3. Long work hours 4. Collaboration
Which is an important nursing consideration in the care of the newborn with PKU?
a. Suggest ways to make formula more palatable. b. Teach proper administration of phenylalanine hydroxylase. c. Encourage the breastfeeding mother to adhere to low-phenylalanine diet. d. Give reassurance that dietary restrictions are a temporary inconvenience.