The nurse is assessing a patient being cared for at the end of life. Which of the following respiratory patterns would be expected?

When teaching clients about maintaining a safe environment, which statement would be most suitable to include?

A patient arrives at the clinic reporting a new onset of angina pectoris that has persisted for the last 30 minutes. What should be the nurse’s initial action?

A physician expresses anger towards a nurse assisting him in the operating room in front of the patient and other team members because the nurse did not hand him instruments quickly enough.

The nurse later addresses the physician privately using the DESC tool. Which statement represents the “E” component of this tool?

The nurse observes that a patient is experiencing absolute homelessness. The nurse contacts a social worker to assist the patient with resources.

Which term best describes the nurse’s actions?

A nursing student confidently communicates with a patient before performing a procedure for the first time, assuring the patient of their ability to safely carry out the procedure.

This demonstrates which critical thinking attitude?

Prescription Order: 1g in 50 mL to infuse over 30 minutes; gtt factor= 15gtts/1mL. How many drops per minute will you infuse?

A nurse working in a care area that uses paper charting notices an error when recording a patient’s vital signs in the patient record.

Which option adheres to The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) guidelines for making corrections to documentation?

A 57-year-old female patient was admitted to the hospital with a left upper wound infection (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus [MRSA] and several gram-negative bacteria) and cellulitis 5 days ago.

Her wound is packed and requires a dressing change twice a day.

She is scheduled for discharge to home with her daughter to continue antibiotic therapy for another week.

What health teaching should the nurse include as part of the discharge instructions for the patient and her daughter?

Select all that apply.

The nurse is reassessing a 57-year-old female client who was admitted to the hospital with a left upper arm open wound infection (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus [MRSA] and several gram-negative bacteria) and cellulitis 5 days ago.

Tomorrow she is scheduled for discharge to home with her daughter to continue oral antibiotic therapy for another 10 days.

For each assessment finding, use the choices from the drop-down box to indicate whether the interventions were Effective (helped to meet expected outcomes), Ineffective (did not help to meet expected outcomes), or Unrelated (not related to the expected outcomes).

What concept is the focus of Nola Pender’s nursing model?