SHORT ANSWER
1.Give an example of an appropriate nursing
order for the following patients:
a.A child with asthma who must be taught
to use an inhaler:b.An elderly woman recovering from hip
surgery who must learn to ambulate with
a walker:c. An obese teenager who needs weight
counseling:d.A new mother who must ambulate after
undergoing a cesarean section:2.Briefly define the following elements of plan-
ning. Explain why they are necessary to the
planning step of the nursing process.
a.Setting priorities:b.Writing goals/outcomes that determine
the evaluative strategy:c. Selecting appropriate evidence-based nurs-
ing interventions:d.Communicating the plan of nursing
care:3.List two examples of informal planning.4.Explain how a formal plan of care benefits
the nurse and patient.5.Individualize the following standard plans to
meet the patient’s specific goals.
a.Manage pain for a terminally ill patient:b.Explore support people for a patient with
AIDS:c. Provide sensory stimulation for an elderly
man in a nursing home:d.Teach self-help to a stroke patient in the
home care setting:6.Describe the following types of nursing care
and give an example of each type.
a.Nursing care related to basic human needs:Example:
b.Nursing care related to nursing diagnoses:Example:
c. Nursing care related to the medical and
interdisciplinary plan of care:Example:
7.List four considerations a nurse should employ
when planning nursing care for each day.
a.
b.
c.
d.
8.Place a check mark next to the patient goals
that are written correctly, and on the line
below, rewrite those that are written
incorrectly:
a.______ Teach Mrs. Myers one lesson per
day on the nutritional value of foods.76 UNIT III THE NURSING PROCESS
Copyright © 2011 Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Study Guide for Fundamentals of Nursing:LWBK696-C14_p72-78.qxd 9/2/10 9:26 AM Page 76 Aptara Inc