Study Guide for Fundamentals of Nursing The Art and Science of Nursing Care

CHAPTER 11 BLENDED SKILLS AND CRITICAL THINKING THROUGHOUT THE NURSING PROCESS 57

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2. A home care nurse helps the physical
   therapist exercise the patient’s limbs.


3. A nurse sits down with the healthcare
   team halfway through treatment of
   a patient to see how effective the
   treatment has been.


4. A nurse analyzes data to determine what
   health problems might exist.


5. A nurse sets a goal for an obese teenager
   to lose 2 pounds a week.


6. A nurse consults with a patient’s support
   people and other healthcare profession-
   als to learn more about a patient’s
   problem.


7. A nurse decides whether to continue,
   modify, or terminate the healthcare
   plan.


8. A nurse identifies the strengths a patient
   with cancer possesses.


9. A home care nurse determines how
   much nursing care is needed by an
   elderly stroke patient living with her
   daughter.


10. A nurse weighs a patient after 3 weeks to
    determine whether his/her new diet has
    been effective.


11. A nurse documents respiratory care per-
    formed on a patient.


12. A nurse reviews a patient’s past medical
    records.
    Match the competencies listed in Part A with
    the appropriate example of competencies listed
    in Part B. Answers will be used more than once.
    PART A
    a.Cognitive competencies
    b.Technical competencies
    c.Interpersonal competencies
    d.Ethical/legal competencies
    PART B


13. A nurse conducts a patient interview in
    such a way that the patient relaxes and
    “opens up” to her.


14. A nurse skillfully attaches a heart moni-
    tor to a patient.


15. A nurse carefully fills out an incident
    report documenting a fall.


16. A nurse understands the need for
    palpating the lungs of a patient with
    pneumonia.


17. A nurse checks the side rails on a bed of
    an elderly patient with a history of falls.


18. A nurse successfully performs a catheter-
    ization of a patient.


19. A nurse is familiar with the various
    types of medications for high blood
    pressure and their side effects.


20. A nurse calms the mother of an infant
    brought to the emergency room with a
    high fever.


21. A nurse competently starts an IV drip on
    a patient.


22. A nurse checks a patient’s bracelet before
    administering medications.

SHORT ANSWER

1.List three patient and three nursing benefits

of using the nursing process correctly.

Patient:

a.

b.

c.

Nursing:

a.

b.

c.

2.Describe how the nurse and patient work

together to accomplish the following tasks of

the nursing process:

a.Determining the need for nursing care:

b.Planning and implementing the care:

c. Evaluating the results of the nursing care:

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