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Terms in this set (17)1. A nurse is caring for a patient in pain. Which nursing approach is priority? a. Relationship-centered 2. A nurse is providing pain medication to patients after surgery. Which component is key for the nurse's personal philosophy of nursing? a. Caring 3. A nurse attends a seminar on nursing theories for caring. Which information from the nurse indicates a correct understanding of these theories? a. Benner identifies caring as highly connected involving patient and nurse. 4. The patient has a colostomy but has not yet been able to look at it. The nurse teaches the patient how to care for the colostomy. The nurse sits with the patient, and together they form a plan on how to approach dealing with colostomy care. Which caring process is
the nurse performing? c. Enabling Enabling is facilitating another's passage through a life transition and unfamiliar events. Working with the patient to find alternate ways to perform the task is doing just that. Knowing is striving to understand an event because it has meaning in the life of another. This must be done before enabling can occur. Doing for is doing for the other as he or she would do for self if it were at all possible. The nurse in this situation is not doing for the patient but is teaching/informing on how to care for the colostomy. Maintaining belief is sustaining faith in the other's capacity to get through an event or transition and face a future with meaning. This may be an underlying theme to the process but is not what the nurse is actually doing. 5. A nurse is using Watson's model to provide care to
patients. Which carative factor will the nurse use? b. Instilling faith-hope 6. A
nurse provides care that is receptive to patients' and families' perceptions of caring. Which action will the nurse take? a. Provides clear, accurate information 7. A nurse follows the "ethics of care" when working with patients. Which action will the nurse take? a. Becomes the patient's advocate based on the patient's wishes
8. A nurse is providing presence to a patient and the family. Which nursing action does this involve? b. Providing closeness and a sense of caring Providing presence is a person-to-person encounter conveying closeness and a sense of caring. "Being there" seems to depend on the fact that a nurse is attentive to the patient more than the task. "Being with" means being available and at the patient's disposal. If the patient accepts the nurse, the nurse will be invited to see, share, and touch the patient's vulnerability and suffering. Jumping in may not be welcomed. Being there is something the nurse offers to the patient with the purpose of achieving some patient care goal. 9. The patient is
afraid to have a thoracentesis at the bedside. The nurse sits with the patient and asks about the fears. During the procedure, the nurse stays with the patient, explaining each step and providing encouragement. What is the nurse displaying? b. Providing a presence 10. The patient is terminal and very near death. When the nurse checks the patient and finds no pulse or blood pressure,
the family begins sobbing and hugging each other. Some family members hold the patient's hand. The nurse is overwhelmed by the presence of grief and leaves the room. What is the nurse demonstrating? b. Protective touch 11. Which action indicates a nurse is using caring touch with a
patient? b. Rubs a patient's back 12. The nurse is caring for a patient who has been sullen and quiet for the past three days. Suddenly, the patient says, "I'm really nervous about surgery tomorrow, but I'm more worried about how it will affect my family." What should the nurse do first? c. Listen to the patient's concerns and fears. 13. The patient is about to undergo a certain procedure and has voiced concern about outcomes and prognosis. The nurse caring for the patient underwent a similar procedure and stops to listen. Which response by the nurse may be most beneficial? a. "I had a similar procedure and I can tell you what I went through." 14. In making rounds, the nurse meets a patient for
the first time. The nurse asks the patient when morning medications are taken, such as before breakfast, after breakfast, or during breakfast. What does knowing the patient allow the nurse to do? a. Choose the most appropriate time to give the medication. 1. A nurse cares for patients. Which areas does caring influence? (Select all that apply.) a. The way in which patients feel 2. Which actions by the nurse should be done in order to get to know the patient? (Select all that apply.) a. Avoid assumptions To know a patient means that the nurse avoids assumptions, focuses on the patient, and engages in a caring relationship with the patient that reveals information and cues that facilitate critical thinking and clinical judgments. Knowing develops over time as a nurse learns the clinical conditions within a specialty and the behaviors and physiological responses of patients. 3. Which actions by the nurse indicate compassion and caring to patients? (Select all that apply.) a. Saying "I'm here" Our patients tell us that a simple touch, a simple phrase, "I'm here," or a promise to remain at the bedside represent caring and compassion. Caring for an individual cannot occur in isolation from that person's family. As a nurse it is important to know the family almost as thoroughly as you know a patient. A reliance on technology and cost-effective health care strategies and efforts to standardize and refine work processes all undermine the nature of caring. Sets with similar termsChapter 7: Caring in Nursing Practice33 terms whatth3h3ck Chapter 7: Caring in Nursing Practice Review Quest…31 terms AmazinglyFabulous Other sets by this creatorPALS PreTest39 terms Love0208 latex/vitamins13 terms Love0208 hemodynamic parameters6 terms Love0208 saunder's comprehensive NCLEX review- RN955 terms Love0208 Other Quizlet setsCBAD 301 Chapter 1365 terms johndude99 Ancient Greece: Society and Culture in the Classic…22 terms flavatpdc Lecture Exam 364 terms HandsomePhantom Related questionsQUESTION The nurse is monitoring the amount of lochia drainage in a client who is 2 hours postpartum and notes that the client has saturated a perineal pad in 1 hour. How should the nurse document this finding? 15 answers QUESTION The nurse is caring for a client with a nasogastric (NG) tube and tests the pH of the aspirate to determine correct placement. The test results indicate a pH of 5. The nurse should determine this indicates which information? 9 answers QUESTION 21. The nurse is instructing a client's family members on the most incapacitating symptom of Mėnière's disease. Which nursing instruction associated with the symptom is most helpful? 2 answers QUESTION Which patient scenario of a surgical patient in pain is MOST indicative of critical thinking? 15 answers What describes the nurse's use of presence in a professional relationship with a patient?Providing presence is a person-to-person encounter conveying closeness and a sense of caring. It involves "being there" and "being with." "Being there" is not only a physical presence but also includes communication and understanding.
What are caring Behaviours in nursing?Caring behaviors are actions concerned with the well-being of a patient, such as sensitivity, comforting, attentive listening, honesty, and nonjudgmental acceptance. Caring behaviors might be affected by the perceptions of nurses and patients.
What is authentic presence in nursing?Abstract. Authentic presence is generally understood to be an interaction between a nurse and a patient which utilizes behaviors such as a quiet tone of voice, carefully chosen words, physical closeness, eye contact, and therapeutic touch to come to know the patient as an individual, not as just a diagnosis.
How does the nurse demonstrate caring to family members quizlet?A nurse demonstrates caring by helping family members: Become active participants in care. - Caring for the family takes into consideration the context of the patient's illness and the stress it imposes on all members.
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