Community Health Nursing Quiz 9

A newly hired staff nurse is attending an orientation regarding the nursing model of practice implemented in the agency’s facility. The nurse was informed that the model of practice used is a team nursing approach. The nurse understands that the nursing care delivery will be patterned on which characteristic of this type of nursing model of practice?

The nurse was informed that the nurse manager has implemented change in the method of the nursing delivery system. The delivery system was changed from functional to team nursing. A nursing assistant was reluctant to the change and is not taking an active part in facilitating the process of change. Which of the following would be best approach in dealing with the nursing assistant?

The nurse is formulating the client assignment for the day. Which of the following is the most appropriate assignment for the nursing assistant?

The nurse manager implemented team nursing approach in the unit and planning assignments for the clients. The RN needs to assign four clients and has a licensed practical nurse and three nursing assistant on a team. Which of the following clients would the nurse most appropriately assign to the licensed practical nurse?

On the day shift, the registered nurse has just received an assignment. While making initial rounds and checking all the assigned clients, which clients will the registered nurse give first priority of care?

The nurse was given an assignment to care for four clients. At the start of the rounds, the nurse develops a plan. Which client would the nurse assess first?

The nurse was assigned to perform bed bath to the client. The nurse assistant enters the client room and tells the nurse that another assigned client is in pain and needs pain medication. The most appropriate nursing action is which of the following?

The home health care is formulating a plan of visit to the clients for the day. The nurse is scheduled to visit a client requiring twice daily abdominal dressing changes. Another client to be seen is a client whose spouse is performing daily dressing changes. The nurse is also assigned to admit a client who was discharged yesterday from the hospital following a diagnosis of pneumonia. The last client to be seen will be visited by a home health aide and the nurse needs to orient the aide and provide supervision of client care.

The client decided to begin the visit in the morning and clients live within a 5-mile radius. How would the nurse start the assignment for the day?

In a night shift, a nurse was in-charged in the emergency department and is assigned to triage clients arriving to the emergency room for treatment. The nurse would assign highest priority to which of the following clients?

The nurse on the day shift is scheduled to care for three clients. One client is scheduled for a cardiac catheterization at 10AM; the other has a tracheostomy and is on a mechanical ventilator. And the other client was newly diagnosed with diabetes mellitus and is scheduled for discharged to home. How would the nurse plan the order of care of the clients for the day?