Module 6 Dimensions of Nursing Practice Proctored Exam Practice Questions

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• Establishes the physician as the primary and sole source of authority during codes.
• Reduces confusion in the communication between nurse and physician.
• Aids nurses in independent practice when necessary.
• Reduces the number of lawsuits associated with the care of critically ill clients.

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• Restore the client's system to an optimal state of balance.
• Treating symptoms that stressors have already produced.
• Preventing symptoms caused by environmental stressors.
• Teaching cultural perspectives of environmental stressors.

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• Refuse to give the information over the phone.
• Give a noncommittal response that "everything is normal" even though it is untrue.
• Give the results as they are reported on the laboratory sheet because the insurance company is paying for the test anyway.
• Tell the representative that the test results are not back yet.

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• Children under 12, under special circumstances, may give consent.
• Children under 12 are not allowed to be organ donors.
• Children under 12 cannot be placed on an adult transplant list.
• Children under 12 are not allowed to make decisions for themselves.

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• A framework for decision-making
• A collection of static rules
• A group of legally binding values
• The "ball and chain" of the profession

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• Follow only the instructions of the client's family.
• Know and understand the state's laws that address living wills.
• Use the ethical principle of best interest when making decisions about the client's care needs.
• Incorporate the ethical principle of paternalism into all client care activities.

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• Client
• Environment
• Health
• Nursing

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• Morals
• Values
• Laws
• Ethics

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• Covers services of nurse practitioners.
• Does not pay full costs of certain services.
• Finances a large portion of maternal and clinical care for the poor.
• Supplemental insurance is necessary.

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• The document will name a durable power of attorney for health care (DPOAHC), who will make all medical decisions for the client, regardless of the client's mental status.
• The document means nothing to the nurse because the attending physician will decide the client's care.
• The document is a tool for client self-determination. It allows the client to express their desire for life-sustaining care when they are incapacitated.
• The nurse may assume the client is dying, and he or she will not call a "Rapid Response" or "Code Blue" if the client's status deteriorates.