Answer to Question 1
Answer: B
Aesthetic knowledge is the art of nursing and is expressed by nurses in their creativity and style in meeting the needs of clients. This nurse is demonstrating aesthetic knowledge by being sensitive to the client's needs during the assigned shift. Empirical knowledge ranges from factual, observable phenomena to theoretical analysis. Empirical knowledge is systematic and helps to describe, explain, and predict phenomena. Personal knowledge is concerned with the knowing, encountering, and actualizing of the concrete, individual self. Creativity is part of aesthetic knowledge.
Answer to Question 2
Answer: C
The nurse best exhibits the characteristic that the client has a right to self-determination by presenting the methods available for PT and answering the client's questions about each so the client can make an informed decision. The nurse would not refer the client for outpatient therapy unless the client requests that form of therapy. Scheduling home PT is leaving the client out of the decision-making process. The therapy that the client requires must be performed by a professional physical therapist. To teach the family exercises encroaches upon the expertise of the professional who will be performing the service.
The nurse conducts the health history as the first step in the nursing assessment
Hydronephrosis. Normal kidney (left) and kidney with hydronephrosis (right) are compared. Note the d
Responsibilities of the nurse manager
Use face cradle covers to prevent the client’s skin from touching the face cradle upholstery.
Testing patellar reflex, client in a sitting position
A patient is talking to the nurse about her husband’s abuse and attempt to strangle her. She ...