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rosent76 · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

A nurse is changing a sterile pressure ulcer dressing based on an established protocol. What does this mean?

A) The nurse is using critical thinking to implement the dressing change.
B) The client has specified how the dressing should be changed.
C) Written plans are developed that specify nursing activities for this skill.
D) The physician verbally requested specific steps of the dressing change.

Question 2

The researchers developing classifications for interventions are also committed to developing a classification of which of the following?

A) Diagnoses
B) Outcomes
C) Goals
D) Data clusters

akpaschal · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Ans: C

Protocols (written plans that detail the nursing activities to be executed in specific situations) are nurse-initiated interventions. They expand the scope of nursing practice in certain clearly defined situations.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: B

The researchers involved in the development of NICs are also committed to developing a classification of client outcomes for nursing interventions, called Nursing Outcomes Classifications (NOCs). This research aims to identify, label, validate, and classify nursing-sensitive client outcomes and indicators, evaluate the validity and usefulness of the classification in clinical field-testing, and define and test measurement procedures for the outcomes and indicators.