Author Question: While caring for a client with respiratory alkalosis caused by hyperventilation, the nurse decides ... (Read 53 times)

darbym82 · **on:** Jun 25, 2018

While caring for a client with respiratory alkalosis caused by hyperventilation, the nurse decides that having students in the room may increase the client's anxiety and decides to assign another client for care.

Which type of knowledge is the nurse demonstrating when assigning another client for care?
A) Empirical
B) Aesthetic
C) Creative
D) Personal

Question 2

The nurse is preparing a client for discharge who will be requiring physical therapy (PT) to rehabilitate after a total knee replacement. After reading the healthcare provider's order for PT, which would be the nurse's initial action?

A) Set up appointments according to the order with the hospital PT department.
B) Call home health and schedule a therapist to visit the home for therapy.
C) Discuss the various types of settings for therapy and have the client choose the venue.
D) Teach the family the exercises needed for the client.

perkiness · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 25, 2018

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.