The client and nurse have agreed that a goal of care is for the ...

[V@ndy87]

The client and nurse have agreed that a goal of care is for the client to manage conflict assertively. After learning assertiveness techniques, the client feels ready to practice them.
 
  The nurse correctly applies knowledge of the evaluation step of the nursing process and demonstrates skill by doing what?
  A) Documenting that the goal has been met
  B) Suggesting that the client attend assertiveness training classes before documenting that the goal has been met
  C) Waiting to hear how the client has put the skills into practice before documenting that the goal has been met
  D) Asking the client to restate the techniques before documenting that the goal has been met

Question 2

A group of junior nursing students are discussing their upcoming clinical rotation in mental health. One student states, I knew a friend's brother who was a paranoid schizophrenic. What does this student's statement reveal?
 
  A) The student is identifying dispositional factors that are related to the friend's brother's diagnosis.
  B) The student is labeling the friend's brother as being defined by his diagnosis.
  C) The student is demonstrating the principles of attribution theory.
  D) The student is showing a potential for horizontal violence in the clinical setting.

[bfulkerson77]

Answer to Question 1

Ans: C
Feedback:
Evaluation means determining the value of each intervention or the attainment of desired outcomes.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: B
Feedback:
By conflating the brother's diagnosis with his identity as a schizophrenic, the student is engaging in labeling. This statement is not indicative of dispositional factors or a potential for horizontal violence.