Author Question: Which patient statements identify qualities of nursing practice with high therapeutic value? (Select ... (Read 61 times)

tiffannnnyyyyyy · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

Which patient statements identify qualities of nursing practice with high therapeutic value? (Select all that apply.) The nurse:

a. talks in language I can understand.
b. helps me keep track of my medications.
c. is willing to go to social activities with me.
d. lets me do whatever I choose without interfering.
e. looks at me as a whole person with different needs.

Question 2

An experienced nurse says to a new graduate, When you've practiced as long as I have, you'll instantly know how to take care of psychotic patients. What is the new graduate's best analysis of this comment? Select all that apply.

a. The experienced nurse may have lost sight of patients' individuality, which may compromise the integrity of practice.
b. New research findings must be continually integrated into a nurse's practice to provide the most effective care.
c. Experience provides mental health nurses with the tools and skills needed for effective professional practice.
d. Experienced psychiatric nurses have learned the best ways to care for psychotic patients through trial and error.
e. Effective psychiatric nurses should be continually guided by an intuitive sense of patients' needs.

xiazhe · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: A, B, E
Each correct answer demonstrates caring is an example of appropriate nursing foci: communicating at a level understandable to the patient, using holistic principles to guide care, and providing medication supervision. The incorrect options suggest a laissez-faire attitude on the part of the nurse, when the nurse should instead provide thoughtful feedback and help patients test alternative solutions or violate boundaries.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A, B
Evidence-based practice involves using research findings to provide the most effective nursing care. Evidence is continually emerging; therefore, nurses cannot rely solely on experience. The effective nurse also maintains respect for each patient as an individual. Overgeneralization compromises that perspective. Intuition and trial and error are unsystematic approaches to care.