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Tirant22 · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

The nurse is working with a client who is scheduled to have an electrocardiogram (ECG) done this morning before breakfast. The nurse arrives at the client bedside to find the respiratory therapist taking vital signs and preparing to do the ECG.

The nurse recognizes this as which of the following types of care delivery system? 1. The functional care system
2. The client-focused system
3. The case method of delivering care
4. The team approach to care

Question 2

The nursing student is considering ways to apply some of the characteristics of critical thinkers to the care of clients in the clinical setting. Which of the following would be an example of subjecting the egocentric self to close scrutiny?

1. Adjusting attitudes regarding clients from another culture
2. Arriving to clinical in a timely fashion
3. Dressing in a professional manner
4. Reviewing the client's diet tray

eliasc0401 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

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Rationale 1: The client-focused care system brings the care to the client. Typically, services are moved closer to the client, and employees are cross-trained to tasks that do not necessarily belong in their domains. The functional system delivers care by assigning tasks to different levels of caregivers. The case method utilizes the RN to deliver total care for a group of clients during the assigned shift. The team approach assigns the care of a group of clients to a team headed by the RN.

Answer to Question 2

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Rationale 1: Critical thinkers should review their own opinions and judgments about people to ensure that decisions made are for the good of the client and not bias on the part of the nurse. Arriving at clinical on time and professionally dressed is an expectation, and does not require critical thinking. There is not enough information about reviewing the tray to know if critical thinking was used.