Author Question: The nurse knows that patient education about a buccal medication has been effective when the patient ... (Read 81 times)

meagbuch · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

The nurse knows that patient education about a buccal medication has been effective when the patient states

a. I should let the medication dissolve completely.
b. I can only drink water, not juice, with this medication.
c. For faster distribution, I should chew my medication first.
d. I should place the medication in the same location.

Question 2

Carper (1978) has identified four patterns of knowing upon which nursing practice is founded. Which pattern describes the ability of the nurse to assist a patient in reaching health goals through the rapport established with this individual?

a. Empirics
b. Esthetics
c. Personal knowledge
d. Ethics

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

Answer to Question 1

A
Buccal medications should be placed in the side of the cheek and allowed to dissolve completely. Buccal medications act with the patient's saliva and mucosa. The patient should not chew or swallow the medication. Gastric secretions may destroy some medications. The patient should rotate sides of the check to avoid irritating the mucosal lining.

Answer to Question 2

C

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A The empirical pattern of knowing is knowledge that is systematically organized into general laws and theories for the purpose of describing, explaining, and predicting phenomena of special concern to the discipline of nursing (Carper, 1978, p. 14).
B The esthetic pattern of knowing involves the active transformation of the patient's behavior into a perception of what is significant in itthat is, what need is being expressed by the behavior (Carper, 1978, p. 17).
C Personal knowledge is concerned with the knowing, encountering, and actualizing of the concrete, individual self (Carper, 1978, p. 18). This type of knowing deals with ways a nurse successfully assists a patient to reach health goals through the rapport established with this individual.
D The ethical pattern of knowing requires an understanding of different philosophical positions regarding what is good, what ought to be desired, and what is right; of different ethical frameworks devised for dealing with the complexities of moral judgements; and of various orientations to the notion of obligation (Carper, 1978, p. 21).