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eruditmonkey@yahoo.com · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

A nurse prepares the budget and policies for an intensive care unit. Which role is the nurse implementing?

a. Educator
b. Manager
c. Advocate
d. Caregiver

Question 2

The nurse prescribes strategies and alternatives to attain expected outcome. Which standard of nursing practice is the nurse following?

a. Assessment
b. Diagnosis
c. Planning
d. Implementation

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

Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
A manager coordinates the activities of members of the nursing staff in delivering nursing care and has personnel, policy, and budgetary responsibility for a specific nursing unit or facility. As an educator, you explain concepts and facts about health, describe the reason for routine care activities, demonstrate procedures such as self-care activities, reinforce learning or patient behavior, and evaluate the patient's progress in learning. As a patient advocate, you protect your patient's human and legal rights and provide assistance in asserting these rights if the need arises. As a caregiver, you help patients maintain and regain health, manage disease and symptoms, and attain a maximal level function and independence through the healing process.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
In planning, the registered nurse develops a plan that prescribes strategies and alternatives to attain expected outcomes. During assessment, the registered nurse collects comprehensive data pertinent to the patient's health and/or the situation. In diagnosis, the registered nurse analyzes the assessment data to determine the diagnoses or issues. During implementation, the registered nurse implements (carries out) the identified plan.