Author Question: The nurse serves as an educator of other health care personnel. In what capacity will this nurse ... (Read 35 times)

DelorasTo · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

The nurse serves as an educator of other health care personnel. In what capacity will this nurse participate in education?

1. Preceptor of new graduate nurses
2. Instructing a part of the critical care course
3. Clinical instruction of nursing students
4. One-to-one teaching of clients
5. Teaching grandparents how to care for children

Question 2

A client is being discharged after a 23-hour stay for a surgical procedure. When preparing the instructions for this client, what does the nurse need to do?

1. Ensure the client's safe transition to home.
2. Include information about what the client has been taught.
3. Include what the client still needs to learn when discharged.
4. Check the client's insurance for hospitalization coverage.
5. Call the client's prescriptions in to the client's local pharmacy.

blazinlyss · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: 1, 2, 3
Rationale 1: Nurses are involved in the instruction of professional colleagues, such as functioning as preceptors for new graduate nurses.
Rationale 2: Nurses with specialized knowledge and experience may share that knowledge and experience with nurses by instructing a part of the critical care course.
Rationale 3: Nurses in nursing practice settings are often involved in the clinical instruction of nursing students.
Rationale 4: One-to-one teaching of clients is not an example of being an educator of other health care personnel.
Rationale 5: Teaching grandparents how to care for children is not an example of being an educator of other health care personnel.

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: 1, 2, 3
Rationale 1: Because of decreased lengths of stay, time constraints on client education can occur. The nurse needs to provide education that will ensure the client's safe transition to home.
Rationale 2: Discharge plans must include information about what the client has been taught.
Rationale 3: Discharge plans must include what the client still needs to learn when discharged.
Rationale 4: The nurse does not need to check the client's insurance for hospitalization coverage when preparing discharge instructions.
Rationale 5: The nurse does not call the client's prescriptions in to the client's local pharmacy when preparing discharge instructions.