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kaid0807

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The home health nurse uses creativity and critical thinking to devise a way for a client to receive intravenous medication while sitting outside on the porch. Which skill did the nurse use for this situation?
 
  1. Technical
  2. Interpersonal
  3. Creativity
  4. Cognitive

Question 2

The nurse is creating goals for a client's plan of care. For what reasons should the nurse expect to use these goals?
 
  1. Serve as criteria to evaluate the client's progress
  2. Determine when the problem has been resolved
  3. Motivate the client to provide a sense of achievement
  4. Use as a measuring stick to limit the use of hospital resources
  5. Provide direction when planning the client's nursing interventions



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Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: 4
Rationale 1: Technical skills are hands-on skills such as manipulating equipment, giving injections, bandaging, and moving, lifting, and repositioning clients.
Rationale 2: Interpersonal skills are all of the activities, verbal and nonverbal, people use when interacting directly with one another.
Rationale 3: Creativity is part of cognitive skill.
Rationale 4: Cognitive skills include problem solving, decision making, critical thinking, and creativity. Finding a unique way to provide the treatment while keeping the client's wishes in mind is an example of the nurse using cognitive abilities.

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: 1, 2, 3, 5

Rationale: Desired outcomes/goals serve as the criteria for judging the effectiveness of nursing interventions and client progress in the evaluation step.





 

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