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Garrulous · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

What is the most significant role for nurses as defined by state nurse practice acts and by regulating bodies such as The Joint Commission (TJC)?

1. Planning care
2. Teaching
3. Assessment
4. Evaluating care

Question 2

The nurse has several educational pamphlets for the patient about medications the patient is receiving. Prior to giving the patient these pamphlets, what is a primary assessment for the nurse?

1. Assess the patient's readiness to learn new information.
2. Assess the patient's religious attitudes toward medicine.
3. Assess the patient's reading level.
4. Assess the patient's cultural bias toward taking medicine.

Pamela.irrgang@yahoo.com · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: 2
Rationale: State nurse practice acts and regulating bodies such as the Joint Commission consider teaching to be a primary role for nurses, giving it the weight of law and key important accreditation standards. Assessment, planning, and evaluation are important, but not the most significant roles of the nurse according to state nurse practice acts and Joint Commission.

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: 3
Rationale: Educational pamphlets are ineffective if the reading level is above what the patient can understand. Assessing the patient's readiness to learn, cultural bias, and religious attitudes are important, but not as important as the patient's reading level.