Exam 9: Implementation and Evaluation

A client with a recently fractured left femur has been reluctant to comply with physical therapy for fear of the pain associated with movement. A goal for this client is to attend therapy treatments three times each day. The nurse is evaluating the goal for this client. The client states, "I don't like therapy; it hurts, but I have been going twice a day." The client chart has an entry from the last shift nurse stating the client went to therapy two times with encouragement. The nurse evaluates the goal as:

The client complains of right knee pain of 6/10 on the pain scale and requests for medication. The nurse assesses and flushes the IV site before giving the IV pain medication. Which type of intervention skill is the nurse using?

The nursing supervisor is presenting the staff nurse with the nurse's yearly performance evaluation. This type of evaluation would be called:

The nurse is to delegate certain tasks to unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP). Which task can be appropriately assigned to a UAP?

The nursing supervisor is evaluating how many clients each of the department nurses has been assigned for the shift. This type of evaluation would be considered: