Exam 35: Caring Interventions

The pediatric nurse is caring for a 17-year-old client who has type 1 diabetes. What caring intervention can the nurse implement as the client transitions to adulthood?

The nurse is caring for an older adult client who visits the clinic semiannually to help maintain quality of life. When providing caring interactions to this client, what intervention should the nurse avoid?

When a client's or family's wishes about a client's care clash with what the nurse believes would be the best possible care for the client, this could cause a conflict between caring interventions and what other nursing concept?

A hospital is preparing for the American Nurses' Credentialing Center's magnet hospital designation process. Nurse representatives on the Magnet Council consider several Professional Practice Models (PPMs)as their approach to nursing care. After selecting a PPM model, members of the Council plan a series of nursing grand rounds. These focus on the six Cs of caring in nursing: compassion, competence, confidence, conscience, commitment, and comportment. What particular nursing theory, philosophical approach, or framework of caring have the nurses decided to adopt?

During a care conference, the nursing student differentiates between the different theories of caring when discussing client care. Which type of knowledge is the student demonstrating?

The nurse decides to take a few days of personal time to invest in self-nurturing activities. Which activities indicate the nurse is taking steps to care for self? Select all that apply.

The family members of a recently deceased client wrote a letter to the unit manager, expressing their appreciation for the way the client was treated while dying in the hospital. The family mentioned characteristics that indicate the nurses were caring. What behaviors did the family most likely use to explain the caring actions of the nurses? Select all that apply.

A nurse in a rural community is employed in a facility that has had a shortage of nurses for several years. As a result, several nurses have left the institution citing burnout. To avoid risking burnout, the nurse regularly works out, practices yoga, socializes with friends once or twice a week, and participates in at least one annual national or state nursing conference. This approach to work-life balance reflects which concept within the framework of Caring Interventions?

During a performance appraisal, a unit manager praises a staff nurse on the ability to use presencing when caring for terminally ill clients. What did the nurse demonstrate that would exemplify this caring behavior? Select all that apply.

While caring for a client with respiratory alkalosis caused by hyperventilation, the nurse decides that having students in the room may increase the client's anxiety. Therefore, he decides to have the students watch the assessment of a different client. Which type of knowledge is the nurse demonstrating when assigning another client for care?

In holistic nursing, the nurse should emphasize the client's personal responsibility in maintaining health. This idea is most closely related to which concept in caring interventions?