Deck 22: Role Relationships and Interprofessional Communication

Question 1

The nurse contacts the client's case manager to provide information about the client's hospital treatment plan.This is an example of which type of advocacy?

A) Role modeling
B) Educational informing
C) Collaboration
D) Anticipatory guidance

Answer 1

Collaboration

Question 2

The nurse is conducting an interview with the family of a client who has just been diagnosed with Alzheimer disease.The nurse wants to assess family role relationships.What would be an appropriate question?

A) "What are your likes and dislikes?"
B) "Who assumes responsibility for decision making?"
C) "How would you describe your job?"
D) "How do you like to be treated?"

Answer 2

"Who assumes responsibility for decision making?"

Question 3

The nurse is caring for a client on a rehabilitation unit who sustained a back injury in an auto accident,resulting in disability status from his job as a truck driver.The nurse should help the client to identify skills transferable to a future position by stating which of the following?

A) "I am sorry to learn about your job loss."
B) "Your wife stated you were a reliable, trustworthy worker."
C) "Think of your strengths associated with your previous job position."
D) "The career office really considers you employable."

Answer 3

"Think of your strengths associated with your previous job position."

Question 4

When documenting nursing care in the client's chart,the nurse does so accurately and honestly.The nurse is demonstrating which essential value of professionalism in nursing?

A) Altruism
B) Integrity
C) Human dignity
D) Asepsis

Question 5

Which aspect of role standards is influenced by institutional norms and may vary depending on the work environment?

A) Role pressures
B) Role performance
C) Role relationship
D) Role socialization

Question 6

A novice nurse decides to attend a diabetes workshop after a client was admitted to the unit with an insulin pump that the nurse was not familiar with.This is an example of

A) role performance.
B) client advocacy.
C) collaboration.
D) professional self-awareness.

Question 7

The nurse offers a client's family a list of community resources and support groups and encourages them to become involved in the local Lupus chapter.This is an example of which professional nursing role responsibility?

A) Client advocate role
B) Teaching role
C) Caregiver role
D) Consultant role

Question 8

The economics of health care and diminishing numbers of health care providers led to legislative passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPAC).This legislation is designed to

A) provide high-quality health care to a smaller number of people.
B) make health care accessibility a reality for all.
C) provide high-quality health care at a slightly increased cost.
D) make health care accessibility a reality for individuals with the means to pay.

Question 9

Essential components of interprofessional professionalism are clear communication,caring,professional ethics,and

A) aesthetics.
B) altruism.
C) justice.
D) truth.

Question 10

When looking toward the future of nursing,it is important for nurse educators to teach student nurses that the wave of the future in nursing is in

A) bedside nursing.
B) hospice nursing and home health care.
C) advanced practice and leadership roles.
D) nurses possessing a diploma degree.

Question 11

The nurse is caring for a client who has just refused to undergo an invasive procedure that could possibly extend his life by a few months.The nurse supports the client's decision based on which essential value?

A) Equality
B) Truth
C) Human dignity
D) Autonomy

Question 12

The new graduate nurse is unsure how to operate a new intravenous pump After reading the directions,the new graduate nurse seeks the assistance of a more experienced nurse and asks for a demonstration on how to operate the new intravenous pump.The behavior exhibited by the new graduate nurse is

A) role pressure.
B) role clarity.
C) role conflict.
D) role overload.

Question 13

Which of the following is a nursing diagnosis associated with the effects of alteration in role relationships within the family and work environment?

A) Sleep pattern disturbance
B) Ineffective role performance
C) Altered thought processes
D) Impaired communication

Question 14

A nurse,who has been practicing for 4 years,demonstrates competence,speed,and flexibility when performing clinical skills.According to Benner,the nurse is practicing at which developmental stage?

A) Advanced beginner
B) Competency
C) Proficiency
D) Expert

Question 15

The nurse is caring for an older client with a fractured hip.The client asks the nurse about the nature of her condition.The nurse's response should be,

A) "You have a fractured femur," stated in a loud voice.
B) "You will have to speak to your physician about your diagnosis."
C) "Do you wish to call your son to discuss it with him because he talked with the MD?"
D) "When you fell at home, you broke your hip."