Exam 1: Goals of Clinical Nursing Education

Students in Mary's clinical group complete an entry in their reflective journals following each clinical experience. Mary expects that this assignment will enable students to

Mark has asked for more opportunities to demonstrate skill in the use of therapeutic nursing interventions. Which of the following assignments would best enable Mary to accommodate Mark's request?

Which of the following patient care assignments will enable Belinda to exhibit cultural competence?

Amy is assigned to care for a 55-year-old woman recently diagnosed with metastatic pancreatic cancer, who tells Amy that she will be refusing treatment of her cancer. During the post-conference, Mary asks Amy to discuss her experience with the group. In addition to enabling the group to consider the ethical implications of decisions and actions, Mary is likely to expect that Amy will achieve which of the following objectives?

Because the patient census on the unit is low, Mary has assigned Valerie to shadow the unit manager in order to

All second semester students must complete a weekly written assignment discussing the therapeutic indications, actions, and potential side effects of a medication they have administered to a patient during the week. This assignment should help students to

Nancy is caring for a 92-year-old woman who was transferred from a nursing home to the hospital for treatment of a third-degree pressure sore at the base of her spine. In addition to an air mattress and frequent repositioning, this patient's pressure sore is being treated with periodic heat treatments. Nancy has questioned the basis for the heat treatments, evidencing

Mary Morris is the clinical nursing instructor for a group of eight second semester baccalaureate nursing program students assigned to a medical-surgical unit at Midland Hospital. -Mary has assigned Phyllis to care for a 52-year-old male who has been newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and is to be discharged this afternoon. He has expressed concerns about managing his disease because of his erratic work schedule. Mary is most likely to have made this patient care assignment to enable Phyllis to develop which of the following objectives?

Cherisse is assigned to conduct the intake interview for a 62-year-old male with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease using the unit's electronic health record. This assignment should enable Cherisse to develop which of the following objectives?

When Jeanette recognizes that she has missed administering a dose of antibiotics for her patient, she reports the error to Mary and the nurse manager. This demonstrates