Exam 9: Nursing Process: Your Role

An LPN/LVN is assisting the RN in the development of goals and interventions for a patient's plan of care.The LPN/LVN is participating in which step of the nursing process?

An LPN/LVN demonstrates to a new mother how to safely bathe her infant.This is an example of the phase of the nursing process called

The nursing care plan requires the nurse to ambulate the patient twice daily.The phase of the nursing process in which the nurse is participating is

Identify the outcome that would be appropriate to include in the nursing care plan of a patient who has undergone total knee replacement.

A nurse notes that a patient is experiencing increased peripheral edema and has urinated 20 cc of urine in the past hour.This is an example of ____________________ data.

Which statements accurately describe the role of the LPN/LVN in relation to use of the nursing process.

A nurse reviews a patient's care plan and finds a goal for the patient to ambulate at least three times a day.The nurse assists the patient to accomplish this goal.The nurse is participating in which step of the nursing process?

The LPN/LVN learns at report that a patient's priority problems are pain and inability to ambulate associated with arthritis.During the patient's bath,he becomes short of breath.The LPN/LVN should implement interventions based on

The nursing process consists of collecting data (assessment),nursing diagnosis,planning,implementation,and evaluating nursing care.Which step of the nursing process is the sole responsibility of the registered nurse?

Which of the following is the primary reason that LPN/LVNs are taught to use the nursing process?

A nurse is gathering and reviewing information about a patient.The nurse is participating in which step of the nursing process?

A nurse is gathering data about a patient.The nurse determines that which of the following is objective data?

The patient's problem has been identified as insufficient intake of oral fluids.The best outcome statement is:

During the assessment phase of the nursing process,the LPN/LVN is expected to

A student nurse asks,"What's the primary purpose of the evaluation phase of the nursing process?" The best response is to

Which of the following are considered subjective data?

The LPN/LVN should be alert to possible barriers to data collection,such as which of the following?

A blood pressure of 110/70 at 8 PM is most accurately described as an example of