CH 40
RNSG 1413 – FOUNDATIONS OF NURSING PRACTICE
EXAM 4 – BLUEPRINT
Spring 2013
55 Total Questions:
Exam #4 – 21, 22, 25, 32, 40, 43, respiratory/cardiovascular assessment
Chapter 21 Managing Patient Care (5 questions)
The delivery of nursing care within the health care system is a challenge because of the changes that are influencing health professionals, patients, and health care organizations. Change offers opportunities. Students need to develop knowledge and skills to manage patients effectively.
Learning Outcomes
Differentiate among the types of nursing care delivery models.
Describe the elements of decentralized decision making.
Discuss principles to follow in the appropriate delegation of patient care activities.
Chapter 22 – Ethics and Values (5 questions) Ethics is the study of conduct and character. When it comes to decision making in the health care setting, you will experience differing values between patients, family members, health care providers, and society at large. The use of a standard process when deliberating ethical dilemmas assists nurses when handling ethical issues. Use of a code of ethics provides a foundation for professional nurses.
Learning Outcomes
Discuss the role of ethics in professional nursing.
Discuss the role of values in the study of ethics.
Explain a nursing perspective in ethics.
Discuss contemporary ethical issues.
Chapter 25 Patient Education (10 questions)
Patient education is an important role that student nurses undertake. Nurses contend with multiple factors that affect patients, including shorter length of stays and increased demand on the nurse’s time. These two factors complicate your ability at times to provide quality patient education. Creating a well-designed, comprehensive teaching plan that fits your patient’s unique learning needs reduces health care costs, improves the quality of care, and provides information about the patient’s individualized
EXAM 4 – BLUEPRINT
Spring 2013
55 Total Questions:
Exam #4 – 21, 22, 25, 32, 40, 43, respiratory/cardiovascular assessment
Chapter 21 Managing Patient Care (5 questions)
The delivery of nursing care within the health care system is a challenge because of the changes that are influencing health professionals, patients, and health care organizations. Change offers opportunities. Students need to develop knowledge and skills to manage patients effectively.
Learning Outcomes
Differentiate among the types of nursing care delivery models.
Describe the elements of decentralized decision making.
Discuss principles to follow in the appropriate delegation of patient care activities.
Chapter 22 – Ethics and Values (5 questions) Ethics is the study of conduct and character. When it comes to decision making in the health care setting, you will experience differing values between patients, family members, health care providers, and society at large. The use of a standard process when deliberating ethical dilemmas assists nurses when handling ethical issues. Use of a code of ethics provides a foundation for professional nurses.
Learning Outcomes
Discuss the role of ethics in professional nursing.
Discuss the role of values in the study of ethics.
Explain a nursing perspective in ethics.
Discuss contemporary ethical issues.
Chapter 25 Patient Education (10 questions)
Patient education is an important role that student nurses undertake. Nurses contend with multiple factors that affect patients, including shorter length of stays and increased demand on the nurse’s time. These two factors complicate your ability at times to provide quality patient education. Creating a well-designed, comprehensive teaching plan that fits your patient’s unique learning needs reduces health care costs, improves the quality of care, and provides information about the patient’s individualized