FIELDS IN NURSING

A nurse is caring for a patient with end-stage lung disease. The patient wants to go home on oxygen and be comfortable. The family wants the patient to have a new surgical procedure. The nurse explains the risk and benefits of the surgery to the family and discusses the patient's wishes with them. The nurse is acting as the patient's:

• Advocate

• Educator

• Caregiver

• Case manager

The nurse spends time with the patient and family reviewing the dressing change procedure for the patient's wound. The patient's spouse demonstrates how to change the dressing. The nurse is acting in which professional role?

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  Advocate

   

   

• Educator

• Caregiver

• Case manager

Contemporary nursing requires that the nurse has knowledge and skills for a variety of professional roles and responsibilities. Which of the following are examples? (Select all that apply.)

• Caregiver

   

• Autonomy and accountability

• Patient advocate

• Health promotion

The nurses on an acute care medical floor notice an increase in pressure ulcer formation in their patients. A nurse consultant decides to compare two types of treatment. The first is the procedure currently used to assess for pressure ulcer risk. The second uses a new assessment instrument to identify at-risk patients. Given this information, the nurse consultant exemplifies which career?

• Nurse educator

• Nurse researcher

• Clinical nurse specialist

• Nurse administrator

Provides comprehensive care, usually in a primary care setting, directly managing the medical care of patients who are healthy or have chronic conditions

• Clinical nurse specialist

• Nurse anesthetist

• Nurse practitioner

• Nurse-midwife