Deck 27: Developments in Current Nursing Practice

Question 1

After receiving a referral from a health-care provider, which type of nurse contacts the client, and together they develop an individual plan of care that addresses the client's particular needs?
1) Nurse coder
2) Nurse navigator
3) Nurse entrepreneur
4) Care coordinator

Answer 1

2

Question 2

Cannabis nursing requires nurses who are educated in multiple disciplines, such as which of the following, that go above and beyond the basic registered nurse education?
1) Pharmacology
2) Toxicology
3) Physiology
4) Immunology

Answer 2

1

Question 3

To qualify for forensic training, the nurse should have 2 to 5 years of work experience in which setting, a high level of critical-thinking skills, and well-developed assessment skills?
1) Primary care
2) Home care
3) Critical care
4) Palliative care

Answer 3

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Question 4

One of the most difficult elements of which nursing role is attempting to change the traditional health-care culture that attributes errors in client care to carelessness and incompetence?
1) Care coordinator
2) Nurse navigator
3) Nurse coder
4) Client safety officer

Question 5

The goal of which nursing role is to help the client obtain high-quality, cost-effective care while preventing the duplication and fragmentation of care?
1) Nurse coder
2) Nurse navigator
3) Nurse entrepreneur
4) Care coordinator

Question 6

Which nursing role plays a key role in ensuring that preadmission tests and results are communicated throughout the health-care system so that tests are not unnecessarily repeated?
1) Nurse coder
2) Nurse navigator
3) Nurse entrepreneur
4) Care coordinator

Question 7

When a case goes to court, nurses in which role will testify as an expert legal witness about how evidence was collected and the physical and psychological condition of the client?
1) Legal nurse consultant
2) Forensic psychiatric nurse
3) Forensic correctional nurse
4) Sexual assault nurse examiner

Question 8

Epidiolex (cannabidiol [CBD]), derived directly from the marijuana plant, is sold as an oral solution for treatment of which condition associated with two rare and severe forms of epilepsy in patients 2 years of age and older?
1) Seizures
2) Headache
3) Anxiety
4) Muscle cramps

Question 9

If a critical care nurse starts a home care agency offering high-tech services, this nurse is functioning in which role?
1) Nurse coder
2) Nurse navigator
3) Nurse entrepreneur
4) Care coordinator

Question 10

Although the position can be filled by a relatively new graduate RN, nurses with experience in risk management and quality assurance are frequently recruited for which role?
1) Care coordinator
2) Nurse navigator
3) Telehealth nurse
4) Client safety officer

Question 11

Although there are many positions available for nurses interested in telehealth practice, there no longer is a specific certification for telehealth nurses. Nurses are now encouraged to obtain certification in which area with the enhanced telehealth component?
1) Primary care
2) Palliative care
3) Complementary care
4) Ambulatory care

Question 12

Nurses in which nursing role are usually advanced practice registered nurses (APRN) with at least 5 years of practice experience because they present health care at a provider level?
1) Care coordinator
2) Nurse navigator
3) Telehealth nurse
4) Client safety officer

Question 13

Nurses in which role may function as primary care medical and mental health providers, psychotherapists, and consultants?
1) Legal nurse consultant
2) Forensic psychiatric nurse
3) Forensic correctional nurse
4) Sexual assault nurse examiner

Question 14

Nurses in which role manage acute and chronic illness, develop care plans, dispense medications, perform health screening and health education, and have a high level of autonomy compared with other nursing roles?
1) Legal nurse consultant
2) Forensic psychiatric nurse
3) Forensic correctional nurse
4) Sexual assault nurse examiner

Question 15

Office appointments can trigger anxiety and be confusing for some clients. In those cases, which type of nurse will accompany clients to the office or clinic to reduce their apprehension and help them understand the treatments or instructions they receive?
1) Nurse coder
2) Nurse navigator
3) Nurse entrepreneur
4) Care coordinator