A student nurse is studying clinical judgment theories and is working with Tanner's Model of Clinical Judgment. How can the student nurse best generalize this model?

A) A reflective process where the nurse notices, interprets, responds, and reflects in action
B) One conceptual mechanism for critiquing ideas and establishing goal-oriented care
C) Researching best practice literature to create care pathways for certain populations
D) Assessing, diagnosing, implementing, and evaluating the nursing care plans

During an assessment of an adult, the nurse has noted unequal chest expansion and recognizes that this occurs in which situation?

A) In an obese patient
B) When part of the lung is obstructed or collapsed
C) When bulging of the intercostal spaces is present
D) When accessory muscles are used to augment respiratory effort

The nurse should expect the apical heart rate of a stabilized newborn to be in which range?

A) 60 to 80 beats/min
B) 80 to 100 beats/min
C) 120 to 140 beats/min
D) 160 to 180 beats/min

The nurse and the nursing assistive personnel (NAP) are caring for a group of postoperative patients who need turning, coughing, deep breathing, incentive spirometer, and leg exercises. Which task will the nurse assign to the NAP?

A) Teach postoperative exercises.
B) Do nothing associated with postoperative exercises.
C) Document in the medical record when exercises are completed.
D) Inform the nurse if the patient is unwilling to perform exercises.

A patient is especially worried about an area of skin on her feet that has turned white. The health care provider has told her that her condition is vitiligo. What should the nurse include in the teaching of vitiligo?

A) It is associated with an excess of melanin pigment.
B) It is a result of excess apocrine glands in her feet.
C) It is caused by the complete absence of melanin pigment in an area.
D) It is r/t impetigo and can be treated with a prescription ointment.