Basic Foundation of Nursing & Professional Practice Answers IV

76. Answer: B
Rationale: According to William Shepard, one of the criteria of a profession is that it must demand the possession of a body of specialized and systematized preparation and training.

77. Answer: C

78. Answer: A

79. Answer: C

80. Answer: B
Rationale: One of the objectives of CPE or Continuing Professional Education is to further enhance the skills of nurses to provide quality patient care. The focus is to keep updated on new concepts, knowledge and techniques that relate to nursing care.

81. Answer: D
Rationale: The records serves as the vehicle by which different health professionals who interact with a client communicate with each other. This prevents fragmentation, repetition and delays in client care.

82. Answer: D
Rationale: The client's record is a legal document and is usually admissible in court as evidence. In case of medication errors, the nurse should accurately document the client's response and her corresponding action to serve as evidence.

83. Answer: B
Rationale: Problem-Oriented Medical Record (POMR) has four basic components: database, problem list, plan of care and progress notes. The 2nd “P” is Plan of Care wherein the initial list of orders or plan of care is made with reference to the active problems. Care plans are generated by the person who lists the problems.

84. Answer: B
Rationale: Source-Oriented Record or the traditional client record organizes its data into separate sections, wherein each person or department makes notations in a separate section or sections of the patient's chart

85. Answer: C
Rationale:  One of the advantages of Source-Oriented Record or the traditional client record is its convenience because care providers from each discipline can easily locate the forms on which to record data and it is easy to trace the information specific to one's discipline

86. Answer: B

87. Answer: A

88. Answer: C

89. Answer: A

90. Answer: D

91. Answer: D

92. Answer: A

93. Answer: C

94. Answer: B

95. Answer: C

96. Answer: B

97. Answer: C

98. Answer: D

99. Answer: C

100.  Answer: B