Basic Foundation of Nursing & Professional Practice Answers III

51. Answer: C

52. Answer: D

53. Answer: D

54. Answer: C

55. Answer: D

56. Answer: B
Rationale: Collaborative problems are physiologic complications requiring both nurse- and physician-prescribed interventions. They represent an interdependent domain of nursing practice. Since it requires the nurse to use diagnostic processes, some nursing leaders are proposing the use of the term “Collaborative diagnosis” instead.

57. Answer: C
Rationale: To meet client needs, nurses perform four basic roles: caregiver, educator, collaborator and delegator. The nurse acts as a collaborator when the nurse works with other members of the health care team to achieve a common goal.

58. Answer: B
Rationale: Giving the toddler a Popsicle or other fluid every 30 minutes is an appropriate task that can be delegated to a nursing assistant. Nurse have the responsibility of performing assessment (option D), intervention (option A) and evaluation (option C).

59. Answer: B
Rationale: Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) usually provide basic direct technical care to clients. The Registered nurse (RN), who has the knowledge and skill to make more sophisticated nursing judgments, is responsible for assessing the client's condition, planning care and evaluating the effect of the care provided

60. Answer: A
Rationale: Ineffective Airway Clearance is the highest priority because loss of respiratory functioning is a life-threatening problem.

61. Answer: A

62. Answer: D

63. Answer: B

64. Answer: A

65. Answer: C

66. Answer: A

67. Answer: A

69. Answer: C

70. Answer: A

71. Answer: B
Rationale: Republic Act 7160 is the Local Government Code which transfers responsibility for delivery of basic services and facilities of the national government to local government units. Option A is the Senior Citizen's Act (R.A. 7432). Option C is the Rooming-in and breastfeeding Act of 1992 (R.A. 7600). Option D is the Magna Carta for Public Health Workers (R.A. 7305).

72. Answer: C
Rationale: Republic Act 7846 is an act requiring compulsory immunization against Hepatitis B for infants and children below 8 years old. Option A is the Philippine Medical Act (R.A. 2382). Option B is the Leprosy Act (R.A. 4073). Option D is the Newborn Screening Act of 2004 (R.A. 9288).

73. Answer: C Rationale: Republic Act 4073 liberalizes the treatment of leprosy. Except when the disease requires institutional treatment, no person afflicted with leprosy shall be confined in a leprosarium. Patients shall be treated in a government skin clinic, rural health unit or by a duly licensed physician. Option A is the Communicable Disease Act of 1929 (R.A. 3573). Option B is the Dangerous Drug Act of 1972 (R.A. 6425). Option D is the Clean Air Act. (R.A. 8749).

74. Answer: D Rationale: Republic Act 8749 is the Clean Air Act of 1999. Option A is the Communicable Disease Act of 1929 (R.A. 3573). Option B is the Dangerous Drug Act of 1972 (R.A. 6425). Option C is the Leprosy Act (R.A. 4073)

75. Answer: A Rationale: Republic Act 8423 is the Traditional and Alternative Health Act of 1998. Option B is the Code of Conduct and Ethical Standard of Public Officials and Employees (R.A. 6713). Option C is the Generic Act of 1988 (R.A. 6675). Option D is the ASIN (Act Strengthening Iodinization Nationwide) Law (R.A. 8172).