Chapter 20 Facilitating Patient Enpowerment

Chapter 20  Facilitating Patient Enpowerment

Complete Chapter Questions And Answers
 

Sample Questions

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. To enable patient empowerment, nurses need to recognize that:
a.
health professionals know what is best for patients.
b.
patients need help in making health care decisions.
c.
patients are responsible for their own health.
d.
health professionals give power to patients.

ANS: C PTS: 1

2. Patient empowerment flows from nursing’s focus on:
a.
advocacy.
c.
paternalism.
b.
patient care.
d.
locus of control.

ANS: A PTS: 1

3. Nursing attitudes that enable patient empowerment include all of the following except:
a.
viewing nurse as partner, facilitator, resource for patients.
b.
directing patients to decisions that support good health outcomes.
c.
maintaining mutual trust and respect regardless of decisions.
d.
being aware of personal values and beliefs related to power.

ANS: B PTS: 1

4. When Rosalie is passing medications to one of her elderly patients, the patient tells Rosalie that she does not want to take the “new medicine” because she does not know what it is for and it makes her feel funny. Rosalie tells her that the doctor thinks it will make her feel better so it is best that she take it. Rosalie’s response is an example of:
a.
patient empowerment.
c.
paternalistic behavior.
b.
holistic caring.
d.
patient teaching.

ANS: C PTS: 1

5. Nursing knowledge that is needed in order to enable empowerment includes:
a.
ethical principles and decision-making process.
b.
values development and their impact on choices.
c.
scientific principles and evidence-based practice.
d.
a and b.
e.
all of the above.

ANS: D PTS: 1