Before Assessing a New Patient, a Nurse Is Told by Another

question 16

Multiple Choice

Before assessing a new patient, a nurse is told by another health care worker, "I know that patient. No matter how hard we work, there isn't much improvement by the time of discharge." The nurse's responsibility is to

• A) document the other worker's assessment of the patient.
• B) assess the patient based on data collected from all sources.
• C) validate the worker's impression by contacting the patient's significant other.
• D) discuss the worker's impression with the patient during the assessment interview.

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Definitions:

Attributions

Inferences that people draw about the causes of their own behavior, others’ behavior, and events.

Recency Judgments

The evaluations or decisions made based on the most recent information or experiences, rather than on earlier data.

Attributions

The process by which individuals infer the causes of their own and others' behavior.

Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

A belief or expectation that influences behavior in a way that causes the belief to become true.