Nursing interventions may be categorized based upon the degree of nurs

Nursing interventions may be categorized based upon the degree of nursing autonomy. An ex-ample of a nurse-initiated intervention is:

1. Providing client teaching
2. Administering medication
3. Ordering a liver CAT scan
4. Referring a client to physical therapy

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ANS: 1
Health teaching is an example of a nurse-initiated intervention. Administering medication is a physician-initiated intervention. Ordering a CAT scan is a physician-initiated intervention. Refer-ring a client to physical therapy is a collaborative intervention.