An increasingly common staffing and scheduling alternative is the use of supplemental nursing staff such as agency nurses or travel nurses. Which statement is correct about agency nurses or travel nurses?
A) Work for premium pay
B) Employed directly by the healthcare agency
C) Result in increased continuity of nursing care
D) Receive four to five times that of regularly employed staff nurse pay without benefits
A
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To implement effective patient care, which patients would the nurse identify as non-Christians? (Select all that apply.)
a. Mr. A, who is Jewish b. Miss B, who is Presbyterian c. Mrs. C, who is Roman Catholic d. Mr. D, who is Eastern Orthodox e. Miss E, who is Seventh-Day Adventist f. Mr. F, who is Buddhist
A client presents to an emergency department while having a panic attack. The client asks a nurse, "Am I going crazy?" Which is the most appropriate nursing response?
A) "Although it may feel that way during an attack, you actually suffer from panic disorder." B) "Thank goodness it's only in your head and not a real heart attack." C) "Let me get the psychiatrist to explain it to you." D) "We're all a little crazy at times. You'll be fine."
Community assessment is a critical process for the future because it can:
A) Identify the need for a community commission B) Identify a method to improve the health of at-risk clients C) Provide a means of grant funding for clinics D) Provide a client base for at-risk neighborhoods
A patient who has a sexual disorder mentions to the nurse, "I don't know why I bother looking for help. They don't know much about sex problems."
Which statement best describes the evolution of research on sexuality and should serve as the basis for the nurse's response? a. Increased knowledge about sexual dysfunction has been available since the late 1960s. b. Masters and Johnson were the first persons to explore the area of sexual dysfunc-tion. c. Kaplan was instrumental in identifying the need for psychoanalysis in treating sexual dysfunction. d. Sigmund Freud, a sexologist, based his work on scientific data from studying human sexual behavior.