A nurse is the only one in the ICU who has not achieved certification in critical care nursing. She often will ask her fellow nurses what to do in caring for a patient because she doubts the accuracy of her knowledge and her intuition
She loves her work but wishes she could do it with a greater level of competence. What is the most important effect that obtaining certification would likely have on the nurse's practice?
A) Recognition by peers
B) Increase in salary and rank
C) More flexibility in seeking employment
D) Increased confidence in making decisions
D
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A premature infant is admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The infant is in critical condition, and the outcome is questionable. Nursing behaviors that will promote visitation include:
1. Explaining to the parents that everything possible is being done for their infant. 2. Smiling at the parents and making them welcome when they come to visit. 3. Allowing alone time with their infant when they visit. 4. Introducing the parents to the other parents visiting their babies.
A patient, diagnosed with lymphoma, has an
allergy to one of the proposed chemotherapy drugs. The tumor has not responded to other types of treatment. The nurse expects the oncologist to follow which course of treatment? a. The physician will choose another drug to use. b. The chemotherapy will be given along with supportive measures to treat a possible allergic reaction. c. The patient will receive reduced doses of chemotherapy for a longer period of time. d. The chemotherapy cannot be given because of the patient's allergy.
How may the epidemiologic transition be defined?
A. As a country improves economically, the life expectancy increases. B. As education improves, the number of physicians and nurses also increases. C. The Agent, Host, Environment model is being updated and expanded. D. The causes of death are becoming the same worldwide.
Nurses may carry an infection from work to home, or between patients, or patients may pick up germs at the hospital without knowing it and develop a disease much later. Infections of this type are called
A) local infections. B) systemic infections. C) surgical site infections. D) health care-associated infections (HAI).