A nurse manager recognizes that her staff's emotional responses to organizational change are similar to ____
a. Adaptation techniques
b. Integrative tactics
c. Symptoms of mental illness
d. The grief model
D
The grief model is the most accurate because change produces a longing for what is familiar, even if it is not what is best or realistic.
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a. "You should know that oral contraceptives increase your milk production." b. "Oral contraceptives can be taken once lactation is well established." c. "You don't need to use any form of birth control as long as you are breastfeeding." d. "Oral contraceptives are contraindicated for the lactating woman."
A medical-surgical nurse is anxious because a coworker became aggressive toward the nurse in the break room. The coworker made false accusations toward the nurse. The most common source of lateral violence against nurses is:
1. Rapists. 2. Clients. 3. Coworkers. 4. Disgruntled family members.
Which client statement demonstrates positive progress toward recovery from a substance use disorder?
1. "I have completed detox and therefore am in control of my drug use." 2. "I will faithfully attend Narcotic Anonymous (NA) when I can't control my cravings." 3. "As a church deacon, my focus will now be on spiritual renewal." 4. "Taking those pills got out of control. It cost me my job, marriage, and children."
The nurse is collecting the family history of a child recently diagnosed with ASD. Which finding would the nurse flag as potentially significant?
1. The client's older brother did not receive standard childhood immunizations. 2. The child's mother was exposed to rubella during the pregnancy. 3. The father works in a wheat-processing facility. 4. The child had neonatal jaundice that resolved at four days.